WO2015105172A1 - miRNAの発現を指標として所望の細胞種を判別する方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for discriminating a desired cell type using miRNA expression as an index.
- the tissues and organs of multicellular organisms are composed of many types of cells. Humans are composed of as many as 60 trillion (6 ⁇ 10 13 ) cells, and there are 411 types of mature cells alone. For these cells, not only analyzing the functions of individual cells but also techniques for discriminating and identifying cell types in the preparation of cells for medical applications.
- a method for classifying cells for example, profiling of cells based on multivariate measurement using microarrays or next-generation sequencing is known.
- profiling of cells based on multivariate measurement using microarrays or next-generation sequencing is known.
- it is possible to classify cells quantitatively by simultaneously quantitatively measuring many types of intracellular molecules such as proteins and RNA, and using statistical analysis such as multivariate analysis. is there.
- the measured cell is destroyed, there is a problem that it cannot be measured in a state where the cell is alive.
- Micro RNA (hereinafter referred to as miRNA) has been attracting attention as a target that serves as an index for identifying cells.
- miRNA RNA
- a reporter assay performed by introducing a reporter construct using DNA or virus is used.
- the reporter construct is incorporated into the genome of the host cell and remains, and the cells identified by this method have a problem during medical application.
- detection of miRNA by a conventional reporter assay is aimed at searching for a target gene of the miRNA, and is not used for identifying a cell.
- the present inventors quantitatively obtain miRNA expression information in living cells using mRNA having a specific structure, thereby discriminating a desired cell type from a group of cells including two or more types of cells. As a result, the present invention has been completed.
- the present invention relates to a method for discriminating a desired cell type from a group of cells containing two or more types of cells, using miRNA expression as an index, including the following steps: (1) a step of introducing mRNA containing a first marker gene operably linked to a target sequence of miRNA serving as an index, and (2) a cell type using the translation amount of the first marker gene as an index The process of discriminating.
- the step (1) is a step of simultaneously introducing two or more mRNAs having different miRNA target sequences serving as indices and different first marker genes into cells.
- the desired cell type is a cell type with a low expression level of miRNA serving as an index
- the step (2) is a step of discriminating a cell type with a high translation amount of the first marker gene. Preferably there is.
- the desired cell type is a cell type with a high expression level of miRNA serving as an indicator
- the step (2) is a step of discriminating a cell type with a low translation amount of the first marker gene. Preferably there is.
- the target sequence of the miRNA is preferably linked to the 5 'side of the first marker gene.
- the discrimination is performed using flow cytometry.
- the determination is performed using an image analyzer.
- the method further includes a step of screening miRNA serving as an index specific to a desired cell type before the step (1).
- the present invention relates to a cell discrimination kit comprising mRNA containing a first marker gene operably linked to a target sequence of miRNA serving as an index.
- the cell type can be discriminated with high resolution by using the miRNA activity which is intracellular information as an index. Since the method according to the present invention can be applied in a state where the cells are alive, it is particularly advantageous in that the cells after discrimination can be used in various applications, particularly in medical applications.
- the method of the present invention can be carried out by introducing mRNA into a cell group, and this mRNA is decomposed with a half-life of about 1 day and rapidly removed from the cell. The virus infection and the remaining of DNA in this do not cause problems such as damage to the genome. It is also advantageous in a simple detection method using a cytometer.
- the present invention for example, when differentiating a pluripotent stem cell into a specific cell, from a pluripotent stem cell having desired characteristics or a cell group obtained by differentiation induction from the pluripotent stem cell By discriminating the desired cell type, the desired cell can be classified, isolated or selectively excluded.
- the method of the present invention can be used in the case where there is little difference in the expression of miRNA serving as an index between a plurality of cell types included in a cell group, for example, even when the expression is about 1.5 times or less.
- two mRNAs containing the first marker gene operably linked to the target sequences of miRNA serving as two indicators those cells can be distinguished. This is based on the discovery that the activity ratio of the reporter protein expressed from the two co-introduced mRNAs is constant and has little variation within the cell population.
- by increasing the types of mRNA to be co-introduced it becomes possible to discriminate a larger number of cells based on more indices.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating the technique of the present invention and the conventional technique for separating two different types of cells on a dot plot plane of flow cytometry.
- FIG. 2 is a histogram showing the signal rate when miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA or control mRNA is introduced into two different cell types.
- FIG. 3A is a series of diagrams showing two-dimensional separation of known cell lines by one or two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 3B is a histogram showing the ratio of two fluorescent signals and a graph showing the cumulative curves of two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating the technique of the present invention and the conventional technique for separating two different types of cells on a dot plot plane of flow cytometry.
- FIG. 2 is a histogram showing the signal rate when miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA or control mRNA is introduced into two different cell types.
- FIG. 3A is a series of diagrams showing two-dimensional separation
- FIG. 3C is a diagram showing two-dimensional separation of a mixture of two known cell lines by one or two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs and a histogram showing the ratio of the two fluorescent signals.
- FIG. 4 is a series of diagrams showing two-dimensional or three-dimensional separation of known cell lines by three or four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 5A is a series of diagrams showing three-dimensional separation of three cell lines using four control mRNAs.
- FIG. 5B is a series of diagrams showing three-dimensional separation of three cell lines using four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the influence of the insertion site of the miRNA target sequence on the translation efficiency in the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing that miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA does not exert an inhibitory effect on intracellular miRNA activity.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the translation efficiency of 20 selected miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs in 3 cell lines.
- FIG. 9A is a series of diagrams showing two-dimensional separation of two cell lines using two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 9B is a series of diagrams showing two-dimensional separation of two cell lines using two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 9C shows two-dimensional separation of a mixture of two cell lines using two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a colored image of a cell and two-dimensional separation of a known cell line in a discrimination method using an imaging analyzer.
- FIG. 11A is a diagram showing two-dimensional separation using three types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs by flow cytometry and imaging cytometry.
- FIG. 11B is a diagram showing two-dimensional separation using miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA linked to three types of nuclear localization signal genes by flow cytometry and imaging cytometry.
- FIG. 12A shows a screening result of miRNA response reporter mRNA for use in separation in IMR-90 in Example 9, and a flow site when miRNA response reporter mRNA is co-introduced into IMR-90 with and without TGF stimulation. It is a figure which shows a measurement analysis result.
- FIG. 12B is a diagram showing the results of FIG. 12A (c) and FIG. 12C (f) in a histogram.
- FIG. 12A shows a screening result of miRNA response reporter mRNA for use in separation in IMR-90 in Example 9, and a flow site when miRNA response reporter mRNA is co-introduced into IMR-90 with and without T
- FIG. 12C is a diagram showing an imaging cytometry analysis result in the case of co-introducing a miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA that expresses a reporter protein that is nuclear-localized in IMR-90 with and without TGF stimulation.
- FIG. 13 shows the results of screening miRNA response reporter mRNA for use in separation in NHLF in Example 10 and using the same cell population NHLF positive highly correlated miRNA set or not miRNA set. It is a figure which shows the result of having separated and analyzed.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the results of comparing the results of the first screening between a cell line (IMR-90) and a primary cell line (NHLF).
- FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically showing an expected result when there are two miRNA activity distributions in a cell group when it is assumed that a certain cell group has taken in the same amount of mRNA.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the results of co-introducing four types of miRNA-responsive mRNAs selected based on the results of the second screening into IMR-90 as a three-dimensional density plot.
- FIG. 17 (a) shows control miRNA (hmAG1-M9) and miRNA response reporter to IMR-90 without stimulation (-TGF- ⁇ 1; left) or with stimulation (+ TGF- ⁇ 1; right) with TGF- ⁇ 1.
- FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows the imaging cytometry analysis result at the time of co-introducing mRNA ((alpha) (miR-145-5p) -hmKO2-M9).
- Bright Field indicates a phase contrast image
- hmAG1 indicates a fluorescence image of hmAG1
- APC indicates a staining image with ⁇ SMA antibody
- hmKO2 indicates a fluorescence image of hmKO2
- Hoechist indicates nuclear staining.
- An image is shown, and ratio indicates a superimposed fluorescent image.
- 17 (b) shows that control mRNA (hmAG1-M9) and miRNA response reporter mRNA (stimulated with TGF- ⁇ 1 to IMR-90 without stimulation (-TGF- ⁇ 1: green) or with stimulation (+ TGF- ⁇ 1: purple)). It is a figure which shows the flow cytometry analysis result at the time of co-introducing (alpha) (miR-145-5p) -hmKO2-M9).
- the present invention relates to a method for discriminating a desired cell type from a group of cells including two or more types of cells using miRNA expression as an index.
- the discrimination method according to the present embodiment includes the following steps: (1) a step of introducing mRNA containing a first marker gene operably linked to a target sequence of miRNA serving as an index, and (2) a cell type using the translation amount of the first marker gene as an index The process of discriminating.
- the target cell group is a cell group containing two or more types of cells, and may be a cell group collected from a multicellular species, and the isolated cells are cultured.
- the cell group obtained by this may be sufficient.
- the cell group is particularly a cell group containing two or more types of somatic cells collected from mammals (eg, humans, mice, monkeys, pigs, rats, etc.), or cells or mammalian cells isolated from mammals A cell group obtained by culturing a strain.
- somatic cells include keratinized epithelial cells (eg, keratinized epidermal cells), mucosal epithelial cells (eg, epithelial cells of the tongue surface), exocrine glandular epithelial cells (eg, mammary cells), hormone-secreting cells (eg, , Adrenal medullary cells), metabolism / storage cells (eg, hepatocytes), luminal epithelial cells that make up the interface (eg, type I alveolar cells), luminal epithelial cells of the inner chain (eg, blood vessels) Endothelial cells), ciliated cells with transport ability (eg, airway epithelial cells), cells for extracellular matrix secretion (eg, fibroblasts), contractile cells (eg, smooth muscle cells), blood and immune system Cells (eg, T lymphocytes), sensory cells (eg, sputum cells), autonomic nervous system neurons (eg, cholinergic neurons), sensory organs and peripheral neuron support cells
- undifferentiated progenitor cells including somatic stem cells
- terminally differentiated mature cells It can be used as the source of somatic cells in the invention.
- undifferentiated progenitor cells include tissue stem cells (somatic stem cells) such as neural stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and dental pulp stem cells.
- tissue stem cells such as neural stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and dental pulp stem cells.
- the mammal individual from which somatic cells are collected is not particularly limited, but is preferably a human.
- a preferable cell group is a cell group that has been subjected to artificial manipulation after collecting somatic cells, and is a cell group that may contain undesired cells.
- a cell group comprising iPS cells prepared from the somatic cells, or a cell group obtained after differentiating pluripotent stem cells exemplified by ES sputum cells and iPS cells, and the desired cells It is a cell group which can contain the differentiated cell besides.
- the cell group to be discriminated is in a living state.
- the cell being in a viable state means a cell in a state where metabolic capacity is maintained.
- the present invention can be used for the subsequent use while the cells are subjected to the method of the present invention and remain in a viable state, particularly while maintaining their division ability, without losing their natural characteristics even after completion of the discrimination method. This is advantageous.
- the “desired cell type” is a group of cells classified as other cell types using miRNA expression as an index. In particular, it refers to a group of cells with common characteristics for miRNA activity, which will be described in detail later.
- a group of cells classified as other cell types using such miRNA as an index is also referred to as “same type of cells”.
- the desired cell type discriminated by the method of the present invention may be one or more, for example, three, four, five, six, seven, or eight or more. Also good.
- the cell types that can be discriminated are not limited. According to the present invention, 100 or more cell types can be discriminated simultaneously.
- “discriminating a desired cell type” means that a desired specific one or more cell types can be detected differently from other cell types from a group of cells including two or more types of cells.
