Name: in vitro synthesis of modified mrna for induction of protein expression in human cells
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This project was funded by the European Social Funds in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

1. Augmentation of Plasmids Containing Required Coding DNA Sequences (CDS)
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	<li>Pre-warm SOC medium, which is included in the transformation kit, to room temperature and the LB agar plates containing 100 &#181;g/ml ampicillin to 37 &#176;C. Equilibrate the water bath to 42 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Thaw one vial of chemically component E. coli on ice.</li>
	<li>Add 1-5 &#181;l of the plasmid (10 pg to 100 ng) containing the CDS into the vial of chemically component E. coli and mix gently. Do not mix the...

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The mRNA therapy has tremendous potential in the field of regenerative medicine, treatment of diseases and vaccination. In this video, we demonstrate the production of a stabilized, modified mRNA for induction of protein expression in cells. Using this protocol, other desired mRNA can be generated. The in vitro synthesis of modified mRNA allows the transfection of cells with desired mRNAs to induce expression of target proteins. Thereby, the desired protein is expressed transiently under physiological conditions...

In cells, the transcription of messenger RNA (mRNA) and the following translation of mRNA into desired proteins ensure the proper functioning of cells. Hereditary or acquired genetic disorders can lead to insufficient and dysfunctional synthesis of proteins and cause severe diseases. Thus, a new therapeutic approach to induce the production of missing or defective proteins is the exogenous delivery of synthetic modified mRNA into cells, which codes for the desired protein. Thereby, cells are triggered to synthesize functional proteins, which they normally cannot produce or would naturally not need. Using this approach, genetic disorders can be corrected by introduction of mRNA that codes for the defective or missing protein 1. The mRNA therapy can also be used for vaccination to synthetize protein antigens, which are expressed by tumor cells or pathogens. Thereby, host immune system can be activated to effectively eliminate tumor cells or prevent infections 2,3. Furthermore, in recent years, mRNA was successfully used to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). For this purpose, fibroblasts were transfected with mRNAs to induce the expression of reprogramming factors 4-6 and to convert them in iPSCs with an enormous potential in regenerative medicine.
Previously, the use of conventional mRNA was associated with low stability and strong immunogenicity. Thus, clinical applications of conventional mRNAs were limited. However, the replacement of cytidine and uridine by 5-methylcytidine and pseudouridine within the mRNA molecule by Kariko and colleagues rendered mRNA molecules stable in biological fluids and dramatically reduced immune activation 7-10, which now allows the clinical applicability of modified mRNAs.
Using synthetically produced modified mRNAs, desired gene transcripts can be temporarily delivered in vivo 11 or in vitro to induce protein expression. The introduced mRNA is translated under physiological conditions by the cellular translation machinery. Due to lack of integration into the host cell genome compared to viral gene therapy vectors, the risk of oncogenesis is prevented 12,13. Thus, therapy using modified synthetic mRNA will get better clinical acceptance in the future.
Here, we describe a detailed protocol for production of modified mRNA (Figure 1), transfection of cells with mRNA and the evaluation of protein expression in transfected cells.

