Sains Malaysiana 44(10)(2015): 1481–1488
U6 snRNA is a Suitable
Endogenous Control for microRNA-124 and -134 in Cultured Rat Hippocampal
Neurons
(U6 snRNA adalah kawalan Endogen yang sesuai untuk microRNA-124 dan -134 dalam neuron hipokampus tikus
berkultur)
AI SZE CHING
& AZLINA AHMAD-ANNUAR*
Department of Biomedical
Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya,
50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Diserahkan: 21 Julai
2014/Diterima: 23 Jun 2015
ABSTRACT
As researchers seek to determine the
cellular mechanisms underlying biological processes, they have turned to
analyze the functional role of microRNAs to understand this process
in details. Here, we investigated the expression pattern of two microRNAs,
miR-124 and -134 in maturing neurons and found that the choice of endogenous
controls influenced the observed expression levels of these microRNAs.
We have cultured rat hippocampal neurons and performed quantitative PCR on
the microRNAs using Taqman gene expression assays. The expression
of miRNAs was normalised with selected endogenous controls.
Using BestKeeper and NormFinder software, we found that 18S rRNA and
5S rRNA to be unsuitable as endogenous controls in this
system, while normalising to U6 snRNA produced more consistent
results. Our study would like to highlight the importance of empirically
testing proposed endogenous controls in any model system before data
interpretation is carried out.
Keywords: Endogenous controls;
hippocampal neuron culture; microRNAs; miR-124; miR-134
ABSTRAK
Dalam usaha untuk menentukan mekanisme
sel dalam proses biologi, para penyelidik telah beralih untuk menganalisis
peranan fungsi mikroRNA untuk memahami proses ini
dengan lebih mendalam. Kami telah menentukan tahap ekspresi untuk
dua jenis mikroRNA, miR-124 dan -134 dalam sel-sel neuron yang semakin
matang dan mendapati bahawa pilihan untuk gen endogen boleh mempengaruhi
tahap ekspresi yang diperhatikan untuk mikroRNA tersebut. Kami telah mengkultur
sel neuron daripada hipokampus tikus dan menggunakan teknik PCR
kuantitatif dengan asai ekspresi gen Taqman. Ekspresi
miRNA gen
telah dipenormal dengan gen endogen. Dengan menggunakan perisian
BestKeeper dan NormFinder, kami mendapati bahawa rRNA 18S dan rRNA 5S
merupakan gen endogen yang tidak sesuai dalam sistem ini, manakala
keputusan lebih konsisten apabila snRNA U6 digunakan. Hasil penyelidikan
kami menunjukkan kepentingan untuk menggunakan pendekatan secara
empirik semasa menimbangkan pilihan gen endogen yang ingin digunakan.
Kata kunci: Kawalan endogen; kultur neuron
hipokampus; mikroRNAs; miR-124; miR-134
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*Pengarang untuk surat-menyurat; email: azlina_aa@um.edu.my
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