Este trabalho foi apoiado em parte por fundos de startup da UCSD direcionados à O.S.A. e à bolsa NSF/BIO 1645331 à J.L.R.

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JLR e DCR solicitaram proteção provisória de patentes na tecnologia ReMOT Control. A O.S.A é fundadora da Agragene, Inc., tem participação acionária e atua no Conselho Consultivo Científico da empresa. Todos os outros autores não declaram interesses concorrentes.

Com o recente aumento do uso de nasonia vitripennis como organismo modelo para várias questões biológicas2,3,7,17, há a necessidade de desenvolver e otimizar métodos de injeção para permitir um protocolo simplificado e eficiente para a análise funcional dos genes N. vitripennis. Os métodos atuais envolvendo microinjeção embrionária de reagentes de edição de genes...

A edição de genes CRISPR/Cas9 é uma tecnologia poderosa para estudos genéticos funcionais, especialmente em muitos organismos modelo em ascensão, como a vespa-jóia, Nasonia vitripennis. A facilidade de criação e a disponibilidade de um genoma completo fazem da vespa joia um importante sistema experimental para elucidar os mecanismos moleculares de diferentes processos biológicos. Por exemplo, n. vitripennis tem sido recentemente usado para desvendar a base epigenética do sistema de determinação sexual haplodiploide1,2, a biologia dos cromossomos B3,4,5,6, e a base genética para a regulação circadiana e sazonal7,8. Algumas das características que tornam n. vitripennis favoráveis ao trabalho incluem tempo de geração curta (~2 semanas a 25 °C), altas taxas de reprodução, separação sexual fácil na fase pupal, e a capacidade de diapausa e armazenar cepas a 4 °C. O ciclo de vida começa com vespas fêmeas parasitando a pupa da mosca-do-sopro, Sarcófaga bullata. Através de seu ovipositor, as fêmeas colocam até 50 ovos no caso pupal da mosca-do-sopro. Os ovos se desenvolvem em larvas que se alimentam da pupa S. bullata, continuam a se desenvolver nos próximos dias, e depois filhotes, seguidos de eclosão adulta e surgimento do pupário hospedeiro9.
Ferramentas moleculares para a realização de estudos genéticos funcionais em N. vitripennis, como a interferência de RNA (RNAi)10 e CRISPR/Cas911,12, estão disponíveis, mas são limitadas, principalmente devido a dificuldades na realização de microinjeções embrionárias13. Como os ovos de vitripennis n. exigem um hospedeiro pupal para o desenvolvimento, a manipulação de ovos é muito desafiadora. Os embriões em estágio pré-blastoderm devem ser coletados do hospedeiro blowfly pupae, rapidamente microinjetados, e imediatamente transferidos de volta para o hospedeiro para o desenvolvimento13. Essas etapas requerem treinamento de precisão e especialização para evitar danificar os embriões microinjetados ou os hospedeiros pupal13. Além disso, os ovos são muito pequenos e frágeis, especialmente após microinjeções, com um citoplasma muito viscoso causando um entupimento contínuo da agulha injetora13. Essas características tornam as microinjeções embrionárias excepcionalmente desafiadoras, exigindo operadores altamente treinados e equipamentos especializados que estão ausentes na maioria dos laboratórios de N. vitripennis.
A otimização de métodos alternativos de injeção para a entrega de reagentes CRISPR contribuiria para a consolidação de N. vitripennis como organismo modelo. A manipulação de pupas e adultos é menos desafiadora do que manipular embriões e pode ser realizada com uma configuração básica de injeção. Aqui, dois protocolos são descritos para injeção de pupas e adultos: um envolvendo equipamentos especializados para injeções, e outro envolvendo o uso de um conjunto de tubos aspiradores equipados com uma agulha capilar de vidro. O uso de tubo aspirador é particularmente adequado para laboratórios que não têm acesso a equipamentos especializados para microinjeções de embriões. Injeções eficientes de diferentes estágios de desenvolvimento de N. vitripennis, incluindo pupas brancas ou pretas e vespas adultas, são demonstradas. Vespas na fase pupal branca são particularmente adequadas para experimentos de knockdown mediados pela RNAi. Embora o RNAi em Nasonia tenha sido descrito pela primeira vez por Lynch e Desplan em 200610,não há procedimento visual disponível para a forma como as injeções RNAi são realizadas. RNAi foi recentemente usado para descobrir o gene haploidizador do B-cromossomo PSR (Relação Sexual Paternal)3 e estudar o envolvimento do gene do relógio, período, em ritmos biológicos N. vitripennis 7.
Pupas pretas e vespas adultas podem ser usadas para induzir a edição de genes germânicos CRISPR/Cas9 usando protocolos de Controle de Ovário ReMOT (Transdução de Ovário Mediado por Receptor) e BAPC (Cápsulas de Peptídeos Anfífilos Ramificados). Estes dois métodos de entrega de ovários foram recentemente descritos como eficazes na Nasonia para a geração de mutações germinas no gene alvo, cinnabar7,12. Aqui, é fornecido um protocolo simplificado para injeções, incluindo um procedimento visual de uma metodologia passo a passo para injeções pupal e adultas que podem ser utilizadas para gerar estudos genéticos funcionais na Nasonia e provavelmente em outras vespas parasitoides, sem exigir equipamentos especializados e contornar microinjeções embrionárias.

