Description:
NFkBResponsiveLuciferaseReporterNeuro2a StableCellLineisderivedfrommouseneuroblastoma,andstablyexpressfireflyluciferasereportergeneunderthecontrolofNFkBresponseelement. ThiscelllineisanidealcellularmodelformonitoringtheactivationofNFkBreceptorSignalingPathwaytriggeredbystimulitreatment,enforcedgeneexpressionandgeneknockdown.Principle:
NFkBplaysanimportantroleincontrollingmanyBIOLOGicalprocessesincludingimmuneandinflammatoryresponses,developmentalprocesses,cellulargrowth,andapoptosis.Inresponsetothevariousstimuli,suchasstress,cytokines,freerADIcals,ultravioletirradiation,andbacterialorviralantigens,NFkBisactivatedandtranslocatesfromcytoplasmtonucleus,whereNFkBbindstoitsresponseelementonthepromoterregionandregulatesawidespectrumofgeneexpression.DysfunctionofNFkBactivityisassociatedwithcancer,inflammatoryandautoimmunedisease,andviralinfection.MonitoringtheNFkBactivityisessentialtounveilthemechanismofthesediseasesandconductdrugdiscovery.
SignosishasestablishedaNFkBluciferasereporterstablecelllinethathasbeenstablytransfectedwithpTA-NFkB-luciferasereportervectorandcanbeusedforstudyingNFkBsignalingpathwaysactivatedbydifferentcytokines,suchasTNFαandmanyotherstimuli,enforcedgeneexpressionandgeneknockdown.ThecelllinewasestablishedbytransfectionusingapTA-NFkB-luciferasereportervector,whichcontains4repeatsofNFkBbindingsites,aminimalpromoterupstreamofthefireflyluciferasecodingregion,alongwithhygromycinexpressionvectorfollowedbyhygromycinselection.ThehygromycinresistantclonesweresubsequentlyscreenedforTNFa-inducedluciferaseactivity.
PrinciplebehindTFluciferasereporter. TFluciferasereporterstablecelllineutilizesartificialpromoterconstructstodriveluciferaseexpression. Thepromoterregioncanconsistsofmultiplerepeatsofacis-elementTFbindingsite,aDNAfragmentfromthepromoterregionofaknownTFdownstreamgene,oraDNAfragmentcontainingputative/knownTFbindingsites. ThereareseveralwaysthataTFcanbeactivated,suchasthroughextracellularstimuliorthroughintracellularsignalingpathways. Onceactivated,theTFtranslocatestothenucleusandofteninteractswithrelevantco-factorstodrivegeneexpression. Onceluciferaseisexpressed,itcangeneratelightinanenzymaticassayandtheamountoflightmeasuredispositivelycorrelatedwiththelevelofTFactivation. |
