通过光蛋白辅助细胞分类对内源蛋白进行CRISPR-Cas9介导的生物发光标记
Robert G Hawley1, Teresa S Hawley2
1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. rghawley@gwu.edu.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|March 25, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了一种新方法来寻找针对PAX3-FOXO1融合蛋白的药物,PAX3-FOXO1融合蛋白是膜融合基因阳性狂宫肌肉瘤的关键驱动因素. 这种方法使用发光标签来实现新型癌症治疗的高通量查.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 瘤融合基因是许多癌症的关键驱动因素,呈现出有吸引力的治疗点.
- 像PAX3-FOXO1这样的转录因子融合在膜融合基因阳性狂宫肌肉瘤 (FP-RMS) 中缺乏明显的药物结合部位,阻碍了向抑制.
- 目前针对激酶的现有疗法,如对BCR-ABL1的伊马替尼甲基酸,对转录因子融合没有直接适用.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别选择性准PAX3-FOXO1融合蛋白的新型小分子.
- 开发一种敏感和定量方法,用于选PAX3-FOXO1抑制剂和降解剂的化合物库.
主要方法:
- 通过CRISPR-Cas9介导的敲进方法,在FP-RMS细胞系中使用了标记内源PAX3-FOXO1融合蛋白与亲发光HiBiT标记.
- 一个与mCherry光蛋白相关的P2A自切割被用于基于光激活细胞分类 (FACS) 的单细胞克隆的选择.
- HiBiT标签可以对PAX3-FOXO1蛋白水平进行高度敏感的发光检测.
主要成果:
- 在内源PAX3-FOXO1融合蛋白上成功生成FP-RMS细胞系,具有碳氧终端HiBiT标签.
- 与传统的光酶相比,HiBiT标签提供了约100倍更明亮的发光信号.
- 开发的系统允许对复合库进行定量,高通量选.
结论:
- 对PAX3-FOXO1的HiBiT标记为发现针对FP-RMS的新型治疗剂提供了一个敏感而强大的平台.
- 这种方法克服了针对转录因子融合的挑战,通过使蛋白质水平的检测成为可能.
- 该方法方便识别PAX3-FOXO1抑制剂和降解剂,用于潜在的癌症治疗.
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