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- Title
Use of cell cultures in vitro to assess the uptake of long dsRNA in plant cells.
- Authors
De Schutter, Kristof; Verbeke, Isabel; Kontogiannatos, Dimitriοs; Dubruel, Peter; Swevers, Luc; Van Damme, Els J. M.; Smagghe, Guy
- Abstract
While RNAi approaches based on transgenic plants overexpressing double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) have yielded a number of genetically modified plants with interesting new traits, several problems associated with the use of genetically modified organisms caused a shift in interest towards exogenous application of the RNA molecules. A major challenge in the environmental RNAi approach is the delivery of the dsRNA molecules into cells. The presence of a cell wall provides a challenging barrier for the internalization of dsRNAs into plant cells. While small interfering RNAs (siRNA) have previously been demonstrated to be internalized in plant cells, the ability of long dsRNAs to cross the cell wall is under discussion. In this study, confocal fluorescence microscopy revealed the successful internalization of a Cy5-labeled long dsRNA (dsGFP, 500 bp) in Arabidopsis thaliana PSB-D cell cultures. However, a similar approach was not successful in Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cell cultures. This discrepancy between the two cell cultures suggests a pivoting role of the cell wall in the uptake of dsRNAs. The use of carrier molecules complexed with dsRNA can overcome this internalization barrier, thus facilitating cellular dsRNA uptake. Complexation of the dsRNA with a cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)–based carrier was shown to accelerate its internalization in Arabidopsis cells compared to uptake of the free dsRNA. These results confirm the potential of dsRNAs to cross the plant cell wall of particular cells and the beneficial effect of carriers to improve dsRNA delivery in cells.
- Subjects
DOUBLE-stranded RNA; CELL culture; SMALL interfering RNA; CONFOCAL fluorescence microscopy; PLANT cell culture; TRANSGENIC plants; PLANT cell walls
- Publication
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology Plant, 2022, Vol 58, Issue 4, p511
- ISSN
1054-5476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11627-022-10260-1