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Functional knockdown of neuropilin-1 in the developing chick nervous system by siRNA hairpins phenocopies genetic ablation in the mouse
被引:40
作者:
Bron, R
[1
]
Eickholt, BJ
[1
]
Vermeren, M
[1
]
Fragale, N
[1
]
Cohen, J
[1
]
机构:
[1] MRC, Ctr Dev Neurobiol, London SE1 1UL, England
关键词:
siRNA;
nervous system;
chick embryo;
neuropilin;
semaphorin;
axon guidance;
D O I:
10.1002/dvdy.20043
中图分类号:
R602 [外科病理学、解剖学];
R32 [人体形态学];
学科分类号:
100101 ;
摘要:
The chick embryo is widely used for the study of vertebrate development, but a general, reliable loss-of-function strategy for the analysis of gene function is currently not available. By using small inhibitory hairpin RNA (siRNA) molecules generated by the mouse U6 promoter, we have applied an RNA interference approach to achieve quantitative knockdown of the neuropilin-1 (Nrp-1) receptor in chick embryos. Functional knockdown was evident in the abolition of Sema3A-induced growth cone collapse in Nrp-1-siRNA but not Nrp-2-siRNA-expressing dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Two nervous system defects in Nrp-1 mutant mice were phenocopied in embryos treated with Nrp-1 siRNA. First, DRG axons prematurely entered the dorsal horn and projected inappropriately. Second, targeted early migrating neural crest cells destined for the sympathetic chain arrested ectopically within ventral spinal nerve roots. Localized knockdown induced by specific siRNA constructs will allow rapid functional analysis of genes regulating chick neural development whilst circumventing embryonic lethal effects often associated with global gene knockout in the mouse. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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页码:299 / 308
页数:10
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