Comparison of bovine RNA polymerase III promoters for short hairpin RNA expression
- 20 June 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Animal Genetics
- Vol. 37 (4), 369-372
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01468.x
Abstract
RNA interference (RNAi) mediated by DNA‐based expression of short hairpin RNA (shRNA) is a powerful method of sequence‐specific gene knockdown. A number of vectors for expression of shRNA have been developed that feature promoters from RNA polymerase III (pol III)‐transcribed genes of mouse or human origin. To advance the use of RNAi as a tool for functional genomic research and for future development of specific therapeutics in the bovine species, we have developed shRNA expression vectors that feature novel bovine RNA pol III promoters. We characterized two bovine U6 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) promoters (bU6‐2 and bU6‐3) and a bovine 7SK snRNA promoter (b7SK). We compared the efficiency of each of these promoters to express shRNA molecules. Promoter activity was measured in the context of RNAi by targeting and suppressing the reporter gene encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein. Results show that the b7SK promoter induced the greatest level of suppression in a range of cell lines. The comparison of these bovine promoters in shRNA expression is an important component for the future development of bovine‐specific RNAi‐based research.Keywords
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