- the visually recognizable information is not limited to emitting a signal that can be directly recognized by the cell, but visually recognizes the signal emitted by the cell by a numerical value, a chart, an image, or the like. Information that has been converted into possible information and that can be visually recognized by those skilled in the art.
- the term “discriminate” includes the recognition of a desired cell type, the identification of the desired cell type, the identification of the desired cell type, the classification of the desired cell type, and the desired cell type. Isolated cell types, removing unwanted cell types, determining the viability of the desired cell type, detecting or quantifying specific biological signals of the desired cell type, It may include fractionation based on a physical or chemical signal.
- One aspect of discriminating a desired cell type in the present invention is that a cell group that is unknown to contain two or more types of cells is discriminated as a different cell type by using the method of the present invention. Eggplant.
- the mode of discriminating a desired cell type from the group of cells containing two or more types of cells using the expression of miRNA as an index includes the above-mentioned various modes of discrimination, as well as the “cell group containing two or more types of cells” Are known to some extent in advance, and there is no information about the attribute of the cell group.
- the case where the attribute of the cell group is known to some extent is a case where the cell type included in the cell group is specified to some extent by another method or the like in advance.
- the Omics analysis / profiling method which is a profiling method based on multivariate measurement using microarrays and next-generation sequencing, etc., can be applied to specific cell groups as described in the prior art.
- the specific cell types involved may have been previously analyzed and predicted. Even in such a case, it is useful to discriminate a desired cell type by the method of the present invention while the cells are alive. On the other hand, the present invention can be applied even when there is no information about the attributes of the cell group.
- the screening method in the step of screening for miRNA serving as an index may be different.
- Such a screening step may be included in the method of the present invention as an optional pre-step. Details will be described later in the screening step.
- a messenger RNA (mRNA) containing a first marker gene operably linked to a target miRNA target sequence (hereinafter also referred to as miRNA target sequence) is used.
- miRNA target sequence a target miRNA target sequence
- mRNA target sequence a target miRNA target sequence
- a specific miRNA when a specific miRNA is present, translation of the first marker gene is controlled according to the abundance.
- the translation of the first marker gene is suppressed according to the amount of the miRNA present, whereby a protein translated from the first marker gene (hereinafter referred to as a marker protein) MRNA) in which the amount of
- miRNA expression refers to the presence of miRNA in a state in which mature miRNA interacts with a plurality of predetermined proteins to form an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC).
- RISC RNA-induced silencing complex
- miRNA is a single-stranded RNA (20-25 bases), and is generated from pre-miRNA by cleavage by Dicer outside the nucleus, and “pre-miRNA” is obtained by partial cleavage by a nuclear enzyme called Drosha, It originates from pri-mRNA, a single-stranded RNA transcribed from DNA.
- the miRNA in the present invention is appropriately selected from at least 10,000 types of miRNA.
- miRNA registered in database information for example, http://www.mirbase.org/ or http://www.microrna.org/
- database information for example, http://www.mirbase.org/ or http://www.microrna.org/
- literature information described in the database Is appropriately selected from the miRNAs described in 1. That is, in the present invention, the miRNA serving as an index is not limited to a specific miRNA. An miRNA serving as an index can be appropriately selected according to the characteristics of the cell type determined using the method of the present invention. In particular, in a cell group to be determined, one miRNA or a plurality of miRNAs that are highly expressed (high activity) in one cell and low expressed (low activity) in another cell. It is preferable to select a combination. This is to increase the accuracy of separation.
- Such miRNA serving as an index is not limited to the miRNA specified at the time of the present application, and includes any miRNA whose presence and function will be specified in the future.
- the miRNA target sequence refers to a sequence that can specifically bind to an indicator miRNA.
- the miRNA target sequence is preferably, for example, a sequence that is completely complementary to the indicator miRNA.
- the miRNA target sequence may have a mismatch (mismatch) with a completely complementary sequence as long as it can be recognized in the miRNA.
- the mismatch from the sequence that is completely complementary to the miRNA may be any mismatch that can be normally recognized by the miRNA in the desired cell, and the mismatch of about 40 to 50% in the original function in the cell in vivo. There is no problem.
- mismatch is not particularly limited, but 1 base, 2 bases, 3 bases, 4 bases, 5 bases, 6 bases, 7 bases, 8 bases, 9 bases, or 10 bases or 1% of the total recognition sequence, 5% %, 10%, 20%, 30%, or 40% discrepancy.
- the part other than the seed region that is, the 5 'side in the target sequence corresponding to about 3' side 16 A region may contain a number of mismatches, and portions of the seed region may contain no mismatches, or may contain 1 base, 2 bases, or 3 bases mismatches.
- the first marker gene is a gene that is translated in a cell, functions as a marker, and encodes an arbitrary protein that enables discrimination of the cell type.
- proteins that can be translated into cells and function as markers include, for example, proteins that can be visualized and quantified by assisting fluorescence, luminescence, coloration, or fluorescence, luminescence, or coloration. It may be.
- fluorescent proteins blue fluorescent proteins such as Sirius and EBFP; cyan fluorescent proteins such as mTurquoise, TagCFP, AmCyan, mTFP1, MidoriishiCyan, and CFP; TurboGFP, AcGFP, TagGFP, Azami-Green (for example, hmAG1), ZsGreen, EmGFP, Green fluorescent proteins such as EGFP, GFP2, and HyPer; Yellow fluorescent proteins such as TagYFP, EYFP, Venus, YFP, PhiYFP, PhiYFP-m, TurboYFP, ZsYellow, and mBanana; Orange fluorescent proteins such as KusabiraOrange (for example, hmKO2) and mOrange Red fluorescent proteins such as TurboRFP, DsRed-Express, DsRed2, TagRFP, DsRed-Monomer, AsRed2, mStrawberry, etc .; TurboFP602, mRFP1, JRed, KillerRed, mCherry, H
- a photoprotein is aequorin, but is not limited thereto.
- proteins that assist fluorescence, luminescence, or coloration include, but are not limited to, enzymes that decompose fluorescence, luminescence, or color precursors such as luciferase, phosphatase, peroxidase, and ⁇ -lactamase.
- the corresponding precursor is brought into contact with the cell, or the cell is accommodated. This can be done by introducing a precursor that
- a protein that can function as a marker in a cell is a protein that directly affects the function of the cell.
- Cell growth protein, cell death protein, cell signal factor, drug resistance gene, transcription control factor, translation control factor, differentiation control factor, reprogramming induction factor, RNA binding protein factor, chromatin control factor, membrane protein can be exemplified However, it is not limited to these.
- a cell growth protein functions as a marker by proliferating only cells that express it and specifying the proliferated cells.
- the cell killing protein causes cell death of the cell expressing it, thereby killing the cell itself containing or not containing a specific miRNA, and functions as a marker indicating cell viability.
- the cell signal factor functions as a marker by the cell that expresses it emits a specific biological signal and specifies this signal.
- the cell killing protein include Bax and Bim.
- the translation control factor functions as a marker by controlling translation from other mRNAs to proteins by recognizing and binding to the tertiary structure of specific RNA.
- Translation control factors include 5R1, 5R2 (Nat Struct Biol. 1998 jul; 5 (7): 543-6), B2 (Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 Nov; 12 (11): 952-7), Fox-1 ( EMBO J. 2006 Jan 11; 25 (1): 163-73.), GLD-1 (J Mol Biol. 2005 Feb 11; 346 (1): 91-104.), Hfq (EMBO J.
- a more preferable translation control factor is MS2 coat, L7Ae.
- the first marker gene may include a gene encoding a localization signal.
- the localization signal include a nuclear localization signal, a cell membrane localization signal, a mitochondrial localization signal, a protein secretion signal, and the like.
- a classical nuclear translocation sequence (NLS), M9 Examples include, but are not limited to, sequences, mitochondrial target sequences (MTS), and endoplasmic reticulum translocation sequences.
- NLS nuclear translocation sequence
- M9 Examples include, but are not limited to, sequences, mitochondrial target sequences (MTS), and endoplasmic reticulum translocation sequences.
- Such a localization signal is particularly advantageous when the discrimination step in the method of the present invention is performed on an image by imaging cytometry or the like described later.
- mRNA having a second marker gene whose translation is controlled by the translation control factor is simultaneously introduced into the cell.
- An example of an mRNA having a second marker gene whose translation is controlled by such a protein is an mRNA having a second marker gene sequence operably linked to an RNA sequence capable of binding the protein capable of controlling the translation.
- the mRNA disclosed in WO2009 / 066757 or WO2014 / 014122 can be mentioned.
- the entire disclosure of said publication is hereby incorporated by reference.
- a person skilled in the art can appropriately select an mRNA having a second marker gene whose translation is controlled by a protein that can be suitably used in the method of the present invention by referring to the above publication.
- the second marker gene to be used can be the same gene as the first marker gene described above.
- the mRNA used in the method of the present invention includes a first marker gene operably linked to a target sequence of miRNA serving as an index.
- a target sequence of miRNA serving as an index.
- such mRNA is also referred to as miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA.
- the miRNA target sequence and the first marker gene are functionally linked to each other in the 3′UTR in the 5′UTR of the open reading frame (including the start codon) encoding the first marker gene.
- the mRNA preferably comprises a Cap structure (7 methyl guanosine 5 'phosphate), an open reading frame encoding the first marker gene, and a poly A tail in the 5' to 3 'direction from the 5' end.
- At least one miRNA target sequence is provided in the 5′UTR, in the 3′UTR, and / or in the open reading frame.
- the location of the miRNA target sequence in the mRNA may be 5'UTR or 3'UTR, may be within the open reading frame (3'side of the start codon), An array may be provided.
- the number of miRNA target sequences may be one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or more.
- one miRNA target sequence is present in the 5 'UTR. This is because efficient translation suppression can be achieved.
- the number of bases and the kind of base between the cap structure and the miRNA target sequence may be arbitrary as long as they do not include AUG as an initiation codon and do not constitute a stem structure or a three-dimensional structure.
- the number of bases between the cap structure and the miRNA target sequence can be designed to be 0 to 50 bases, preferably 10 to 30 bases.
- the number of bases and the type of base between the miRNA target sequence and the start codon may be arbitrary as long as they do not constitute a stem structure or a three-dimensional structure, and the number of bases between the miRNA target sequence and the start codon is 0 to It can be designed to be 50 bases, preferably 10 to 30 bases. It has been confirmed that translational suppression can be achieved even when four miRNA target sequences are present in the 3'UTR.
- the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA preferably contains a modified base such as pseudouridine or 5-methylcytidine instead of ordinary uridine and cytidine. This is to reduce cytotoxicity.
- the positions of the modified bases can be all or part of the uridine and cytidine independently, and if they are part of the base, they can be random positions at an arbitrary ratio.
- the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA can be synthesized by those skilled in the art by any method known in genetic engineering if the sequence is determined according to the above. In particular, it can be obtained by an in vitro transcription synthesis method using a template DNA containing a promoter sequence as a template.
- the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA may be used alone, depending on the purpose, target, or indicator miRNA activity, and may be used in two or more types, for example, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Or 8 or more types may be used.
- each miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is different for both the miRNA target sequence and the first marker gene.
- the number of miRNA target sequences contained in the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA, the distance from the 5 ′ end of the miRNA target sequence, and other structures in the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA The characteristic features may be different for each miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA.
- the step of introducing miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA into cells includes lipofection method, liposome method, electroporation method, calcium phosphate coprecipitation method, DEAE dextran method, microinjection method,
- One or more miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs are directly introduced into cells included in a cell group using a gene gun method or the like.
- a control mRNA hereinafter also referred to as control mRNA
- a plurality of mRNAs can be shared in a cell group. It is preferable to introduce.
- control mRNA refers to an mRNA that has no miRNA target site and encodes a marker gene different from the first marker gene encoded by the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA.
- the amount of control mRNA introduced can also be appropriately selected by those skilled in the art to obtain a desired translation amount.
