| Literature DB >> 35036088 |
Sen Zhang1,2, Shaoping Wu1,3, Chunhua Hu1, Qiaosong Yang1, Tao Dong1, Ou Sheng1, Guiming Deng1, Weidi He1, Tongxin Dou1, Chunyu Li1, Chenkang Sun1,4, Ganjun Yi1, Fangcheng Bi1.
Abstract
The CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing system has been used extensively to engineer targeted mutations in a wide variety of species. Its application in banana, however, has been hindered because of the species' triploid nature and low genome editing efficiency. This has delayed the development of a DNA-free genome editing approach. In this study, we reported that the endogenous U6 promoter and banana codon-optimized Cas9 apparently increased mutation frequency in banana, and we generated a method to validate the mutation efficiency of the CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing system based on transient expression in protoplasts. The activity of the MaU6c promoter was approximately four times higher than that of the OsU6a promoter in banana protoplasts. The application of this promoter and banana codon-optimized Cas9 in CRISPR/Cas9 cassette resulted in a fourfold increase in mutation efficiency compared with the previous CRISPR/Cas9 cassette for banana. Our results indicated that the optimized CRISPR/Cas9 system was effective for mutating targeted genes in banana and thus will improve the applications for basic functional genomics. These findings are relevant to future germplasm improvement and provide a foundation for developing DNA-free genome editing technology in banana. ©2022 Zhang et al.Entities:
Keywords: Banana; CRISPR/Cas9; Genome editing; Vector optimization
Year: 2022 PMID: 35036088 PMCID: PMC8742547 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12664
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PeerJ ISSN: 2167-8359 Impact factor: 2.984
Figure 1Multiple alignments of banana, rice, and Arabidopsis U6 gene and promoter sequences.
Upstream Sequence Elements (USE), the TATA-boxes, and the U6 small nuclear (snRNA) transcripts are marked with black bars. The transcription start sites are indicated with an arrow.
Figure 2Determination of the activity of banana endogenous promoter.
(A) Representation of LUC expression constructs using diferent promoter fragments, (B) Examination of promoter activity for driving the expression of LUC. Approximately 1,500 bp promoters were used to drive the expression of LUC. Bars mean standard deviations for the three independent replicates. Different letters indicate significant differences assessed using one-way analysis variance (ANOVA), followed Fisher’s protected least significant difference test ( P < 0.05).
Figure 3Activity analysis of different sizes of U6 promoters for driving LUC expression.
Vertical bars represent standard deviations of the four independent replicates. Different letters indicate significant differences assessed using one-way analysis variance (ANOVA), followed Fisher’s protected least significant difference test ( P < 0.05).
Figure 4Validation of targeted mutagenesis of MaPDS1 induced by the optimized CRISPR/Cas9 system in banana.
(A) Schematic position of the guide RNAs (red boxes) targeting the second exon of MaPDS. (B) Mutagenesis frequencies for PDS1 in ECS treated with different constructs revealed by deep amplicon sequencing. The experiment was repeated two times with similar results, and the result of one representative experiment was shown.
Figure 5Generation of fLUC reporting system in banana.
(A) Diagram of the fLUC reporting system. The 24 bp target sequence of sgRNA-MaPDS1 was fused after the LUC start codon to obtain fLUC (p35S::fLUC). The CRISPR/Cas9 expression cassette was co-expressed with p35S::fLUC in protoplasts. The p35S::fLUC was used as a control. (B–D) Examination of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutation efficiency using the fLUC system. Vertical bars represent standard deviations of the four independent biological replicates. Letters indicate significantly different values assessed using one-way analysis variance (ANOVA), followed by Fisher’s protected least significant difference test ( P < 0.05).