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Hamar J, Cnaani A, Kültz D. Transcriptional upregulation of the myo-inositol biosynthesis pathway is enhanced by NFAT5 in hyperosmotically stressed tilapia cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2024; 327:C545-C556. [PMID: 38946247 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00187.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
Abstract
Euryhaline fish experience variable osmotic environments requiring physiological adjustments to tolerate elevated salinity. Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) possess one of the highest salinity tolerance limits of any fish. In tilapia and other euryhaline fish species, the myo-inositol biosynthesis (MIB) pathway enzymes, myo-inositol phosphate synthase (MIPS) and inositol monophosphatase 1 (IMPA1.1), are among the most upregulated mRNAs and proteins indicating the high importance of this pathway for hyperosmotic (HO) stress tolerance. These abundance changes must be precluded by HO perception and signaling mechanism activation to regulate the expression of MIPS and IMPA1.1 genes. In previous work using a O. mossambicus cell line (OmB), a reoccurring osmosensitive enhancer element (OSRE1) in both MIPS and IMPA1.1 was shown to transcriptionally upregulate these enzymes in response to HO stress. The OSRE1 core consensus (5'-GGAAA-3') matches the core binding sequence of the predominant mammalian HO response transcription factor, nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT5). HO-challenged OmB cells showed an increase in NFAT5 mRNA suggesting NFAT5 may contribute to MIB pathway regulation in euryhaline fish. Ectopic expression of wild-type NFAT5 induced an IMPA1.1 promoter-driven reporter by 5.1-fold (P < 0.01). Moreover, expression of dominant negative NFAT5 in HO media resulted in a 47% suppression of the reporter signal (P < 0.005). Furthermore, reductions of IMPA1.1 (37-49%) and MIPS (6-37%) mRNA abundance were observed in HO-challenged NFAT5 knockout cells relative to control cells. Collectively, these multiple lines of experimental evidence establish NFAT5 as a tilapia transcription factor contributing to HO-induced activation of the MIB pathway.NEW & NOTEWORTHY In our study, we use a multi-pronged synthetic biology approach to demonstrate that the fish homolog of the predominant mammalian osmotic stress transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT5) also contributes to the activation of hyperosmolality inducible genes in cells of extremely euryhaline fish. However, in addition to NFAT5 the presence of other strong osmotically inducible signaling mechanisms is required for full activation of osmoregulated tilapia genes.
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- Jens Hamar
- Department of Animal Sciences and Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
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- Department of Poultry and Aquaculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
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Reza MAN, Harvey TN, Regmi A, Torgersen JS, Sandvik GK. Exploring the Use of Alternative Promoters for Enhanced Transgene and sgRNA Expression in Atlantic Salmon Cells. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2024:10.1007/s10126-024-10362-4. [PMID: 39212852 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-024-10362-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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This study facilitates design of expression vectors and lentivirus tools for gene editing of Atlantic salmon. We have characterized widely used heterologous promoters and novel endogenous promoters in Atlantic salmon cells. We used qPCR to evaluate the activity of several U6 promoters for sgRNA expression, including human U6 (hU6), tilapia U6 (tU6), mouse U6 (mU6), zebrafish U6 (zU6), Atlantic salmon U6 (sU6), medaka U6 (medU6), and fugu U6 (fU6) promoters. We also evaluated several polymerase type II (pol II) promoters by luciferase assay. Our results showed that hU6 and tU6 promoters were the most active among all the tested U6 promoters, and heterologous promoters (CMV, hEF1α core) had higher activity compared to endogenous Atlantic salmon promoters sHSP8, sNUC3L, sEF1α. Among endogenous pol II promoters, sEF1α and sHSP8 displayed higher activity than sNUC3L, sHSP703, sHSP7C, sXRCC1L, and sETF. We observed that extending the promoter sequence to include the region up to the start codon (ATG) resulted in a significant increase in expression efficiency for sNUC3L and sEF1α. We also show that mutating the PRDM1 motif will significantly decrease the activity of the sEF1α promoter. The presence of the PRDM1 motif in sHSP8 promoter was also associated with relatively high expression compared to the promoters that naturally lacked this motif, such as sNUC3L. We speculate that this short sequence might be included in other promoters to further enhance the promoter activity, but further experiments are needed to confirm this. Our findings provide valuable insights into the activity of different promoters in Atlantic salmon cells and can be used to facilitate further transgenic studies and improve the efficiency of transgene expression in Atlantic salmon.
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- Mohammad Ali Noman Reza
- Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432, Ås, Norway.
