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RNA干涉的最新研究进展 总被引:22,自引:2,他引:20
RNA干涉 (RNAi)是将双链RNA(dsRNA)导入细胞引起特异基因mRNA降解的一种细胞反应过程 .它是转录后基因沉默 (PTGS)的一种 .RNAi在生物界中广泛存在 .RNAi发生过程主要分为 3个阶段 :起始阶段 ,扩增阶段 ,效应阶段 .RNAi在维持基因组稳定、保护基因组免受外源核酸侵入、基因表达调控等方面发挥重要生物学作用 .RNAi作为基因沉默的一个工具 ,已被广泛用于基因功能研究、基因治疗和新药研究与开发等方面 . 相似文献
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DNA interference: a simple and efficient gene-silencing system for high-throughput functional analysis in the fern adiantum 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Kawai-Toyooka H Kuramoto C Orui K Motoyama K Kikuchi K Kanegae T Wada M 《Plant & cell physiology》2004,45(11):1648-1657
RNA interference (RNAi) has become a powerful tool for determining gene function and is used in a wide variety of organisms. Since it is necessary to generate double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) as an inducer for RNAi, preparation of RNAi-inducing constructs is somewhat cumbersome and time consuming, especially for the thousands of genes used in a genome-wide analysis. To overcome these problems, we have developed a more convenient gene-silencing method in the fern Adiantum using double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) as a model system for functional analysis in plants. Delivery of dsDNA fragments homologous to an endogenous gene into gametophytic cells can induce sequence-specific gene silencing. As it only requires dsDNA fragments homologous to a target gene, PCR-amplified fragments are enough to trigger gene silencing. Maximum gene silencing efficiencies of >90% have been achieved for transformed plants. In addition, simultaneous transfer of dsDNA fragments corresponding to multiple genes still has a silencing effect for individual genes. We term this approach 'DNA interference'. 相似文献
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Saleh MC van Rij RP Hekele A Gillis A Foley E O'Farrell PH Andino R 《Nature cell biology》2006,8(8):793-802
Many metazoan cells can take up exogenous double-stranded (ds) RNA and use it to initiate an RNA silencing response, however, the mechanism for this uptake is ill-defined. Here, we identify the pathway for dsRNA uptake in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells. Biochemical and cell biological analyses, and a genome-wide screen for components of the dsRNA-uptake machinery, indicated that dsRNA is taken up by an active process involving receptor-mediated endocytosis. Pharmacological inhibition of endocytic pathways disrupted exogenous dsRNA entry and the induction of gene silencing. This dsRNA uptake mechanism seems to be evolutionarily conserved, as knockdown of orthologues in Caenorhabditis elegans inactivated the RNA interference response in worms. Thus, this entry pathway is required for systemic RNA silencing in whole organisms. In Drosophila cells, pharmacological evidence suggests that dsRNA entry is mediated by pattern-recognition receptors. The possible role of these receptors in dsRNA entry may link RNA interference (RNAi) silencing to other innate immune responses. 相似文献
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Adenosine deaminases that act on RNA (ADARs) are RNA-editing enzymes that deaminate adenosines to create inosines in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Here we demonstrate that ADARs are not required for RNA interference (RNAi) and that they do not antagonize the pathway to a detectable level when RNAi is initiated by injecting dsRNA. We find, however, that transgenes expressed in the somatic tissues of wild-type animals are silenced in strains with deletions in the two genes encoding ADARs, adr-1 and adr-2. Transgene-induced gene silencing in adr-1;adr-2 mutants depends on genes required for RNAi, suggesting that a dsRNA intermediate is involved. In wild-type animals we detect edited dsRNA corresponding to transgenes, and we propose that editing of this dsRNA prevents somatic transgenes from initiating RNAi in wild-type animals. 相似文献
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RNA干扰(RNAi)是生物体内源基因发生转录后特异性降解的一种生理现象,作为抵抗病毒的免疫机制,广泛存在于生物体内。RNAi在秀丽隐杆线虫中的发生机制已明确,但昆虫的系统性RNAi不同于线虫,在昆虫中尚未发现线虫跨膜蛋白SID.2的同源蛋白,且果蝇中不存在依赖于RNA的RNA聚合酶(RdRP),但存在具有相似活性的物质。昆虫发生RNAi的效率不仅与靶标基因自身及双链RNA的选择有关,而且与虫体的发育状态及摄入双链RNA的剂量相关。随着RNAi在昆虫中作用特点的阐明,RNAi的应用价值也逐渐体现。近年来,通过RNAi沉默靶标基因,不但促进了昆虫基因功能研究的发展,而且被广泛用于重要农业害虫抗药性基因的研究。最新研究表明,RNAi结合第2代测序技术,针对非模式昆虫,能迅速找到具有致死效应的靶标序列,加快了利用RNAi技术生产生物农药的步伐。 相似文献
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More than a decade has passed since the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), an eukaryotic sequence-specific degradation of mRNA induced by complementary double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). RNAi became a common tool for controlled down-regulation of gene expression in cultured cells, as well as in various model organisms. This review summarizes RNAi-based tools for silencing genes in living mammals, which include: (i) transgenic RNAi strategies, where RNAi is triggered by a transgene transmitted through the germline and (ii) approaches, where an RNAi trigger is delivered into an adult animal. 相似文献
