Book chapter
Quantitative In Vivo Imaging of Non-viral-Mediated Gene Expression and RNAi-Mediated Knockdown
Bioluminescence, pp.155-171
Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press
07/13/2009
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-321-3_13
PMID: 19685307
Abstract
Bioluminescent imaging (BLI) coupled with hydrodynamic (HD) dosing of luciferase-expressing plasmid DNA (pDNA) has proven to be a powerful method for quantitatively benchmarking non-viral gene expression in the liver. The expression of luciferase or knockdown of luciferase by RNA interference (RNAi) in the liver is quantifiable over five-orders of magnitude in living mice. The photon emission data derived from BLI can be converted to the absolute amount of luciferase expression by comparison with a standard curve developed using luciferase as a primary standard. Quantitative BLI is also applicable to luciferase expression in other tissues, such as skeletal muscle, following intramuscular (IM) dosing and electroporation (EP) of pDNA. The primary advantages of using quantitative BLI in mouse liver and muscle are the sensitivity of the assay, the speed and ease of making measurements, the precision and linearity of the dose–response curves, and the ability to conduct serial sampling of gene expression over many days or months while eliminating the need to euthanize animals.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Quantitative In Vivo Imaging of Non-viral-Mediated Gene Expression and RNAi-Mediated Knockdown
- Creators
- Garrett R Rettig - Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USAKevin G Rice - Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Bioluminescence, pp.155-171
- Series
- Methods in Molecular Biology
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-60327-321-3_13
- PMID
- 19685307
- NLM abbreviation
- Methods Mol Biol
- eISSN
- 1940-6029
- ISSN
- 1064-3745
- Publisher
- Humana Press; Totowa, NJ
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/13/2009
- Academic Unit
- Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984065689602771
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