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Ye X, Lin J, Chen Q, Lv J, Liu C, Wang Y, Wang S, Wen X, Lin F. An Efficient Vector-Based CRISPR/Cas9 System in Zebrafish Cell Line. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2024; 26:588-598. [PMID: 38652190 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-024-10320-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) system has been widely applied in animals as an efficient genome editing tool. However, the technique is difficult to implement in fish cell lines partially due to the lack of efficient promoters to drive the expression of both sgRNA and the Cas9 protein within a single vector. In this study, it was indicated that the zebrafish U6 RNA polymerase III (ZFU6) promoter could efficiently induce tyrosinase (tyr) gene editing and lead to loss of retinal pigments when co-injection with Cas9 mRNA in zebrafish embryo. Furthermore, an optimized all-in-one vector for expression of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in the zebrafish fibroblast cell line (PAC2) was constructed by replacing the human U6 promoter with ZFU6 promoter, basing on the lentiCRISPRV2 system that widely applied in mammal cells. This new vector could successfully target the cellular communication network factor 2a (ctgfa) gene and demonstrated its function in the PAC2 cell. Notably, the vector could also be used to edit the endogenous EMX1 gene in the mammal 293 T cell line, implying its wide application potential. In conclusion, we established a new gene editing tool for zebrafish cell line, which could be a useful in vitro platform for high-throughput analyzing gene function in fish.
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- Xiaokang Ye
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China.
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Hamar J, Cnaani A, Kültz D. Effects of CRISPR/Cas9 targeting of the myo-inositol biosynthesis pathway on hyper-osmotic tolerance of tilapia cells. Genomics 2024; 116:110833. [PMID: 38518899 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2024.110833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Myo-inositol is an important compatible osmolyte in vertebrates. This osmolyte is produced by the myo-inositol biosynthesis (MIB) pathway composed of myo-inositol phosphate synthase and inositol monophosphatase. These enzymes are among the highest upregulated proteins in tissues and cell cultures from teleost fish exposed to hyperosmotic conditions indicating high importance of this pathway for tolerating this type of stress. CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing of tilapia cells produced knockout lines of MIB enzymes and control genes. Metabolic activity decreased significantly for MIB KO lines in hyperosmotic media. Trends of faster growth of the MIB knockout lines in isosmotic media and faster decline of MIB knockout lines in hyperosmotic media were also observed. These results indicate a decline in metabolic fitness but only moderate effects on cell survival when tilapia cells with disrupted MIB genes are exposed to hyperosmolality. Therefore MIB genes are required for full osmotolerance of tilapia cells.
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- Jens Hamar
- Department of Animal Sciences & Genome Center, University of California Davis, Meyer Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Poultry and Aquaculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O. Box 15159, Rishon LeZion 7528809, Israel
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- Department of Animal Sciences & Genome Center, University of California Davis, Meyer Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Puthumana J, Chandrababu A, Sarasan M, Joseph V, Singh ISB. Genetic improvement in edible fish: status, constraints, and prospects on CRISPR-based genome engineering. 3 Biotech 2024; 14:44. [PMID: 38249355 PMCID: PMC10796887 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03891-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Conventional selective breeding in aquaculture has been effective in genetically enhancing economic traits like growth and disease resistance. However, its advances are restricted by heritability, the extended period required to produce a strain with desirable traits, and the necessity to target multiple characteristics simultaneously in the breeding programs. Genome editing tools like zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) are promising for faster genetic improvement in fishes. CRISPR/Cas9 technology is the least expensive, most precise, and well compatible with multiplexing of all genome editing approaches, making it a productive and highly targeted approach for developing customized fish strains with specified characteristics. As a result, the use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology in aquaculture is rapidly growing, with the main traits researched being reproduction and development, growth, pigmentation, disease resistance, trans-GFP utilization, and omega-3 metabolism. However, technological obstacles, such as off-target effects, ancestral genome duplication, and mosaicism in founder population, need to be addressed to achieve sustainable fish production. Furthermore, present regulatory and risk assessment frameworks are inadequate to address the technical hurdles of CRISPR/Cas9, even though public and regulatory approval is critical to commercializing novel technology products. In this review, we examine the potential of CRISPR/Cas9 technology for the genetic improvement of edible fish, the technical, ethical, and socio-economic challenges to using it in fish species, and its future scope for sustainable fish production.