- the amount of translation of the first marker gene encoded by the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is controlled, for example, when a given miRNA exists as RISC in the cell. The amount is suppressed. The translation amount is quantitatively controlled according to the miRNA activity.
- the predetermined miRNA does not exist in the cell, or when the predetermined miRNA does not exist as RISC, the translation amount of the first marker gene encoded by the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is not suppressed. Therefore, the amount of translation of the first marker gene differs between cells in which the predetermined miRNA is present as RISC and cells that are not present.
- the case where a predetermined miRNA is present as RISC is also referred to as “when miRNA activity is present”.
- the control mRNA expresses the marker protein regardless of the miRNA activity. This is because even when introduced, the miRNA target sequence does not exist, and therefore translational control is not performed according to the miRNA expression level.
- a step of discriminating cells (hereinafter also referred to as a discriminating step) is performed using the translation amount of the first marker gene as an index.
- the discrimination step cells are discriminated from the translation amount of the first marker gene as described above. That is, the step of discriminating cells in which the desired cell type is a cell in which the expression level of miRNA serving as an indicator is low and the translation amount of the first marker gene is high, and / or the desired cell type
- the cell can be a step of discriminating cells that have a high miRNA expression level and a low translation amount of the first marker gene.
- Cells with a low or high expression level of miRNA serving as an index are determined by obtaining the ratio of the translation amount of the first marker gene between cells belonging to a cell group containing two or more types of cells. be able to.
- the cell is discriminated from the translation amount of the second marker gene simultaneously introduced into the cell.
- the translation amount of the second marker gene is proportional to the expression level of miRNA serving as an index.
- the desired cell type is a cell with a low expression level of miRNA serving as an index
- a cell with a low translation level of the second marker gene is identified, and a cell with a high expression level of miRNA serving as an index
- the cells with a large amount of translation of the second marker gene are discriminated. Therefore, for example, when a cell death protein is used as the second marker gene, cells with a high expression level of miRNA serving as an indicator can be specifically induced to be removed and removed.
- the discrimination step can be performed by detecting a signal from the marker protein using a predetermined detection device.
- the detection device include, but are not limited to, a flow cytometer, an imaging cytometer, a fluorescence microscope, a light emission microscope, and a CCD camera.
- a detection apparatus those suitable for those skilled in the art can be used depending on the marker protein and the mode of discrimination.
- the marker protein when the marker protein is a fluorescent protein or a luminescent protein, the marker protein can be quantified using a detection device such as a flow cytometer, an imaging cytometer, a fluorescence microscope, or a CCD camera.
- a marker protein quantification method using a detection device such as a luminescence microscope, a CCD camera, or a luminometer is possible.
- a detection device such as a luminescence microscope, a CCD camera, or a luminometer
- the marker protein is a membrane-localized protein
- cell surface protein-specific detection reagents such as antibodies and marker protein quantification methods using the above detection devices
- cells that have not undergone the marker protein quantification process such as magnetic cell separator (MACS)
- the marker protein is a drug resistance gene
- the first marker gene can be generated by drug administration. To detect, it is possible method of isolating live cells.
- Flow cytometry can provide the intensity of light emitted from fluorescent proteins and luminescent enzymes, which are marker proteins translated in individual cells, as discrimination information.
- fluorescent proteins and luminescent enzymes which are marker proteins translated in individual cells, as discrimination information.
- the mode of cell type discrimination using one or more miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs using flow cytometry will be described in each case.
- a control mRNA can be co-introduced into a cell. It can be said that the translation of the first marker gene of the control mRNA is constant by the cell without being affected by the miRNA.
- Control mRNA can be designed and prepared in the same manner as miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA except that it does not have a miRNA target site.
- “dimension” refers to the “dimension” of the translation ratio of the marker gene, particularly the ratio of the measured fluorescence intensity values.
- the activity ratio of the marker protein expressed from the two mRNAs is constant and small in the cell population. Therefore, by obtaining the ratio of the fluorescence intensity of the marker protein expressed from the two mRNAs, the expression ratio of specific miRNA in each cell can be obtained.
- the expression ratio of the marker protein is almost constant among the same type of cells, but there is some variation. This is due to the following reasons. (1) The miRNA expression level varies somewhat between the same type of cells. (2) There is also variation in the reaction rate between the expressed miRNA and the co-introduced mRNA. (3) There is some variation in the cell introduction ratio of the two mRNAs to be co-introduced. As a result, there may be some difference in the expression ratio of the marker protein between the same type of cells.
- the dot plot when the expression intensity of the marker protein encoded by the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA and the expression intensity of the marker protein encoded by the control mRNA are taken as the X-axis and Y-axis, respectively.
- allogeneic cells are distributed in a wide band. This width is due to the variation. A plurality of band-like plots corresponding to the number of different cell types appear, and these cells can be distinguished when they are separated.
- the same type of cells are distributed in a wide band shape.
- FIG. 1A there are three strip-shaped plot groups. The strips on the paper, top left and bottom right show two different cell groups discriminated on the dot plot plane by co-introducing two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- the middle band plot schematically shows the expression intensity of the marker protein when only control mRNA is introduced into the same cell group as a control experiment. Two different cell groups are discriminated on the dot plot plane. I can't.
- miRNA (a) is more highly expressed (high activity) in one cell A
- miRNA (b) is higher in the other cell B.
- the resolution is increased.
- the translation of miRNA (a) -responsive mRNA is suppressed in one cell A
- the translation of miRNA (b) -responsive mRNA is suppressed in the other cell B
- an arrow from right to left on the paper surface along the X axis and an arrow from top to bottom along the Y axis indicate translation suppression in different directions.
- the translational suppression of cell A is ⁇ -fold ( ⁇ > 1) stronger than that of cell B
- the translational suppression of cell B is cell A.
- ⁇ times ( ⁇ > 1) stronger than ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ is approximately 1.9 times or more
- cell A and cell B can be distinguished on a flow cytometry dot plot. . If it is preferably 2.0 times or more, more preferably 2.5 times or more, the cells A and B can be more clearly distinguished.
- the determination can also be made by developing a histogram based on the ratio of two fluorescence values obtained from two mRNAs (for example, the lower left histogram in FIG. 1A). By discriminating using such a ratio, the difference in mRNA introduction efficiency between cells can be offset.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the principle of the present invention for discriminating between cell type A and cell type B with high resolution.
- FIG. 1A described above when the fluorescence intensity of a plurality of different miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs is observed, they are observed as separated bands on a flow cytometry dot plot. From this, it can be seen that the ratio value of the plurality of fluorescence intensity values (lower left of FIG. 1A) gives better separation. That is, when two kinds of mRNA are introduced, two kinds of fluorescence intensity values can be measured, and one kind of fluorescence intensity ratio can be obtained.
- FIG. 2 (a) is a histogram showing the signal rates when miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA and control mRNA are introduced into two different cell groups A and B, respectively.
- the distribution width of the fluorescence intensity ratio that is, the width of the band shown on the dot plot is four times.
- the histogram From the above, it can be seen that two types of cell groups can be separated.
- FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram illustrating this embodiment that enables high resolution even when there is only a slight difference in translation efficiency. That is, when introduced into cell A, the first miRNA-responsive mRNA (fluorescence intensity FL1 obtained by flow cytometry) that does not require translation efficiency about twice that of control mRNA is introduced into cell B.
- the second miRNA-responsive mRNA fluorescence intensity FL2 obtained by flow cytometry
- these two miRNA responses It is shown that sufficient separation can be achieved by using sex reporter mRNA.
- the translational inhibition of cell A is ⁇ -fold ( ⁇ > 1) stronger than that of cell B
- the translational suppression of cell B is Assuming that ⁇ times ( ⁇ > 1) stronger than A, the integrated value of ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ is equal to or greater than the distribution width of the certain cell type shown in FIG. 2 (in this figure, four times as an example). If so, the cells A and B can be separated.
- the four-fold width exemplified here can be said to be a case where a relatively wide width has been created, that is, a case where the degree of difficulty is high.
- the case of co-introducing a third miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA targeting miRNA (c) will be described.
- the expression intensity of the first marker protein encoded by the first miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA measured by flow cytometry is FL1
- the expression intensity of the second marker protein encoded by the second miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is FL2
- the expression intensity of the third marker protein encoded by the third miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is FL3.
- Two-dimensional separation using three types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs makes it possible to discriminate and separate 25 to 60 or more types of cells whose miRNA activity is different by a factor of two. As described above, in theory, if the integrated value of translation efficiency of two types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs in two types of cells is 1.9 times or more, two types of cells are displayed on the flow cytometry dot plot. It is because it can distinguish. Therefore, two-dimensional separation using three types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA can be used practically in discrimination of cell types.
- Three-dimensional separation using four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs In the same manner as in the above embodiment d, three-dimensional separation can be performed using four types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs. That is, when four types of mRNA are introduced, four types of fluorescence intensity values can be measured, and three types of fluorescence intensity ratios can be obtained. Therefore, the target cells are distributed and separated three-dimensionally (in the fluorescence intensity ratio space).
- a first miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA that targets miRNA (a) to two different cells A and B, and a second miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA that targets miRNA (b) A case where a third miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA targeting miRNA (c) and a fourth miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA targeting miRNA (d) are co-introduced will be described.
- the expression intensity of the first marker protein encoded by the first miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA measured by flow cytometry is FL1
- the expression intensity of the second marker protein encoded by the second miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is FL2
- the expression intensity of the third marker protein encoded by the third miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is FL3
- the expression intensity of the fourth marker protein encoded by the fourth miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is FL4.
- Imaging cytometry can be performed using an image analyzer.
- the image analyzer can obtain information on the temporal change in the translation amount of the first marker gene in the cell, is excellent in terms of imaging and visualization, and can improve the amount of analysis per unit time. , Analysis including cell morphology and location information, identification of cells attached to culture vessels, and cells targeted for planar or three-dimensionally organized cells It is advantageous.
- the fluorescence intensity ratio of the cells can be converted into color information, and the discrimination process can be used more visually.
- a plurality of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs are designed to include a sequence encoding a nuclear localization signal, for example, M9.
- the marker protein is translated in the cell while being fused to the nuclear localization signal, and the marker protein is localized in the nucleus in the cell, thereby obtaining a clearer fluorescence image of the cell. it can.
- a step of screening miRNA as an index is included as an optional pre-process.
- the screening step one or a plurality of miRNAs having different activities are selected in a plurality of types of cells included in or predicted to be included in the “cell group including two or more types of cells” to be measured. This is to achieve the desired resolution described above.
- the cell types included in the cell group are known to some extent, one miRNA that is highly expressed (high activity) in one cell A and low expressed in another cell B is selected.
- miRNA (a) that is highly expressed (high activity) in one cell A and low expressed (low activity) in another cell B, and certain cell A miRNA (a) that is highly expressed (high activity) in one cell A and low expressed (low activity) in another cell B, and certain cell A .
- a combination of miRNAs that is miRNA (b) that is low expression (low activity) and high expression (high activity) in another cell B is selected. Based on one or more miRNAs determined in this step, the miRNA target sequence in the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is determined.
- the screening process can be performed by a method including the following three steps.
- a plurality of miRNAs selected from the miRNA library are screened.
- miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs are prepared that target each miRNA and encode the same fluorescent protein.
- each miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA and a control mRNA encoding another fluorescent protein are co-introduced into each of known cells A and B, and translation efficiency (marker protein / miRNA responsiveness translated from control mRNA) is introduced.
- the second step among the translation efficiency values measured in the first step, two, three, or four types are combined, and a vector composed of these values is assigned to each of cell A and cell B.
- the coordinate vector (for example, XY coordinates, XYZ coordinates, or arbitrary n-dimensional coordinates (n is an integer of 4 or more)), and calculates the distance between the cells at the coordinates.
