Summary: Huntingtin is a disease gene linked to Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of striatal neurons. This is thought to be caused by an expanded, unstable trinucleotide repeat in the huntingtin gene, which translates as a polyglutamine repeat in the protein product. A fairly broad range in the number of trinucleotide repeats has been identified in normal controls, and repeat numbers in excess of 40 have been described as pathological. The huntingtin locus is large, spanning 180 kb and consisting of 67 exons. The huntingtin gene is widely expressed and is required for normal development. It is expressed as 2 alternatively polyadenylated forms displaying different relative abundance in various fetal and adult tissues. The larger transcript is approximately 13.7 kb and is expressed predominantly in adult and fetal brain whereas the smaller transcript of approximately 10.3 kb is more widely expressed. The genetic defect leading to Huntington's disease may not necessarily eliminate transcription, but may confer a new property on the mRNA or alter the function of the protein. One candidate is the huntingtin-associated protein-1, highly expressed in brain, which has increased affinity for huntingtin protein with expanded polyglutamine repeats. This gene contains an upstream open reading frame in the 5' UTR that inhibits expression of the huntingtin gene product through translational repression. [provided by RefSeq, Jul
shRNA Design:
These shRNA constructs were designed against multiple splice variants at this gene locus. To be certain that your variant of interest is targeted, align it with our published shRNA design sequences. If these do not align, please utilize our custom shRNA service.
Performance Guranteed:
OriGene guarantees that the sequences in the shRNA expression cassettes are verified to correspond to the target gene with 100% identity. One of the four constructs at minimum are guaranteed to produce 70% or more gene expression knock-down provided a minimum transfection efficiency of 80% is achieved. Western Blot data is recommended over qPCR to evaluate the silencing effect of the shRNA constructs 72 hrs post transfection. To properly assess knockdown, the gene expression level from the included scramble control vector must be used in comparison with the target-specific shRNA transfected samples.
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shRNA Citations:
Deacetylation of p53 induces autophagy by suppressing Bmf expression, Amelia U. Contreras, Yohannes Mebratu, Monica Delgado, Gilbert Montano, Chien-an A. Hu, Stefan W. Ryter, Augustine M.K. Choi, Yuting Lin, Jialing Xiang, Hitendra Chand, and Yohannes Tesfaigzi,
J. Cell Biol., Apr 2013; 201: 427 - 437.
[p53] Premetastatic soil and prevention of breast cancer brain metastasis, Yan Liu, Akemi Kosaka, Maki Ikeura, Gary Kohanbash, Wendy Fellows-Mayle, Linda A. Snyder, and Hideho Okada,
Neuro Oncology, Apr 2013; 10.1093/neuonc/not031.
[COX2] Altered localization, abnormal modification and loss of function of Sigma receptor-1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, J. Prause, A. Goswami, I. Katona, A. Roos, M. Schnizler, E. Bushuven, A. Dreier, S. Buchkremer, S. Johann, C. Beyer, M. Deschauer, D. Troost, and J. Weis,
Hum. Mol. Genet., Apr 2013; 22: 1581 - 1600.
[SIGMAR1] Histone Deacetylase 2 Cell Autonomously Suppresses Excitatory and Enhances Inhibitory Synaptic Function in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons, Jesse E. Hanson, Lunbin Deng, David H. Hackos, Shih-Ching Lo, Benjamin E. Lauffer, Pascal Steiner, and Qiang Zhou,
J. Neurosci., Apr 2013; 33: 5924 - 5929.
[HDAC1] Inositol Polyphosphate Multikinase Is a Coactivator of p53-Mediated Transcription and Cell Death, Risheng Xu, Nilkantha Sen, Bindu D. Paul, Adele M. Snowman, Feng Rao, M. Scott Vandiver, Jing Xu, and Solomon H. Snyder,
Sci. Signal., Apr 2013; 6: ra22.
[IPMK] Cooperative Activation of Tissue-Specific Genes by pRB and E2F1, Stephen Flowers, Fuhua Xu, and Elizabeth Moran,
Cancer Res., Apr 2013; 73: 2150 - 2158.
[E2F1] 15-PGDH inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma growth through 15-keto-PGE2/PPAR?-mediated activation of p21WAF1/Cip1, D Lu, C Han & T Wu,
Oncogene doi:10.1038/onc.2013.69
[CDKN1A ] ACP5, a direct transcriptional target of FoxM1, promotes tumor metastasis and indicates poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma, L Xia, W Huang, D Tian, Z Chen, L Zhang, + et al.,
Oncogene doi:10.1038/onc.2013.90
[ACP5 ] RNH1 regulation of reactive oxygen species contributes to histone deacetylase inhibitor resistance in gastric cancer cells, Y Zhu, K Das, J Wu, M H Lee & P Tan,
Oncogene doi:10.1038/onc.2013.104
[RNH1 ] Identification and Cytoprotective Function of a Novel Nestin Isoform, Nes-S, in Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons, Peng-Han Su, Chih-Cheng Chen, Ya-Fan Chang, Zong-Ruei Wong, Kai-Wei Chang, Bu-Miin Huang, and Hsi-Yuan Yang,
J. Biol. Chem., Mar 2013; 288: 8391 - 8404.
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