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CRISPR-Cas9-mediated efficient directed mutagenesis and RAD51-dependent and RAD51-independent gene targeting in the moss Physcomitrella patens
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Journal Article / 2017
Collonnier, Cécile; Epert, Aline; Mara, Kostlend; Maclot, François; Guyon-Debast, Anouchka; Charlot, Florence; White, Charles; Schaefer, Didier G.; Nogué, Fabien
The ability to address the CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease complex to any target DNA using customizable single-guide RNAs has now permitted genome engineering in many species. Here, we report its first successful use in a nonvascular plant, the moss Physcomitrella patens. Single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs) were designed to target an endogenous reporter gene, PpAPT, whose inactivation confers resistance to 2-fluoroadenine. Transformation of moss protoplasts with these sgRNAs and the Cas9 coding sequence from Streptococcus pyogenes triggered mutagenesis at the PpAPT target in about 2% of the regenerated plants. Mainly, deletions were observed, most of them resulting from alternative end-joining (alt-EJ)-driven repair. We further demonstrate that, in the presence of a donor DNA sharing sequence homology with the PpAPT gene, most transgene integration events occur by homology-driven repair (HDR) at the target locus but also that Cas9-induced double-strand breaks are repaired with almost equal frequencies by mutagenic illegitimate recombination. Finally, we establish that a significant fraction of HDR-mediated gene targeting events (30%) is still possible in the absence of PpRAD51 protein, indicating that CRISPR-induced HDR is only partially mediated by the classical homologous recombination pathway.
Techniques
ID | Corresponding Author Country |
Plant Species | GE Technique Sequence Identifier |
Trait Type of Alteration |
Progress in Research Key Topic |
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66 |
Collonnier, Cecile ; Nogue, Fabien France |
Physcomitrella patens |
CRISPR/Cas9 APT |
inactivation confers resistance to 2-fluoroadenine SDN1 |
Basic research Basic research |
67 |
Collonnier, Cecile ; Nogue, Fabien France |
Physcomitrella patens |
CRISPR/Cas9 APT |
inactivation confers resistance to 2-fluoroadenine SDN3 |
Basic research Basic research |