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Gutási A, Hammer SE, El-Matbouli M, Saleh M. Review: Recent Applications of Gene Editing in Fish Species and Aquatic Medicine. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:1250. [PMID: 37048506 PMCID: PMC10093118 DOI: 10.3390/ani13071250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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Gene editing and gene silencing techniques have the potential to revolutionize our knowledge of biology and diseases of fish and other aquatic animals. By using such techniques, it is feasible to change the phenotype and modify cells, tissues and organs of animals in order to cure abnormalities and dysfunctions in the organisms. Gene editing is currently experimental in wide fields of aquaculture, including growth, controlled reproduction, sterility and disease resistance. Zink finger nucleases, TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 targeted cleavage of the DNA induce favorable changes to site-specific locations. Moreover, gene silencing can be used to inhibit the translation of RNA, namely, to regulate gene expression. This methodology is widely used by researchers to investigate genes involved in different disorders. It is a promising tool in biotechnology and in medicine for investigating gene function and diseases. The production of food fish has increased markedly, making fish and seafood globally more popular. Consequently, the incidence of associated problems and disease outbreaks has also increased. A greater investment in new technologies is therefore needed to overcome such problems in this industry. To put it concisely, the modification of genomic DNA and gene silencing can comprehensively influence aquatic animal medicine in the future. On the ethical side, these precise genetic modifications make it more complicated to recognize genetically modified organisms in nature and can cause several side effects through created mutations. The aim of this review is to summarize the current state of applications of gene modifications and genome editing in fish medicine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anikó Gutási
- Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Division of Fish Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Division of Fish Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Division of Fish Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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Si Y, Wen H, Du S. Genetic Mutations in jamb, jamc, and myomaker Revealed Different Roles on Myoblast Fusion and Muscle Growth. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 21:111-123. [PMID: 30467785 PMCID: PMC6467518 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-018-9865-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Myoblast fusion is a vital step for skeletal muscle development, growth, and regeneration. Loss of Jamb, Jamc, or Myomaker (Mymk) function impaired myoblast fusion in zebrafish embryos. In addition, mymk mutation hampered fish muscle growth. However, the effect of Jamb and Jamc deficiency on fish muscle growth is not clear. Moreover, whether jamb;jamc and jamb;mymk double mutations have stronger effects on myoblast fusion and muscle growth remains to be investigated. Here, we characterized the muscle development and growth in jamb, jamc, and mymk single and double mutants in zebrafish. We found that although myoblast fusion was compromised in jamb and jamc single or jamb;jamc double mutants, these mutant fish showed no defect in muscle cell fusion during muscle growth. The mutant fish were able to grow into adults that were indistinguishable from the wild-type sibling. In contrast, the jamb;mymk double mutants exhibited a stronger muscle phenotype compared to the jamb and jamc single and double mutants. The jamb;mymk double mutant showed reduced growth and partial lethality, similar to a mymk single mutant. Single fiber analysis of adult skeletal myofibers revealed that jamb, jamc, or jamb;jamc mutants contained mainly multinucleated myofibers, whereas jamb;mymk double mutants contained mostly mononucleated fibers. Significant intramuscular adipocyte infiltration was found in skeletal muscles of the jamb;mymk mutant. Collectively, these studies demonstrate that although Jamb, Jamc, and Mymk are all involved in myoblast fusion during early myogenesis, they have distinct roles in myoblast fusion during muscle growth. While Mymk is essential for myoblast fusion during both muscle development and growth, Jamb and Jamc are dispensable for myoblast fusion during muscle growth.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Communication
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Fusion
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Junctional Adhesion Molecule B/deficiency
- Junctional Adhesion Molecule B/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/deficiency
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Muscle Development/genetics
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Proteins/deficiency
- Muscle Proteins/genetics
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Mutation
- Myoblasts/cytology
- Myoblasts/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/deficiency
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/deficiency
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- Yufeng Si
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA
- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA.
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Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) methods based on engineered nucleases enable precise manipulations with genomic DNA. Within the field, genetic manipulation has surpassed the proof of principle stage and is now utilized in both applied strategies and performing in economic organism. The generation and study of gene modified (GM) fish using TALENs provides a novel and essential tool for fishes molecular breeding. The medaka, Oryzias latipes, is a small, freshwater fish and an idea model organism to study reproductive mechanism. Rice Field eel is a valuable model organism of high economic importance in PR China. In this chapter, we describe microinjection of Oryzias latipes and Rice Field eel embryos, in the context of preparing, evaluating, performing gene knockout and generate gene knockout fish with TALENs in detail, which are easy to prepare and proved to be efficient in targeting of a wide range of cleavage sites. Our procedure will facilitate broader applications of TALENs in freshwater aquaculture organism.
