THE "TROJAN HORSE" FOR SUCCESSFUL RNAi IN INSECTS Flashcards

1
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Why is RNAi so environmentally friendly for pest control?

A

Because it is species specific

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2
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How do you orally induce RNAi into insects?

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By spraying the plants the host feeds on

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3
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What is the biggest struggle of inducing our dsRNA into an insect?

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Their gut can degrade the dsRNA. We need to find ways to protect it.

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4
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Why do we use dsRNA to produce RNAi?

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It works better than with antisense RNA

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5
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Which RNAse III enzymes are used for initiating RNAi?

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Dicer and Drosha

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6
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How are the domains in RNAse III enzymes called?

A
  • helicase domain
  • PAZ domain
  • the dicer
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What does the helices domain do?

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It unwinds RNA and DNA during replication

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What does the PAZ domain do?

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  • it probably mediates complex formations of proteins

- it recognises the dsRNA substrates in the dicer

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What does the dicer do?

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It cleaves the substrate at around 22 nt from the open helicoid end

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10
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What are the main sRNA based silencing pathways in insects?

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  • miRNA
  • siRNA
  • PIWI interacting RNA
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11
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what are PIWI interacting RNAs?

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It is the largest of the small non coding RNAs

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12
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Why are lepidopteran insects way harder to use RNAi on?

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Because they have additional nucleases that can degrade dsRNA before the Dicer can do so

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13
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Which mechanisms are used in insects to uptake dsRNA?

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  • inhibitors of Cathrin dependent endocytis
  • SID-1- like transmembrane channels (flies don’t have them)
  • clathrin mediated pathways through endosomal transport of dsRNA (not so good)
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14
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Why are Cathrin mediated pathways not as good as other ones?

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Because the dsRNA can escape via endosomes

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15
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What role do fatty acids play in the regulation of RNAi efficiency?

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Sometimes, higher exposion to them can change the uptake of dsRNAs for the better

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16
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With what does the RNAi response correlate with heavily?

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With the enzymatic degradation of dsRNA (in the midgut mainly)

17
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What do the donor and receptients cells need to have in insects in order for cell to cell transport to work?

A

SID-1 Channels

18
Q

What can we use instead of SID-1 channels?

A

Nanotube like structures

19
Q

What can you tell about nanotube structures for cell to cell transport?

A
  • they consist of actin and tubular

- they associate with parts of the RNAi machinery

20
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With which parts of the RNAi machinery do nanotubes associate?

A

AGO-2 and dsRNA

21
Q

How do we form nanoparticles with dsRNA?

A

dsRNA is anionic, by binding it to the cationic polymer CHITOSAN, we get stable nanoparticles

22
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What can nanoparticles do?

A

knockdown genes

23
Q

How to we target genes with nanoparticles?

A

By aerolizing the nanoparticle

24
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What does aerolisation mean?

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We create particles that are so small, that they can be carried via air

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On which factor does the position of the nanoparticle inside the organism depend?
Its charge
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Where does a positively charged nanoparticle appear?
In the gut or any gastrointestinal tract
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Where does a negatively charged nanoparticle appear?
They persist through metamophorsis and appear in adult organs like the head or ovaries
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How can we protect dsRNA from degradation?
- with guanidine containing polymers | - by binding the siRNA to perfluocarbons to build nanoparticles
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Which bacterium do we use to deliver RNAi via bacterium?
RNase III - deficient "Escheria coli" (HT115)
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On which idea does the theory of bacterial RNAi delivery build up on?
That the cloning of the desired gene takes place between two T7 promoters on a RNA plasmid called L4440
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How does bacterial RNAi delivery work in theory?
- For the transformation HT115 cells are used - dsRNA gets produced upon induction of T7 RNA polymerase - after dsRNA production, we introduce the cells into the insects growth medium - RNAi happens
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How can we bypass the negative charge of the siRNA?
By binding it to the PTB-DRBD domain
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Why do we want to bypass the negative siRNA charge?
So they can be uptake by PTD mediated cells
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Why do we want our siRNA to be uptake by PTD mediated cells?
Because it doubles the dsRNA efficiency