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ArticleCell reports2020

Conditional Single Vector CRISPR/SaCas9 Viruses for Efficient Mutagenesis in the Adult Mouse Nervous System.

Avery C Hunker, Marta E Soden, Dasha Krayushkina, Gabriel Heymann, Rajeshwar Awatramani, Larry S Zweifel

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Article in Cell reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Avery C HunkerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Marta E SodenDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Dasha KrayushkinaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Gabriel HeymannDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Rajeshwar AwatramaniDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Larry S ZweifelDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: larryz@uw.edu.
University of Washington · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

TRAINING IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007270 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RAIBLE, DAVID W · 1985 to 2020
$21.0M
University of Washington Center of Excellence in Opioid Addiction ResearchP30DA048736 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Charles Chavkin · 2019 to 2026
$13.0M
Psychology Training in Alcohol Research (PTAR)T32AA007455 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARY E. LARIMER · 1985 to 2026
$11.4M
Phasic Dopamine and Symptom Domains of Mental IllnessR01MH104450 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LARRY S ZWEIFEL · 2015 to 2026
$5.5M
Molecular, anatomic, and functional characterization of midbrain dopamine neuron subtypesR01MH110556 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI AWATRAMANI, RAJESHWAR B, DOMBECK, DANIEL A · 2017 to 2021
$3.5M
Isolation of brain reward circuits using peptidergic systemsR01DA044315 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LARRY S ZWEIFEL · 2018 to 2026
$3.5M
Discovering the Role of VTA GABA in Dopamine-Dependent Psychomotor Activation through CRISPR/SaCas9 Gene KnockoutF31MH116549 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HUNKER, AVERY COUSINS · 2018 to 2019
$72k
NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007455NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA048736NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA044315NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007270NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH116549NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH104450NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110556
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mice engineered for conditional, cell type-specific gene inactivation have dominated the field of mouse genetics because of the high efficiency of Cre-loxP-mediated recombination. Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9 technologies have provided alternatives for rapid gene mutagenesis for loss-of-function (LOF) analysis. Whether these strategies can be streamlined for rapid genetic analysis with the efficiencies comparable with those of conventional genetic approaches has yet to be established. We show that a single adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector containing a recombinase-dependent Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (SaCas9) and a single guide RNA (sgRNA) are as efficient as conventional conditional gene knockout and can be adapted for use in either Cre- or Flp-driver mouse lines. The efficacy of this approach is demonstrated for the analysis of GABAergic, glutamatergic, and monoaminergic neurotransmission. Using this strategy, we reveal insight into the role of GABAergic regulation of midbrain GABA-producing neurons in psychomotor activation.

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AgingAnimalsBase SequenceCell LineCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsDependovirusDNA NucleotidyltransferasesGABA Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsGenetic VectorsGlutamic AcidMice, Inbred C57BLMutagenesisMutationNervous SystemOptogeneticsCRISPR-Associated Protein 9DNA NucleotidyltransferasesFLP recombinaseGABA Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsGlutamic AcidAAVCRISPRdopamineGABAglutamateSaCas9VTA

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PMID32209486
PMCPMC7212805
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