
A sequence complementarity-based approach for evaluating off-target transcript knockdown in Bombus terrestris, following ingestion of pest-specific dsRNA
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- Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning (UGent) , Shunhua Gui (UGent) , Kristof De Schutter (UGent) , Mona Jahani, Nathaly Lara Castellanos, Olivier Christiaens (UGent) and Guy Smagghe (UGent)
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- Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) designed to target genes in a sequence-specific manner can be valuable in pest control. However, in scenarios where a nontarget could be susceptible and is predicted to be exposed to insecticidal dsRNA in the environment, it is useful to understand possible gene silencing effects in the nontarget. In this study, a sequence complementarity-based approach was used to evaluate potential gene silencing effects in the bumblebee,Bombus terrestris, following oral exposure to a fusion dsRNA product (Ba-dsCOP-vg) specifically designed to target bothalpha-coatomer(alphaCOP) andvitellogenin(vg) in the pest pollen beetle,Brassicogethes aeneus. The susceptibility of bumblebees to ingested dsRNA was first evaluated by feeding them with bumblebee-specific dsRNA (Bt-dsCOP-vg) (1 mu g/mu l) targeting itsalphaCOPandvg. A respective 50% and 47% reduction in the transcripts ofalphaCOPandvgat 96 h post exposure confirmed its susceptibility to the ingested dsRNA. Using computational tools, a pool of all possible continuous 22-nucleotide stretches fromBa-dsCOP-vg was generated and mapped to all potential off-target genes in theB. terrestrisgenome, with at least a 13-nt match within the 22-nt stretch.A set of criteria based on sequence complementarity was then used to select 24 potential off-targets for transcript analysis in bumblebees. Following ingestion ofBa-dsCOP-vg (1 mu g/mu l), no reduction was found in the transcript level for all off-targets, including an off-target with 20-continuous-nt matches. Our findings provide guidance to future risk analysis of dsRNA products and for risk assessments frameworks that incorporate sequence complementarity-based analysis for off-target predictions.
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- DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER, RNA INTERFERENCE, HONEY-BEES, IN-VIVO, GENE, SIRNA, RISK, BUMBLEBEES, PROTEINS, SPECTRUM, dsRNA, Gene silencing, RNAi, Biosafety, Nontarget, Off-target, Bioinformatics
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8678527
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- Taning, Nji Tizi Clauvis, et al. “A Sequence Complementarity-Based Approach for Evaluating off-Target Transcript Knockdown in Bombus Terrestris, Following Ingestion of Pest-Specific DsRNA.” JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, vol. 94, no. 2, 2021, pp. 487–503, doi:10.1007/s10340-020-01273-z.
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- Taning, N. T. C., Gui, S., De Schutter, K., Jahani, M., Lara Castellanos, N., Christiaens, O., & Smagghe, G. (2021). A sequence complementarity-based approach for evaluating off-target transcript knockdown in Bombus terrestris, following ingestion of pest-specific dsRNA. JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 94(2), 487–503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01273-z
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- Taning, Nji Tizi Clauvis, Shunhua Gui, Kristof De Schutter, Mona Jahani, Nathaly Lara Castellanos, Olivier Christiaens, and Guy Smagghe. 2021. “A Sequence Complementarity-Based Approach for Evaluating off-Target Transcript Knockdown in Bombus Terrestris, Following Ingestion of Pest-Specific DsRNA.” JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE 94 (2): 487–503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01273-z.
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- Taning, Nji Tizi Clauvis, Shunhua Gui, Kristof De Schutter, Mona Jahani, Nathaly Lara Castellanos, Olivier Christiaens, and Guy Smagghe. 2021. “A Sequence Complementarity-Based Approach for Evaluating off-Target Transcript Knockdown in Bombus Terrestris, Following Ingestion of Pest-Specific DsRNA.” JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE 94 (2): 487–503. doi:10.1007/s10340-020-01273-z.
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- 1.Taning NTC, Gui S, De Schutter K, Jahani M, Lara Castellanos N, Christiaens O, et al. A sequence complementarity-based approach for evaluating off-target transcript knockdown in Bombus terrestris, following ingestion of pest-specific dsRNA. JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE. 2021;94(2):487–503.
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- [1]N. T. C. Taning et al., “A sequence complementarity-based approach for evaluating off-target transcript knockdown in Bombus terrestris, following ingestion of pest-specific dsRNA,” JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, vol. 94, no. 2, pp. 487–503, 2021.
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