1. Establishing an Infrastructure for High-Throughput Short-Interfering RNA Screening Hongwei Yin, Chris Sereduk, and Nanyun Tang 2. Optimization of Transfection Conditions for siRNA Screening Justin J. Montoya and David O. Azorsa
3. High Throughput siRNA Screening Using Reverse Transfection Carina Von Schantz-Fant and Jani Saarela
4. Genome-Wide siRNA Screening Using Forward Transfection: Identification of Modulators of Membrane Trafficking in Mammalian Cells
Mariana G. Bexiga and Jeremy C. Simpson
5. Pooled shRNA Screening in Mammalian Cells as a Functional Genomic Discovery Platform Katarzyna Jastrzebski, Bastiaan Evers, and Roderick L. Beijersbergen
6. A Protocol for a High-Throughput Multiplex Cell Viability Assay
Daniel F. Gilbertand Michael Boutros
7. RNAi Screening of Leukemia Cells Using Electroporation Anupriya Agarwal and Jeffrey W. Tyner
8. Self-Assembled Cell Microarray (SAMcell) for High-Throughput RNAi Screening Hanshuo Zhang and Juan Li
9. In Vitro Pooled shRNA Screening to Identify Determinants of Radiosensitivity Alessandro Ceroni, Geoff S. Higgins, and Daniel V. Ebner
10. Three-Dimensional Spheroid Cell Culture Model for Target Identification Utilizing High-Throughput RNAi Screens
Lakesla R. Iles and Geoffrey Bartholomeusz
11. In Vitro High Throughput RNAi Screening to Accelerate the Process of Target Identification and Drug Development Hongwei Yin and Michelle Kassner
12. High-Throughput, Liquid-Based Genome-Wide RNAi Screening in C. elegans Linda P. O’Reilly, Ryan R. Knoerdel, Gary A. Silverman, and Stephen C. Pak
13. Design and Methods of Large-Scale RNA Interference Screens in Drosophila Jia Zhou and Chao Tong
14. Genome-Wide RNAi Screening in C. elegans for Aging and Innate Immunity Amit Sinhaand Robbie Rae
17. Morphology and Gene Expression Screening with Morpholinos in Zebrafish Embryos Li-Chuan Tseng, Chih-Hao Tang and Yun-Jin Jiang
18. Live Cell Microscopy-Based RNAi Screening in the Moss Physcomitrella patens Tomohiro Miki, Yuki Nakaoka, and Gohta Goshima 19. Data Analysis For High Throughput RNAi Screening David O. Azorsa, Megan A. Turnidge and Shilpi Arora
High-throughput RNAi screening remains one of the most widely used technologies to perform target identification and validation studies in an unbiased manner. These assays are equally important for research and development across academic, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries. The success of these screening efforts is dependent on robust methodologies to perform these screens. In High-Throughput RNAi Screening: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field share protocols and methods for performing high-throughput RNAi (HT-RNAi) screens. These include the use of various RNAi platforms and delivery methods in mammalian and non-mammalian systems, whole organism and cell models, and various applications, such as drug sensitizer identification. Finally, the book examines the latest advancements in the fields of assay development, library screening, data analysis, and hit selection. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Cutting-edge and thorough, High-Throughput RNAi Screening: Methods and Protocols provides a comprehensive source of protocols and other necessary information to make robust and successful assays possible for all who wish to apply HT-RNAi in their research.