A proteomics approach to quantify protein levels following RNA interference: case study with glutathione transferase superfamily from the model metazoan Caenorhabditis elegans

J Proteome Res. 2008 Aug;7(8):3314-8. doi: 10.1021/pr8001035. Epub 2008 Jun 27.

Abstract

Loss-of-function phenotypic analysis via interference RNA (RNAi) technology is a revolutionary approach to assigning gene function. While transcript-based methodologies commonly validate RNAi gene suppression investigations, protein-based validation is less developed. This report illustrates the potential for two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and gel analysis to quantify protein levels following RNAi. This case study involves three glutathione transferase (GST) genes targeted by RNAi from the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / enzymology*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism*
  • Helminth Proteins / metabolism*
  • Proteomics
  • RNA Interference*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

Substances

  • Helminth Proteins
  • Glutathione Transferase