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Editor:XiaoleiXu,MayoClinic,UNITEDSTATES
Received:June4,2015;Accepted:July29,2015;Published:August18,2015
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Funding:ThisworkwassupportedbyMajorScienceandTechnologyProjectsofChina(2014ZX08010-004)andtheCAAS(ChineseAcademyofAgricultureSciences)InnovationProject.Thefundershadnoroleinstudydesign,datacollectionandanalysis,decisiontopublish,orpreparationofthemanuscript.
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TheT6generationtransgenicsoybeanline(genotype,Zigongdongdou)harboringahomozygousbartransgeneandawildtypesoybeanline(genotype,Williams82)wereused.
TargetSiteSelectionandConstructionoftheSgRNA:Cas9ExpressionVector
(A)Schematicillustratingthetargetedbarsequence(blue)andcorrespondingPAM(red).PCRamplificationspanningthetargetlociwasconductedusingtheprimersbar-Fandbar-R.RestrictionenzymeApaIattheCas9cleavagesiteisunderlined.(B)PCR/REassaytodetectCRISPR/Cas9-inducedmutationsintargetloci.Lanes1–30,PCRproductsofsamplestreatedwithsgRNA:Cas9weredigestedwithApaI.LanesWTandWT*,undigestedanddigestedwild-typecontrols,respectively.Theredarrowheadindicatestheundigestedbands.Thenumbersatthebottomofthegelsindicatemutationfrequenciesmeasuredaccordingtobandintensities.M,DL2000ladderDNAmarker.(C)Cloningandsequencingoftheundigestedbands.Deletionsandinsertionsareindicatedasdashesandredlowercaseletters,respectively.Basesubstitutionsareindicatedwithgreencapitalletters.Thetypesofindelsareindicatedintherightcolumn.
(A)SchematicillustratingtheGmFEI2-SP2targetsequence(blue)andcorrespondingPAM(red).PCRamplificationspanningthetargetlociwasconductedusingtheprimersGmFEI2-SP2-FandGmFEI2-SP2-R.TherestrictionenzymeBslIattheCas9cleavesiteisunderlined.(B)PCR/REassaytodetectCRISPR/Cas9-inducedmutationsintargetloci.Lanes1–30,PCRproductsofsamplestreatedwithsgRNA:Cas9weredigestedwithBslI.LanesWTandWT*,undigestedanddigestedwild-typecontrols,respectively.Theredarrowheadindicatestheundigestedbands.Thenumbersatthebottomofthegelsindicatemutationfrequenciesmeasuredaccordingtobandintensities.M,DL2000ladderDNAmarker.(C)Cloningandsequencingoftheundigestedbands.Deletionsandinsertionsareindicatedasdashesandredlowercaseletters,respectively.Basesubstitutionsareindicatedwithgreencapitalletters.Thetypesofindelsareindicatedintherightcolumn.
(A)Schematicillustratingthetargetsequence(blue)andcorrespondingPAM(red).PCRamplificationsspanningthetargetlociwereconductedfromanidenticalDNAtemplateusingthespecificpairprimersGmFEI2-F/GmFEI2-RandGmFEI1-F/GmFEI1-R,respectively.RestrictionenzymeBslIattheCas9cleavagesiteisunderlined.(B)PCR/REassaytodetectCRISPR/Cas9-inducedmutationsintargetsitesofthetwogenes.Lanes1–30,PCRproductsfromthesamplestreatedwithsgRNA:Cas9weredigestedwithBslI.LanesWTandWT*,undigestedanddigestedwild-typecontrols,respectively.Theredarrowheadindicatestheundigestedbands.Thenumbersatthebottomofthegelsindicatemutationfrequenciesmeasuredaccordingtobandintensities.M,DL2000ladderDNAmarker.Theredframeindicatestwosimultaneousgene-editingeventsoccurringinthesamehairyroot.(C)Cloningandsequencingoftheundigestedbands.Deletionsandinsertionsareindicatedasdashesandredlowercaseletters,respectively.Thetypesofindelsareindicatedintherightcolumn.Thenumbersbeforebracketscorrespondtothenumbersofthelanes.
TheCRISPR/Cas9systemhasbeensuccessfullyusedforgenomeengineeringinmanyimportantcrops.However,thismethodhasnotbeenwidelyusedinsoybean.Inthepresentstudy,wedescribedarapidandhighlyspecificmethodforgeneratinganddetectingCRISPR/Cas9-mediatedgenomeeditingindesiredtargetgenesinsoybean.Toimprovetransformationefficiency,thesgRNAandCas9cassetteswereassembledononevector.TheCas9wascodon-optimizedfordicotyledons.Onceadesiredtargetsequencewasselected,onlytheDNAsequenceencodingsgRNAneedstoreplace.ThisvectorcontainedaGFPfluorescentlabelandgreatlyimprovedtheefficiencyofscreeningforpositivehairroots.TheresultsshowedthattheCRISPR/Cas9systemcouldeditbothendogenousandexogenousgenesinsoybeanhairyroots.Indeed,weconsideredthatthistechnologymightbeusefulinsoybeanwhole-planttransformation.InducedhairyrootisarapidmodelsystemforstudyingtheCRISPR/Cas9systeminsoybean.Testingtheeffectivenessoftargetsitesinsoybeanhairyrootsbeforegeneratingtransgenicplantscanbetimesaving,lesslaborintensiveandmorecosteffective.
