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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2021

The effect of CRISPR constructs microinjection on the expression of developmental genes in Rag1 knocked-out mice embryo.

Maryam Salimi, Abolfazl Shirazi, Koushan Sineh Sepehr, Mohsen Norouzian, Vahid Ebrahimi, Maryam Mehravar, Mohammad Majidi, Mohammad M Mehrazar

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Article in Veterinary medicine and science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Maryam SalimiDepartment of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5099-3309
Abolfazl ShiraziReproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Koushan Sineh SepehrLaboratory Sciences Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Mohsen NorouzianDepartment of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Vahid EbrahimiDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Maryam MehravarDepartment of Gametes and Cloning, Research Institute of Animal Embryo Technology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Mohammad MajidiDepartment of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad M MehrazarDepartment of Gametes and Cloning, Research Institute of Animal Embryo Technology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Shahrekord University · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRGolestan University · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite all the advances in the production of transgenic mice, the production efficiency of these animal models is still low. Given that the expression of developmental genes has a critical role in growth and development of embryo, we determined the expression pattern of pluripotency, trophectoderm and imprinting genes in the Rag1 (recombination-activating gene 1) knocked-out blastocysts resulting from microinjection of CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9) constructs into the zygote cytoplasm of C57bl6 mice. Following microinjection, the embryos were cultured and the gene expression of developed blastocysts and natural blastocysts (Sham and control groups) were evaluated using real-time PCR. The agarose gel to confirm the deletion in the Rag1 gene in Rag1 knocked-out blastocyst. Our results showed that the expression of trophectoderm genes (-TEAD-4 and Cdx2), pluripotency genes (Nanog and Oct-4) and imprinting gene (H19) in the Rag1 knocked-out group was significantly lower compared with the embryos obtained from Natural fertilization. According to these findings, manipulation, embryo culture and microinjection of CRISPR constructs into the zygote cytoplasm of mice led to reduced expression of imprinting, pluripotency and trophectoderm genes. Therefore, the Rag1 knocked-out embryos produced by the CRISPR/Cas9 system are of low quality, which reduces the chances of live birth in these animals and may cause various abnormalities in fetuses.

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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsEmbryo, MammalianGenes, DevelopmentalHomeodomain ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMicroinjectionsHomeodomain ProteinsRAG-1 proteinCRISPR constructsdevelopmental genesmicroinjectionRag1 knocked-out embryos

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