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- Jayesh Puthumana
- National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 16 Kerala India
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- National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 16 Kerala India
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- National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 16 Kerala India
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- National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 16 Kerala India
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- National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 16 Kerala India
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Li M, Sun L, Zhou L, Wang D. Tilapia, a good model for studying reproductive endocrinology. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2024; 345:114395. [PMID: 37879418 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
Abstract
The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), with a system of XX/XY sex determination, is a worldwide farmed fish with a shorter sexual maturation time than that of most cultured fish. Tilapia show a spawning cycle of approximately 14 days and can be artificially propagated in the laboratory all year round to obtain genetically all female (XX) and all male (XY) fry. Its genome sequence has been opened, and a perfect gene editing platform has been established. With a moderate body size, it is convenient for taking enough blood to measure hormone level. In recent years, using tilapia as animal model, we have confirmed that estrogen is crucial for female development because 1) mutation of star2, cyp17a1 or cyp19a1a (encoding aromatase, the key enzyme for estrogen synthesis) results in sex reversal (SR) due to estrogen deficiency in XX tilapia, while mutation of star1, cyp11a1, cyp17a2, cyp19a1b or cyp11c1 affects fertility due to abnormal androgen, cortisol and DHP levels in XY tilapia; 2) when the estrogen receptors (esr2a/esr2b) are mutated, the sex is reversed from female to male, while when the androgen receptors are mutated, the sex cannot be reversed; 3) the differentiated ovary can be transdifferentiated into functional testis by inhibition of estrogen synthesis, and the differentiated testis can be transdifferentiated into ovary by simultaneous addition of exogenous estrogen and androgen synthase inhibitor; 4) loss of male pathway genes amhy, dmrt1, gsdf causes SR with upregulation of cyp19a1a in XY tilapia. Disruption of estrogen synthesis rescues the male to female SR of amhy and gsdf but not dmrt1 mutants; 5) mutation of female pathway genes foxl2 and sf-1 causes SR with downregulation of cyp19a1a in XX tilapia; 6) the germ cell SR of foxl3 mutants fails to be rescued by estrogen treatment, indicating that estrogen determines female germ cell fate through foxl3. This review also summarized the effects of deficiency of other steroid hormones, such as androgen, DHP and cortisol, on fish reproduction. Overall, these studies demonstrate that tilapia is an excellent animal model for studying reproductive endocrinology of fish.
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- Minghui Li
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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Clark B, Kuwalekar M, Fischer B, Woltering J, Biran J, Juntti S, Kratochwil CF, Santos ME, Almeida MV. Genome editing in East African cichlids and tilapias: state-of-the-art and future directions. Open Biol 2023; 13:230257. [PMID: 38018094 PMCID: PMC10685126 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.230257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
Abstract
African cichlid fishes of the Cichlidae family are a group of teleosts important for aquaculture and research. A thriving research community is particularly interested in the cichlid radiations of the East African Great Lakes. One key goal is to pinpoint genetic variation underlying phenotypic diversification, but the lack of genetic tools has precluded thorough dissection of the genetic basis of relevant traits in cichlids. Genome editing technologies are well established in teleost models like zebrafish and medaka. However, this is not the case for emerging model organisms, such as East African cichlids, where these technologies remain inaccessible to most laboratories, due in part to limited exchange of knowledge and expertise. The Cichlid Science 2022 meeting (Cambridge, UK) hosted for the first time a Genome Editing Workshop, where the community discussed recent advances in genome editing, with an emphasis on CRISPR/Cas9 technologies. Based on the workshop findings and discussions, in this review we define the state-of-the-art of cichlid genome editing, share resources and protocols, and propose new possible avenues to further expand the cichlid genome editing toolkit.
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- Bethan Clark
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa 00014, Finland
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa 00014, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg 78457, Germany
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- Department of Poultry and Aquaculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa 00014, Finland
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa 00014, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Wellcome/CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Kim C, Cnaani A, Kültz D. Removal of evolutionarily conserved functional MYC domains in a tilapia cell line using a vector-based CRISPR/Cas9 system. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12086. [PMID: 37495710 PMCID: PMC10371998 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37928-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
Abstract
MYC transcription factors have critical roles in facilitating a variety of cellular functions that have been highly conserved among species during evolution. However, despite circumstantial evidence for an involvement of MYC in animal osmoregulation, mechanistic links between MYC function and osmoregulation are missing. Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) represents an excellent model system to study these links because it is highly euryhaline and highly tolerant to osmotic (salinity) stress at both the whole organism and cellular levels of biological organization. Here, we utilize an O. mossambicus brain cell line and an optimized vector-based CRISPR/Cas9 system to functionally disrupt MYC in the tilapia genome and to establish causal links between MYC and cell functions, including cellular osmoregulation. A cell isolation and dilution strategy yielded polyclonal myca (a gene encoding MYC) knockout (ko) cell pools with low genetic variability and high gene editing efficiencies (as high as 98.2%). Subsequent isolation and dilution of cells from these pools produced a myca ko cell line harboring a 1-bp deletion that caused a frameshift mutation. This frameshift functionally inactivated the transcriptional regulatory and DNA-binding domains predicted by bioinformatics and structural analyses. Both the polyclonal and monoclonal myca ko cell lines were viable, propagated well in standard medium, and differed from wild-type cells in morphology. As such, they represent a new tool for causally linking myca to cellular osmoregulation and other cell functions.
