RNA interference by expression of short-interfering RNAs and hairpin RNAs in mammalian cells

@article{citeulike:2804980, abstract = {Duplexes of 21-nt RNAs, known as short-interfering RNAs (siRNAs), efficiently inhibit gene expression by RNA interference (RNAi) when introduced into mammalian cells. We show that siRNAs can be synthesized by in vitro transcription with T7 RNA polymerase, providing an economical alternative to chemical synthesis of siRNAs. By using this method, we show that short hairpin siRNAs can function like siRNA duplexes to inhibit gene expression in a sequence-specific manner. Further, we find that hairpin siRNAs or siRNAs expressed from an RNA polymerase III vector based on the mouse U6 RNA promoter can effectively inhibit gene expression in mammalian cells. U6-driven hairpin siRNAs dramatically reduced the expression of a neuron-specific [beta]-tubulin protein during the neuronal differentiation of mouse P19 cells, demonstrating that this approach should be useful for studies of differentiation and neurogenesis. We also observe that mismatches within hairpin siRNAs can increase the strand selectivity of a hairpin siRNA, which may reduce self-targeting of vectors expressing siRNAs. Use of hairpin siRNA expression vectors for RNAi should provide a rapid and versatile method for assessing gene function in mammalian cells, and may have applications in gene therapy. 10.1073/pnas.092143499}, author = {Yu, Jenn-Yah and Deruiter, Stacy L. and Turner, David L. }, citeulike-article-id = {2804980}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.092143499}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {rna, techniques}, month = {April}, number = {9}, pages = {6047--6052}, posted-at = {2008-05-16 11:34:12}, priority = {2}, title = {RNA interference by expression of short-interfering RNAs and hairpin RNAs in mammalian cells}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.092143499}, volume = {99}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2804980 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2804980 TI - RNA interference by expression of short-interfering RNAs and hairpin RNAs in mammalian cells JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences VL - 99 IS - 9 SP - 6047 EP - 6052 N2 - Duplexes of 21-nt RNAs, known as short-interfering RNAs (siRNAs), efficiently inhibit gene expression by RNA interference (RNAi) when introduced into mammalian cells. We show that siRNAs can be synthesized by in vitro transcription with T7 RNA polymerase, providing an economical alternative to chemical synthesis of siRNAs. By using this method, we show that short hairpin siRNAs can function like siRNA duplexes to inhibit gene expression in a sequence-specific manner. Further, we find that hairpin siRNAs or siRNAs expressed from an RNA polymerase III vector based on the mouse U6 RNA promoter can effectively inhibit gene expression in mammalian cells. U6-driven hairpin siRNAs dramatically reduced the expression of a neuron-specific [beta]-tubulin protein during the neuronal differentiation of mouse P19 cells, demonstrating that this approach should be useful for studies of differentiation and neurogenesis. We also observe that mismatches within hairpin siRNAs can increase the strand selectivity of a hairpin siRNA, which may reduce self-targeting of vectors expressing siRNAs. Use of hairpin siRNA expression vectors for RNAi should provide a rapid and versatile method for assessing gene function in mammalian cells, and may have applications in gene therapy. 10.1073/pnas.092143499 KW - rna KW - techniques AU - Yu, Jenn-Yah AU - Deruiter, Stacy AU - Turner, David PY - 2002/04/30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.092143499 ER -