Effects of electroporation treatment using different concentrations of Cas9 protein with gRNA targeting <i>Myostatin</i> (<i>MSTN</i>) genes on the development and gene editing of porcine zygotes

  • Quynh A. Le
    Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
  • Maki Hirata
    Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
  • Nhien T. Nguyen
    Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
  • Koki Takebayashi
    Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
  • Manita Wittayarat
    Faculty of Veterinary Science Prince of Songkla University Songkhla Thailand
  • Yoko Sato
    School of Biological Science Tokai University Sapporo Japan
  • Zhao Namula
    Faculty of Veterinary Science Guangdong Ocean University Zhanjiang China
  • Masahiro Nii
    Tokushima Prefectural Livestock Research Institute Tokushima Japan
  • Fuminori Tanihara
    Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
  • Takeshige Otoi
    Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry Tokushima University Tokushima Japan

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This study was conducted to investigate the effect of seven concentrations of Cas9 protein (0, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 ng/µl) on the development and gene editing of porcine embryos. This included the target editing and off‐target effect of embryos developed from zygotes that were edited via electroporation of the Cas9 protein with guide RNA targeting <jats:italic>Myostatin</jats:italic> genes. We found that the development to blastocysts of electroporated zygotes was not affected by the concentration of Cas9 protein. Although the editing rate, which was defined as the ratio of edited blastocysts to total examined blastocysts, did not differ with Cas9 protein concentration, the editing efficiency, which was defined as the frequency of indel mutations in each edited blastocyst, was significantly decreased in the edited blastocysts from zygotes electroporated with 25 ng/µl of Cas9 protein compared with that of blastocysts from zygotes electroporated with higher Cas9 protein concentrations. Moreover the frequency of indel events at the two possible off‐target sites was not significantly different with different concentrations of Cas9 protein. These results indicate that the concentration of Cas9 protein affects gene editing efficiency in embryos but not the embryonic development, gene editing rate, and non‐specific cleavage of off‐target sites.</jats:p>

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