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- Title
First Report on Genome Editing via Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) in Castanea sativa Mill.
- Authors
Pavese, Vera; Moglia, Andrea; Abbà, Silvia; Milani, Anna Maria; Torello Marinoni, Daniela; Corredoira, Elena; Martínez, Maria Teresa; Botta, Roberto
- Abstract
Castanea sativa is an important tree nut species worldwide, highly appreciated for its multifunctional role, in particular for timber and nut production. Nowadays, new strategies are needed to achieve plant resilience to diseases, climate change, higher yields, and nutritional quality. Among the new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs), the CRISPR/Cas9 system represents a powerful tool to improve plant breeding in a short time and inexpensive way. In addition, the CRISPR/Cas9 construct can be delivered into the cells in the form of ribonucleoproteins (RNPs), avoiding the integration of exogenous DNA (GMO-free) through protoplast technology that represents an interesting material for gene editing thanks to the highly permeable membrane to DNA. In the present study, we developed the first protoplast isolation protocol starting from European chestnut somatic embryos. The enzyme solution optimized for cell wall digestion contained 1% cellulase Onozuka R-10 and 0.5% macerozyme R-10. After incubation for 4 h at 25 °C in dark conditions, a yield of 4,500,000 protoplasts/mL was obtained (91% viable). The transfection capacity was evaluated using the GFP marker gene, and the percentage of transfected protoplasts was 51%, 72 h after the transfection event. The direct delivery of the purified RNP was then performed targeting the phytoene desaturase gene. Results revealed the expected target modification by the CRISPR/Cas9 RNP and the efficient protoplast editing.
- Subjects
CHESTNUT; NUCLEOPROTEINS; GENOME editing; PLANT breeding; CELLULASE; CRISPRS; PLANT diseases; GENE transfection
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, Vol 23, Issue 10, p5762
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms23105762