Targeted mutagenesis in mouse cells and embryos using an enhanced prime editor

  • Soo Ji Park
  • , Tae Yeong Jeong
  • , Seung Kyun Shin
  • , Da Eun Yoon
  • , Soo Yeon Lim
  • , Sol Pin Kim
  • , Jungmin Choi
  • , Hyunji Lee
  • , Jeong Im Hong
  • , Jinhee Ahn
  • , Je Kyung Seong*
  • , Kyoungmi Kim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Prime editors, novel genome-editing tools consisting of a CRISPR-Cas9 nickase and an engineered reverse transcriptase, can induce targeted mutagenesis. Nevertheless, much effort is required to optimize and improve the efficiency of prime-editing. Herein, we introduce two strategies to improve the editing efficiency using proximal dead sgRNA and chromatin-modulating peptides. We used enhanced prime-editing to generate Igf2 mutant mice with editing frequencies of up to 47% and observed germline transmission, no off-target effects, and a dwarf phenotype. This improved prime-editing method can be efficiently applied to cell research and to generate mouse models.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number170
    JournalGenome Biology
    Volume22
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Dec

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    Keywords

    • Adamts20
    • Chromatin-modulating peptides
    • Dwarf phenotype
    • Germline transmission
    • Igf2
    • Mouse cells and embryos
    • Prime editor
    • Proximal dead sgRNA

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
    • Genetics
    • Cell Biology

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