- the shortest distance is calculated among the distances between all the included two cells.
- the third step increases the distance between the cells calculated in the second step, a set of miRNAs, each of which encodes a different fluorescent protein gene, with 2, 3, or 4 miRNAs as target sequences.
- Responsive reporter mRNA is prepared.
- a set of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs is co-introduced into cells A and B, or each of three or more cells, and tested for separability.
- the distribution of the fluorescence ratio of each cell appears in a different region, and the result of the test that the overlap between the distributions is small is used in the following introduction step and discrimination step. preferable.
- the first step of the screening process separation using another technique is simultaneously performed, and the translation efficiency for each separated cell, that is, An operation such as measuring the value of miRNA activity is further required.
- Separation methods different from the present invention include, for example, fixing cells at the time of separation, permeating the membrane and detecting intracellular factors using antibodies, or modifying genes in advance even in living cells, although the technique using the cells (reporter line etc.) used for the purpose of a screening process can be considered, it is not limited to these methods.
- the second step and the third step can be performed in the same manner as described above. This screening method is demonstrated in Example 9.
- the above-described screening step is performed as a screening step including the following first to fourth steps. Can be substituted.
- the miRNA activity value of the cell group is measured, and the distribution of miRNA activity exhibited by individual cells in the cell group is obtained.
- multiple types of miRNAs that exhibit a wide distribution of miRNA activity are selected. For example, it is preferable to select 6 to 10 types of miRNA.
- the second step creates a set of combinations of 2, 3, or 4 of the miRNAs selected in the first step.
- a set of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs each encoding a different fluorescent protein gene is prepared using two, three, or four miRNAs contained in one set as target sequences.
- a set of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs composed of two, three, or four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs prepared in the second step is co-introduced into a cell group, Analyzes the correlation of miRNA activity within a cell population.
- the fourth step is a set of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs composed of two, three, or four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs based on the correlation of miRNA activity analyzed in the third step. Is newly prepared, co-introduced into the cell population, and tested for separability. Among the multiple sets, the results of the test that the fluorescence ratio distribution of the cell group is separated into two, three, four, or more groups are obtained in the following introduction step and discrimination step. It is preferable to use it.
- the discrimination method of the present invention is a method for providing a definition of a new cell type. This screening method is demonstrated in Examples 10 and 11.
- Another optional pre-step may include a step of synthesizing miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA.
- a miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA having a miRNA target sequence targeting them or a combination of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA is synthesized.
- a step of separating cells may be included after the discrimination step.
- the present invention also comprises at least one miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA or a combination of two or more miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs, and optionally further comprises a control mRNA.
- a kit for discrimination of cell types Such a kit may be formed by enclosing the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA described above or a combination of two or more miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs in a storable container. Moreover, you may provide the description about a usage method.
- the IVT template (template DNA for mRNA synthesis) of the control tagRFP mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 24) was PCR amplified from the plasmid pSRT-tagRFP using T7Fwd5UTR and Rev120A primer sets.
- a multi-cloning site of pGEM T-easy (Promega) was modified by PCR-based site directed mutagenesis using a primer set of FwdMCS and RevMCS to obtain a pAM empty vector.
- a DNA fragment obtained by digesting pCDFDuet-1 (Novagen) with NheI and AgeI was blunt-ended and inserted into a DNA fragment digested with pAM DraI to generate a pSM empty vector.
- the oligo DNA pair Code5UTR and Comp5UTR is annealed and inserted into the EcoRI-NcoI site, and then the annealed Code3UTR and Comp3UTR is inserted into the XbaI-HindIII site (or “site”).
- tagRFP coding sequence was PCR amplified using an appropriate primer set, digested with NcoI and BglII, and inserted into the NcoI and BglII sites of pSRT to obtain pSRT-tagRFP.
- the coding regions of hmAG1, hmKO2, and tagBFP were amplified using an appropriate primer set, and the tagRFP region of pSRT-tagRFP was replaced.
- the M9 sequence was then amplified using primer sets FwdM9 and RevSV40 from p4LambdaN22-3mEGFP-M9 (reference [4]), digested with BamHI and BglII, and inserted into the BglII site.
- Primer and oligonucleotide sequences are shown in Table 1 below.
- the mRNA IVT template containing 4 copies of the target sequence of miRNA in the 3′UTR uses the oligo DNA shown in Table 4 instead of the PCR fragment of the 3′UTR, and uses Rev120A-2 instead of Rev120A.
- PCR amplified and ligated The PCR product was purified using MinElute® PCR® purification® kit® (QIAGEN) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Prior to purification, the PCR product amplified from the plasmid was digested with Dpn I (Toyobo) at 37 C for 30 minutes. The primer sequences are shown in Table 1.
- the obtained mRNA was purified by FavorPrep Blood / Cultured Cells total RNA extraction column (Favorgen Biotech) and incubated at 37 degrees for 30 minutes using Antarctic Phosphatase (New England Biolabs). Then, it further refine
- miRNA-responsive reporter hmAG1 mRNA was co-introduced with control hmKO2 mRNA, and eight miRNAs with significantly different activities depending on the cells were selected.
- a combination table of four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs was created and tested. In this combination table, every two miRNA pairs selected from eight miRNAs are covered by all two combinations that can be selected from four types of marker fluorescent proteins.
- several new sets of 4 miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs were combined and tested.
- IMR-90 cells were cultured on gelatin-coated plates in Eagle's basal medium supplemented with 10% FBS and 1% Penicillin-Streptomycin-Glutamine (Gibco). Normal human lung fibroblasts (NHLF; Lonza) were cultured according to the manufacturer's instructions. IMR-90 was used within 20 passages, and NHLF was used within 10 passages. In order to differentiate IMR-90 cells in vitro, these cells were starved in low serum medium (0.01% FBS) for 48 hours, and 10 ⁇ ng / mL human TGF- ⁇ 1 (mammalian) in low serum medium. Origin: Stimulated for 24 hours in the presence or absence of (PeproTech). Subsequently, it was transfected with the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA designed and prepared above. Four hours after transfection, the medium was changed to the same medium as at the time of transfection.
- NHLF Penicillin-Streptomycin-Glutamine
- 0.1-1 pmol miRNA inhibitor or 25-200 ng reporter mRNA which contains the gene for click beetle luciferase CBRluc (Promega) in the ORF and has the same 5 ′ UTR as reporter EGFP
- reporter mRNA which contains the gene for click beetle luciferase CBRluc (Promega) in the ORF and has the same 5 ′ UTR as reporter EGFP
- 24 hours after introduction cells were measured by flow cytometry using Accuri C6 (BD Biosciences). The ratio of the fluorescence intensity of the two reporter proteins in each cell was calculated and plotted. Translation efficiency was determined by dividing the average intensity of EGFP in response to miRNA by the average intensity of control tagRFP measured by flow cytometry.
- a reporter mRNA expressing 100 ng of EGFP and a reporter mRNA expressing 125 ng of hmKO2ga were co-introduced into the cells or a mixture thereof.
- cells were transfected with 50 ng of reporter hmAG1 (Amalgaam) mRNA and 80 ng of control hmKO2 mRNA.
- hmAG1 mRNA and hmKO2 mRNAs were doubled.
- the intensity of EGFP and the intensity of tagRFP were corrected based on a spectral matrix obtained from a data set of cells transfected with EGFP or tagRFP (reference document [5]). Translation efficiency was defined by the value obtained by dividing the average intensity of the corrected EGFP signal by the average intensity of the corrected tagRFP signal.
- the reporter fluorescent protein was fused to the nuclear localization signal M9 on the C-terminal side to clarify the co-introduced cells.
- 24 hours after the introduction of the three mRNAs bright-field images and fluorescent images of the cells were obtained using IN Cell Analyzer 6000 (GE Healthcare).
- the fluorescence signals of hmAG1, hmKO2, and tagBFP were measured with a blue laser equipped with a FITC filter, a green laser equipped with a DsRed filter, and a UV laser equipped with a DAPI filter.
- the obtained image was analyzed using Cell Profiler (reference document [2]).
- nuclei were identified in the average image of three fluorescent channels.
- the hmKO2 signal and tagBFP signal were then divided by the hmAG1 signal for each pixel as in flow cytometry.
- the geometric mean rate was obtained for each nucleus. Images were edited using ImageJ (National Institutes of Health (NIH)).
- FIG. 3 (a) is a schematic diagram of an in vitro synthesized miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA used in this example.
- An ARCA cap structure analog
- a miRNA target sequence a gene encoding a fluorescent protein
- a poly A tail are located in the direction from the 5 ′ end of the left hand of the paper to the 3 ′ end of the right hand of the paper.
- the ARCA and miRNA target sequence, and the miRNA target sequence and the start codon were each designed to be about 20 bases apart.
- FIG. 3 (b) is a graph showing a comparison of translation efficiency when 3 types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs are introduced into 3 types of cell lines, respectively.
- a gene encoding EGFP was used as the marker gene, and miR-21-5p, miR-24-3p, and miR-203a were used as miRNA target sequences, respectively.
- FIG. 3 (c) is a dot showing measurement results 24 hours after co-introduction of HeLa cells and 293FT cells into which miR-21-5p-responsive EGFP mRNA and control hmKO2 mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 22) were co-introduced. It is a plot.
- FIG. 3 (f) is a dot plot showing the measurement results 24 hours after the same mRNA was co-introduced into a mixture of HeLa cells and 293FT cells. When measured using an Accuri-C6 flow-sert meter, three independent tests were performed and representative results were shown. The fluorescence intensity ratio reflecting the difference in miRNA activity indicates that the two cell lines were clearly separated.
- FIG. 3 (d) shows the HeLa cells and MFC-7 cells co-introduced with miR-24-3p-responsive EGFP mRNA and miR-203a-responsive hmKO2 mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 6), 24 hours after co-introduction. It is a dot plot which shows the measurement result.
- FIG. 3 (h) is a dot plot showing the measurement results 24 hours after the same mRNA was co-introduced into a mixture of HeLa cells and MFC-7 cells. Referring to FIG. 3 (b), it can be seen that these miRNAs differ slightly in activity and in opposite directions in the two cell lines. Referring to FIGS. 3 (d) and (h), it can be seen that two kinds of cell lines are clearly separated using such a slight difference in activity.
- FIG. 3 (e) is a histogram showing the ratio of two fluorescent signals. Co-introduction of the set of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA / control mRNA (EGFP mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 19) or hmKO2 mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 22)) shown in each histogram into HeLa cells, MCF-7 cells, and mixtures thereof did. The cumulative frequency of the fluorescence ratio of cells into which two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs have been introduced is shown in the bottom column.
- FIG. 3 (g) is a histogram showing the ratio of two fluorescent signals in the dot plots of FIGS. 3 (c) and 3 (f).
- Example 2 Cell separation in high-dimensional space
- Cell separation was performed with 3 or 4 miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs.
- three miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs ⁇ (miR-24-3p) -EGFP, ⁇ (miR-127-3p) -EGFP (SEQ ID NO: 7), ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -EGFP (SEQ ID NO: 9) and ⁇ (miR-92a-3p) -EGFP (SEQ ID NO: 15) were measured for translation efficiency in HeLa, 293FT, and MCF-7 cells.
- the results are shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (d).
- the numerical value at the top of each column indicates the ratio of translation efficiency for two of the three cell lines.
- FIG. 4B shows the result of two-dimensional separation using tagBFP (SEQ ID NO: 13).
- Three types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA were co-introduced independently into the three types of cell lines, and analyzed 24 hours later by FACSAria. Flow cytometry data was plotted for two ratios. The two ratios are the hmKO2 intensity divided by the hmAG1 intensity and the tagBFP intensity divided by the hmAG1 intensity.