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pupal and adult injections for rnai and crispr gene editing in nasonia vitripennis

A vespa joia, Nasonia vitripennis,tornou-se um sistema modelo eficiente para estudar epigenética da determinação sexual haplo-diploide, biologia do cromossomo B, interações hospedeiras-simbiontes, especiação e síntese de veneno. Apesar da disponibilidade de várias ferramentas moleculares, incluindo CRISPR/Cas9, estudos genéticos funcionais ainda são limitados neste organismo. A maior limitação da aplicação da tecnologia CRISPR/Cas9 em N. vitripennis decorre dos desafios das microinjeções embrionárias. As injeções de embriões são particularmente difíceis neste organismo e, em geral, em muitas vespas parasitoides, devido ao pequeno tamanho de embrião e à exigência de uma pupa hospedeira para o desenvolvimento embrionário. Para enfrentar esses desafios, o parto complexo de ribonucleoproteína Cas9 em ovários femininos por injeção adulta, em vez de microinjeção embrionária, foi otimizado, resultando em edições germinas somáticas e herediáveis. Os procedimentos de injeção foram otimizados em pupas e vespas fêmeas usando controle remot (Transdução de ovário Mediado por Receptor de Carga) ou BAPC (Cápsulas de Peptídeos Anfífilos Ramificados). Esses métodos são mostrados como alternativas eficazes à injeção de embriões, permitindo mutações germinas específicas do local e hereiáveis.

Este artigo apresenta dois métodos fáceis para microinjeção pupal e adulta, seja usando um femtojet ou um tubo aspirador. O primeiro método permite uma injeção mais precisa de líquido, que é importante para a consistência rnai, enquanto o segundo permite a injeção de quantidades maiores de líquido em nasonia pupae ou adultos.
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Pupal and Adult Injections for RNAi and CRISPR Gene Editing in Nasonia vitripennis

Aqui, descrevemos métodos para injeções pupais eficientes e adultas em Nasonia vitripennis como alternativas acessíveis à microinjeção de embriões, permitindo a análise funcional de genes de interesse usando RNA-silenciamento via interferência de RNA (RNAi) ou nocaute genético via edição de genoma CRISPR/Cas9.

Injeções de pupal e adultos para edição de genes RNAi e CRISPR em Nasonia vitripennis

The jewel wasp, Nasonia vitripennis, has become an efficient model system to study epigenetics of haplo-diploid sex determination, B-chromosome biology, ...

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Pupal and Adult Injections for RNAi and CRISPR Gene Editing in Nasonia vitripennis

5.1K visualizações.  University of California, San Diego. Aqui, descrevemos métodos para injeções pupais eficientes e adultas em Nasonia vitripennis como alternativas acessíveis à microinjeção de embriões, permitindo a análise funcional de genes de interesse usando RNA-silenciamento via interferência de RNA (RNAi) ou nocaute genético via edição de genoma CRISPR/Cas9. 

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Protocol for RNAi Assays in Adult Mosquitoes (A. gambiae)

Reverse genetic approaches have proven extremely useful for determining  which genes underly resistance to vector pathogens in mosquitoes.  This video protocol illustrates a method used by the Dimopoulos lab to inject dsRNA into Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, which harbor the malaria parasite.  The technique manipulating the injection setup and injecting dsRNA into the thorax is illustrated.

