RNAi Trigger Delivery into Anopheles gambiae Pupae
| Autor: | Thomas C. Chiles, Kristin Michel, Kimberly Regna, Rachel Harrison, Shannon A. Heyse, Marc A. T. Muskavitch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Genetics Gene knockdown General Immunology and Microbiology General Chemical Engineering General Neuroscience Anopheles gambiae fungi Biology biology.organism_classification Phenotype General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Reverse genetics 03 medical and health sciences RNA silencing 030104 developmental biology RNA interference Functional genomics Gene |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Visualized Experiments. |
| ISSN: | 1940-087X |
| Popis: | RNA interference (RNAi), a naturally occurring phenomenon in eukaryotic organisms, is an extremely valuable tool that can be utilized in the laboratory for functional genomic studies. The ability to knockdown individual genes selectively via this reverse genetic technique has allowed many researchers to rapidly uncover the biological roles of numerous genes within many organisms, by evaluation of loss-of-function phenotypes. In the major human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, the predominant method used to reduce the function of targeted genes involves injection of double-stranded (dsRNA) into the hemocoel of the adult mosquito. While this method has been successful, gene knockdown in adults excludes the functional assessment of genes that are expressed and potentially play roles during pre-adult stages, as well as genes that are expressed in limited numbers of cells in adult mosquitoes. We describe a method for the injection of Serine Protease Inhibitor 2 (SRPN2) dsRNA during the early pupal stage and validate SRPN2 protein knockdown by observing decreased target protein levels and the formation of melanotic pseudo-tumors in SRPN2 knockdown adult mosquitoes. This evident phenotype has been described previously for adult stage knockdown of SRPN2 function, and we have recapitulated this adult phenotype by SRPN2 knockdown initiated during pupal development. When used in conjunction with a dye-labeled dsRNA solution, this technique enables easy visualization by simple light microscopy of injection quality and distribution of dsRNA in the hemocoel. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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