- the density of co-introduced HeLa cells, 293FT cells, and MCF-7 cells was plotted on a plane. Colored density plots were prepared as negative images by overlaying images showing the density of 293FT cells, HeLa cells, and MCF-7 cells in red, green, and blue channels, respectively.
- FIG. 4 (c) shows the result of two-dimensional separation using three types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA for a sample in which three types of cells are mixed. Flow cytometry data was plotted for two ratios.
- Each of HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, and mixtures thereof includes four control mRNAs, hmAG1 mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 21), hmKO2 mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 22), tagBFP mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 20), hdKeimaRed mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 23) was co-introduced.
- each of HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, and mixtures thereof includes four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs, ⁇ (miR-24-3p) -hmAG1, ⁇ (miR-127-3p) -hmKO2.
- ⁇ (miR-92-3p) -tagBFP (SEQ ID NO: 17) and ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -hdKeimaRed (SEQ ID NO: 14) were co-introduced.
- FIG. 5 is a representative result of three independent experiments. 5A (a) and (b), it can be seen that the three types of cell lines co-introduced with the four types of control mRNA cannot be separated by referring to the plots on any plane. On the other hand, from FIG. 5 (c), the three cell lines co-introduced with the four miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs can be clearly separated in the dot plots on any plane. Further, from FIG. 5 (d), separation can be visually confirmed in the mixture of the three cell lines. That is, it becomes possible to distinguish the cell line mixture into three types of cell lines.
- Set A is a group containing dot plots obtained from 4 stages of 2-fold dilution
- Set ⁇ B is a group containing dot plots obtained from 5 stages of 2-fold dilution.
- Tables 5A and 5B This experiment, in which multiple control mRNAs are diluted to various concentrations, demonstrates various miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs that can be generated by miRNA activity in cells.
- miRNA target sequence insertion and translation efficiency The position of the miRNA target sequence in the reporter miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA was examined.
- miR-21-5p which is the target site of miR-21-5p, is a miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA ( ⁇ (miR-21-5p) -EGFP (SEQ ID NO: 1) ))
- miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA EGFP-4x ⁇ (4xmiR-21-5p) (SEQ ID NO: 2)
- the translation efficiency was examined for these.
- miR17-5p which is the target site of miR-17-5p, is a miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA ( ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -EGFP (sequence No. 9)) and miR-responsive reporter mRNA (EGFP-4x ⁇ (4xmiR-17-5p) (SEQ ID NO: 10)) in which miR-17-5p is completely complementary to 3'UTR.
- ⁇ miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA
- EGFP-4x ⁇ (4xmiR-17-5p) SEQ ID NO: 10
- Example 4 Activity of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA as miRNA inhibitor An experiment was conducted to verify the difference between a commercially available miRNA inhibitor and a miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA. The same miR- in the presence of a commercially available miRNA inhibitor or miR-17-5p responsive reporter mRNA ( ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -CBRLuc (SEQ ID NO: 33); luciferase gene does not show fluorescence) The translation efficiency of ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -EGFP in response to 17-5p in HeLa cells was measured.
- Reporter mRNA (luciferase) that responds to 6 other miRNAs ( ⁇ (miR-21-5p) -CBRluc: SEQ ID NO: 34, ⁇ (miR-92a-3p) -CBRluc: SEQ ID NO: 35, ⁇ (miR-24 -3p) -CBRluc: SEQ ID NO: 36, ⁇ (miR-127b-3p) -CBRluc: SEQ ID NO: 37, ⁇ (miR-16-5p) -CBRluc: SEQ ID NO: 38, ⁇ (miR-203a) -CBRluc: Sequence No. 39) was confirmed not to work as a miRNA inhibitor.
- Example 5 Translation efficiency of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA in three cell lines
- Twenty miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs were introduced into each of the three cell lines, and the ratio of translation efficiency was examined.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the translation efficiency of these 20 miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs in 3 cell lines.
- (A) is a comparison between HeLa and 293FT
- (b) is a comparison between 293FT and MCF-7
- (c) is a comparison between MCF-7 and HeLa.
- Example 6 One-dimensional separation with two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs
- two-dimensional separation based on the fluorescence intensity ratio of the two cell lines was performed using two types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA.
- FIG. 9 shows a series of results. It shows that 293FT and HeLa can be separated or 293FT and MCF-7 can be separated even in two cell lines whose miRNA activity is less than twice the translation efficiency by a miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA .
- Translation efficiency was measured to examine the activities of miR-24-3p and miR-17-5p in 293FT cells and HeLa cells.
- ⁇ (miR-24-3p) -EGFP and ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -EGFP were used.
- a result is shown to Fig.9 (a).
- the numerical value at the top of each column indicates the translation efficiency ratio.
- ⁇ (miR-24-3p) -EGFP and ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -hmKO2 (SEQ ID NO: 12) were co-introduced into 293FT and HeLa, and mixtures thereof, and flow cytometry analysis was performed 24 hours after the introduction. Went. EGFP and hmKO2 were used as control mRNAs.
- FIG. 9B shows the dot plot results. It can be seen that 293FT cells and HeLa cells are distinguished as different band plots. Moreover, the same dot plot about the mixture of 293FT and HeLa is shown in FIG.9 (g). From these results, it can be seen that even when the mixture is measured, each cell can be observed separately.
- FIG. 9C shows a histogram of the signal ratio. Each cell line was co-introduced with the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA / control mRNA set shown in each histogram. Two fluorescent signal ratios measured by flow cytometry were calculated and plotted. The cumulative frequency of cells into which two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs have been introduced is shown in the bottom column of FIG. 9 (c).
- FIG. 9E shows the dot plot results. It can be seen that 293FT cells and MCF-7 cells are distinguished as different band plots.
- FIG. 9 (h) shows a similar dot plot for a mixture of 293FT and MCF-7. From these results, it can be seen that even when the mixture is measured, each cell can be observed separately.
- FIG. 9F shows a signal ratio histogram. Each cell line was co-introduced with the miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA / control mRNA set shown in each histogram. Two fluorescent signal ratios measured by flow cytometry were calculated and plotted. The cumulative frequency of cells into which two miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs have been introduced is shown in the bottom column of FIG. 9 (f).
- Example 7 Co-introduction of three miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs in which a reporter fluorescent protein is linked to a nuclear localization signal] 40 ng ⁇ (miR-24-3p) -hmAG1-M9 (SEQ ID NO: 25), three miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs that express nuclear localized fluorescent proteins in HeLa, 293FT, and MCF-7 cells 10 ng of ⁇ (miR-127-3p) -hmKO2-M9 (SEQ ID NO: 26) and 200 ng of ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -tagBFP-M9 (SEQ ID NO: 27) were co-introduced. Imaging cytometry analysis was performed 24 hours after introduction. FIG.
- FIG. 10 (a) shows a fluorescence image of the introduced cells. In the figure, indicates 100 ⁇ m. hmKO2, hmAG1, and tagBFP are shown as red, green, and blue channels, respectively. From FIG. 10 (a), it can be seen that there are variations in intensity depending on the nucleus.
- FIG. 10B shows the result of pseudo color processing of data measured for the same object as in FIG. 10A using two ratios. The nuclei of the co-introduced cells were extracted and analyzed for fluorescence intensity at each pixel.
- the ratio of the fluorescence signal of hmKO2 divided by the fluorescence signal of hmAG1 and the ratio of fluorescence signal of tagBFP divided by the fluorescence signal of hmAG1 are 10-0.25 to 100.75 and 10-0.5 to The range of 100.5 was normalized to 0 to 1 and shown in purple and green.
- FIG. 10 (c) shows the density plot for these ratios.
- Example 8 Two-dimensional separation using three types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs by flow cytometry and imaging cytometry]
- Three control mRNAs, hmAG1, hmKO2, and tagBFP were co-introduced into each of HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, and mixtures thereof.
- each of HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, and mixtures thereof includes three control mRNAs in which a reporter fluorescent protein is linked to a nuclear localization signal, hmAG1-M9 (SEQ ID NO: 28), hmKO2-M9 (sequence) No. 29) and tagBFP-M9 (SEQ ID NO: 30) were co-introduced.
- each of HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, and mixtures thereof includes three miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs, ⁇ (miR-24-3p) -hmAG1, ⁇ (miR-127-3p)- hmKO2 and ⁇ (miR-92-3p) -tagBFP were co-introduced.
- FIG. 11 (a) shows the results of flow cytometry analysis of HeLa cells, 293FT cells, MCF-7 cells and a mixture thereof into which three kinds of control mRNA have been introduced
- FIG. 11 (c) shows the results of imaging cytometry. Shown in FIG. 11 shows the results of flow cytometry analysis of HeLa cells, 293FT cells, MCF-7 cells, and a mixture thereof, into which three kinds of control mRNAs in which reporter fluorescent proteins are linked to nuclear localization signals are co-introduced.
- FIG. 11 (g) shows the results of imaging cytometry in e). From either result, it can be seen that the cells are not separated.
- FIG. 11 (b) shows the results of flow cytometry analysis of HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, and mixtures thereof into which three miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs were introduced
- FIG. 11 (d) shows the results of imaging cytometry. Shown in In addition, FIG. 11 shows the results of flow cytometry analysis of HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, and a mixture thereof in which three types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNAs in which reporter fluorescent proteins are linked to nuclear localization signals are co-introduced.
- FIG. 11 (h) shows the imaging cytometry results in f).
- Example 9 Isolation of fibroblast cell line using miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA.
- IMR-90 was focused on as a typical human normal cell. It is known that IMR-90 differentiates from the resting state to the smooth muscle direction by TGF stimulation. 67 types of miRNAs that have been confirmed to be expressed by IMR-90 and do not contain CAU were selected, and miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA libraries that express hmAG1 as a reporter protein were prepared (SEQ ID NOs: 77 to 143). Each of these was introduced into IMR-90 together with a control hmKO2 mRNA and subjected to flow cytometry analysis.
- FIG. 12A (a) results are shown in FIG. 12A (a).
- those with an average fluorescence ratio (FL2 / FL1) of ⁇ 0.199 are judged to be active (0.198 for mRNA that does not respond to control miRNA), and two types of high similarity among 26 miRNA ⁇ ⁇ Twenty-four omitted miRNA responsive mRNAs were extracted.
- miRNA response reporter mRNAs for 2 miRNAs related to muscle differentiation were prepared (SEQ ID NOs: 144 and 145). In addition to these, a total of 32 mRNA, which combines the 24 mRNAs extracted in the previous section and the 6 mRNAs that responded to miRNAs highly related to TGF signal and muscle differentiation among the mRNAs that were not observed in the previous section.
- a second-order screening was conducted to search for miRNAs whose activity was changed before and after TGF- ⁇ 1 stimulation against IMR-90. IMR-90 was stimulated with 10 ng / mL of TGF- ⁇ 1 after being starved for 2 days. The next day, mRNA was introduced, and flow cytometry analysis was performed the next day.
- FIG. 12A (b) The results of searching for a total of 32 types of miRNAs are shown in FIG. 12A (b).
- the most active miRNA-responsive mRNA ⁇ (miR-145-5p) -hmAG1) (SEQ ID NO: 117) was used in the next experiment.
- Imaging cytometry was performed as follows. IMR-90 with and without TGF stimulation was simultaneously stained with miRNA-responsive mRNA ( ⁇ (miR-145-5p) -hmAG1 and hmKO2 pair) and anti- ⁇ SMA antibody. Differentiation induction and immunostaining of IMR-90 after introduction of mRNA were performed by the following methods. One day after co-introduction of mRNA, an equal volume of Cytofix Fixation Buffer (BD Biosciences) was added to the medium, and the mixture was allowed to stand at 37 ° C. for 10 minutes to fix the cells.
