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Target Discovery and Validation Reviews and Protocols

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156 Erfle <strong>and</strong> Pepperkok<br />

2. Materials<br />

1. siRNA oligonucleotides (QIAGEN, Valencia, CA).<br />

2. Cy3-labeled DNA marker oligomer (BioSpring, Frankfurt, Germany).<br />

3. 384-Well plates (Nalge Nunc International, Rochester, NY).<br />

4. Lab-Tek chambered coverglass (cat. no. 155361, Nalge Nunc International).<br />

5. Transfection reagent Effectene (QIAGEN, Hilden, Germany) or LipofectAMINE<br />

2000 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA).<br />

6. Sucrose (USB, Clevel<strong>and</strong>, OH).<br />

7. Gelatin (cat. no. G-9391, Sigma, St. Louis, MO).<br />

8. Fibronectin (Sigma).<br />

3. Methods<br />

The method involves five major steps (Fig. 1), including the preparation of<br />

the transfection solutions, followed by their spotting onto a cell substrate (e.g.,<br />

Lab-Tek culture dishes, Nalge Nunc International), plating of the cells onto the<br />

arrays of spotted transfection solutions, preparation of the transfected cells for<br />

functional analysis, <strong>and</strong> the analysis of transfected cells by high-content screening<br />

microscopy.<br />

3.1. Sources of Tagged cDNAs <strong>and</strong> siRNAs <strong>and</strong> Preparation<br />

of Transfection Solutions<br />

3.1.1. Sources of Tagged cDNAs <strong>and</strong> siRNAs<br />

Information on the collection of novel human cDNAs fused to spectral<br />

variants of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) is available at http://gfp-cdna.<br />

embl.de/ (5).<br />

Synthesized siRNAs targeting human proteins can be obtained from QIAGEN<br />

(http://www1.qiagen.com), Ambion (http://www.ambion.com/), or Dharmacon<br />

(http://www.dharmacon.com).<br />

3.1.2. Preparation of Transfection Solutions<br />

The siRNA (plasmid cDNA) gelatin transfection solutions are prepared in<br />

384-well plates (Nalge Nunc International). As transfection reagent, we use<br />

Effectene (QIAGEN) or LipofectAMINE 2000 (Invitrogen), giving optimal<br />

transfection efficiencies for both siRNAs <strong>and</strong> plasmid cDNAs in MCF7, HeLa,<br />

COS7L, or human embryonic kidney (HEK)293 cells. The presence of sucrose<br />

in the spotting solution facilitates the storage of the dried arrays without loss in<br />

transfection efficiencies. Additionally, it is essential for the successful transfer<br />

of the siRNA (cDNA)–gelatin transfection solutions to uncoated substrates<br />

during the spotting procedure. The presence of fibronectin in the gelatin solution<br />

increases cell adherence, resulting in a reduced migration of transfected

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