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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">DMEM, high glucose</td>
			<td>PAA</td>
			<td>E15-009</td>
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			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>10500</td>
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			<td>P11-010</td>
			<td>100x</td>
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			<td>PAA</td>
			<td>M11-004</td>
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			<td>E15-002</td>
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			<td>C-41020</td>
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			<td>Promocell</td>
			<td>C-41120</td>
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			<td style="width:157px;">ATCC</td>
			<td>CRL-1573</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Consumables</td>
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			<td>Corning</td>
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			<td>Corning</td>
			<td>430641</td>
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			<td>Eppendorf</td>
			<td>0030 121.589</td>
			<td>Safe-Lock, Biopur</td>
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			<td>greiner bio-one</td>
			<td>188271</td>
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			<td>Eppendorf</td>
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			<td>greiner bio-one</td>
			<td>122279-128</td>
			<td>Cryo.s&#160;</td>
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			<td>BD Falcon</td>
			<td>352059</td>
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			<td>26822</td>
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			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>C4040-10</td>
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			<td>Fresenius Kabi</td>
			<td>1636071</td>
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			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>X968.1</td>
			<td>Dissolve 25 g l-1 in sterile water.</td>
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			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>X969.1</td>
			<td>Dissolve 40 g l-1 in sterile water.</td>
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			<td>Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td>A5354</td>
			<td>100 mg/ml&#160;</td>
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			<td>Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td>G2025</td>
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			<td>Qiagen</td>
			<td>27104</td>
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			<td>Qiagen</td>
			<td>202602</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">QIAquick PCR Purification Kit&#160;</td>
			<td>Qiagen</td>
			<td>28106</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">MEGAscript T7 Kit&#160;</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>AM1334</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">5-Methylcytidine-5&#180;-triphosphate&#160;</td>
			<td>Trilink</td>
			<td>N1014</td>
			<td>5-Methyl-CTP</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Pseudouridine-5&#180;-triphosphate&#160;</td>
			<td>Trilink</td>
			<td>N1019</td>
			<td>Pseudo-UTP</td>
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			<td height="45" style="height:45px;width:295px;">3&#180;-O-Me-m7G(5&#180;)ppp(5`)G RNA cap structure analog&#160;</td>
			<td>New England Biolabs</td>
			<td>S1411L</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">RiboLock RNase Inhibitor</td>
			<td>Thermo Scientific</td>
			<td>EO0381</td>
			<td>40 U/&#181;l&#160;</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">TURBO DNase</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>AM1334</td>
			<td>2 U/&#181;l (from MEGAscript T7 Kit)</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Antarctic phosphatase&#160;</td>
			<td>New England Biolabs</td>
			<td>MO289S</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">RNeasy mini kit&#160;</td>
			<td>Qiagen</td>
			<td>74104</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">RNaseZap solution&#160;</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>AM9780</td>
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			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Lipofectamine 2000 Transfection Reagent&#160;</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>11668-019</td>
			<td>Cationic lipid transfection reagent</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;">Opti-MEM I Reduced Serum Media&#160;</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>11058-021</td>
			<td style="width:435px;">Improved Minimal Essential Medium (MEM) with&#160; reduced Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) supplementation&#160;</td>
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			<td style="width:157px;"></td>
			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Gel electrophoresis</td>
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			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Agarose</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>A9539</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Gelred Nucleic Acid Gel Stain</td>
			<td>Biotium</td>
			<td>41003</td>
			<td>10,000x in water&#160;</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">peqGOLD Range Mix DNA-Ladder&#160;</td>
			<td>Peqlab</td>
			<td>25-2210</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">0.5-10 kb RNA Ladder&#160;</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>15623-200</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">1x TBE buffer</td>
			<td style="width:157px;"></td>
			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td style="width:157px;"></td>
			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">CellFIX (1x)</td>
			<td>BD Biosciences</td>
			<td>340181</td>
			<td>10x concentrate&#160;</td>
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			<td style="width:157px;"></td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:295px;">Primer for insert amplification and&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; poly (T) tail PCR</td>
			<td style="width:157px;"></td>
			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Forward Primer (HPLC-grade) 10 &#181;M</td>
			<td style="width:157px;">Ella Biotech</td>
			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td>5&#180;-TTGGACCCTCGTACAGAAGCTAATACG-3&#180;</td>
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			<td height="25" style="height:25px;">Reverse Primer (HPLC-grade) 10 &#181;M</td>
			<td style="width:157px;">Ella Biotech</td>
			<td style="width:172px;"></td>
			<td>5&#180;- T120-CTTCCTACTCAGGCTTTATTCAAAGACCA-3&#180;</td>
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in vitro synthesis of modified mrna for induction of protein expression in human cells

The exogenous delivery of coding synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) for induction of protein synthesis in desired cells has enormous potential in the fields of regenerative medicine, basic cell biology, treatment of diseases, and reprogramming of cells. Here, we describe a step by step protocol for generation of modified mRNA with reduced immune activation potential and increased stability, quality control of produced mRNA, transfection of cells with mRNA and verification of the induced protein expression by flow cytometry. Up to 3 days after a single transfection with eGFP mRNA, the transfected HEK293 cells produce eGFP. In this video article, the synthesis of eGFP mRNA is described as an example. However, the procedure can be applied for production of other desired mRNA. Using the synthetic modified mRNA, cells can be induced to transiently express the desired proteins, which they normally would not express.

Using a pcDNA 3.3 plasmid containing the CDS of eGFP, the synthesis of modified eGFP mRNA was established (Figure 1). After insert amplification by PCR and poly T-tailing, a clear band with a length of approximately 1,100 bp is detected (Figure 2). Increasing the IVT time augmented the yield of mRNA (Figure 3). After the IVT, a clear mRNA band with a length of approximately 1,100 bp was detected, which corresponds to the length of eGFP mRNA to be produced (Figure...

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In Vitro Synthesis of Modified mRNA for Induction of Protein Expression in Human Cells

In this video article, we describe the in vitro synthesis of modified mRNA for induction of protein expression in cells.

In Vitro Synthesis of Modified mRNA for Induction of Protein Expression in Human Cells

The exogenous delivery of coding synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) for induction of protein synthesis in desired cells has enormous potential in the fields ...

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