- Cytofix Fixation Buffer BD Biosciences
- the membrane was allowed to stand in Phosflow Perm Buffer III (BD Biosciences) for 30 minutes to perform permeabilization of the cell membrane. After washing, it was left on ice for 30 minutes in Blocking One (Nacalai Tesque). Cells were stained with anti- ⁇ SMA antibody diluted 200-fold with Pharmingen Stain Buffer (FBS) containing 10% Blocking One for 30 minutes at room temperature. After washing, it was stained with Hoechist 33342 (Life Technologies). The stained cells were analyzed with IN Cell Analyzer 6000.
- Phosflow Perm Buffer III BD Biosciences
- Flow cytometry for intracellular factors was performed as follows. After differentiation induction and mRNA introduction, IMR-90 was detached from the culture plate, and cells were fixed and permeated using the above-mentioned Cytofix Fixation Buffer and Phosflow Perm Buffer III according to the instructions in the instructions. The cells after permeation through the membrane were blocked with Blocking One in the same manner as described above, and then stained with an anti- ⁇ SMA antibody diluted 100 times at room temperature for 30 minutes. After staining, the cells were washed and analyzed by flow cytometry.
- FIG. 12A (c) The flow cytometry analysis results are shown as a density plot in FIG. 12A (c). From the results of FIG. 12A (c), it was possible to discriminate the difference in the differentiation state of the same cells by using ⁇ (145-5p) -hmAG1.
- FIG. 12B (d) shows a similar experimental result as a histogram. Here, the result of introducing the control mRNA pair is shown by a solid line and a one-dot chain line.
- the antibody staining method which is a conventional technique, it is necessary to fix cells, and the distribution range is wide as shown in the histogram, and there are many overlapping portions.
- live cells can be used as they are, the distribution width is narrow, and sufficient discrimination is possible.
- FIG. 12C (f) shows a similar experimental result as a histogram. Again, the result of introducing the control mRNA pair is shown by a solid line and a one-dot chain line.
- FIG. 13 (a) shows an mRNA search strategy for selecting cells (clarifying the mixing condition of cells). In the first screening, miRNA activity was detected and 8 miRNAs were selected from 67 miRNAs. In the second screening, 56 sets of reporter mRNA were searched by combining 8 miRNAs and reporter proteins.
- FIG. 13A Using the same library of 67 types of miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA as IMR-90, we searched for miRNA activity in primary cultured cells (NHLF) of human normal lung fibroblasts. The results are shown in FIG. 13A (b). In particular, we analyzed the peak width (90% interval) produced by the cell population into which mRNA was introduced, and analyzed the eight broad miRNA (miR-16-5p, miR-17-5p, miR-21 -5p, miR-27a-3p, miR-20a-5p, miR-106a-5p, miR-143-3p, let-7i-5p).
- FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b) show the results of comparing the results of the first screening between the cell line (IMR-90) and the primary cultured cell (NHLF). All are the results for 67 types of miRNA response reporter mRNAs.
- FIG. 14A is a comparison of fluorescence ratios, that is, a comparison of peak locations
- FIG. 14B is a comparison of 90% interval, that is, comparison of peak widths. In both cases, the mean and standard deviation of two screening experiments were displayed as error bars.
- 14 (a) and 14 (b) the mean value of miRNA activity was similar to that of IMR-90 established, but miRNA activity was more widely distributed within the cell population, and in a more heterogeneous population. It was shown that there is.
- Fig. 13 (c) shows a combination table for the second screening. Numbers 1 to 8 are 8 types of miRNA.
- miR-16-5p, miR-17-5p, miR-21-5p, miR-27a-3p, miR-20a-5p, miR- 106a-5p, miR-143-3p, let-7i-5p are shown.
- row (h), column (i), and two-digit number (j, k) for each cell indicate the numbers of miRNAs to which hmAG1, hmKO2, tagBFP, and hdKeimaRed respond, respectively. According to this table, it can be seen that all reporter protein combinations are covered for any two miRNA combinations.
- This table shows that a functional relationship between miRNAs in the target cell population can be found. For example, there is a negative correlation in function between miRNAs with large values, such as the combination of miR-143-3p and miR-21-5p. That is, in this case, miR-21-5p activity is low in cells with high miR-143-3p activity, and miR-21-5p activity is low in cells with low miRNA-143-3p activity.
- miRNAs with large values such as the combination of miR-143-3p and miR-21-5p.
- miR-21-5p activity is low in cells with high miR-143-3p activity
- miR-21-5p activity is low in cells with low miRNA-143-3p activity.
- combinations of miRNAs with small values have a positive correlation with their functions.
- RmiR-17, miR-20a, and miR-106a forming miR-17 precursor family also showed a high positive correlation in activity.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically showing an expected result when there are two miRNA activity distributions in a cell group when it is assumed that a certain cell group has taken in the same amount of mRNA.
- FIG. 15 (a) shows that when two miRNA activities are positively correlated, the peak of the fluorescence ratio becomes narrower.
- FIG. 15 (b) shows that the peak of the fluorescence ratio becomes wider when the two miRNA activities are negatively correlated.
- FIG. 15 (c) shows that when the two miRNA activities are not correlated, a peak with an intermediate width is formed.
- FIG. 13 (d) shows a reporter mRNA ( ⁇ (miR-106a-5p) -hmAG1 (SEQ ID NO: 116), which responds to three miRNAs with or without a negative correlation with miRNA activity.
- ⁇ (miR-106a-5p) -hmAG1 SEQ ID NO: 116
- the results of separation and analysis of NHLF using ⁇ (miR-21-5p) -hmKO2 (SEQ ID NO: 159), ⁇ (miR-143-3p) -tagBFP) are shown.
- the cell population into which mRNA was introduced was shown by the density distribution of the fluorescence ratio.
- FIG. 13 (e) shows reporter mRNAs ( ⁇ (miR-20a-5p) -hmAG1 (SEQ ID NO: 111), ⁇ (miR-17-5p) that respond to three miRNAs positively correlated with miRNA activity. ) -hmKO2 (SEQ ID NO: 12), ⁇ (miR-106a-5p) -tagBFP (SEQ ID NO: 171)) shows the results of separation and analysis of NHLF. The cell population into which mRNA was introduced was shown by the density distribution of the fluorescence ratio.
- the miRNA-responsive mRNA to be used can be selected according to the purpose of discrimination of desired cells.
- NHLF is considered as a desired cell, and when distinguishing between NHLF and other cells, the desired cell is narrower (specific) using a mRNA set for miRNA that has a high positive correlation.
- NHLF which can be a cell population and is rich in diversity
- a population of cells containing the desired cells and wants to separate and sort the desired cells from here, it can be used for negatively correlated miRNA
- An mRNA selection can be used to collect a desired portion of a widely distributed cell.
- Example 11 Discrimination of IMR-90 cell population using miRNA-responsive reporter mRNA
- a second screening similar to NHLF was also performed for IMR-90, a fibroblast cell line.
- numbers 1 to 8 representing miRNAs shown in FIG. 13 (C) are sequentially assigned to miR-16-5p, miR-17-5p, miR-125b-5p, miR-93-5p, miR-20a.
- a pair of reporter mRNAs that respond to that miRNA (SEQ ID NOs: 117, 100, 125, 80, 157, 166, 174, 83, 167, 158, 175, 111, 161, 170, 178, 110, 116, 162, 171, 179, 146-156) were analyzed into IMR-90, the peak width (90% interval) of the fluorescence ratio produced by the cell population was analyzed, and the same analysis was performed when control mRNA was introduced Table 7 shows the relative values for the peak widths determined in (1).
- FIG. 16 shows four types of miRNA-responsive mRNAs ( ⁇ (miR-16-5p) -hmAG1 (SEQ ID NO: 80), ⁇ (miR-26a-5p) -hmKO2 (selected based on the results of the second screening).
