reverse genetics: interference rna
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Reverse Genetics: interference RNA. Mitchell Bush Mimosa Chau Tayler Fluharty. Summary. Use RNAi to circumvent gene replacement difficulties in Cryptococcus neoformans . Focus on two genes of known phenotype:. CAP59 Codes for product required for polysaccharide capsule. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Reverse Genetics: interference RNA
Mitchell BushMimosa ChauTayler Fluharty
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Summary
• Use RNAi to circumvent gene replacement difficulties in Cryptococcus neoformans.
• Focus on two genes of known phenotype:CAP59Codes for product required for polysaccharide capsule.
Polysaccharide capsule required for virulence.
ADE2Codes for phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase.
Loss of AIR carboxylase results in adenine intermediates.
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General Mechanism of RNAi
Double stranded RNA is cleaved into smaller fragments of about 22 bp by Dicer where degradation of corresponding mRNA is degraded with assistance of RISC protein complex.
Interference can persist for many round of cell division and can be passed on to next generation.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2006/adv.html
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Cryptococcus neoformans• Encapsulated fungal pathogen.• Haploid yeast, can undergo sexual cycle• Causes infections in immunodeficient
individuals.• 24 Mb genome.• High frequency of nonhomologous
recombination.• Virulence factor = polysaccharides
capsule.
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Cell strains
• Wild-type serotype D strain B4500(transformed with control plasmid lacking RNAi construct)
• cap59 strain TYCC33(CAP59 knocked-out/positive control)
• ura5 strain JEC43(used for two type of selection during experiment)
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Hairpin Construct
• 500 base Inverted Repeat(s)• 250 base spacer of GFP
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DIC DICFluorescence Fluorescence
CAP59 encodes product required for synthesis of polysaccharide capsule which gives cells a “shiny” appearance
CAP59i cells lack polysaccharide capsule (note exception)
ADE2 encodes for phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase
ADE2i cells accumulate adenine biosynthetic intermediates, resulting in pink colonies.
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5-FOA is converted to toxic product in presence of RNAi construct (pCAP59i/ pADE2i)
Therefore 5-FOA selects against organisms containing the RNAi construct.
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Mutant phenotype caused by exogenous DNA
The ADE2 gene in the genome was not disrupted.
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RNAi is dependent on Transcription
Made plasmid that lacked promoter for CAP59i.
No transcription=No altered phenotype
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Summary of Results
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• The effect of RNAi is variable.• Different genes have different threshold for
phenotypic expression. • CAP59 has a lower threshold than ADE2
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Range of interference
Pro study of essential
genes-if complete inhibition were lethal
Con Investigation of novel
genes requires 2-phases of study: level of mRNA and analysis of transformants exhibiting interference.
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In the Works
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Fight a virus with RNAi:Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV)
• Data base search for highly conserved regions of FMDVThree 21 base sequences found.
• Silence out one at a time, then all three
Viral inhibition (%) Cons 7 80 Cons 8 92 Cons 9 87 mix >98
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1) CD4 silencing resulted in reduced HIV-1 entry, but use may be limited due to normal function of CD4
2) Blocking HIV genomic RNA with p24 siRNA resulted in reduced viral mRNA (CCR5 is potential future target lack of this receptor does not disrupt regular cell function)
3) Blocking HIV transcript with p24 siRNA inhibits HIV-1 replication
Three potential mechanisms to fight HIV:
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RNAi and cancer
• Metastatic melanoma – Genasense• Antisense oligonucleotide target anti-
apoptotic gene BCL2.• Bcr-Abl oncoprotein (chronic myelogenous
leukaemia ) p210 targeted with RNAi.• Delivery proves to be a challenge.• Delivery agents such as cationic lipids or
polymers. Problem = toxic.
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Delivery methods
• Oligonucleotides/siRNA delivered via endocytosis.
• CTLs, cell targeting ligands – increases target cell interactions.
• CPP primarily cell penetrating peptides - enhance transmembrane permeation – associate with oligonucletide, binds to cell surface glycosaminoglycans.
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“Significant strides have been made, but the issue has not been fully resolved.”
-Juliano, Et. al
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References
Daneholt, B. (2006). The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2009, from Nobelprize.org: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2006/adv.html
Hannon, G. J., & Rossi, J. J. (2004). Unlocking the potential of the human genome with RNA interference. Nature , 371-378.
Juliano, R., Alam, R., Dixit, V., & Kang, H. (2008). Mechanisms and strategies for effective delivery of antisense and siRNA oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research , 1-14.
Kahana, R., Kuznetzova, L., Rogel, A., Shemes, M., Hai, D., Yadin, H., et al. (2004). Inhibition of foot-and-mouth disease virus replication by smal interfering RNA. Journal of General Virology , 3212-3217.
Liu, H., Cottrell, T. R., Pierini, L. M., Goldman, W. E., & Doering, T. L. (2001). RNA Interference in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Genetics Society of America , 463-470.
Novina, C. D., Murray, M. F., Dykxhoorn, D. M., Beresford, P. J., Riess, J., Lee, S.-K., et al. (2002). siRNA-directed inhibition of HIV-1 infection. Nature Medicine , 681-686.
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Applause