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Nature Biotechnology | 2002

Effective expression of small interfering RNA in human cells

Cynthia P. Paul; Paul D. Good; Ira Winer; David R. Engelke

In many eukaryotes, expression of nuclear-encoded mRNA can be strongly inhibited by the presence of a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) corresponding to exon sequences in the mRNA (refs 1,2). The use of this “RNA interference” (RNAi) in mammalian studies had lagged well behind its utility in lower animals because uninterrupted RNA duplexes longer than 30 base pairs trigger generalized cellular responses through activation of dsRNA-dependent protein kinases. Recently it was demonstrated that RNAi can be made to work in cultured human cells by introducing shorter, synthetic duplex RNAs (∼20 base pairs) through liposome transfection. We have explored several strategies for expressing similar short interfering RNA (siRNA) duplexes within cells from recombinant DNA constructs, because this might allow long-term target-gene suppression in cells, and potentially in whole organisms. Effective suppression of target gene product levels is achieved by using a human U6 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) promoter to drive nuclear expression of a single RNA transcript. The siRNA-like parts of the transcript consists of a 19–base pair siRNA stem with the two strands joined by a tightly structured loop and a U1–4 3′ overhang at the end of the antisense strand. The simplicity of the U6 expression cassette and its widespread transcription in human cell types suggest that this mode of siRNA delivery could be useful for suppressing expression of a wide range of genes.


Genes & Development | 2008

Clustering of yeast tRNA genes is mediated by specific association of condensin with tRNA gene transcription complexes

Rebecca A. Haeusler; Matthew Pratt-Hyatt; Paul D. Good; Theresa A. Gipson; David R. Engelke

The 274 tRNA genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are scattered throughout the linear maps of the 16 chromosomes, but the genes are clustered at the nucleolus when compacted in the nucleus. This clustering is dependent on intact nucleolar organization and contributes to tRNA gene-mediated (tgm) silencing of RNA polymerase II transcription near tRNA genes. After examination of the localization mechanism, we find that the chromosome-condensing complex, condensin, is involved in the clustering of tRNA genes. Conditionally defective mutations in all five subunits of condensin, which we confirm is bound to active tRNA genes in the yeast genome, lead to loss of both pol II transcriptional silencing near tRNA genes and nucleolar clustering of the genes. Furthermore, we show that condensin physically associates with a subcomplex of RNA polymerase III transcription factors on the tRNA genes. Clustering of tRNA genes by condensin appears to be a separate mechanism from their nucleolar localization, as microtubule disruption releases tRNA gene clusters from the nucleolus, but does not disperse the clusters. These observations suggest a widespread role for condensin in gene organization and packaging of the interphase yeast nucleus.


Molecular Therapy | 2003

Localized expression of small RNA inhibitors in human cells

Cynthia P. Paul; Paul D. Good; Shirley Li; Annette Kleihauer; John J. Rossi; David R. Engelke

Several types of small RNAs have been proposed as gene expression repressors with great potential for use in gene therapy. RNA polymerase III (pol III) provides an ideal means of expressing small RNAs in cells because its normal products are small, highly structured RNAs that are found in a variety of subcellular compartments. We have designed cassettes that use human pol III promoters for the high-level expression of small RNAs in the cytoplasm, nucleoplasm, and nucleolus. The levels and subcellular destinations of the transcripts are compared for transcripts expressed using the U6 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), 5S ribosomal RNA (rRNA), and the 7SL RNA component of the signal recognition particle. The most effective location for a particular inhibitory RNA is not necessarily predictable; thus these cassettes allow testing of the same RNA insert in multiple subcellular locations. Several small interfering RNA (siRNA) inserts were tested for efficacy. An siRNA insert that reduces lamin expression when transcribed from the U6 snRNA promoter in the nucleus has no effect on lamin expression when transcribed from 5S rRNA and 7SL RNA-based cassettes and found in the nucleolus and cytoplasm. To test further the generality of U6-driven siRNA inhibitors, siRNAs targeting HIV were tested by co-transfection with provirus in cell culture. Although the degree of HIV-1 inhibition varied among inserts, results show that the U6 cassette provides a means of expressing an siRNA-like inhibitor of HIV gene expression.


Gene | 1994

Yeast expression vectors using RNA polymerase III promoters

Paul D. Good; David R. Engelke

A series of Saccharomyces cerevisiae--Escherichia coli shuttle vectors is described in which small RNAs can be stably expressed in yeast from two different promoters for RNA polymerase III transcription. The vectors are available in either high- or low-copy-number forms with either URA3, HIS3, or TRP1 selection markers, and are based on a previously described set of plasmid vectors [Sikorski and Hieter, Genetics 122 (1989) 19-27]. Transcripts have structured pre-tRNA or RPR1 leaders fused to RNA corresponding to inserted sequences. Levels of RNA accumulation are dependent on plasmid copy number and the type of transcript.