Protocol for RNAi Assays in Adult Mosquitoes A. gambiae

Reverse genetic approaches have proven extremely useful for determining which genes underly resistance to vector pathogens in mosquitoes. This video protocol illustrates a method used by the Dimopoulos lab to inject dsRNA into Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, which harbor the malaria parasite. The technique manipulating the injection setup and injecting dsRNA into the thorax is illustrated.

Protocolo para Ensaios RNAi em mosquitos adultos (A. gambiae)

Reverse genetic approaches have proven extremely useful for determining  which genes underly resistance to vector pathogens in mosquitoes.  This video ...

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Localized RNAi and Ectopic Gene Expression in the Medicinal Leech

In this video, we show the use of a pneumatic capillary gun for the accurate biolistic delivery of reagents into live tissue. We use the procedure to perturb gene expression patterns in selected segments of leech embryos, leaving the untreated segments as internal controls.
The pneumatic capillary gun can be used to reach internal layers of cells at early stages of development without opening the specimen. As a method for localized introduction of substances into living tissues, the biolistic delivery with the gun has several advantages: it is fast, contact-free and non-destructive. In addition, a single capillary gun can be used for independent delivery of different substances. The delivery region can have lateral dimensions of ~50-150 &#181;m and extends over ~15 &#181;m around the mean penetration depth, which is adjustable between 0 and 50 &#181;m. This delivery has the advantage of being able to target a limited number of cells in a selected location intermediate between single cell knock down by microinjection and systemic knockdown through extracellular injections or by means of genetic approaches.
For knocking down or knocking in the expression of the axon guidance molecule Netrin, which is naturally expressed by some central neurons and in the ventral body wall, but not the dorsal domain, we deliver molecules of dsRNA or plasmid-DNA into the body wall and central ganglia. This procedure includes the following steps: (i) preparation of the experimental setup for a specific assay (adjusting the accelerating pressure), (ii) coating the particles with molecules of dsRNA or DNA, (iii) loading the coated particles into the gun, up to two reagents in one assay, (iv) preparing the animals for the particle delivery, (v) delivery of coated particles into the target tissue (body wall or ganglia), and (vi) processing the embryos (immunostaining, immunohistochemistry and neuronal labeling) to visualize the results, usually 2 to 3 days after the delivery.
When the particles were coated with netrin dsRNA, they caused clearly visible knock-down of netrin expression that only occurred in cells containing particles (usually, 1-2 particles per cell). Particles coated with a plasmid encoding EGFP induced fluorescence in neuronal cells when they stopped in their nuclei.

In this video, we show a procedure for an accurate biolistic delivery of reagents into live tissue with a novel miniature gene gun. We are knocking down the expression of the axon guidance molecule Netrin in leech embryos by delivering molecules of dsRNA into the ventral body wall and ganglia of single segments.

Localizada RNAi e Expressão Gênica ectópica na sanguessuga medicinal

In this video, we show the use of a pneumatic capillary gun for the accurate biolistic delivery of reagents into live tissue. We use the procedure to ...

Paraffin-Embedded and Frozen Sections of Drosophila Adult Muscles

The molecular characterization of muscular dystrophies and myopathies in humans has revealed the complexity of muscle disease and genetic analysis of muscle specification, formation and function in model systems has provided valuable insight into muscle physiology. Therefore, identifying and characterizing molecular mechanisms that underlie muscle damage is critical. The structure of adult Drosophila multi-fiber muscles resemble vertebrate striated muscles 1 and the genetic tractability of Drosophila has made it a great system to analyze dystrophic muscle morphology and characterize the processes affecting muscular function in ageing adult flies 2. Here we present the histological technique for preparing paraffin-embedded and frozen sections of Drosophila thoracic muscles. These preparations allow for the tissue to be stained with classical histological stains and labeled with protein detecting dyes, and specifically cryosections are ideal for immunohistochemical detection of proteins in intact muscles. This allows for analysis of muscle tissue structure, identification of morphological defects, and detection of the expression pattern for muscle/neuron-specific proteins in Drosophila adult muscles. These techniques can also be slightly modified for sectioning of other body parts.

