Description:
NFkBResponsiveLuciferaseReporterHEK293StableCellLineisderivedfromhumanembryonickidney,andstablyexpressfireflyluciferasereportergeneunderthecontroloftheNFkB responseelement. ThiscelllineisanidealcellularmodelformonitoringtheactivationofNFkBReceptorSignalingPathwaytriggeredbystimulitreatment,enforcedgeneexpressionandgeneknockdown.Principle:
NFkBplaysanimportantroleincontrollingmanyBIOLOGicalprocessesincludingimmuneandinflammatoryresponses,developmentalprocesses,cellulargrowth,andapoptosis.Inresponsetothevariousstimuli,suchasstress,cytokines,freerADIcals,ultravioletirradiation,andbacterialorviralantigens,NFkBisactivatedandtranslocatesfromcytoplasmtonucleus,whereNFkBbindstoitsresponseelementonthepromoterregionandregulatesawidespectrumofgeneexpression.DysfunctionofNFkBactivityisassociatedwithcancer,inflammatoryandautoimmunedisease,andviralinfection.MonitoringtheNFkBactivityisessentialtounveilthemechanismofthesediseasesandconductdrugdiscovery.
SignosishasestablishedaNFkBluciferasereporterstablecelllinethathasbeenstablytransfectedwithpTA-NFkB-luciferasereportervectorand canbeused forstudyingNFkBsignalingpathwaysactivatedbydifferentcytokines,suchasTNFαandmanyotherstimuli,enforcedgeneexpressionandgeneknockdown. Thecelllinewasestablishedbytransfectionusinga pTA-NFkB-luciferasereportervector,whichcontains4repeatsofNFkBbindingsites,aminimalpromoterupstreamofthefireflyluciferasecodingregion, alongwithhygromycinexpressionvectorfollowedbyhygromycinselection.ThehygromycinresistantclonesweresubsequentlyscreenedforTNFa-inducedluciferaseactivity.
PrinciplebehindTFluciferasereporter. TFluciferasereporterstablecelllineutilizesartificialpromoterconstructstodriveluciferaseexpression. Thepromoterregioncanconsistsofmultiplerepeatsofacis-elementTFbindingsite,aDNAfragmentfromthepromoterregionofaknownTFdownstreamgene,oraDNAfragmentcontainingputative/knownTFbindingsites. ThereareseveralwaysthataTFcanbeactivated,suchasthroughextracellularstimuliorthroughintracellularsignalingpathways. Onceactivated,theTFtranslocatestothenucleusandofteninteractswithrelevantco-factorstodrivegeneexpression. Onceluciferaseisexpressed,itcangeneratelightinanenzymaticassayandtheamountoflightmeasuredispositivelycorrelatedwiththelevelofTFactivation. |
Data:
AnalysisofSL-0012NFκBreporteractivityinresponsetoTNFαtreatment. Thecellswereseededona96-wellplateforovernightwithDMEMincluding10%FBS.Thecellsthenweretreatedwithorwithout20ng/mlTNFαinDMEMand0.1%FBSfor6hours. TNFαinducedover50-foldincreaseinluciferaseactivitycomparedtountreatedcells.
