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Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a category of small RNAs that modulate levels of proteins via post-transcriptional inhibition. Currently, a standard strategy to overexpress miRNAs is as mature miRNA duplexes, although this method is cumbersome if multiple miRNAs need to be delivered. Many of these miRNAs are...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24013374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms140918239 |
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author | Stoller, Michelle L. Chang, Henry C. Fekete, Donna M. |
author_facet | Stoller, Michelle L. Chang, Henry C. Fekete, Donna M. |
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description | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a category of small RNAs that modulate levels of proteins via post-transcriptional inhibition. Currently, a standard strategy to overexpress miRNAs is as mature miRNA duplexes, although this method is cumbersome if multiple miRNAs need to be delivered. Many of these miRNAs are found within introns and processed through the RNA polymerase II pathway. We have designed a vector to exploit this naturally-occurring intronic pathway to deliver the three members of the sensory-specific miR-183 family from an artificial intron. In one version of the vector, the downstream exon encodes the reporter (GFP) while another version encodes a fusion protein created between the transcription factor Atoh1 and the hemaglutinin epitope, to distinguish it from endogenous Atoh1. In vitro analysis shows that the miRNAs contained within the artificial intron are processed and bind to their targets with specificity. The genes downstream are successfully translated into protein and identifiable through immunofluorescence. More importantly, Atoh1 is proven functional through in vitro assays. These results suggest that this cassette allows expression of miRNAs and proteins simultaneously, which provides the opportunity for joint delivery of specific translational repressors (miRNA) and possibly transcriptional activators (transcription factors). This ability is attractive for future gene therapy use. |
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spelling | pubmed-37947782013-10-21 Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences Stoller, Michelle L. Chang, Henry C. Fekete, Donna M. Int J Mol Sci Article MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a category of small RNAs that modulate levels of proteins via post-transcriptional inhibition. Currently, a standard strategy to overexpress miRNAs is as mature miRNA duplexes, although this method is cumbersome if multiple miRNAs need to be delivered. Many of these miRNAs are found within introns and processed through the RNA polymerase II pathway. We have designed a vector to exploit this naturally-occurring intronic pathway to deliver the three members of the sensory-specific miR-183 family from an artificial intron. In one version of the vector, the downstream exon encodes the reporter (GFP) while another version encodes a fusion protein created between the transcription factor Atoh1 and the hemaglutinin epitope, to distinguish it from endogenous Atoh1. In vitro analysis shows that the miRNAs contained within the artificial intron are processed and bind to their targets with specificity. The genes downstream are successfully translated into protein and identifiable through immunofluorescence. More importantly, Atoh1 is proven functional through in vitro assays. These results suggest that this cassette allows expression of miRNAs and proteins simultaneously, which provides the opportunity for joint delivery of specific translational repressors (miRNA) and possibly transcriptional activators (transcription factors). This ability is attractive for future gene therapy use. MDPI 2013-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3794778/ /pubmed/24013374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms140918239 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Stoller, Michelle L. Chang, Henry C. Fekete, Donna M. Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences |
title | Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences |
title_full | Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences |
title_fullStr | Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences |
title_full_unstemmed | Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences |
title_short | Bicistronic Gene Transfer Tools for Delivery of miRNAs and Protein Coding Sequences |
title_sort | bicistronic gene transfer tools for delivery of mirnas and protein coding sequences |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24013374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms140918239 |
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