Development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology

Abstract Filamentous fungi represent an invaluable source of pharmaceutically active compounds. The development of versatile methods to genetically manipulate filamentous fungi is of great value for improving the low yields of bioactive metabolites and expanding chemical diversity. The CRISPR-Cas9-b...

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Autores principales: Yan-Mei Zheng, Fu-Long Lin, Hao Gao, Gen Zou, Jiang-Wei Zhang, Gao-Qian Wang, Guo-Dong Chen, Zhi-Hua Zhou, Xin-Sheng Yao, Dan Hu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:435d45484750440791e74b5b38caee942021-12-02T11:41:20ZDevelopment of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology10.1038/s41598-017-10052-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/435d45484750440791e74b5b38caee942017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10052-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Filamentous fungi represent an invaluable source of pharmaceutically active compounds. The development of versatile methods to genetically manipulate filamentous fungi is of great value for improving the low yields of bioactive metabolites and expanding chemical diversity. The CRISPR-Cas9-based system has become a common platform for genome editing in a variety of organisms. However, recent application of this technology in filamentous fungi is limited to model strains, a versatile method for efficient gene disruption in different fungi is lacking. Here, we investigated the utility of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in a less-studied fungus Nodulisporium sp. (No. 65-12-7-1), and we have developed an efficient CRISPR-Cas9-based gene disruption strategy by simultaneous transformation of in vitro transcriptional gRNA and the linear maker gene cassette into the Cas9-expressing fungi. We found that the linear marker gene cassette could not only allow for selection of transformants, but also significantly enhance the gene disruption efficiency by inserting itself into the Cas9 cut site. Moreover, the above approach also demonstrated its efficiency in two other phylogenetically distinct strains Aspergillus oryzae NSAR1 and Sporormiella minima (No. 40-1-4-1) from two different classes of Ascomycota. These results suggested that a versatile CRISPR-Cas9-based gene disruption method in filamentous fungi was established.Yan-Mei ZhengFu-Long LinHao GaoGen ZouJiang-Wei ZhangGao-Qian WangGuo-Dong ChenZhi-Hua ZhouXin-Sheng YaoDan HuNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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Yan-Mei Zheng
Fu-Long Lin
Hao Gao
Gen Zou
Jiang-Wei Zhang
Gao-Qian Wang
Guo-Dong Chen
Zhi-Hua Zhou
Xin-Sheng Yao
Dan Hu
Development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology
description Abstract Filamentous fungi represent an invaluable source of pharmaceutically active compounds. The development of versatile methods to genetically manipulate filamentous fungi is of great value for improving the low yields of bioactive metabolites and expanding chemical diversity. The CRISPR-Cas9-based system has become a common platform for genome editing in a variety of organisms. However, recent application of this technology in filamentous fungi is limited to model strains, a versatile method for efficient gene disruption in different fungi is lacking. Here, we investigated the utility of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in a less-studied fungus Nodulisporium sp. (No. 65-12-7-1), and we have developed an efficient CRISPR-Cas9-based gene disruption strategy by simultaneous transformation of in vitro transcriptional gRNA and the linear maker gene cassette into the Cas9-expressing fungi. We found that the linear marker gene cassette could not only allow for selection of transformants, but also significantly enhance the gene disruption efficiency by inserting itself into the Cas9 cut site. Moreover, the above approach also demonstrated its efficiency in two other phylogenetically distinct strains Aspergillus oryzae NSAR1 and Sporormiella minima (No. 40-1-4-1) from two different classes of Ascomycota. These results suggested that a versatile CRISPR-Cas9-based gene disruption method in filamentous fungi was established.
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author Yan-Mei Zheng
Fu-Long Lin
Hao Gao
Gen Zou
Jiang-Wei Zhang
Gao-Qian Wang
Guo-Dong Chen
Zhi-Hua Zhou
Xin-Sheng Yao
Dan Hu
author_facet Yan-Mei Zheng
Fu-Long Lin
Hao Gao
Gen Zou
Jiang-Wei Zhang
Gao-Qian Wang
Guo-Dong Chen
Zhi-Hua Zhou
Xin-Sheng Yao
Dan Hu
author_sort Yan-Mei Zheng
title Development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology
title_short Development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology
title_full Development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology
title_fullStr Development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology
title_full_unstemmed Development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology
title_sort development of a versatile and conventional technique for gene disruption in filamentous fungi based on crispr-cas9 technology
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/435d45484750440791e74b5b38caee94
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