PUBLICATION

Improving the efficiency for generation of genome-edited zebrafish by labeling primordial germ cells

Authors
Dong, Z., Dong, X., Jia, W., Cao, S., Zhao, Q.
ID
ZDB-PUB-140910-11
Date
2014
Source
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology   55: 329-34 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Zhao, Qingshun
Keywords
CRISPR/Cas9, Gene targeting, Germline transmission, Homologous recombination, Zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Base Sequence
  • CRISPR-Associated Proteins/genetics
  • CRISPR-Associated Proteins/metabolism
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/genetics
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
  • Founder Effect
  • Gene Targeting/methods*
  • Genome/genetics*
  • Germ Cells/cytology
  • Germ Cells/metabolism*
  • INDEL Mutation
  • Luminescent Proteins/genetics
  • Luminescent Proteins/metabolism
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation Rate
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
PubMed
25194339 Full text @ Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol.
Abstract
Although CRISPR/Cas, a new versatile genome-editing tool, has been widely used in a variety of species including zebrafish, an important vertebrate model animal for biomedical research, the low efficiency of germline transmission of induced mutations and particularly knockin alleles made subsequently screening heritable offspring tedious, time-consuming, expensive and at times impossible. In this study, we reported a method for improving the efficiency of germline transmission screening for generation of genome-edited zebrafish mutants. Co-microinjecting yfp-nanos3 mRNA with Cas9 mRNA, sgRNA and single strand DNA donor to label the distribution of microinjected nucleotides in PGCs (primordial germ cells), we demonstrated that founders carrying labeled PGCs produced much higher numbers of knockin and knockout progeny. In comparison with the common practice of selecting founders by genotyping fin clips, our new strategy of selecting founders with tentatively fluorescent-labeled PGCs significantly increase the ease and speed of generating heritable knocking and knockout animals with CRISPR/Cas9.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping