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Zhang L et al. (2015) Development "The auxin-inducible degradation (AID) system enables versatile conditional protein depletion in C. elegans."

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    PMID:
    26552885
    DOI:
    10.1242/dev.129635
    Status:
    Publication type:
    Journal_article
    WormBase ID:
    WBPaper00048787

    Zhang L, Ward JD, Cheng Z, & Dernburg AF (2015). The auxin-inducible degradation (AID) system enables versatile conditional protein depletion in C. elegans. Development, 142, 4374-84. doi:10.1242/dev.129635

    Experimental manipulation of protein abundance in living cells or organisms is an essential strategy for investigation of biological regulatory mechanisms. Whereas powerful techniques for protein expression have been developed in Caenorhabditis elegans, existing tools for conditional disruption of protein function are far more limited. To address this, we have adapted the auxin-inducible degradation (AID) system discovered in plants to enable conditional protein depletion in C. elegans. We report that expression of a modified Arabidopsis TIR1 F-box protein mediates robust auxin-dependent depletion of degron-tagged targets. We document the effectiveness of this system for depletion of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins in diverse somatic and germline tissues throughout development. Target proteins were depleted in as little as 20-30min, and their expression could be re-established upon auxin removal. We have engineered strains expressing TIR1 under the control of various promoter and 3' UTR sequences to drive tissue-specific or temporally regulated expression. The degron tag can be efficiently introduced by CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing. We have harnessed this system to explore the roles of dynamically expressed nuclear hormone receptors in molting, and to analyze meiosis-specific roles for proteins required for germ line proliferation. Together, our results demonstrate that the AID system provides a powerful new tool for spatiotemporal regulation and analysis of protein function in a metazoan model organism.


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