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ArticleBMC biotechnology2014

Flow cytometry-based functional selection of RNA interference triggers for efficient epi-allelic analysis of therapeutic targets.

David R Micklem, Magnus Blø, Petra Bergström, Erlend Hodneland, Crina Tiron, Torill Høiby, Christine Gjerdrum, Ola Hammarsten, James B Lorens

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David R Micklem
Magnus Blø
Petra Bergström
Erlend Hodneland
Crina Tiron
Torill Høiby
Christine Gjerdrum
Ola Hammarsten
James B LorensDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5009 Bergen, Norway. jim.lorens@biomed.uib.no.

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Abstract

backgroundThe dose-response relationship is a fundamental pharmacological parameter necessary to determine therapeutic thresholds. Epi-allelic hypomorphic analysis using RNA interference (RNAi) can similarly correlate target gene dosage with cellular phenotypes. This however requires a set of RNAi triggers empirically determined to attenuate target gene expression to different levels.

resultsIn order to improve our ability to incorporate epi-allelic analysis into target validation studies, we developed a novel flow cytometry-based functional screening approach (CellSelectRNAi) to achieve unbiased selection of shRNAs from high-coverage libraries that knockdown target gene expression to predetermined levels. Employing a Gaussian probability model we calculated that knockdown efficiency is inferred from shRNA sequence frequency profiles derived from sorted hypomorphic cell populations. We used this approach to generate a hypomorphic epi-allelic cell series of shRNAs to reveal a functional threshold for the tumor suppressor p53 in normal and transformed cells.

conclusionThe unbiased CellSelectRNAi flow cytometry-based functional screening approach readily provides an epi-allelic series of shRNAs for graded reduction of target gene expression and improved phenotypic validation.

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Flow CytometryRNA InterferenceAllelesCell Line, TumorGene ExpressionGene LibraryHL-60 CellsHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsNormal DistributionRadiation, IonizingRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingSequence Analysis, DNATumor Suppressor Protein p53RNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID24952598
PMCPMC4074332

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