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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2025

An efficient mRNA delivery system for genome editing in plants.

Fengti Qiu, Chenxiao Xue, Jinxing Liu, Boshu Li, Qiang Gao, Ronghong Liang, Kunling Chen, Caixia Gao

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Fengti QiuCenter for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chenxiao XueCenter for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jinxing LiuCenter for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Boshu LiCenter for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Qiang GaoQi Biodesign, Life Science Park, Beijing, China.
Ronghong LiangCenter for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Kunling ChenCenter for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Caixia GaoCenter for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-8248

Funding

The Key Research and Development Project of Shandong Province (the Agricultural Variety Improvement Project) 2023LZGC002The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of ChinaThe National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFF1001600The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XDA0450000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transgene-free genome editing is important for crop improvement as it reduces unanticipated genomic changes. While mRNA delivery systems offer a powerful method for achieving transgene-free genome editing, they remain inefficient and challenging in plants. Here we describe an efficient mRNA delivery system for plants with substantially improved editing efficiency. By optimizing the 5' untranslated regions (5'UTRs) and poly(A) tails of in vitro-transcribed (IVT) mRNAs and coating the mRNA with protamine during particle bombardment, we have developed an optimized mRNA delivery system termed v2_TMV/DEN2. This system enhanced the efficiencies of knock-out, A-to-G and C-to-T base editing by an average 4.7-, 3.4- and 2.5-fold at various endogenous sites compared with plasmid-based transient delivery system via particle bombardment in rice suspension cells and wheat immature embryos 48 h post-transformation. Furthermore, we obtained edited plants with efficiencies of 5.0-180.8% and 26.1-26.2% using v2_TMV/DEN2 in rice and wheat, respectively, compared with 0.0-43.2% and 4.7-10.4% using plasmids. Our study provides a convenient and efficient mRNA delivery system for transgene-free genome editing in plants.

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Gene EditingGene Transfer TechniquesGenome, PlantRNA, Messenger5' Untranslated RegionsOryzaPlants, Genetically ModifiedTriticum5' Untranslated RegionsRNA, MessengerDNA‐freegenome editingmRNA deliveryparticle bombardment

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PMID39928528
PMCPMC11933840

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