TABLE 8.
Evidence of the specificity of RNAi against hnRNP-E1 mRNA in perturbing the biosynthetic rate of newly synthesized hnRNP-E1 and folate receptor proteins in placental 1584-HF cells1
RNAi transfected in placental 1584-HF cells | [35S]cysteine–hnRNP-E1, fmol · mg protein−1 · h−1 | [35S]cysteine–folate receptor, fmol · mg protein−1 · h−1 |
Wild-type 25-nucleotide hnRNP-E1 RNA | 1.02 ± 0.07a | 1.58 ± 0.02a |
Scrambled 25-nucleotide RNA | 0.95 ± 0.04a | 1.57 ± 0.05a |
RNAi against 25-nucleotide hnRNP-E1 mRNA | 0.32 ± 0.02b | 0.35 ± 0.02b |
Values are means ± SDs, n = 3 (means of triplicates). Means in a column without a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.05. HF, high folate; hnRNP-E1, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein E1; RNAi, RNA interference.