Paraffin-Embedded and Frozen Sections of Drosophila Adult Muscles

Identification of mechanisms underlying muscle damage is crucial. Here we present the histological technique for preparing paraffin-embedded and frozen sections of Drosophila thoracic muscles. This allows analysis of muscle morphology and localization of protein and other muscle cell components.

Seções incluído em parafina e congelados de Drosophila Músculos Adulto

The molecular characterization of muscular dystrophies and myopathies in humans has revealed the complexity of muscle disease and genetic analysis of ...

RNAi Mediated Gene Knockdown and Transgenesis by Microinjection in the Necromenic Nematode Pristionchus pacificus

Although it is increasingly affordable for emerging model organisms to obtain completely sequenced genomes, further in-depth gene function and expression analyses by RNA interference and stable transgenesis remain limited in many species due to the particular anatomy and molecular cellular biology of the organism. For example, outside of the crown group Caenorhabditis that includes Caenorhabditis elegans3, stably transmitted transgenic lines in non-Caenorhabditis species have not been reported in this specious phylum (Nematoda), with the exception of Strongyloides stercoralis4 and Pristionchus pacificus5. To facilitate the expanding role of P. pacificus in the study of development, evolution, and behavior6-7, we describe here the current methods to use microinjection for making transgenic animals and gene knock down by RNAi. Like the gonads of C. elegans and most other nematodes, the gonads of P. pacificus is syncitial and capable of incorporating DNA and RNA into the oocytes when delivered by direct microinjection. Unlike C. elegans however, stable transgene inheritance and somatic expression in P. pacificus requires the addition of self genomic DNA digested with endonucleases complementary to the ends of target transgenes and coinjection markers5. The addition of carrier genomic DNA is similar to the requirement for transgene expression in Strongyloides stercoralis4 and in the germ cells of C. elegans. However, it is not clear if the specific requirement for the animals' own genomic DNA is because P. pacificus soma is very efficient at silencing non-complex multi-copy genes or that extrachromosomal arrays in P. pacificus require genomic sequences for proper kinetochore assembly during mitosis. The ventral migration of the two-armed (didelphic) gonads in hermaphrodites further complicates the ability to inject both gonads in individual worms8. We also demonstrate the use of microinjection to knockdown a dominant mutant (roller,tu92) by injecting double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) into the gonads to obtain non-rolling F1 progeny. Unlike C. elegans, but like most other nematodes, P. pacificus PS312 is not receptive to systemic RNAi via feeding and soaking and therefore dsRNA must be administered by microinjection into the syncitial gonads. In this current study, we hope to describe the microinjection process needed to transform a Ppa-egl-4 promoter::GFP fusion reporter and knockdown a dominant roller prl-1 (tu92) mutant in a visually informative protocol.

RNAi Mediated Gene Knockdown and Transgenesis by Microinjection in the Necromenic Nematode Pristionchus pacificus

In model organisms, transgenesis can manipulate gene functions while RNAi can knockdown specific mRNA transcripts 1-2. This protocol aims to illustrate the techniques needed to introduce stably transmitted DNA and transient double stranded RNA into the necromenic nematode Pristionchus pacificus for studies in evolutionary, developmental, and behavioral biology.

RNAi Mediated Gene Knockdown e Transgénese por microinjeção no Nematóides Necromenic Pristionchus pacificus</em

Although it is increasingly affordable for emerging model organisms to obtain completely sequenced genomes, further in-depth gene function and expression ...

RNAi-mediated Gene Knockdown and In Vivo Diuresis Assay in Adult Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

This video protocol demonstrates an effective technique to knockdown a particular gene in an insect and conduct a novel bioassay to measure excretion rate. This method can be used to obtain a better understanding of the process of diuresis in insects and is especially useful in the study of diuresis in blood-feeding arthropods that are able to take up huge amounts of liquid in a single blood meal. 
This RNAi-mediated gene knockdown combined with an in vivo diuresis assay was developed by the Hansen lab to study the effects of RNAi-mediated knockdown of aquaporin genes on Aedes aegypti mosquito diuresis1. 
The protocol is setup in two parts: the first demonstration illustrates how to construct a simple mosquito injection device and how to prepare and inject dsRNA into the thorax of mosquitoes for RNAi-mediated gene knockdown. The second demonstration illustrates how to determine excretion rates in mosquitoes using an in vivo bioassay.