- SEQ ID NO: 148 ( ⁇ (miR-17-5p) -tagBFP (SEQ ID NO: 167), ⁇ (miR-125b-5p) -hdKeimaRed (SEQ ID NO: 153) are co-introduced into IMR-90 in three dimensions As shown by the arrows A and B shown in the figure, it was found that IMR-90 was separated into two cell groups.
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(1)指標となるmiRNAの標的配列と機能的に連結した第一のマーカー遺伝子を含むmRNAを細胞
に導入する工程、および
(2)当該第一のマーカー遺伝子の翻訳量を指標として、細胞種を判別する工程。
(1)指標となるmiRNAの標的配列と機能的に連結した第一のマーカー遺伝子を含むmRNAを細胞に導入する工程、および
(2)当該第一のマーカー遺伝子の翻訳量を指標として、細胞種を判別する工程。
細胞群の属性が予めある程度既知である場合とは、予め別の方法等で、細胞群に含まれる細胞種がある程度特定されている場合である。例えば、従来技術として説明した、抗体を用いて分類する方法や、マイクロアレイや次世代シーケンシングなどを用いた多変量の測定に基づく細胞のプロファイリングであるOmics解析/profiling法により、特定の細胞群に含まれる特定の細胞種が予め分析され、予測されている場合がある。その場合であっても、細胞が生存した状態で、本発明の方法により、所望の細胞種を判別することは有用である。
一方、細胞群の属性について何ら情報がない場合であっても本発明は適用することができる。
本発明の一態様によれば、miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを1種類のみを用いる。miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを1種類のみをある所望の細胞群に導入した場合に得られる蛍光強度値は、例えば、図1(a)を参照すると、グラフ平面外、紙面上の山型の分布のようになる。これは、対象の細胞群中において、各細胞に導入されるmRNAの数にばらつきが生じるためである。たとえば、所望の細胞内のmiRNA活性にしたがって、miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAからの翻訳が抑制されると、所望の細胞の山形の分布が左に移動する。この所望の細胞群から得られる蛍光強度値の分布が、他の細胞群から得られる蛍光強度値の分布と重ならない場合、これらのある所望の細胞群は、特定の蛍光強度値を備えるもののみを分離することにより、他の細胞群と、分離し、判別することができる。あるいは、図1(a)紙面上に示されるように、蛍光強度値の分布に重なりがある場合であっても、分布に重なりのない端の領域を判別し、分離することができる。
本発明の一態様によれば、miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを1種類のみ用い、コントロールmRNAを細胞に共導入することができる。コントロールmRNAの第一のマーカー遺伝子の翻訳は、miRNAの影響を受けることなく、細胞により一定であるといえる。コントロールmRNAは、miRNA標的部位を有さないこと以外は、miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAと同様に設計し、調製することができる。なお、本明細書中において、「次元」とは、マーカー遺伝子の翻訳比率、特には測定された蛍光強度値の比率についての「次元」をいうものとする。
(1)miRNA発現量は、同種の細胞間でも多少のばらつきがある。
(2)発現したmiRNAと共導入されるmRNAとの反応率にもばらつきがある。
(3)共導入される2つのmRNAの細胞導入比率にも多少のばらつきがある。
その結果として、同種の細胞間でもマーカー蛋白質の発現比率にある程度の差が生ずる場合がある。そして、フローサイトメトリーで測定した場合に、miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードするマーカー蛋白質の発現強度と、コントロールmRNAがコードするマーカー蛋白質の発現強度とをそれぞれX軸、Y軸とした場合のドットプロットでは、同種の細胞は幅をもった帯状に分布する。この幅は、上記ばらつきに起因するものである。そして、異なる細胞種の数に対応する複数の帯状プロットが現れ、これらが分離されている場合に、これらの細胞は判別可能である。一例として、判別工程において、フローサイトメトリーで測定した場合に、第1のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第1のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度と、第2のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第2のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度とをそれぞれX軸、Y軸とした場合のドットプロットでは、同種の細胞は幅をもった帯状に分布する。かかる態様を、図1(a)に模式的に示す。図1(a)においては、3つの帯状のプロット群が存在する。紙面、左上及び右下の帯状プロットは、2種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを共導入することにより、ドットプロット平面上で判別された異なる二種の細胞群を示す。真ん中の帯状プロットは、コントロール実験として、同じ細胞群にコントロールmRNAのみを導入した場合のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度を模式的に示すものであり、異なる二種の細胞群はドットプロット平面上で判別することができない。
本発明の別の態様においては、好ましくは、2種以上のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを細胞に共導入する。2種以上のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを用いることにより、細胞の分離能を高めることができるためである。図2(b)は、翻訳効率の差がわずかしか存在しない場合であっても、高分解能を可能とする本実施形態を説明する模式図である。すなわち、細胞Aに導入したときに、コントロールmRNAと比較して2倍程度の翻訳効率の差しかない第1のmiRNA応答性mRNA(フローサイトメトリーで得られた蛍光強度FL1)と、細胞Bに導入したときに、コントロールmRNAと比較して2倍程度の翻訳効率の差しかない第2のmiRNA応答性mRNA(フローサイトメトリーで得られた蛍光強度FL2)であっても、これらの2種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを用いることにより、十分な分離することが可能になることが示される。ここで、第1のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAについて、細胞Aの翻訳抑制が細胞Bに対してα倍(α>1)強く、第2のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAについて、細胞Bの翻訳抑制が細胞Aに対してβ倍(β>1)強いと仮定したとき、α×βの積算値が、図2で示されているそのある細胞種の分布の幅(この図では例として4倍)以上であれば、細胞AとBとは分離できると考えられる。ここで例示されている4倍の幅は、比較的広い幅ができてしまった場合、つまり困難度が高い場合といえる。
さらに、miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを3種以上用いて、複数の細胞に共導入することにより、同様の原理で分離能をさらに高めることが可能である。例えば、3種類のmRNAを導入すると、3種類の蛍光強度値を測定でき、2種類の蛍光強度比率を得ることができる。そのため、対象の細胞は二次元的に(蛍光強度比率の平面上に)分布し、分離される。一例として、2種の異なる細胞A、Bに、miRNA(a)を標的とする、第1のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAと、miRNA(b)を標的とする、第2のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAと、miRNA(c)を標的とする、第3のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAとを共導入する場合について説明する。フローサイトメトリーで測定した第1のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第1のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度をFL1、第2のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第2のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度をFL2、第3のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第3のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度をFL3とする。そして、FL1/FL3、FL2/FL3をそれぞれX軸、Y軸としてドットプロットを作成すると、同種の細胞は、帯状ではなく、塊状に表れる。かかる態様を、図1(b)に模式的に示す。図1(b)における紙面左上から右下へ向かう点線上に存在する2つの塊は、第3のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAではなく、いずれのmiRNAにも応答しないコントロールmRNAを使用した場合に見られるドットプロットの塊を示す。これは、図1(a)の平面を、紙面左上から右下へ向かう大きな矢印で切断した面を示すものともいえる。これに対し、第3のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを共導入することで、miRNA(c)の活性の違いによって、さらに異なる方向へ翻訳制御がなされた結果、点線上に存在する2つの塊が、それぞれ、さらに異なった方向(紙面右上並びに左下)に翻訳制御され、ドットプロット平面状でより明確に細胞Aと細胞Bとが分離されるようになることがわかる。なお、3種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを用いて二次元分離をする場合に、3種のうち、いずれのmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAからの蛍光強度を上記計算のFL3としても、同様の分離結果を得ることができる。
上記dの態様と同様にして、4種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを用いて、三次元分離をすることも可能である。すなわち、4種類のmRNAを導入すると、4種類の蛍光強度値を測定でき、3種類の蛍光強度比率を得ることができる。そのため、対象の細胞は三次元的に(蛍光強度比率の空間中に)分布し、分離される。一例として、2種の異なる細胞A、Bに、miRNA(a)を標的とする、第1のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAと、miRNA(b)を標的とする、第2のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAと、miRNA(c)を標的とする、第3のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAと、miRNA(d)を標的とする、第4のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAとを共導入する場合について説明する。フローサイトメトリーで測定した第1のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第1のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度をFL1、第2のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第2のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度をFL2、第3のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第3のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度をFL3、第4のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAがコードする第4のマーカー蛋白質の発現強度をFL4とする。そして、FL1/FL4、FL2/FL4、FL3/FL4をそれぞれX軸、Y軸、Z軸としてドットプロットを作成すると、同種の細胞は、三次元空間に、それぞれが塊状に分布する。
コントロールtagRFP mRNA(配列番号24)のIVTテンプレート(mRNAの合成用の鋳型DNA)は、T7Fwd5UTR 及びRev120Aのプライマーセットを用いて、プラスミドpSRT-tagRFPからPCR増幅した。最初に、FwdMCS及びRevMCSのプライマーセットを用いて、PCR-based site directed mutagenesisにより、pGEM T-easy (Promega)のマルチクローニングサイトを改変してpAM空ベクターを得た。次に、pCDFDuet-1 (Novagen)をNheI 及び AgeIで消化したDNA断片を平滑末端化し、pAM のDraI で消化したDNA断片に挿入し、pSM空ベクターを生成した。次に、pSRT空ベクターを造るために、オリゴDNAのペアであるCode5UTR 及びComp5UTRをアニーリングしてEcoRI-NcoIサイトに挿入し、次いで、アニーリングしたCode3UTR及びComp3UTR を、 XbaI-HindIII サイト(あるいは「部位」)に挿入した。最後に、tagRFPのコード配列を適切なプライマーセットを用いてPCR増幅して、NcoI及びBglIIで消化し、pSRTのNcoI及びBglIIサイトに挿入し、pSRT-tagRFPを得た。
蛍光蛋白質の蛋白質コード領域、コントロール5’UTR及び3’UTR配列は、プラスミドあるいはオリゴDNAからの適当なプライマーを用いて、PCR増幅した。いくつかの5’UTR断片を、プラスミドから生成した。表2に示したDNA断片のペアは、アニールされ、18nt-2xFr15-ECFP (参考文献[3])のBamHI-AgeI サイトに挿入した。次いで、プライマーセットT7FwdA 及びRev5UTRを用いて、5’ UTRを増幅した。
miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAは、修正されたプロトコル(下記の参考文献[1]を参照)において、MegaScript T7 kit (Ambion)を用いて調製した。この反応にいて、ウリジン三リン酸及びシチジン三リン酸に替えて、シュードウリジン-5’-三リン酸及び5-メチルシチジン-5’-三リン酸(TriLink BioTechnologies)をそれぞれ用いた。IVT(mRNA合成)反応の前に、グアノシン-5’-三リン酸は、Anti Reverse Cap Analog (New England Biolabs)で5倍希釈した。反応混合液を37度で4時間インキュベートして、TURBO DNase (Ambion)を添加した後、37度でさらに30分インキュベートした。得られたmRNAは、FavorPrep Blood / Cultured Cells total RNA extraction column (Favorgen Biotech) で精製し、Antarctic Phosphatase (New England Biolabs)を用いて、37度で30分インキュベートした。その後、RNeasy MiniElute Cleanup Kit (QIAGEN)により、さらに精製した。
miRNA応答性mRNAのスクリーニングは3ステップで行った。第1のステップでは、miRNA応答性reporter hmAG1 mRNA を、コントロールhmKO2 mRNAと共導入して、活性が細胞により大きく異なる8つのmiRNAを選択した。第2のステップでは、4つのmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAの組み合わせ表を作成して、試験した。この組み合わせ表では、8つのmiRNAから選ばれた、どの2つのmiRNAのペアについても、4種類のマーカー蛍光蛋白質から選ぶことができる、あらゆる2つの組み合わせが網羅されるようにした。第3のステップでは、新たに4つのmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを組み合わせて、いくつかのセットについて、試験した。
HeLa細胞及びMCF-7細胞は、10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) 及び 1% Antibiotic Antimycotic Solution (Sigma)を含むダルベッコ改変イーグル培地(DMEM)-F12及びRPMI 1640でそれぞれ培養した。293FT細胞(invitrogen)は、10% FBS, 2 mM L-Glutamine (invitrogen), 0.1 mM Non-Essential Amino Acids (invitrogen), 1 mM Sodium Pyruvate (Sgima), 0.5% Penicillin-Streptomycin (invitrogen)を添加したDMEM中で成長させた。細胞を混合した実験においては、それぞれの細胞をHeLa細胞と同じ培地で調製し、同数の細胞を混合して播種した。
