Target base editing in soybean using a modified CRISPR/Cas9 system.
Target base editing in soybean using a modified CRISPR/Cas9 system.
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使用改良的 CRISPR/Cas9 系统对大豆进行靶向碱基编辑。
DOI:
10.1111/pbi.13386
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发表时间:
2020-10
影响因子:
13.8
通讯作者:
Hou W
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作者:
Cai Y;Chen L;Zhang Y;Yuan S;Su Q;Sun S;Wu C;Yao W;Han T;Hou W
In recent years, the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)/Cas9 (CRISPR-associated 9) system has revolutionized functional genomic research and crop improvement, owing to its advantages of simplicity, efficiency, cost-effectiveness and versatility (Chen et al., 2019). There have been abundant reports in plants showing that a small amount of base insertions/deletions (indels) at the intended target site through non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) are typically used to disrupt gene function by frameshift mutations (Chen et al., 2019). Recently, a new and powerful strategy called ‘base editing’has been developed from modifications of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, which enables single base substitution into another through an RNA-programmed manner, without requiring DNA double-strand breaks or a donor template (Komor et al., 2016). Cas9 can be modified to serve as a nickase enzyme (Cas9n) by inactivating either of its two endonuclease domains. It has been reported that the fusion of a nicked Cas9 (D10A mutation) with a cytidine deaminase enzyme and an uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) typically allows C to T (or G to A) substitution within a small window (from positions 4 to 8, counting the end distal to the PAM (protospacer adjacent motif) as position 1) of the target sequence (Komor et al., 2016; Li et al., 2017). Many agriculturally important traits are associated with single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variation. Utilization of functional SNPs is also an important means to improve agronomic characters of crops. Therefore, generation of point mutations at specific sites associated with diverse important agronomic traits is of great value in molecular breeding (Mishra et al., 2020). For instance, using base editing in rice, C to T substitution was achieved at a frequency of 1.4%–11.5%, and C to G change was also detected at a frequency of 1.6%–3.9%. Moreover, the SLR1 mutants with C to T substitution (S97L) display obvious semi-dwarf phenotypes (Lu and Zhu, 2017). In addition, base editing events in two important crops, maize and wheat, have also been reported (Zong et al., 2017). However, it has not been systematically explored in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), an important legume crop with great economic value that provides abundant protein and oil for food production and animal feed.In this study, we developed a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base editing tool to specifically induce single base substitution in soybean. We combined the Cas9n (D10A) nickase, rat cytosine deaminase (APOBEC1) and uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) as the base editor (BE), and then cloned these elements into the pTF101. 1 vector to generate pTF101. 1-BE. BE was driven by a 2X CaMV 35S promoter. Expression of the sgRNA expression cassettes was driven by the Arabidopsis U6 promoter within the pUC57 vector, thus generating the pUC57-sgRNA. Once a desired target sequence is selected, only the DNA sequence encoding the sgRNA needs to be cloned. The expression cassettes containing desired sgRNA sequences were cut from pUC57-sgRNA and inserted into pTF101. 1-BE to generate the pTF101. 1-sgRNA-BE vector, which would be used to attempt single base substitution. Ten FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) homologs have been identified in soybean (Kong et al., 2010). To verify the base editing vector in soybean for its feasibility and efficacy, we selected GmFT2a (Glyma. 16G150700) and GmFT4 (Glyma. 08G363100) as target genes. The target sequences were located in the first exon of GmFT2a and fourth exon of GmFT4, respectively (Figure 1a). The corresponding pTF101. 1-sgRNA-BE vectors were transformed into …
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