优化的核糖核蛋白复合物提高斑马鱼中的碱基编辑效率。

Optimized Ribonucleoprotein Complexes Enhance Prime Editing Efficiency in Zebrafish.

作者信息

Qin Lang, Lin Qiupeng

机构信息

College of Fisheries, Southwest University, Chongqing 402460, China.

State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Precise Breeding of Future Crops, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.

出版信息

Animals (Basel). 2025 Aug 6;15(15):2295. doi: 10.3390/ani15152295.

Abstract

Prime editing (PE) has emerged as a transformative genome editing technology, enabling precise base substitutions, insertions, and deletions without inducing double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs). However, its application in zebrafish remains limited by low efficiency. Here, we leveraged PE7, a state-of-the-art PE system, combined with La-accessible prime editing guide RNAs (pegRNAs), to enhance editing efficiency in zebrafish. By co-incubating PE7 protein with La-accessible pegRNAs to form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes and microinjecting these complexes into zebrafish embryos, we achieved up to 15.99% editing efficiency at target loci-an improvement of 6.81- to 11.46-fold over PE2. Additionally, we observed 16.60% 6 bp insertions and 13.18% 10 bp deletions at the adgrf3b locus, representing a 3.13-fold increase over PE2. Finally, we used PE to introduce desired edits at the locus, successfully generating zebrafish with the P302L mutation that exhibited melanin reduction. These findings demonstrate that PE7 significantly enhances prime editing efficiency in fish, providing novel tools for functional gene studies and genetic breeding in aquatic species.

摘要

碱基编辑(PE)已成为一种变革性的基因组编辑技术,能够实现精确的碱基替换、插入和缺失,而不会诱导双链DNA断裂(DSB)。然而,其在斑马鱼中的应用仍受限于效率低下。在此,我们利用最先进的PE系统PE7,并结合易于接近La的碱基编辑引导RNA(pegRNA),以提高斑马鱼中的编辑效率。通过将PE7蛋白与易于接近La的pegRNA共同孵育以形成核糖核蛋白(RNP)复合物,并将这些复合物显微注射到斑马鱼胚胎中,我们在目标位点实现了高达15.99%的编辑效率,比PE2提高了6.81至11.46倍。此外,我们在adgrf3b位点观察到16.60%的6 bp插入和13.18%的10 bp缺失,比PE2增加了3.13倍。最后,我们利用PE在该位点引入所需的编辑,成功产生了具有P302L突变且黑色素减少的斑马鱼。这些发现表明,PE7显著提高了鱼类中的碱基编辑效率,为水生物种的功能基因研究和遗传育种提供了新工具。

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