Twelve genes at one blow: multiplex genome editing with CRISPR/Cas.
Twelve genes at one blow: multiplex genome editing with CRISPR/Cas.
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一击完成 12 个基因:使用 CRISPR/Cas 进行多重基因组编辑
DOI:
10.1111/tpj.15228
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发表时间:
2021
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Marillonnet
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作者:
Stuttmann;Barthel;Martin;Erickson;Kretschmer;Berner;Keilwagen;Marillonnet
Genome editing by RNA‐guided nucleases, such asSpCas9, has been used in numerous different plant species. However, to what extent multiple independent loci can be targeted simultaneously by multiplexing has not been well documented. Here, we developed a toolkit, based on a highly intron‐optimized zCas9i gene, which allows assembly of nuclease constructs expressing up to 32 single guide RNAs (sgRNAs). We used this toolkit to explore the limits of multiplexing in two major model species, and report on the isolation of transgene‐free octuple (8×)Nicotiana benthamianaand duodecuple (12×)Arabidopsis thalianamutant lines in a single generation (T1and T2, respectively). We developed novel counter‐selection markers forN. benthamiana, most importantlySl‐FAST2, comparable to the well‐established Arabidopsis seed fluorescence marker, and FCY‐UPP, based on the production of toxic 5‐fluorouracil in the presence of a precursor. Targeting eight genes with an array of nine different sgRNAs and relying on FCY‐UPP for selection of non‐transgenic T1, we identifiedN. benthamianamutant lines with astonishingly high efficiencies: All analyzed plants carried mutations in all genes (approximately 112/116 target sites edited). Furthermore, we targeted 12 genes by an array of 24 sgRNAs inA. thaliana. Efficiency was significantly lower inA.thaliana, and our results indicate Cas9 availability is the limiting factor in such higher‐order multiplexing applications. We identified a duodecuple mutant line by a combination of phenotypic screening and amplicon sequencing. The resources and results presented provide new perspectives for how multiplexing can be used to generate complex genotypes or to functionally interrogate groups of candidate genes.
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
Jinek, Martin;Chylinski, Krzysztof;Charpentier, Emmanuelle
通讯作者:
Charpentier, Emmanuelle