Improved prime editing allows for routine predictable gene editing in Physcomitrium patens

Efficient and precise gene editing is the gold standard of any reverse genetic study. The recently developed prime editing approach, a modified CRISPR/Cas9 [clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein] editing method, has reached the precision goal but its...

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Autores: Perroud, Pierre-François, Guyon-Debast, Anouchka|||0000-0003-3489-1035, Casacuberta, Josep M.|||0000-0002-5609-4152, Paul, Wyatt, Pichon, Jean-Philippe, Comeau, David, Nogué, Fabien|||0000-0003-0619-4638
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:309139
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/309139
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1093/jxb/erad189
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EpegRNA
Genome editing
Physcomitrium patens
Prime editing
Pseudoknot
Split prime editing
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Sumario:Efficient and precise gene editing is the gold standard of any reverse genetic study. The recently developed prime editing approach, a modified CRISPR/Cas9 [clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein] editing method, has reached the precision goal but its editing rate can be improved. We present an improved methodology that allows for routine prime editing in the model plant Physcomitrium patens, whilst exploring potential new prime editing improvements. Using a standardized protoplast transfection procedure, multiple prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA) structural and prime editor variants were evaluated targeting the APT reporter gene through direct plant selection. Together, enhancements of expression of the prime editor, modifications of the 3ʹ extension of the pegRNA, and the addition of synonymous mutation in the reverse transcriptase template sequence of the pegRNA dramatically improve the editing rate without affecting the quality of the edits. Furthermore, we show that prime editing is amenable to edit a gene of interest through indirect selection, as demonstrated by the generation of a Ppdek10 mutant. Additionally, we determine that a plant retrotransposon reverse transcriptase enables prime editing. Finally, we show for the first time the possibility of performing prime editing with two independently coded peptides.