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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacies of antisense oligonucleotides and ribozymes are greatly dependent on the accessibility of their mRNA targets. Target site accessibility is affected by both RNA structure and the proteins associated along the length of the RNA. To mimic the native state of mRNA for site identification, we have previously used endogenous mRNAs in cellular extracts as targets for defined sequence oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) designed to identify both antisense pairing and potential ribozyme cleavage sites. The rationale for this approach is that the specific pairing of an ODN with a mRNA forms a DNA:RNA hybrid that is cleaved by the endogenous RNaseH in the cell extract. To extend the usefulness of this basic approach, we report here the use of semi-random ODN libraries to identify hammerhead ribozyme cleavage sites. Thus, the most accessible sites for antisense and ribozyme base pairing are selected by this approach. A novel feature of the approach described here is the use of terminal transferase-dependent PCR (TDPCR) after reverse transcription to estimate the cleavage efficiency and to precisely determine the RNaseH and ribozyme cleavage sites on mRNAs in cell extracts following treatment with ODN or ribozyme libraries. As a model system, we have targeted the NCOA3 (also known as AIB-1) mRNA in cell extracts. The NCOA3 mRNA encodes a nuclear receptor co-activator that is amplified and over-expressed in a high proportion of breast and ovarian cancers. A highly accessible site on this mRNA was identified, and a ribozyme targeted to this site was demonstrated to effectively downregulate NCOA3 function in cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1525-0016
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
454-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Base Pairing, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-DNA, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-RNA, Catalytic, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Retroviridae, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Ribonuclease H, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11708882-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of antisense and ribozyme accessible sites on native mRNAs: application to NCOA3 mRNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010-3011, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.