3'end RNA sequencing of TDP-43 depleted and mutant TDP-43-rescued Hek-293 FlpIn lines

This project studies TDP43, which is an RNA binding protein implicated in Motor Neuron Disease. As an RNA-binding protein, TDP43 is known to influences poly-adenylation site choice. For this project, we have inserted a single copy of the GFP-tagged TDP43 gene into the FLPIn Locus of HEk293 cells. We use these Hek293 FLipIn lines to instigate the effect of different deletion and mutation constructs of TDP-43 in their ability to rescue the depletion (siRNA) of the endogenous TDP-43 protein. We are comparing siRNA mediated KD in triplicates for each of the 7 cell lines to the Dox-induced rescues in triplicates. We are using a customised Lexogen Quantseq 3' end sequencing method that allows us to multiplex cDNAs straight after the reverse transcription. The 42 samples were pooled into barcoded sub-groups, each group will have the Lexogen barcode (i7 indeces) in addition.