发布: 2017年05月20日第7卷第10期 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2306 浏览次数: 10036
评审: Renate WeizbauerJudd F HultquistAnonymous reviewer(s)
Abstract
Chromosome engineering is an important technology with applications in basic biology and biotechnology. Chromosome splitting technology called PCS (PCR-mediated Chromosome Splitting) has already been developed as a fundamental chromosome engineering technology in the budding yeast. However, the splitting efficiency of PCS technology is not high enough to achieve multiple splitting at a time. This protocol describes a procedure for achieving simultaneous and multiple chromosome splits in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a new technology called CRISPR-PCS. At least four independent sites in the genome can be split by one transformation. Total time and labor for obtaining a multiple split yeast strain is drastically reduced when compared with conventional PCS technology.
Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (酿酒酵母)Background
Chromosome engineering technologies that enable rapid and efficient manipulation of multiple genetic loci or chromosomal regions have become increasingly important. Such technologies offer a powerful means for elucidating chromosome and genome function. Additionally, it can be used for breeding useful strains through the creation of a wide array of genetic variants. A chromosome splitting technology called PCS (PCR-mediated Chromosome Splitting) technology has been developed in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This technology allows the splitting of yeast chromosomes at any desired site by introducing centromeres and telomere seed sequences based on the homologous recombination mechanism. The resulting chromosomes possess one centromere and telomeres at both ends, thus function as normal chromosomes (Sugiyama et al., 2005). However, low splitting efficiency is a drawback in PCS, therefore simultaneous and multiple splitting of chromosomes has been impossible. In this situation, we developed a novel chromosome splitting technology called CRISPR-PCS. It is well known that double strand break (DSB) markedly increases homologous recombination activity around the DSB site in yeast (Agmon et al., 2009). The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a genome editing technology that can induce targeted DSBs. By utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 system, we can induce DSB at any genomic locus and thus activate homologous recombination activity. CRISPR-PCS is a technology that combines CRISPR/Cas9 system with PCS, thus allowing the increase of splitting efficiency by approximately 200 fold. This drastically increased efficiency enables simultaneous and multiple chromosome spitting. Overview of the CRISPR-PCS technology is illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Overview of CRISPR-PCS. In CRISPR-PCS, one gRNA expressing plasmid for the specific targeting site and two splitting modules are required to split yeast chromosome at a specific site. These DNA molecules are introduced into the Cas9 expressing strain, i.e., the strain carrying p414-TEF1p-Cas9-CYC1t plasmid. Transformants where the expected split event occurred are selected by auxotrophic marker selection. Closed black circles represent the centromere. Red and blue boxes represent the homology sequences for recombination. Arrows represent the telomere sequence.
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Sasano, Y. and Harashima, S. (2017). CRISPR-PCS Protocol for Chromosome Splitting and Splitting Event Detection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bio-protocol 7(10): e2306. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2306.
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分子生物学 > DNA > 染色体工程
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