(A)SchematicillustratingtheGmFEI2-SP1targetsequence(blue)andcorrespondingPAM(red).PCRamplificationspanningthetargetlociwasconductedusingtheprimersGmFEI2-SP1-FandGmFEI2-SP1-R.TherestrictionenzymeAluIattheCas9cleavesiteisunderlined.(B)PCR/REassaytodetectCRISPR/Cas9-inducedmutationsintargetloci.Lanes1–30,PCRproductsofsamplestreatedwithsgRNA:Cas9weredigestedwithAluI.LanesWTandWT*,undigestedanddigestedwild-typecontrols,respectively.Theredarrowheadindicatestheundigestedbands.Thenumbersatthebottomofthegelsindicatemutationfrequenciesmeasuredaccordingtobandintensities.M,DL2000ladderDNAmarker.(C)Cloningandsequencingoftheundigestedbands.Deletionsandinsertionsareindicatedasdashesandredlowercaseletters,respectively.Thetypesofmutationsareindicatedintherightcolumn.
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(A)SchematicillustratingtheGmSHR-SP1targetsequence(blue)andcorrespondingPAM(red).PCRamplificationspanningthetargetlociwasconductedusingtheprimersGmSHR-SP1-FandGmSHR-SP1-R.(B)T7EIassaytodetectCRISPR/Cas9-inducedmutationsintargetloci.Lanes1–30,PCRproductsofsamplestreatedwithsgRNA:Cas9wereannealedanddigestedwithT7EI.LanesWTandWT*,undigestedanddigestedwild-typecontrols,respectively.Theredarrowheadindicatesthedigestedbands.Thenumbersatthebottomofthegelsindicatemutationfrequenciesmeasuredaccordingtobandintensities.M,DL2000ladderDNAmarker.(C)CloningandsequencingofPCRproductswhichhavethedigestedbands.Deletionsandinsertionsareindicatedasdashesandredlowercaseletters,respectively.Thetypesofmutationsareindicatedintherightcolumn.
(A)SchematicillustratingtheGmSHR-SP2targetsequence(blue)andcorrespondingPAM(red).PCRamplificationspanningthetargetlociwasconductedusingtheprimersGmSHR-SP2-FandGmSHR-SP2-R.(B)T7EIassaytodetectCRISPR/Cas9-inducedmutationsintargetloci.Lanes1–22,PCRproductsofsamplestreatedwithsgRNA:Cas9wereannealedanddigestedwithT7EI.LanesWTandWT*,undigestedanddigestedwild-typecontrols,respectively.Theredarrowheadindicatesthedigestedbands.Thenumbersatthebottomofthegelsindicatemutationfrequenciesmeasuredaccordingtobandintensities.M,DL2000ladderDNAmarker.(C)CloningandsequencingofPCRproductswhichhavethedigestedbands.Deletionsandinsertionsareindicatedasdashesandredlowercaseletters,respectively.Basesubstitutionsareindicatedwithgreencapitalletters.Thetypesofmutationsareindicatedintherightcolumn.
(A)SchematicillustratingtheGmSHR-SP3targetsequence(blue)andcorrespondingPAM(red).PCRamplificationspanningthetargetlociwasconductedusingtheprimersGmSHR-SP3-FandGmSHR-SP3-R.TherestrictionenzymeEco47IattheCas9cleavesiteisunderlined.(B)PCR/REassaytodetectCRISPR/Cas9-inducedmutationsintargetloci.Lanes1–28,PCRproductsofsamplestreatedwithsgRNA:Cas9weredigestedwithEco47I.LanesWTandWT*,undigestedanddigestedwild-typecontrols,respectively.Theredarrowheadindicatestheundigestedbands.Thenumbersatthebottomofthegelsindicatemutationfrequenciesmeasuredaccordingtobandintensities.M,DL2000ladderDNAmarker.(C)Cloningandsequencingoftheundigestedbands.Deletionsandinsertionsareindicatedasdashesandredlowercaseletters,respectively.Basesubstitutionsareindicatedwithgreencapitalletters.Thetypesofmutationsareindicatedintherightcolumn.
GFP,greenfluorescentprotein.atU6,ArabidopsisU6promoter.gRNA,guide-RNA.dpCas9,Cas9codon-optimizedfordicotyledons.Ubipromoter,maizeubiquitinpromoter.
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Conceivedanddesignedtheexperiments:WH.Performedtheexperiments:YCLCXL.Analyzedthedata:YCLCWH.Contributedreagents/materials/analysistools:SSCWBJWHTH.Wrotethepaper:YCLC.Revisedthemanuscript:WHTH.
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