Cai Yupeng, Chen Li, Liu Xiujie, Sun Shi, Wu Cunxiang, Jiang Bingjun, Han Tianfu, Hou Wensheng
Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China; National Center for Transgenic Research in Plants, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 18;10(8):e0136064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136064. eCollection 2015.
As a new technology for gene editing, the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)/Cas (CRISPR-associated) system has been rapidly and widely used for genome engineering in various organisms. In the present study, we successfully applied type II CRISPR/Cas9 system to generate and estimate genome editing in the desired target genes in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.). The single-guide RNA (sgRNA) and Cas9 cassettes were assembled on one vector to improve transformation efficiency, and we designed a sgRNA that targeted a transgene (bar) and six sgRNAs that targeted different sites of two endogenous soybean genes (GmFEI2 and GmSHR). The targeted DNA mutations were detected in soybean hairy roots. The results demonstrated that this customized CRISPR/Cas9 system shared the same efficiency for both endogenous and exogenous genes in soybean hairy roots. We also performed experiments to detect the potential of CRISPR/Cas9 system to simultaneously edit two endogenous soybean genes using only one customized sgRNA. Overall, generating and detecting the CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome modifications in target genes of soybean hairy roots could rapidly assess the efficiency of each target loci. The target sites with higher efficiencies can be used for regular soybean transformation. Furthermore, this method provides a powerful tool for root-specific functional genomics studies in soybean.
作为一种基因编辑新技术,CRISPR(成簇规律间隔短回文重复序列)/Cas(CRISPR相关蛋白)系统已被迅速广泛应用于各种生物体的基因组工程。在本研究中,我们成功应用II型CRISPR/Cas9系统在大豆(Glycine max (L.) Merrill.)的目标基因中进行基因组编辑并评估其效果。将单向导RNA(sgRNA)和Cas9表达盒组装在一个载体上以提高转化效率,我们设计了一个靶向转基因(bar)的sgRNA和六个靶向两个大豆内源基因(GmFEI2和GmSHR)不同位点的sgRNA。在大豆毛状根中检测到了靶向DNA突变。结果表明,这种定制的CRISPR/Cas9系统在大豆毛状根中对内源基因和外源基因的编辑效率相同。我们还进行了实验,以检测CRISPR/Cas9系统仅使用一个定制sgRNA同时编辑两个大豆内源基因的潜力。总体而言,在大豆毛状根的目标基因中产生并检测CRISPR/Cas9介导的基因组修饰可以快速评估每个目标位点的效率。效率较高的目标位点可用于常规大豆转化。此外,该方法为大豆根特异性功能基因组学研究提供了一个强大的工具。