Heritable and Precise Zebrafish Genome Editing Using a CRISPR-Cas System

作者：Hwang Woong Y; Fu Yanfang; Reyon Deepak; Maeder Morgan L; Kaini Prakriti; Sander Jeffry D; Joung J Keith; Peterson Randall T^*; Yeh Jing Ruey Joanna

来源：PLos One, 2013, 8(7): e68708.

DOI：10.1371/journal.pone.0068708

We have previously reported a simple and customizable CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) RNA-guided Cas9 nuclease (RGN) system that can be used to efficiently and robustly introduce somatic indel mutations in endogenous zebrafish genes. Here we demonstrate that RGN-induced mutations are heritable, with efficiencies of germline transmission reaching as high as 100%. In addition, we extend the power of the RGN system by showing that these nucleases can be used with single-stranded oligodeoxynucleotides (ssODNs) to create precise intended sequence modifications, including single nucleotide substitutions. Finally, we describe and validate simple strategies that improve the targeting range of RGNs from 1 in every 128 basepairs (bps) of random DNA sequence to 1 in every 8 bps. Together, these advances expand the utility of the CRISPR-Cas system in the zebrafish beyond somatic indel formation to heritable and precise genome modifications.

• 出版日期2013-7-9