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- Chanhee Kim
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Poultry and Aquaculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, 7528809, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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Yan F, Xiao X, Long C, Tang L, Wang C, Zhang M, Zhang J, Lin H, Huang H, Zhang Y, Li S. Molecular Characterization of U6 Promoters from Orange-Spotted Grouper (Epinephelus coioides) and Its Application in DNA Vector-Based RNAi Technology. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023:10.1007/s10126-023-10212-9. [PMID: 37154998 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-023-10212-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
The U6 promoter, a typical RNA polymerase III promoter, is widely used to transcribe small RNAs in vector-based siRNA systems. The RNAi efficiency is mainly dependent on the transcriptional activity of the U6 promoter. However, studies have found that U6 promoters isolated from some fishes do not work well in distantly related species. To isolate a U6 promoter with high transcriptional efficiency from fish, in this study, we cloned five U6 promoters in orange-spotted grouper, of which only the grouper U6-1 (GU6-1) promoter contains the OCT element in the distant region. Functional studies revealed that the GU6-1 promoter has high transcriptional ability, which could efficiently transcribe shRNA and result in target gene knockdown in vitro and in vivo. Subsequently, the deletion or mutation of the OCT motif resulted in a significant decrease in promoter transcriptional activity, demonstrating that the OCT element plays an important role in enhancing the grouper U6 promoter transcription. Moreover, the transcriptional activity of the GU6-1 promoter showed little species specificity. It not only works in the grouper but also possesses high transcriptional activity in the zebrafish. Knockdown of the mstn gene in zebrafish and grouper through shRNA driven by the GU6-1 promoter could promote fish growth, suggesting that the GU6-1 promoter can be used as a potential molecular tool in aquaculture practice.
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- Fengying Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266373, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources of Ministry of Education, Hainan Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Tropical Marine Fishery Resources, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, 572022, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266373, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Important Economic Fish, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xin Gang Xi Road, Haizhu District, 510275, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
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Zhang Z, Wang J, Li J, Liu X, Liu L, Zhao C, Tao W, Wang D, Wei J. Establishment of an Integrated CRISPR/Cas9 Plasmid System for Simple and Efficient Genome Editing in Medaka In Vitro and In Vivo. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12020336. [PMID: 36829610 PMCID: PMC9953409 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
Abstract
Although CRISPR/Cas9 has been used in gene manipulation of several fish species in vivo, its application in fish cultured cells is still challenged and limited. In this study, we established an integrated CRISPR/Cas9 plasmid system and evaluated its efficiency of gene knock-out or knock-in at a specific site in medaka (Oryzias latipes) in vitro and in vivo. By using the enhanced green fluorescent protein reporter plasmid pGNtsf1, we demonstrate that pCas9-U6sgRNA driven by endogenous U6 promoter (pCas9-mU6sgRNA) mediated very high gene editing efficiency in medaka cultured cells, but not by exogenous U6 promoters. After optimizing the conditions, the gene editing efficiencies of eight sites targeting for four endogenous genes were calculated, and the highest was up to 94% with no detectable off-target. By one-cell embryo microinjection, pCas9-mU6sgRNA also mediated efficient gene knock-out in vivo. Furthermore, pCas9-mU6sgRNA efficiently mediated gene knock-in at a specific site in medaka cultured cells as well as embryos. Collectively, our study demonstrates that the genetic relationship of U6 promoter is critical to gene editing efficiency in medaka cultured cells, and a simple and efficient system for medaka genome editing in vitro and in vivo has been established. This study provides an insight into other fish genome editing and promotes gene functional analysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zeming Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Sichuan Province Yuechi Middle School, Guang’an 638300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
| | - Lei Liu
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Correspondence: (D.W.); (J.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City, Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Correspondence: (D.W.); (J.W.)
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Nie X, Zhang R, Cheng L, Zhu W, Li S, Chen X. Mechanisms underlying the deterioration of fish quality after harvest and methods of preservation. Food Control 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Luo M, Wang J, Dong Z, Wang C, Lu G. CRISPR-Cas9 sgRNA design and outcome assessment: Bioinformatics tools and aquaculture applications. AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aaf.2021.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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