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Golpour A, Siddique MAM, Siqueira-Silva DH, Pšenička M. Induced sterility in fish and its potential and challenges for aquaculture and germ cell transplantation technology: a review. Biologia (Bratisl) 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/biolog-2016-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Huang Q, Cao Y, Liu Z, Tan Y, Liu Y. Efficient gene replacements in ku70 disruption strain of Aspergillus chevalieri var. intermedius. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2016.1251828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Qingqing Huang
- Department of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Institute of Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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Chakrapani V, Patra SK, Panda RP, Rasal KD, Jayasankar P, Barman HK. Establishing targeted carp TLR22 gene disruption via homologous recombination using CRISPR/Cas9. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 61:242-247. [PMID: 27079451 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2016.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Recent advances in gene editing techniques have not been exploited in farmed fishes. We established a gene targeting technique, using the CRISPR/Cas9 system in Labeo rohita, a farmed carp (known as rohu). We demonstrated that donor DNA was integrated via homologous recombination (HR) at the site of targeted double-stranded nicks created by CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease. This resulted in the successful disruption of rohu Toll-like receptor 22 (TLR22) gene, involved in innate immunity and exclusively present in teleost fishes and amphibians. The null mutant, thus, generated lacked TLR22 mRNA expression. Altogether, this is the first evidence that the CRISPR/Cas9 system is a highly efficient tool for targeted gene disruption via HR in teleosts for generating model large-bodied farmed fishes.
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- Vemulawada Chakrapani
- Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751 002, Odisha, India
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- Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751 002, Odisha, India
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- Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751 002, Odisha, India
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- Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751 002, Odisha, India
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- Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751 002, Odisha, India
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- Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751 002, Odisha, India.
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Liu BR, Huang YW, Aronstam RS, Lee HJ. Identification of a Short Cell-Penetrating Peptide from Bovine Lactoferricin for Intracellular Delivery of DNA in Human A549 Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150439. [PMID: 26942714 PMCID: PMC4778846 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have been shown to deliver cargos, including protein, DNA, RNA, and nanomaterials, in fully active forms into live cells. Most of the CPP sequences in use today are based on non-native proteins that may be immunogenic. Here we demonstrate that the L5a CPP (RRWQW) from bovine lactoferricin (LFcin), stably and noncovalently complexed with plasmid DNA and prepared at an optimal nitrogen/phosphate ratio of 12, is able to efficiently enter into human lung cancer A549 cells. The L5a CPP delivered a plasmid containing the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) coding sequence that was subsequently expressed in cells, as revealed by real-time PCR and fluorescent microscopy at the mRNA and protein levels, respectively. Treatment with calcium chloride increased the level of gene expression, without affecting CPP-mediated transfection efficiency. Zeta-potential analysis revealed that positively electrostatic interactions of CPP/DNA complexes correlated with CPP-mediated transport. The L5a and L5a/DNA complexes were not cytotoxic. This biomimetic LFcin L5a represents one of the shortest effective CPPs and could be a promising lead peptide with less immunogenic for DNA delivery in gene therapy.
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- Betty R. Liu
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 974, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, 65409–1120, United States of America
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- College of Science and Technology, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 17815–1301, United States of America
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 974, Taiwan
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Direct production of XY(DMY-) sex reversal female medaka (Oryzias latipes) by embryo microinjection of TALENs. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14057. [PMID: 26365677 PMCID: PMC4568496 DOI: 10.1038/srep14057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Medaka is an ideal model for sex determination and sex reversal, such as XY phenotypically female patients in humans. Here, we assembled improved TALENs targeting the DMY gene and generated XYDMY− mutants to investigate gonadal dysgenesis in medaka. DMY-TALENs resulted in indel mutations at the targeted loci (46.8%). DMY-nanos3UTR-TALENs induced mutations were passed through the germline to F1 generation with efficiencies of up to 91.7%. XYDMY− mutants developed into females, laid eggs, and stably passed the YDMY− chromosome to next generation. RNA-seq generated 157 million raw reads from WT male (WT_M_TE), WT female (WT_F_OV) and XYDMY− female medaka (TA_F_OV) gonad libraries. Differential expression analysis identified 144 up- and 293 down-regulated genes in TA_F_OV compared with WT_F_OV, 387 up- and 338 down-regulated genes in TA_F_OV compared with WT_M_TE. According to genes annotation and functional prediction, such as Wnt1 and PRCK, it revealed that incomplete ovarian function and reduced fertility of XYDMY− mutant is closely related to the wnt signaling pathway. Our results provided the transcriptional profiles of XYDMY− mutants, revealed the mechanism between sex reversal and DMY in medaka, and suggested that XYDMY− medaka was a novel mutant that is useful for investigating gonadal dysgenesis in phenotypic female patients with the 46, XY karyotype.
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