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ArticleMethods in cell biology2016

Optimization of cerebellar purkinje neuron cultures and development of a plasmid-based method for purkinje neuron-specific, miRNA-mediated protein knockdown.

C J Alexander, J A Hammer

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Article in Methods in cell biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C J AlexanderCell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, MD, USA.
J A HammerCell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, MD, USA.
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute · US

Funding

NHLBI Animal Program DivisionZIGHL006020 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI CLARK, TANNIA · 2009 to 2025
$47.3M
Roles of cytoskektal dynamics in T lymphocyte functionZIAHL006121 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI HAMMER, JOHN A · 2011 to 2025
$19.8M
Roles of motor proteins in neuronsZIAHL006123 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI HAMMER, JOHN A · 2011 to 2025
$8.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HL006123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a simple and efficient method to knock down proteins specifically in Purkinje neurons (PN) present in mixed mouse primary cerebellar cultures. This method utilizes the introduction via nucleofection of a plasmid encoding a specific miRNA downstream of the L7/Pcp2 promoter, which drives PN-specific expression. As proof-of-principle, we used this plasmid to knock down the motor protein myosin Va, which is required for the targeting of smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) into PN spines. Consistent with effective knockdown, transfected PNs robustly phenocopied PNs from dilute-lethal (myosin Va-null) mice with regard to the ER targeting defect. Importantly, our plasmid-based approach is less challenging technically and more specific to PNs than several alternative methods (e.g., biolistic- and lentiviral-based introduction of siRNAs). We also present a number of improvements for generating mixed cerebellar cultures that shorten the procedure and improve the total yield of PNs, and of transfected PNs, considerably. Finally, we present a method to rescue cerebellar cultures that develop large cell aggregates, a common problem that otherwise precludes the further use of the culture.

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AnimalsCalcium SignalingCell Culture TechniquesCells, CulturedFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene Knockdown TechniquesHearing Loss, SensorineuralMiceMicroRNAsMyosin Heavy ChainsMyosin Type VPiebaldismPigmentation DisordersPlasmidsPromoter Regions, GeneticPurkinje CellsMicroRNAsMyo5a protein, mouseMyosin Heavy ChainsMyosin Type VCerebellar culturesL7/Pcp2miRNA knockdownNucleofectionPurkinje neurons

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PMID26794514
PMCPMC6699752
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