A Novel Tool For Monitoring Endogenous Alpha-Synuclein Transcription By Nanoluciferase Tag Insertion At The 3′End Using Crispr-Cas9 Genome Editing Technique

Abstract

α-synuclein (α-SYN) is a major pathologic contributor to Parkinson's disease (PD). Multiplication of α-SYN encoding gene (SNCA) is correlated with early onset of the disease underlining the significance of its transcriptional regulation. Thus, monitoring endogenous transcription of SNCA is of utmost importance to understand PD pathology. We developed a stable cell line expressing α-SYN endogenously tagged with NanoLuc luciferase reporter using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing. This allows efficient measurement of transcriptional activity of α-SYN in its native epigenetic landscape which is not achievable using exogenous transfection-based luciferase reporter assays. The NanoLuc activity faithfully monitored the transcriptional regulation of SNCA following treatment with different drugs known to regulate α-SYN expression; while exogenous promoter-reporter assays failed to reproduce the similar outcomes. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing endogenous monitoring of α-SYN transcription, thus making it an efficient drug screening tool that can be used for therapeutic intervention in PD.

Publication Date

4-4-2017

Publication Title

Scientific Reports

Volume

8

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1038/srep45883

Socpus ID

85017192204 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85017192204

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