中国畜牧兽医 ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (8): 2880-2887.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.08.004

• 生物技术 • 上一篇    下一篇

利用单碱基编辑器定点突变猪肌肉生长抑制素基因的研究

王晶1,2, 朱喆2, 张鹏1, 毕延震2   

  1. 1. 中南民族大学生命科学学院, 武汉 430074;
    2. 湖北省农业科学院畜牧兽医研究所, 动物胚胎工程与分子育种湖北重点实验室, 武汉 430064
  • 收稿日期:2022-02-22 出版日期:2022-08-05 发布日期:2022-07-21
  • 通讯作者: 张鹏, 毕延震 E-mail:zhangpenghust@126.com;sukerbyz@126.com
  • 作者简介:王晶,E-mail:631474815@qq.com。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31772577);湖北省农业科技创新中心项目(2019-620-000-001-20);湖南创新型省份建设专项经费(2019RS1068);重点领域研发计划(2020WK2030);外国青年人才计划(QN20200127002);中国科学院战略性先导科技专项(XDA24030204);碱基编辑技术介导的MSTN"基因仿生"羊新品种培育;湖北省科技创新人才及服务专项任务书(国际科技合作类)(2021EHB023)

Site-directed Mutagenesis of Porcine Myostatin Gene Using Single Base Editor

WANG Jing1,2, ZHU Zhe2, ZHANG Peng1, BI Yanzhen2   

  1. 1. College of Life Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China;
    2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering and Molecular Breeding, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
  • Received:2022-02-22 Online:2022-08-05 Published:2022-07-21

摘要: 【目的】利用单碱基编辑器在宁乡花猪肌肉生长抑制素(myostatin,MSTN)基因第2外显子处引入终止密码子,以获得MSTN基因表达沉默的肾成纤维细胞系,为后期培育MSTN碱基编辑猪奠定基础。【方法】首先在MSTN基因的第2外显子处设计1条单向导RNA (single guide RNA,sgRNA),将其连接至pMLM3636-puro质粒,形成重组表达载体pMLM3636-puro-MSTN,与含有红色荧光碱基编辑器YE1-BE3-FNLS共转入宁乡花猪肾成纤维细胞中,在红色荧光和嘌呤霉素双筛选条件下,挑取单克隆细胞,测序验证后,分析阳性单克隆细胞的蛋白表达情况。【结果】在MSTN基因第2外显子处发生了碱基定点突变,目标位点的氨基酸序列由色氨酸(TGG)转变成终止密码子(TAA),且G→A突变率为5.5%。Western blotting检测结果表明,试验组10号单克隆细胞的MSTN蛋白表达量与野生型相比降低了60%。【结论】本研究运用单碱基编辑技术在宁乡花猪MSTN基因编码区引入终止密码子,使翻译提前终止,导致蛋白表达量显著降低,为后期MSTN基因碱基编辑猪的生产奠定基础。

关键词: 单碱基编辑; 宁乡花猪; MSTN基因; 终止密码子

Abstract: 【Objective】 Using a single base editor to introduce a stop codon at the exon 2 of myostatin(MSTN) gene in Ningxiang pig,and obtaining kidney fibroblast cells with MSTN gene silencing,which was the foundation for the later breeding of MSTN base-editing pigs.【Method】 In this study,a single guide RNA (single guide RNA,sgRNA) was designed at the exon 2 of MSTN gene,and connected to the pMLM3636-puro plasmid to form a recombinant expression vector pMLM3636-puro-MSTN,co-transfected into kidney fibroblast cells with YE1-BE3-FNLS containing the red fluorescent base editor.Under the conditions of red fluorescence and puromycin,single cell colonies were picked.After confirmed by sequencing,the protein expression of the target mutant cell lines was analyzed.【Result】 Base site directed mutation occurred in the exon 2 of MSTN gene,the amino acid sequence of the target site was changed from tryptophan (TGG) to a stop codon (TAA),and the G→A mutation rate was 5.5%.The results of Western blotting showed that the MSTN protein expression in the experimental group No.10 single clone cells decreased by 60% compared with the wild type.【Conclusion】 In this study,single base editing technology was used to introduce stop codon in the coding region of MSTN gene of Ningxiang pig,so that translation was terminated early,resulting in a significant decrease in protein expression,which laid a foundation for the production of MSTN base mutant pigs.

Key words: single base editing; Ningxiang pig; MSTN gene; stop codon

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