Objective: To silence the expression of alpha-synuclein in MN9D dopaminergic cells using vector mediated RNA interference (RNAi) and examined its effects on cell proliferation and viability.
Methods: We identified two 19-nucleotide stretches within the coding region of the alpha-synuclein gene and designed three sets of oligonucleotides to generate double-stranded (ds) oligos. The ds oligos were inserted into the pENTR/H1/TO vector and transfected into MN9D dopaminergic cells. alpha-Synuclein expression was detected by RT-PCR, real-time PCR, immunocytochemistry staining and Western blot. In addition, we measured cell proliferation using growth curves and cell viability by 3-(4, 5)-dimethylthiahiazo (-z-y1)-3, 5-di- phenytetrazoliumromide (MTT).
Results: The mRNA and protein levels of alpha-synuclein gene were significantly down-regulated in pSH2/alpha-SYN-transfected cells compared with control MN9D and pSH/CON-transfected MN9D cells, while pSH1/alpha-SYN-transfected cells showed no significant difference. Silencing alpha-synuclein expression does not affect cell proliferation but may decrease cell viability.
Conclusion: Our results demonstrated pSH2/alpha-SYN is an effective small interfering RNA (siRNA) sequence and potent silencing of mouse alpha-synuclein expression in MN9D cells by vector-based RNAi, which provides the tools for studying the normal function of alpha-synuclein and examining its role in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. alpha-Synuclein may be important for the viability of MN9D cells, and loss of alpha-synuclein may induce cell injury directly or indirectly.
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