期刊
CELLS
卷 9, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells9071744
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cardiomyocytes; CRISPR/Cas9; fetal gene therapy; fetuses; genome editing; hydrodynamics-based gene delivery (HGD) system; myosin heavy-chain alpha; transplacental gene delivery (TPGD); TPGD for acquiring genome-edited fetuses (TPGD-GEF)
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资金
- JSPS KAKENHI [19H03152]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19H03152] Funding Source: KAKEN
We previously demonstrated that the injection of pregnant wild-type female mice (carrying enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-expressing transgenic fetuses) at embryonic day (E) 12.5 with an all-in-one plasmid conferring the expression of both Cas9 and guide RNA (targeted to theEGFPcDNA) complexed with the gene delivery reagent, resulted in some fetuses exhibiting reduced fluorescence in their hearts and gene insertion/deletion (indel) mutations. In this study, we examined whether the endogenous myosin heavy-chain alpha (MHC alpha) gene can be successfully genome-edited by this method in the absence of a gene delivery reagent with potential fetal toxicity. For this, we employed a hydrodynamics-based gene delivery (HGD) system with the aim of ensuring fetal gene delivery rates and biosafety. We also investigated which embryonic stages are suitable for the induction of genome editing in fetuses. Of the three pregnant females injected at E9.5, one had mutated fetuses: all examined fetuses carried exogenous plasmid DNA, and four of 10 (40%) exhibited mosaic indel mutations inMHC alpha. Gene delivery to fetuses at E12.5 and E15.5 did not cause mutations. Thus, the HGD-based transplacental delivery of a genome editing vector may be able to manipulate the fetal genomes of E9.5 fetuses.
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