Publication: Programmed genome editing of the omega-1 ribonuclease of the blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni
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2019-01-15
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2050084X
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eLife. Vol.8, (2019)
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Wannaporn Ittiprasert, Victoria H. Mann, Shannon E. Karinshak, Avril Coghlan, Gabriel Rinaldi, Geetha Sankaranarayanan, Apisit Chaidee, Toshihiko Tanno, Chutima Kumkhaek, Pannathee Prangtaworn, Margaret M. Mentink-Kane, Christina J. Cochran, Patrick Driguez, Nancy Holroyd, Alan Tracey, Rutchanee Rodpai, Bart Everts, Cornelis H. Hokke, Karl F. Hoffmann, Matthew Berriman, Paul J. Brindley Programmed genome editing of the omega-1 ribonuclease of the blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni. eLife. Vol.8, (2019). doi:10.7554/eLife.41337 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/50291
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Programmed genome editing of the omega-1 ribonuclease of the blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni
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Wannaporn Ittiprasert
Victoria H. Mann
Shannon E. Karinshak
Avril Coghlan
Gabriel Rinaldi
Geetha Sankaranarayanan
Apisit Chaidee
Toshihiko Tanno
Chutima Kumkhaek
Pannathee Prangtaworn
Margaret M. Mentink-Kane
Christina J. Cochran
Patrick Driguez
Nancy Holroyd
Alan Tracey
Rutchanee Rodpai
Bart Everts
Cornelis H. Hokke
Karl F. Hoffmann
Matthew Berriman
Paul J. Brindley
Victoria H. Mann
Shannon E. Karinshak
Avril Coghlan
Gabriel Rinaldi
Geetha Sankaranarayanan
Apisit Chaidee
Toshihiko Tanno
Chutima Kumkhaek
Pannathee Prangtaworn
Margaret M. Mentink-Kane
Christina J. Cochran
Patrick Driguez
Nancy Holroyd
Alan Tracey
Rutchanee Rodpai
Bart Everts
Cornelis H. Hokke
Karl F. Hoffmann
Matthew Berriman
Paul J. Brindley
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Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
The George Washington University
Research Institute
Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
The George Washington University
Research Institute
Abstract
CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing has yet to be reported in species of the Platyhelminthes. We tested this approach by targeting omega-1 (ω1) of Schistosoma mansoni as proof of principle. This secreted ribonuclease is crucial for Th2 polarization and granuloma formation. Schistosome eggs were exposed to Cas9 complexed with guide RNA complementary to ω1 by electroporation or by transduction with lentiviral particles. Some eggs were also transfected with a single stranded donor template. Sequences of amplicons from gene-edited parasites exhibited Cas9-catalyzed mutations including homology directed repaired alleles, and other analyses revealed depletion of ω1 transcripts and the ribonuclease. Gene-edited eggs failed to polarize Th2 cytokine responses in macrophage/T-cell co-cultures, while the volume of pulmonary granulomas surrounding ω1-mutated eggs following tail-vein injection into mice was vastly reduced. Knock-out of ω1 and the diminished levels of these cytokines following exposure showcase the novel application of programmed gene editing for functional genomics in schistosomes.