RNAi-mediated Gene Knockdown and In Vivo Diuresis Assay in Adult Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

In this protocol we combine RNAi-mediated gene silencing with an in vivo diuresis assay to study the effects knockdown of genes of interest has on mosquito fluid excretion.

RNAi mediada knockdown do gene e<em&gt; In Vivo</em&gt; Ensaio diurese no Feminino Adulto<em&gt; Aedes aegypti</em&gt; Os mosquitos

This video protocol demonstrates an effective technique to knockdown a particular gene in an insect and conduct a novel bioassay to measure excretion ...

In Vivo SiRNA Transfection and Gene Knockdown in Spinal Cord via Rapid Noninvasive Lumbar Intrathecal Injections in Mice

This report describes a step-by-step guide to the technique of acute intrathecal needle injections in a noninvasive manner, i.e. independent of catheter implantation. The technical limitation of this surgical technique lies in the finesse of the hands. The injection is rapid, especially for a trained experimenter, and since tissue disruption with this technique is minimal, repeated injections are possible; moreover immune reaction to foreign tools (e.g. catheter) does not occur, thereby giving a better and more specific read out of spinal cord modulation. Since the application of the substance is largely limited to the target region of the spinal cord, drugs do not need to be applied in large dosages, and more importantly unwanted effects on other tissue, as observed with a systemic delivery, could be circumvented1,2. Moreover, we combine this technique with in vivo transfection of nucleic acid with the help of polyethylenimine (PEI) reagent3, which provides tremendous versatility for studying spinal functions via delivery of pharmacological agents as well as gene, RNA, and protein modulators.

In Vivo SiRNA Transfection and Gene Knockdown in Spinal Cord via Rapid Noninvasive Lumbar Intrathecal Injections in Mice

This report describes a simple and rapid technique of intrathecal needle puncture for a localized transfection of siRNA in the lumbar spinal cord in mouse under short lasting light anesthesia.

In Vivo SiRNA transfecção e Gene Knockdown em Spinal Cord via rápida não invasiva lombar intratecal Injeções em Ratos

This report describes a step-by-step guide to the technique of acute intrathecal needle injections in a noninvasive manner, i.e. independent of catheter ...

Intravenous Injections in Neonatal Mice

Intravenous injection is a clinically applicable manner to deliver therapeutics. For adult rodents and larger animals, intravenous injections are technically feasible and routine. However, some mouse models can have early onset of disease with a rapid progression that makes administration of potential therapies difficult. The temporal (or facial) vein is just anterior to the ear bud in mice and is clearly visible for the first two days after birth on either side of the head using a dissecting microscope. During this window, the temporal vein can be injected with volumes up to 50 &#956;l. The injection is safe and well tolerated by both the pups and the dams. A typical injection procedure is completed within 1-2 min, after which the pup is returned to the home cage. By the third postnatal day the vein is difficult to visualize and the injection procedure becomes technically unreliable. This technique has been used for delivery of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, which in turn can provide almost body-wide, stable transgene expression for the life of the animal depending on the viral serotype chosen.

Animal models of pediatric disease can experience early onset and aggressive disease progression. Clinically relevant therapy delivery to young mouse models can be technically difficult. This protocol describes a non-invasive intravenous injection method for newborn mice within the first two postnatal days of life.

Injeções intravenosas em Neonatal Ratos

Intravenous injection is a clinically applicable manner to deliver therapeutics. For adult rodents and larger animals, intravenous injections are ...

Silencing the Spark: CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing in Weakly Electric Fish

Electroreception and electrogenesis have changed in the evolutionary history of vertebrates. There is a striking degree of convergence in these independently derived phenotypes, which share a common genetic architecture. This is perhaps best exemplified by the numerous convergent features of gymnotiforms and mormyrids, two species-rich teleost clades that produce and detect weak electric fields and are called weakly electric fish. In the 50 years since the discovery that weakly electric fish use electricity to sense their surroundings and communicate, a growing community of scientists has gained tremendous insights into evolution of development, systems and circuits neuroscience, cellular physiology, ecology, evolutionary biology, and behavior. More recently, there has been a proliferation of genomic resources for electric fish. Use of these resources has already facilitated important insights with regards to the connection between genotype and phenotype in these species. A major obstacle to integrating genomics data with phenotypic data of weakly electric fish is a present lack of functional genomics tools. We report here a full protocol for performing CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis that utilizes endogenous DNA repair mechanisms in weakly electric fish. We demonstrate that this protocol is equally effective in both the mormyrid species Brienomyrus brachyistius and the gymnotiform Brachyhypopomus gauderio by using CRISPR/Cas9 to target indels and point mutations in the first exon of the sodium channel gene scn4aa. Using this protocol, embryos from both species were obtained and genotyped to confirm that the predicted mutations in the first exon of the sodium channel scn4aa were present. The knock-out success phenotype was confirmed with recordings showing reduced electric organ discharge amplitudes when compared to uninjected size-matched controls.

