PUBLICATION
Chemical reprogramming enhances homology-directed genome editing in zebrafish embryos
- Authors
- Aksoy, Y.A., Nguyen, D.T., Chow, S., Chung, R.S., Guillemin, G.J., Cole, N.J., Hesselson, D.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190604-2
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- Communications biology 2: 198 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Aksoy, Yagiz, Chow, Sharon, Chung, Roger, Cole, Nicholas, Hesselson, Daniel
- Keywords
- CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, Chemical biology
- MeSH Terms
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- Genotype
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
- DNA End-Joining Repair
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Recombinational DNA Repair
- CRISPR-Cas Systems*
- Animals
- Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
- Gene Editing*
- RNA/metabolism
- PubMed
- 31149642 Full text @ Commun Biol
Citation
Aksoy, Y.A., Nguyen, D.T., Chow, S., Chung, R.S., Guillemin, G.J., Cole, N.J., Hesselson, D. (2019) Chemical reprogramming enhances homology-directed genome editing in zebrafish embryos. Communications biology. 2:198.
Abstract
Precise genome editing is limited by the inefficiency of homology-directed repair (HDR) compared to the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) of double strand breaks (DSBs). The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)/Cas9 system generates precise, locus-specific DSBs that can serve as substrates for HDR. We developed an in vivo visual reporter assay to quantify HDR-mediated events at single-cell resolution in zebrafish and used this system to identify small-molecule modulators that shift the DNA repair equilibrium in favor of HDR. By further optimizing the reaction environment and repair template, we achieved dramatic enhancement of HDR-mediated repair efficiency in zebrafish. Accordingly, under optimized conditions, inhibition of NHEJ with NU7441 enhanced HDR-mediated repair up to 13.4-fold. Importantly, we demonstrate that the increase in somatic HDR events correlates directly with germline transmission, permitting the efficient recovery of large seamlessly integrated DNA fragments in zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping