A Method for Rapid Selection of Randomly Induced Mutations in a Gene of Interest Using CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Activation of Gene Expression

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We have developed a CRISPR/Cas9 based method for isolating randomly induced recessive lethal mutations in a gene of interest (GOI) by selection within the F1 progeny of a single genetic cross. Our method takes advantage of the ability to overexpress a GOI using CRISPR/Cas9 mediated activation of gene expression. In essence, the screening strategy is based upon the idea that if overexpression of a wild type allele can generate a phenotype, then overexpression of a newly induced loss-of-function allele will lack this phenotype. As a proof-of-principle, we used this method to select EMS induced mutations of the Drosophila gene hindsight (hnt). From approximately 45,000 F1 progeny we recovered 8 new EMS induced loss-of-function hnt alleles that we characterized as an allelic series of hypomorphic mutations. This new method can, in theory, be used to recover randomly induced point mutants in a GOI and can be applied to any circumstance where CRISPR/Cas9 mediated activation of gene expression is associated with lethality or a visible phenotype.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 10(2020), 6 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 1893-1901

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ng, William A [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Molly [VerfasserIn]
Reed, Bruce H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CRISPR/Cas9
Gene overexpression
Hindsight/RREB-1
Journal Article
Mutant screen
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.06.2021

Date Revised 21.06.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1534/g3.120.401299

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308973178