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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2020

Crispr/Cas9-mediated cleavages facilitate homologous recombination during genetic engineering of a large chromosomal region.

Fan Zhang, De Cheng, Shuwen Wang, Jiyue Zhu

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fan ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University College of Pharmacy, Spokane, Washington.ORCID 0000-0002-7186-6317
De ChengDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University College of Pharmacy, Spokane, Washington.ORCID 0000-0003-3712-6232
Shuwen WangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University College of Pharmacy, Spokane, Washington.
Jiyue ZhuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University College of Pharmacy, Spokane, Washington.ORCID 0000-0003-2171-0725
Washington State University Spokane · US

Funding

Repression of the hTERT gene during cell differentiation: Administrative Supplement for EquipmentR01GM071725 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, JIYUE · 2004 to 2020
$4.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM071725NIH HHS R01GM071725Spokane County Health Sciences and Service Authority
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homologous recombination over large genomic regions is difficult to achieve due to low efficiencies. Here, we report the successful engineering of a humanized mTert allele, hmTert, in the mouse genome by replacing an 18.1-kb genomic region around the mTert gene with a recombinant fragment of over 45.5 kb, using homologous recombination facilitated by the Crispr/Cas9 technology, in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). In our experiments, with DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) generated by Crispr/Cas9 system, the homologous recombination efficiency was up to 11% and 16% in two mESC lines TC1 and v6.5, respectively. Overall, we obtained a total of 27 mESC clones with heterozygous hmTert/mTert alleles and three clones with homozygous hmTert alleles. DSBs induced by Crispr/Cas9 cleavages also caused high rates of genomic DNA deletions and mutations at single-guide RNA target sites. Our results indicated that the Crispr/Cas9 system significantly increased the efficiency of homologous recombination-mediated gene editing over a large genomic region in mammalian cells, and also caused frequent mutations at unedited target sites. Overall, this strategy provides an efficient and feasible way for manipulating large chromosomal regions.

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AnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedGene EditingHomologous RecombinationHumansMicePlasmidsCrispr/Cas9knock-inmESCTERT

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PMID32449788
PMCPMC9132348
OpenAlexW3026098209

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