Electroporation-Based CRISPR/Cas9 Mosaic Mutagenesis of beta-Tubulin in the Cultured Oyster

Genome editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 is enabling genetics improvement of productive traits in aquaculture. Previous studies have proven CRISPR/Cas9 to be feasible in oyster, one of the most cultured shellfish species. Here, we applied electropo...

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Published in:Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors: Chan, Jiulin, Zhang, Wei, Xu, Yue, Xue, Yu, Zhang, Linlin
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA 2022
Subjects:
mosaic mutagenesis
CRISPR
Cas9
long deletion
gene editing
gene knockout
aquaculture breeding
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Environmental Sciences
PACIFIC OYSTER
CILIARY BANDS
TROCHOPHORA LARVAE
CRASSOSTREA-GIGAS
PRIMARY CILIUM
CELL-LINEAGES
BODY REGIONS
GENE
SELECTION
EFFICIENT
Pacific
Crassostrea gigas
Pacific oyster
Online Access:http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/179493
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.912409
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Summary:Genome editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 is enabling genetics improvement of productive traits in aquaculture. Previous studies have proven CRISPR/Cas9 to be feasible in oyster, one of the most cultured shellfish species. Here, we applied electroporation-based CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of beta-tubulin and built a highly efficient genome editing system in Crassostrea gigas angulate. We identified the beta-tubulin gene in the oyster genome and showed its spatiotemporal expression patterns by analyzing RNA-seq data and larval in situ hybridization. We further designed multiple highly specific guide RNAs (sgRNAs) for its coding sequences. Long fragment deletions were detected in the mutants by agarose gel electrophoresis screening and further verified by Sanger sequencing. In addition, the expression patterns of Cg beta-tubulin in the trochophore peritroch and intestinal cilia cells were altered in the mutants. Scanning electron microscopy represented shortened and almost complete depleted cilia at the positions of peritroch and the posterior cilium ring in Cg beta-tubulin mosaic knockout trochophores. Moreover, the larval swimming behavior in the mutants was detected to be significantly decreased by motility assay. These results demonstrate that beta-tubulin is sufficient to mediate cilia development and swimming behavior in oyster larvae. By applying Cg beta-tubulin as a marker gene, our study established CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mosaic mutagenesis technology based on electroporation, providing an efficient tool for gene function validation in the oyster. Moreover, our research also set up an example that can be used in genetic engineering breeding and productive traits improvement in oysters and other aquaculture species.

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