Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Abstract
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) and adenine base editors (ABEs) are recently developed CRISPR-mediated genome-editing tools that do not introduce double-strand breaks. In this study, five ABEs, ABE7.10, ABEmax, NG-ABEmax, ABE8e and NG-ABE8e, were used to generate A-to-G (T-to-C) conversions in five genome loci in porcine fetal fibroblasts (PFFs). Variable yet appreciable editing efficiencies and variable activity windows were observed in these targeting regions via these five editors. The strategy of two sgRNAs in one vector exhibited superior editing efficiency to that of using two separate sgRNA expression vectors. ABE-mediated start-codon mutation in APOE silenced its expression of protein and, unexpectedly, eliminated the vast majority of its mRNA. No off-target DNA site was detected for these editors. Substantial off-target RNA events were present in the ABE-edited cells, but no KEGG pathway was found to be significantly enriched. Our study supports that ABEs are powerful tools for A-to-G (T-to-C) point-mutation modification in porcine cells.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Genetics (clinical),Genetics
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