培養細胞(HeLa, 293FT, MCF-7, IMR-90)は24ウェルプレートに播種し、翌日に、合成したmRNAを導入した。NHLFは24ウェルプレートに播種し、その日に、合成したmRNAを導入した。導入には、1μLのStemFect (Stemgent)を用いて、製造者の指示に従って実施した。翻訳効率の測定においては、それぞれ100ngの、各種miRNAに応答するレポーターEGFP mRNAと、コントロールtagRFP (Evrogen) mRNAとをそれぞれの細胞に共導入した。ただし、mRNAの設計を比較した実験(実施例3、図6)では、2pmolのmirVana miRNA inhibitor (Applied Biosciences)の存在下で翻訳効率を決定した。
トランスフェクションの24時間後に細胞を培養皿から分離し、メッシュを通して、フローサイトメトリーにより分析した。2つのmRNAによる共導入の分析には、FL1 (530/30 nm) 及び FL2 (585/40 nm) filters フィルターを備えたAccuri C6 (BD Biosciences)を用いた。3つのmRNAもしくは4つのmRNAによる共導入の分析には、FACSAria (BD Biosciences)を用いた。hmAG1, hmKO2, tagBFP 及び hdKeimaRedは、FITC filter (530/30 nm)を備えたblue laser (488 nm)により検出した。PE filter (585/42 nm)を備えたgreen laser (561 nm)、Pacific Blue filter (450/40 nm)を備えたviolet laser (405 nm)、及びQdot 605 filter (610/20 nm)を備えたviolet laserにより、それぞれ分析した。死細胞及びデブリは、前方及び側方光散乱シグナルにより除外した。翻訳効率の測定においては、EGFPの強度及びtagRFPの強度は、EGFPまたはtagRFPによりトランスフェクトされた細胞のデータセットから得られたspectral matrix(参考文献[5])に基づいて補正した。翻
訳効率は、補正したEGFPシグナルの平均強度を、補正したtagRFPシグナルの平均強度で割って得られた値により定義した。
レポーター蛍光蛋白質をC末端側で核局在化シグナルM9に融合し、共導入した細胞を明確化した。3つのmRNAを導入した24時間後、IN Cell Analyzer 6000 (GE Healthcare)を用いて、細胞の明視野像及び蛍光画像を得た。hmAG1、hmKO2、tagBFPの蛍光シグナルは、FITC filterを備えた青色レーザー、DsRed filterを備えた緑色レーザー、DAPI filterを備えたUVレーザーでそれぞれ測定した。得られた画像は、Cell Profiler (参考文献[2])を用いて解析した。まず、三つの蛍光チャネルの平均イメージにおいて、核を識別した。次いで、フローサイトメトリーと同様に、各ピクセル毎に、hmKO2シグナル及びtagBFPシグナルを、hmAG1シグナルで割った。そして幾何平均率をそれぞれの核について得た。画像は、ImageJ (アメリカ国立衛生研究所(NIH)製)を用いて編集した。
1種もしくは2種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAによる、既知の細胞株の一次元分離を行った。結果を図3に示す。図3(a)は、本実施例において用いた、インビトロ合成されたmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAの模式図である。紙面左手5’末端から紙面右手の3’末端の向きに、ARCA(キャップ構造アナログ),miRNA標的配列、蛍光蛋白質をコードする遺伝子、ポリAテイルが位置する。ARCAとmiRNA標的配列、miRNA標的配列と開始コドンの間はそれぞれ、約20塩基離れるように設計した。
3種もしくは4種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAによる細胞分離を行った。まず、3種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAである、α(miR-24-3p)-EGFP、α(miR-127-3p)-EGFP(配列番号7)、α(miR-17-5p)-EGFP(配列番号9)、α(miR-92a-3p)-EGFP(配列番号15)について、HeLa、293FT、MCF-7細胞における翻訳効率を測定した。結果を図4(a)(d)に示す。各カラムの頂部の数値は、3種の細胞株のうち、2種についての翻訳効率の比率を示す。エラーバーはそれぞれ、平均値±標準偏差(n=3)を示す。
レポーターmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAにおける、miRNA標的配列の位置について調べた。miR-21-5pの標的部位である、miR-21-5pの完全相補配列が、5’UTRに1つ存在するmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNA(α(miR-21-5p)-EGFP(配列番号1))と、miR-21-5pの完全相補配列が、3’UTRに4つ存在するmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNA(EGFP-4xα(4xmiR-21-5p)(配列番号2))とを調製し、これらについて翻訳効率を調べた。同様にして、miR17-5pの標的部位である、miR-17-5pの完全相補配列が、5’UTRに1つ存在するmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNA(α(miR-17-5p)-EGFP(配列番号9))と、miR-17-5pの完全相補配列が、3’UTRに4つ存在するmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNA(EGFP-4xα(4xmiR-17-5p) (配列番号10))とを調製し、これらについて翻訳効率を調べた。レポーターmRNAが応答するmiRNAに対する阻害剤(inhibitor)の存在下で各レポーターmRNAの翻訳効率を測定した。miR-1 に対する阻害剤をネガティブコントロールとして使用した。阻害剤の濃度は、2 pmolとした。エラーバーはそれぞれ、平均値±標準偏差(n=2)を示す。結果を図6に示す。
市販のmiRNA阻害剤とmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAの違いを検証する実験を行った。市販のmiRNA阻害剤あるいは、miR-17-5p応答性レポーターmRNA (α(miR-17-5p)-CBRLuc(配列番号33); ルシフェラーゼ遺伝子のため蛍光は示さない)の存在下で、同じmiR-17-5p に応答する α(miR-17-5p)-EGFPの、HeLa細胞中での翻訳効率を測定した。miR-1 に対する阻害剤、miR-1に応答するルシフェラーゼmRNA(α(miR-1)-CBRLuc(配列番号32))をネガティブコントロールとして使用した。結果を図7(a)に示す。エラーバーはそれぞれ、平均値±標準偏差(n=3)を示す。この結果より、miRNA応答性レポーターmRNAは、miRNAインヒビターとして機能することはほとんどないことがわかる。
それぞれのmiRNAの活性は、そのmiRNAに応答するEGFP レポーターmRNAで測定した。このとき、miR-1 (ネガティブコントロール) または、同じmiRNAに応答するルシフェラーゼレポーターmRNAを導入した。3回の試験結果を図7(b)に示す。
3種の細胞株に、それぞれ、20種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAを導入し、翻訳効率の比率を調べた。図8は、3種の細胞株における、これら20種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAの翻訳効率を示すグラフである。(a)は、HeLaと293FTの比較、(b)は、293FTとMCF-7との比較、(c)は、MCF-7とHeLaと比較を示す。エラーバーはそれぞれ、平均値±標準偏差(n=3)を示す。本結果で得られた翻訳効率の値を用いて、この値で構成されるベクトルを考えた場合の座標における細胞間の距離を算出して、他の実施例で使用したmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAの組み合わせを選択した。
実施例1と同様に2種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAによる、2種の細胞株の蛍光強度比率に基づく一次元分離を行った。図9に一連の結果を示す。あるmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAによる翻訳効率、すなわちmiRNA活性が2倍以下である2種の細胞株においても、293FTとHeLaの分離、もしくは、293FTとMCF-7の分離が可能であったことを示す。エラーバーはそれぞれ、平均値±標準偏差(n=3)を示す。
HeLa、293FT、MCF-7細胞に、核局在化蛍光蛋白質を発現する3種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAである、40 ngのα(miR-24-3p)-hmAG1-M9 (配列番号25)、10 ngのα(miR-127-3p)-hmKO2-M9 (配列番号26)、200 ngのα(miR-17-5p)-tagBFP-M9 (配列番号27)を共導入した。導入の24時間後にイメージングサイトメトリー分析を実施した。図10(a)は、導入した細胞の蛍光画像を示す。図中、は100 μmを示す。hmKO2, hmAG1、tagBFPはそれぞれ、赤、緑、青のチャンネルで示した。図10(a)から、核により、強度のばらつきがあることがわかる。図10(b)は、図10(a)と同一の対象について測定したデータを、二つの比率を用いて疑似カラー処理した結果を示す。共導入された細胞の核を抜きだし、それぞれのピクセルにおける蛍光強度について分析した。hmKO2の蛍光シグナルを、hmAG1の蛍光シグナルで割った比率、及びtagBFPの蛍光シグナルを、hmAG1の蛍光シグナルで割った比率をそれぞれ、10‐0.25~100.75と、10‐0.5~100.5の範囲を0~1に正規化して、紫色、緑色で示した。図10(c)は、これらの比についての密度プロットを示す。
HeLa、293FT、MCF-7、及びこれらの混合物のそれぞれに、3種のコントロールmRNA、hmAG1、hmKO2、tagBFPを共導入した。また、HeLa、293FT、MCF-7、及びこれらの混合物のそれぞれに、レポーター蛍光蛋白質が核局在化シグナルに連結した3種のコントロールmRNA、hmAG1-M9(配列番号28)、hmKO2-M9(配列番号29)、tagBFP-M9(配列番号30)を共導入した。同様に、HeLa、293FT、MCF-7、及びこれらの混合物のそれぞれに、3種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAである、α(miR-24-3p)-hmAG1、α(miR-127-3p)-hmKO2、α(miR-92-3p)-tagBFPを共導入した。同様に、HeLa、293FT、MCF-7、及びこれらの混合物のそれぞれに、レポーター蛍光蛋白質が核局在化シグナルに連結した3種のmiRNA応答性レポーターmRNAである、α(miR-24-3p)-hmAG1-M9、α(miR-127-3p)-hmKO2-M9、α(miR-92-3p)-tagBFP-M9を共導入した。これらを導入の24時間後に、フローサイトメトリー分析及び、イメージングサイトメトリー分析を実施した。3回の独立した実験のうち、代表的な結果を図11に示す。
由来の異なる細胞株だけでなく、同一の細胞株の状態の違いを識別する実験を行った。ここでは、代表的なヒト正常細胞として、IMR-90 に注目した。IMR-90は静止状態から TGF刺激で平滑筋方向に分化することが知られている。IMR-90で発現が確認されており、かつCAUを含まないmiRNAを67種類選び、hmAG1をレポーター蛋白質として発現するmiRNA応答レポーターmRNAのライブラリーを作製した(配列番号77~143)。これをそれぞれ、IMR-90にコントロールhmKO2 mRNAとともに導入して、フローサイトメトリー解析を行った。
分化誘導、およびmRNA導入後のIMR-90の免疫染色は以下の方法で行った。mRNA共導入の1日後、培地と等量のCytofix Fixation Buffer (BD Biosciences) を加え、37°Cで10分間静置して、細胞を固定した。次いで、Pharmingen Stain Buffer (FBS, BD Biosciences) で洗浄後、Phosflow Perm Buffer III (BD Biosciences) 中で氷上30分静置して、細胞膜の透過処理を行った。洗浄後、Blocking One (ナカライテスク) 中で氷上30分静置した。10% Blocking Oneを含むPharmingen Stain Buffer (FBS) を用いて 200倍希釈した抗αSMA抗体で、細胞を室温30分間染色した。洗浄後、Hoechist 33342 (Life Technologies)で染色した。染色後の細胞は IN Cell Analyzer 6000 で解析した。
膜透過後の細胞を、上記と同様に、Blocking One で細胞をブロッキングした後、100倍希釈した抗αSMA抗体を用いて、室温30分間染色した。染色後、細胞を洗浄し、フローサイトメトリー解析を行った。
以上より、レポーター蛋白質の種類に依存せず、生細胞を判別が可能であることが示された。
同じ67 miRNAライブラリーを使って、株化細胞ではなく、ヒト正常肺線維芽細胞の初代培養細胞(NHLF)の集団内のmiRNA 活性を調べた。図13(a)に、細胞を選別する(細胞の混合具合を明らかにする)mRNAの探索戦略を示す。第一スクリーニングではmiRNAの活性を検出して67 miRNAから8 miRNAを選別した。第二スクリーニングでは 8 miRNA とレポーター蛋白質を組み合わせて、56セットのレポーター mRNAを探索した。
(A) α(miR-143-3p)-hmAG1(配列番号114) + α(miR-21-5p)-hmKO2(配列番号159)
(B) α(miR-143-3p)-hmAG1 + α(miR-21-5p)-tagBFP(配列番号168)
(C) α(miR-143-3p)-hmAG1 + α(miR-21-5p)-hdKeimaRed(配列番号176)
(D) α(miR-21-5p)-hmAG1(配列番号81) + α(miR-143-3p)-hmKO2(配列番号163)
(E) α(miR-21-5p)-hmAG1 + α(miR-143-3p)-tagBFP(配列番号172)
(F) α(miR-21-5p)-hmAG1 + α(miR-143-3p)-hdKeimaRed(配列番号180)
このピーク幅は、コントロール mRNAを導入したときに、同様の解析で求めたピーク幅
に対する相対値として下記表6に表される。
NHLFと同様の第二スクリーニングを株化された線維芽細胞であるIMR-90についても実施した。この実験では、図13(C)で示されるmiRNAを表す番号1~8を、順に、miR-16-5p, miR-17-5p, miR-125b-5p, miR-93-5p, miR-20a-5p, miR-106a-5p, miR-145-5p, miR-26a-5pとした。各miRNAの組み合わせについて、そのmiRNAに応答するレポーターmRNAのペア(配列番号117、100、125、80、157、166、174、83、167、158、175、111、161、170、178、110、116、162、171、179、146~156)をIMR-90に導入したとき、細胞集団がつくる蛍光比率のピーク幅 (90% interval) を解析し、コントロール mRNAを導入したときに、同様の解析で求めたピーク幅に対する相対値として下記表7に表される。
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- 以下の工程を含む、2種以上の細胞を含む細胞群からmiRNAの発現を指標として所望の細胞種を判別する方法;
(1)指標となるmiRNAの標的配列と機能的に連結したマーカー遺伝子を含むmRNAを細胞群に導入する工程、および
(2)当該マーカー遺伝子の翻訳量を指標として、細胞種を判別する工程。 - 前記工程(1)が、指標となるmiRNAの標的配列およびマーカー遺伝子が共に異なる2以上のmRNAを同時に細胞に導入する工程である、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 前記所望の細胞種が、指標となるmiRNAの発現量が少ない細胞種であり、前記工程(2)が、当該マーカー遺伝子の翻訳量が多い細胞種を判別する工程である、請求項1または2に記載の方法。
- 前記所望の細胞種が、指標となるmiRNAの発現量が多い細胞種であり、前記工程(2)が、当該マーカー遺伝子の翻訳量が少ない細胞種を判別する工程である、請求項1から3のいずれか一項に記載の方法。
- 前記miRNAの標的配列が、マーカー遺伝子の5’側に連結されている、請求項1から4のいずれか一項に記載の方法。
- 前記判別が、フローサイトメーターを用いて行われる、請求項1から5のいずれか一項に記載の方法。
- 前記判別が、イメージアナライザーを用いて行われる、請求項1から5のいずれか一項に記載の方法。
- 前記工程(1)の前に、指標となるmiRNAをスクリーニングする工程をさらに含む、請求項1~8のいずれかに記載の方法。
- 指標となるmiRNAの標的配列と機能的に連結したマーカー遺伝子を含むmRNAを含んでなる細胞判別キット。
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