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Description

Allergies to fruits and vegetables are (increasingly) common, affecting millions of people around the world with symptoms ranging from mild itchiness to life-threatening anaphylaxis. Allergy is caused by an inappropriate immune response to harmless proteins present in the environment. Several common food allergens are structurally similar to pollens that cause seasonal allergies and are present in a wide range of fruits and vegetables. Many of these proteins have been knocked down in plants using RNA interference, leading to plants with reduced allergenicity. As part of our iGarden project we are designing modular BioBrick intron-containing self-complementary hairpin forming RNA (ihpRNA) constructs for the targeted knockdown of proteins with homology to allergens in arabidopsis and strawberry, as well as designing ihpRNA constructs against allergens in a range of other plants common in home gardens, including lettuce, carrots, celery, tomato, and several herbs. Our goal is to use genetic engineering to make food safer, and to specially tailor gardens to the needs of each person with a different set of allergies.


Bibliography

Plant shRNA

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All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

Allergen silencing

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All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

Allergen proteins

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All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed


Primers and Sequences

ihpRNA

name GenBank Accession forward sense primer reverse sense primer forward antisense primer reverse antisense primer
pdk intron AJ311872 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CCAATTGGTAAGGAAATAAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TTCGAACCCAATTTCCCAAC
PME3 intron (746 bp) AF033204 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CTCCGCCACCGTTGGTAAGC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CGACGGACCCGCCGTGTTTT
PAL2 intron (240 bp) L33678.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ACAGAACTCATTAGGTAATT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TCCGGCGTTCAAAAATCTGA
GFP AF218816.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA atggtgagcaagggcgagga AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT gaagatggtgcgctcctgga AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT atggtgagcaagggcgagga CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA gaagatggtgcgctcctgga
A. thaliana LTP1 ATHSEQB CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGCTGGAGTGATGAAGTT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CAGCTGCACGGCCAGCGTTG AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGCTGGAGTGATGAAGTT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CAGCTGCACGGCCAGCGTTG
Fra a 1A (Bet v 1) DQ385511 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGTGTTTACACTTATGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GTAGTCGATCTTCTCGATGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGTGTTTACACTTATGA CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GTAGTCGATCTTCTCGATGT
L. sativa LTP 1.1 EF101532.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGCAAGGATGGCAACGAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TGACACCACACTTGCCGGGG AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGCAAGGATGGCAACGAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TGACACCACACTTGCCGGGG
L. sativa LTP 1.2 EF101531.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GTGACATGTGGTCAGGTGGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CTGGATCCTATTGCAGTCGG AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GTGACATGTGGTCAGGTGGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CTGGATCCTATTGCAGTCGG
S. lycopersicum Lyc E 1.01 (profilin) AJ417553 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGTCGTGGCAAACATATGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT AGCCTGATTGGTCTTCTTAA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGTCGTGGCAAACATATGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA AGCCTGATTGGTCTTCTTAA
D. Carota Dau C 1 Z84376.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGTGCCCAGAGCCATTCAC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GGTTTCAATGGATTCGATGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGTGCCCAGAGCCATTCAC CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GGTTTCAATGGATTCGATGA
Api g 4 (celery profilin) AF129423.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGTCGTGGCAGGCGTACGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GGTTCATCATAGACTCCGAA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGTCGTGGCAGGCGTACGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GGTTCATCATAGACTCCGAA
Api g 1.0201 (celery) Z75662.2 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGTGTCCAAAAGACCGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CACCACTGACTCGAGTACGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGTGTCCAAAAGACCGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CACCACTGACTCGAGTACGT
Api g 1 (celery) Z48967.1 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGGGAGTGCAGACACATGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GTTTTCAATGGATTCGATAA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGGGAGTGCAGACACATGT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GTTTTCAATGGATTCGATAA
A. Thaliana (BLAST) Bet v 1 (#1) :12937059-12937689 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGATAGAAGAGGAGATTGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TACCATATTAAAAAATACGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGATAGAAGAGGAGATTGA CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TACCATATTAAAAAATACGT
A. Thaliana (BLAST) Bet v 1 (#2) :12937059-12937689 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA AAATTCATTTATAAACGCAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TTAATCCTTAGACAAGAGGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT AAATTCATTTATAAACGCAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TTAATCCTTAGACAAGAGGT
A. thaliana GER3 NM_122070 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATGAAGATGATAATCCAAAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GATGACACCACCACCGGCTA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATGAAGATGATAATCCAAAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GATGACACCACCACCGGCTA
Fra a 1 Exon2 (for hair pin) DQ385511 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA GCAGCCACTACGGGTACGTC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT TTAGTTGTATTCGCTGGGGT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT GCAGCCACTACGGGTACGTC CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA TTAGTTGTATTCGCTGGGGT
Fra a 1 intron DQ385511 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ATCACCTTTGGTGAAGGTAT AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ACCCGTAGTGGCTGCCTGTC AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT ATCACCTTTGGTGAAGGTAT CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA ACCCGTAGTGGCTGCCTGTC

amiRNA

description forward (A) reverse (B)
biobrick RS300 CCTTGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGA CCCACAAACACACGCTCGGA AAGGCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGT CCCCATGGCGATGCCTTAAA


description primer 1 (mir sense) primer 2 (mir antisense) primer 3 (mir* sense) primer 4 (mir* antisense)
GFP gaTTAGTGGTCGGCGAGCTGCACtctctcttttgtattcc gaGTGCAGCTCGCCGACCACTAAtcaaagagaatcaatga gaGTACAGCTCGCCGTCCACTATtcacaggtcgtgatatg gaATAGTGGACGGCGAGCTGTACtctacatatatattcct
LTP 1 gaTCTAACTATGTATAGGACCACtctctcttttgtattcc gaGTGGTCCTATACATAGTTAGAtcaaagagaatcaatga gaGTAGTCCTATACAAAGTTAGTtcacaggtcgtgatatg gaACTAACTTTGTATAGGACTACtctacatatatattcct
Bet v1 gaTTGGTTATATATATCGCACCTtctctcttttgtattcc gaAGGTGCGATATATATAACCAAtcaaagagaatcaatga gaAGATGCGATATATTTAACCATtcacaggtcgtgatatg gaATGGTTAAATATATCGCATCTtctacatatatattcct

Protocols

Isolating Genes From Plants

Strawberry Transformation

  1. Schaart JG, Krens FA, Pelgrom KT, Mendes O, and Rouwendal GJ. . pmid:17147614. PubMed HubMed [1]
  2. Oosumi T, Gruszewski HA, Blischak LA, Baxter AJ, Wadl PA, Shuman JL, Veilleux RE, and Shulaev V. . pmid:16320068. PubMed HubMed [2]
  3. Husaini AM. . pmid:19956955. PubMed HubMed [3]
  4. Graham J, McNicol RJ, and Kumar A. . pmid:7581659. PubMed HubMed [4]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

amiRNA

Plasmids

Introns

ihpRNA production requires the selection of an intron. We are using PCR to make hairpin parts out of two introns:



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