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Validation of efficient high-throughput plasmid and siRNA transfection of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells without cell maturation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20875421     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Transfection of primary immune cells is difficult to achieve at high efficiency and without cell activation and maturation. Dendritic cells (DCs) represent a key link between the innate and adaptive immune systems. Delineating the signaling pathways involved in the activation of human primary DCs and reverse engineering cellular inflammatory pathways have been challenging tasks. We optimized and validated an effective high-throughput transfection protocol, allowing us to transiently express DNA in naïve primary DCs, as well as investigate the effect of gene silencing by RNA interference. Using a high-throughput nucleofection system, monocyte-derived DCs were nucleoporated with a plasmid expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP), and transfection efficiency was determined by flow cytometry, based on GFP expression. To evaluate the effect of nucleoporation on DC maturation, the expression of cell surface markers CD86 and MHCII in GFP-positive cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. We established optimal assay conditions with a cell viability reaching 70%, a transfection efficiency of over 50%, and unchanged CD86 and MHCII expression. We examined the impact of small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown of RIG-I, a key viral recognition receptor, on the induction of the interferon (IFN) response in DCs infected with Newcastle disease virus. RIG-I protein was undetectable by Western blot in siRNA-treated cells. RIG-I knockdown caused a 75% reduction in the induction of IFNβ mRNA compared with the negative control siRNA. This protocol should be a valuable tool for probing the immune response pathways activated in human DCs.
Authors:
Robert Bowles; Sonali Patil; Hanna Pincas; Stuart C Sealfon
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2010-09-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of immunological methods     Volume:  363     ISSN:  1872-7905     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Immunol. Methods     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-03     Completed Date:  2010-12-30     Revised Date:  2011-09-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1305440     Medline TA:  J Immunol Methods     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  21-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Center for Translational Systems Biology and Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. robert.bowles@mssm.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antigens, CD86 / biosynthesis,  genetics
DEAD-box RNA Helicases / biosynthesis,  genetics
Dendritic Cells* / cytology,  metabolism
Flow Cytometry / methods
Gene Expression
Gene Knockdown Techniques / methods*
Green Fluorescent Proteins / biosynthesis,  genetics
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / biosynthesis,  genetics
Humans
Interferon-beta / biosynthesis,  genetics
Monocytes* / cytology,  metabolism
Newcastle disease virus / genetics,  metabolism
Plasmids*
RNA Interference
RNA, Small Interfering*
Transfection / methods*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HHSN2662000500021C//PHS HHS; N01 AI050021/AI/NIAID NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens, CD86; 0/CD86 protein, human; 0/Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; 0/RNA, Small Interfering; 147336-22-9/Green Fluorescent Proteins; 77238-31-4/Interferon-beta; EC 3.6.1.-/DDX58 protein, human; EC 3.6.1.-/DEAD-box RNA Helicases

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