Here, a protocol is presented to produce and rear CRISPR/Cas9 genome knockout electric fish. Outlined in detail are the required molecular biology, breeding, and husbandry requirements for both a gymnotiform and a mormyrid, and injection techniques to produce Cas9-induced indel F0 larvae.

Silenciando a faísca: Edição do genoma CRISPR/Cas9 em peixes fraca elétricos

Electroreception and electrogenesis have changed in the evolutionary history of vertebrates. There is a striking degree of convergence in these ...

Nuclei Isolation from Adult Mouse Kidney for Single-Nucleus RNA-Sequencing

The kidneys regulate diverse biological processes such as water, electrolyte, and acid-base homeostasis. Physiological functions of the kidney are executed by multiple cell types arranged in a complex architecture across the corticomedullary axis of the organ. Recent advances in single-cell transcriptomics have accelerated the understanding of cell type-specific gene expression in renal physiology and disease. However, enzyme-based tissue dissociation protocols, which are frequently utilized for single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq), require mostly fresh (non-archived) tissue, introduce transcriptional stress responses, and favor the selection of abundant cell types of the kidney cortex resulting in an underrepresentation of cells of the medulla.
Here, we present a protocol that avoids these problems. The protocol is based on nuclei isolation at 4 &#176;C from frozen kidney tissue. Nuclei are isolated from a central piece of the mouse kidney comprised of the cortex, outer medulla, and inner medulla. This reduces the overrepresentation of cortical cells typical for whole-kidney samples for the benefit of medullary cells such that data will represent the entire corticomedullary axis at sufficient abundance. The protocol is simple, rapid, and adaptable and provides a step towards the standardization of single-nuclei transcriptomics in kidney research.

Here, we present a protocol to isolate high-quality nuclei from frozen mouse kidneys that improve the representation of medullary kidney cell types and avoids the gene expression artifacts from enzymatic tissue dissociation.

Isolamento de Núcleos do Rim de Rato Adulto para Sequenciamento de RNA de Núcleo Único

The kidneys regulate diverse biological processes such as water, electrolyte, and acid-base homeostasis. Physiological functions of the kidney are ...

Effective Oral RNA Interference (RNAi) Administration to Adult Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes

RNA interference has been a heavily utilized tool for reverse genetic analysis for two decades. In adult mosquitoes, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) administration has been accomplished primarily via injection, which requires significant time and is not suitable for field applications. To overcome these limitations, here we present a more efficient method for robust activation of RNAi by oral delivery of dsRNA to adult Anopheles gambiae. Long dsRNAs were produced in Escherichia coli strain HT115 (DE3), and a concentrated suspension of heat-killed dsRNA-containing bacteria in 10% sucrose was offered on cotton balls ad-libitum to adult mosquitoes. Cotton balls were replaced every 2 days for the duration of the treatment. Use of this method to target doublesex (a gene involved in sex differentiation) or fork head (which encodes a salivary gland transcription factor) resulted in reduced target gene expression and/or protein immunofluorescence signal, as measured by quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) or fluorescence confocal microscopy, respectively. Defects in salivary gland morphology were also observed. This highly flexible, user-friendly, low-cost, time-efficient method of dsRNA delivery could be broadly applicable to target genes important for insect vector physiology and beyond.

Effective Oral RNA Interference RNAi Administration to Adult Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes

The oral administration of dsRNA produced by bacteria, a delivery method for RNA interference (RNAi) that is routinely used in Caenorhabditis elegans, was successfully applied here to adult mosquitoes. Our method allows for robust reverse genetics studies and transmission-blocking vector studies without the use of injection.