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RNA interference: advances and questions 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Ullu E Djikeng A Shi H Tschudi C 《Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences》2002,357(1417):65-70
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RNA interference: biology, mechanism, and applications. 总被引:44,自引:0,他引:44
Neema Agrawal P V N Dasaradhi Asif Mohmmed Pawan Malhotra Raj K Bhatnagar Sunil K Mukherjee 《Microbiology and molecular biology reviews》2003,67(4):657-685
Double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is a simple and rapid method of silencing gene expression in a range of organisms. The silencing of a gene is a consequence of degradation of RNA into short RNAs that activate ribonucleases to target homologous mRNA. The resulting phenotypes either are identical to those of genetic null mutants or resemble an allelic series of mutants. Specific gene silencing has been shown to be related to two ancient processes, cosuppression in plants and quelling in fungi, and has also been associated with regulatory processes such as transposon silencing, antiviral defense mechanisms, gene regulation, and chromosomal modification. Extensive genetic and biochemical analysis revealed a two-step mechanism of RNAi-induced gene silencing. The first step involves degradation of dsRNA into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), 21 to 25 nucleotides long, by an RNase III-like activity. In the second step, the siRNAs join an RNase complex, RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex), which acts on the cognate mRNA and degrades it. Several key components such as Dicer, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, helicases, and dsRNA endonucleases have been identified in different organisms for their roles in RNAi. Some of these components also control the development of many organisms by processing many noncoding RNAs, called micro-RNAs. The biogenesis and function of micro-RNAs resemble RNAi activities to a large extent. Recent studies indicate that in the context of RNAi, the genome also undergoes alterations in the form of DNA methylation, heterochromatin formation, and programmed DNA elimination. As a result of these changes, the silencing effect of gene functions is exercised as tightly as possible. Because of its exquisite specificity and efficiency, RNAi is being considered as an important tool not only for functional genomics, but also for gene-specific therapeutic activities that target the mRNAs of disease-related genes. 相似文献
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Neema Agrawal P. V. N. Dasaradhi Asif Mohmmed Pawan Malhotra Raj K. Bhatnagar Sunil K. Mukherjee 《Microbiological reviews》2003,67(4):657-685
Double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is a simple and rapid method of silencing gene expression in a range of organisms. The silencing of a gene is a consequence of degradation of RNA into short RNAs that activate ribonucleases to target homologous mRNA. The resulting phenotypes either are identical to those of genetic null mutants or resemble an allelic series of mutants. Specific gene silencing has been shown to be related to two ancient processes, cosuppression in plants and quelling in fungi, and has also been associated with regulatory processes such as transposon silencing, antiviral defense mechanisms, gene regulation, and chromosomal modification. Extensive genetic and biochemical analysis revealed a two-step mechanism of RNAi-induced gene silencing. The first step involves degradation of dsRNA into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), 21 to 25 nucleotides long, by an RNase III-like activity. In the second step, the siRNAs join an RNase complex, RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex), which acts on the cognate mRNA and degrades it. Several key components such as Dicer, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, helicases, and dsRNA endonucleases have been identified in different organisms for their roles in RNAi. Some of these components also control the development of many organisms by processing many noncoding RNAs, called micro-RNAs. The biogenesis and function of micro-RNAs resemble RNAi activities to a large extent. Recent studies indicate that in the context of RNAi, the genome also undergoes alterations in the form of DNA methylation, heterochromatin formation, and programmed DNA elimination. As a result of these changes, the silencing effect of gene functions is exercised as tightly as possible. Because of its exquisite specificity and efficiency, RNAi is being considered as an important tool not only for functional genomics, but also for gene-specific therapeutic activities that target the mRNAs of disease-related genes. 相似文献
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《Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)》2013,12(21):3500-3505
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Silence of the strands: RNA interference in eukaryotic pathogens 总被引:14,自引:0,他引:14