Design of an Intron-Retained Bioluminescence Reporter and its Application in Imaging of Pre-mRNA Splicing in Living Subjects

  • Fu Wang
  • , Si Chen
  • , Haifeng Zheng
  • , Bin Guo

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Abstract

Aberrant splicing of precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) can generate abnormal transcripts, and most of the human diseases have been shown to associate with abnormal splicing of pre-mRNA. Conventional methods require sample lysis and thus cannot be used for monitoring pre-mRNA splicing in real time. This chapter guides how to develop an intron-retained bioluminescence (BL) reporter, which simulates the splicing process of pre-mRNA in vitro and in vivo noninvasively. In the following, we illustrate the design and construction of RLuc-intron and the methods of BL experiments in vitro and in vivo. The exemplified results show that our reporter is suitable for high-throughput screening of splicing inhibitors for the therapies of the diseases caused by aberrant splicing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages209-221
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2524
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • Bioluminescence reporter
  • Imaging
  • Intron-retained transcript
  • Pre-mRNA splicing
  • Renilla luciferase

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