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2013

Mod5 protein binds to tRNA gene complexes and affects local transcriptional silencing

Matthew Pratt-Hyatt; Dave A. Pai; Rebecca A. Haeusler; Glenn G. Wozniak; Paul D. Good; Erin L. Miller; Ian X. McLeod; John R. Yates; Anita K. Hopper; David R. Engelke

Significance This study provides new insight into the requirements for observed silencing of RNA polymerase II transcription near tRNA genes. Mod5 is a conserved tRNA modification enzyme found in both the nucleus and cytoplasm, although it only modifies tRNAs in the cytoplasm. Mod5 is required for silencing near tRNA genes, and it is bound to both nuclear tRNA gene complexes and nuclear pre-tRNA transcripts. Possible mechanisms for this form of RNA-mediated transcriptional silencing are discussed. The tRNA gene-mediated (tgm) silencing of RNA polymerase II promoters is dependent on subnuclear clustering of the tRNA genes, but genetic analysis shows that the silencing requires additional mechanisms. We have identified proteins that bind tRNA gene transcription complexes and are required for tgm silencing but not required for gene clustering. One of the proteins, Mod5, is a tRNA modifying enzyme that adds an N6-isopentenyl adenosine modification at position 37 on a small number of tRNAs in the cytoplasm, although a subpopulation of Mod5 is also found in the nucleus. Recent publications have also shown that Mod5 has tumor suppressor characteristics in humans as well as confers drug resistance through prion-like misfolding in yeast. Here, we show that a subpopulation of Mod5 associates with tRNA gene complexes in the nucleolus. This association occurs and is required for tgm silencing regardless of whether the pre-tRNA transcripts are substrates for Mod5 modification. In addition, Mod5 is bound to nuclear pre-tRNA transcripts, although they are not substrates for the A37 modification. Lastly, we show that truncation of the tRNA transcript to remove the normal tRNA structure also alleviates silencing, suggesting that synthesis of intact pre-tRNAs is required for the silencing mechanism. These results are discussed in light of recent results showing that silencing near tRNA genes also requires chromatin modification.


Gene | 2013

Silencing near tRNA genes is nucleosome-mediated and distinct from boundary element function.

Paul D. Good; Ann Kendall; James Ignatz-Hoover; Erin L. Miller; Dave A. Pai; Sara R. Rivera; Brian H. Carrick; David R. Engelke

Transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and other RNA polymerase III transcription units are dispersed in high copy throughout nuclear genomes, and can antagonize RNA polymerase II transcription in their immediate chromosomal locus. Previous work in Saccharomyces cerevisiae found that this local silencing required subnuclear clustering of the tRNA genes near the nucleolus. Here we show that the silencing also requires nucleosome participation, though the nature of the nucleosome interaction appears distinct from other forms of transcriptional silencing. Analysis of an extensive library of histone amino acid substitutions finds a large number of residues that affect the silencing, both in the histone N-terminal tails and on the nucleosome disk surface. The residues on the disk surfaces involved are largely distinct from those affecting other regulatory phenomena. Consistent with the large number of histone residues affecting tgm silencing, survey of chromatin modification mutations shows that several enzymes known to affect nucleosome modification and positioning are also required. The enzymes include an Rpd3 deacetylase complex, Hos1 deacetylase, Glc7 phosphatase, and the RSC nucleosome remodeling activity, but not multiple other activities required for other silencing forms or boundary element function at tRNA gene loci. Models for communication between the tRNA gene transcription complexes and local chromatin are discussed.


Methods of Molecular Biology | 2011

The Dual Use of RNA Aptamer Sequences for Affinity Purification and Localization Studies of RNAs and RNA–Protein Complexes

Scott C. Walker; Paul D. Good; Theresa A. Gipson; David R. Engelke

RNA affinity tags (aptamers) have emerged as useful tools for the isolation of RNAs and ribonucleoprotein complexes from cell extracts. The streptavidin binding RNA aptamer binds with high affinity and is quickly and cleanly eluted with biotin under mild conditions that retain intact complexes. We describe the use of the streptavidin binding aptamer as a tool for purification and discuss strategies towards the design and production of tagged RNAs with a focus on structured target RNAs. The aptamer site can be further exploited as a unique region for the hybridization of oligonucleotide probes and localization by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). The aptamer insertion will allow the localization of a population of RNA species (such as mutants) to be viewed specifically, while in the presence of the wild type RNA. We describe the production of labeled oligonucleotide probes and the preparation of yeast cells for the localization of RNAs by FISH.


Science | 2003

Nucleolar clustering of dispersed tRNA genes

Martin Thompson; Rebecca A. Haeusler; Paul D. Good; David R. Engelke


Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2005

Silencing near tRNA genes requires nucleolar localization

Li Wang; Rebecca A. Haeusler; Paul D. Good; Martin Thompson; Sapna Nagar; David R. Engelke


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2000

A CBF5 mutation that disrupts nucleolar localization of early tRNA biosynthesis in yeast also suppresses tRNA gene-mediated transcriptional silencing

Ann Kendall; Melissa W. Hull; Edouard Bertrand; Paul D. Good; Robert H. Singer; David R. Engelke

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Ann Kendall

University of Michigan

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Dave A. Pai

University of Michigan

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John J. Rossi

City of Hope National Medical Center

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Martin Thompson

Michigan Technological University

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