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A protocol for assessment of direct effects of RNAi to earthworms

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Studies of non-target effects of RNAi require adjustment and modification of existing procedures such as the ISO and OECD standards as these procedures are mainly adopted to the soil exposure route. Earthworms, Lumbricidae, are an important part of the soil ecosystems and thus commonly included in the risk assessment of the new plant breeding techniques (NBT). However, the mechanisms and fate of ingested small interfering RNAmolecules in this phylum are not well studied. We present a protocol for artificial exposure of RNAi molecules to earthworms aiming to study if dsRNA can cross the gut barrier, enter into the internal organs, and exert its silencing effect on the COI, cytochrome oxidase 1, mRNA, a crucial part of the respiratory energy producing system. The elements of the protocol include 1) reverse transcription of mRNA to cDNA, 2) dsRNA synthesis by PCR, 3)preparing chitosan/dsRNA nanoparticles acting as a carrier for food exposure ofdsRNA (Zhang et al. 2015. J. Vis. Exp. (2015) DOI 10.3791/52523) 4) introducedsRNA into the internal organs of earthworms and induce silencing and finally, 5) perform qPCR of the targeted mRNA to confirm the silencing effect. Thus, the protocol describes both how to study fate and effects of the RNAi molecules. If COI or another gene apt for silencing will be successful in the earthworm L. terrestris, this could become a suggested positive control agent for future non-target studies of RNAi. The testing of environmental effects of NBT require such positive control RNAi’s being comparable to the mode-of-action of new untested RNAi compounds. If the mode of action is of another nature than the RNAi being tested, the positive control ultimately cannot validate the test conditions because they are not addressed by the positive control agent.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Udgivelsesår2 jul. 2018
StatusUdgivet - 2 jul. 2018
BegivenhediPLANTA workshop on “Biosafety issues associated with RNAi” at the XI European Congress of Entomology in Naples (Italy), July 2-3, 2018 - Terminal Napoli SpA Molo Angioino Stazione Marittima, Napoli, Italien
Varighed: 2 jul. 2018 → 3 jul. 2018
Konferencens nummer: XI
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KonferenceiPLANTA workshop on “Biosafety issues associated with RNAi” at the XI European Congress of Entomology in Naples (Italy), July 2-3, 2018
NummerXI
LokationTerminal Napoli SpA Molo Angioino Stazione Marittima
LandItalien
ByNapoli
Periode02/07/2018 → 03/07/2018
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