Homology Directed Knockin of Point Mutations in the Zebrafish tardbp and fus Genes in ALS Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System

PLoS One. 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0150188. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150188. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

The methodology for site-directed editing of single nucleotides in the vertebrate genome is of considerable interest for research in biology and medicine. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 type II (Cas9) system has emerged as a simple and inexpensive tool for editing genomic loci of interest in a variety of animal models. In zebrafish, error-prone non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) has been used as a simple method to disrupt gene function. We sought to develop a method to easily create site-specific SNPs in the zebrafish genome. Here, we report simple methodologies for using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated homology directed repair using single-stranded oligodeoxynucleotide donor templates (ssODN) for site-directed single nucleotide editing, for the first time in two disease-related genes, tardbp and fus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / genetics*
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems / genetics*
  • DNA Repair
  • DNA, Single-Stranded
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Gene Knock-In Techniques / methods
  • Humans
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / genetics
  • Point Mutation*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • RNA-Binding Protein FUS / genetics*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Zebrafish / genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA, Single-Stranded
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • RNA-Binding Protein FUS
  • Tardbp protein, zebrafish
  • Zebrafish Proteins