摘要
尝试利用CRISPR-Cas9系统敲除山羊基因组中β-乳球蛋白(BLG)基因,以实现在BLG基因座敲入人乳铁蛋白(h LF)基因,并进一步探讨了不同浓度RAD51蛋白激活剂(RS-1)对同源重组效率的影响。首先针对山羊BLG的第一外显子设计并构建了sg RNA和Cas9共表达载体p Cas9-sg BLG,将该载体转染至山羊耳成纤维细胞,利用PCR和T7EN1法验证了其基因组编辑活性;然后进一步构建了BLG基因打靶载体p BHA-h LF-NIE(包含NEO/EGFP);将该打靶载体与p Cas9-sg BLG载体共转染至山羊耳成纤维细胞,分别用0、5、10和20μmol/L RS-1处理细胞,分析了绿色荧光蛋白的表达效率;同时用800μg/m L G418对不同浓度RS-1处理后的细胞进行筛选,挑取EGFP阳性细胞克隆,进一步通过PCR和测序鉴定h LF定点敲入的阳性细胞克隆。结果显示:设计的sg RNA编辑山羊BLG位点的效率为25%-31%;报告基因的表达效率提示RS-1可以促进基因敲入效率的提高,其效率与RS-1浓度呈正相关,20μmol/L RS-1处理组的效率是对照组的3.5倍;利用G418筛选h LF敲入阳性细胞克隆后,当RS-1浓度为0-10μmol/L时,h LF敲入效率随着RS-1浓度增加而升高,在10μmol/L时阳性克隆率最高为32.61%,然而在20μmol/L时敲入阳性克隆率下降至22.22%,且衰老细胞克隆增多。以上结果表明,利用CRISPR-Cas9系统可以实现在山羊耳成纤维细胞中敲除BLG基因和敲入h LF基因,且适宜浓度的RS-1可以显著提升基因敲入效率,本试验为高效利用CRISPR-Cas9系统获得基因敲入的细胞提供了参考依据。
This study aims to knock out the goat β-lactoglobulin（BLG） gene using CRISPR-Cas9 system and knock in human lactoferrin（h LF） at the BLG locus, and further study the effect of RAD51 stimulatory compound（RS-1） on homologous recombination efficiency. First, we designed an sg RNA targeting the first exon of goat BLG gene and constructed a co-expression vector p Cas9-sg BLG. This sg RNA vector was then transfected into goat ear fibroblasts（GEFs）, and the target region was examined by T7EN1 assay and sequencing. Second, we constructed a targeting vector p BHA-h LF-NIE including NEO and EGFP genes based on BLG gene locus. This targeting vector together with p Cas9-sg BLG expression vector was co-transfected into GEFs. Transfected cells were then treated with 0, 5, 10 and 20 μmol/L RS-1 for 72 h to analyse the EGFP expression efficiency. Next, we used 800 μg/m L G418 to screen G418-resistent cell clones, and studied h LF site-specific knock-in cell clones by PCR and sequencing. The editing efficiency of sg BLG was between 25% and 31%. The EGFP expression efficiency indicated that the gene knock-in efficiency was improved by RS-1 in a dose-dependent manner, which could reach 3.5-fold compared to the control group. The percentage of positive cells with h LF knock-in was increased to 32.61% when 10 μmol/L RS-1 was used. However, when the concentration of RS-1 increased to 20 μmol/L, the percentage of positive cells decreased to 22.22% and resulted in an increase of senescent cell clone number. These results suggested that h LF knock-in and BLG knock-out in GEFs were achieved by using CRISPR/Cas9 system, and optimum concentration of RS-1 could improve knock-in efficiency, which provides a reference for efficiently obtaining gene knock-in cells using CRISPR/Cas9 in the future.
出处
《生物工程学报》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2017年第8期1224-1234,共11页
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
基金
国家转基因新品种培育重大专项(No.2014ZX08008-004)资助~~
