Slot Blot Assay for Detection of R Loops. 2023

Altaf H Sarker, and Priscilla K Cooper
Department of BioEngineering and BioMedical Sciences, Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. AHSarker@lbl.gov.

R loops (DNA-RNA hybrid) are three-stranded nucleic acid structures that comprise of template DNA strand hybridized with the nascent RNA leaving the displaced non-template strand. Although a programmed R loop formation can serve as powerful regulators of gene expression, these structures can also turn into major sources of genomic instability and contribute to the development of diseases. Therefore, understanding how cells prevent the deleterious consequences of R loops yet allow R loop formation to participate in various physiological processes will help to understand how their homeostasis is maintained. Detection and quantitative measurements of R loops are critical that largely relied on S9.6 antibody. Immunofluorescence methods are frequently used to localize and quantify R loops in the cell but they require specialized tools for analysis and relatively expensive; therefore, they are not always useful for initial assessments of R loop accumulation. Here, we describe an improved slot blot protocol to detect and estimate R loops and show its sensitivity and specificity using the S9.6 antibody. Since specific factors protecting cells from harmful R loop accumulation are expanding, this protocol can be used to determine R loop accumulation in research and clinical settings.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009690 Nucleic Acid Conformation The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that results in its characteristic 3-dimensional shape. DNA Conformation,RNA Conformation,Conformation, DNA,Conformation, Nucleic Acid,Conformation, RNA,Conformations, DNA,Conformations, Nucleic Acid,Conformations, RNA,DNA Conformations,Nucleic Acid Conformations,RNA Conformations
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000080870 R-Loop Structures An RNA-DNA hybrid structure formed when newly transcribed RNA remains bound to its DNA template. Stability of R-loops may play a role in GENETIC INSTABILITY. R-Loop,R-Loops,R Loop,R Loop Structures,R Loops,R-Loop Structure
D000906 Antibodies Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).
D012313 RNA A polynucleotide consisting essentially of chains with a repeating backbone of phosphate and ribose units to which nitrogenous bases are attached. RNA is unique among biological macromolecules in that it can encode genetic information, serve as an abundant structural component of cells, and also possesses catalytic activity. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) RNA, Non-Polyadenylated,Ribonucleic Acid,Gene Products, RNA,Non-Polyadenylated RNA,Acid, Ribonucleic,Non Polyadenylated RNA,RNA Gene Products,RNA, Non Polyadenylated
D042822 Genomic Instability An increased tendency of the GENOME to acquire MUTATIONS when various processes involved in maintaining and replicating the genome are dysfunctional. Genome Instability,Genome Stability,Genomic Stability,Genome Instabilities,Genome Stabilities,Genomic Instabilities,Genomic Stabilities,Instabilities, Genome,Instabilities, Genomic,Instability, Genome,Instability, Genomic,Stabilities, Genome,Stabilities, Genomic,Stability, Genome,Stability, Genomic

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