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Generierung eines Fanconi Anämie-Modells im Schwein durch fortschrittliches Genom-Engineering

Fachliche Zuordnung Tiermedizin
Förderung Förderung von 2010 bis 2017
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 192206558
 
Erstellungsjahr 2019

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

In summary, good progress toward the establishment of a Fanconi anemia model in the pig were made, albeit the final aim of a pig with the mutated FANCA gene was not reached. However, the molecular CRISPR/Cas9 tools for targeting of the FANCA gene were produced and tested in porcine cell cultures and parthenogenetic embryos. In addition, a FANCA rescue vector was generated and validated. The cytoplasmic injection of CRISPR/Cas9 plasmids in murine and porcine embryos was validated and the specific targeting of reporter constructs and the FANCA gene was confirmed. Thus the in ovo engineering is a suitable alternative to the commonly applied animal cloning method. Importantly, a syngeneic cohort of piglets carrying two different reporter genes could be generated by re-targeting of a transposon-tagged locus for a site-specific gene knock-in. This approach expands the arsenal of genome engineering technologies in domestic animals, and will facilitate the development of large animal models for human diseases. Potentially, the syngeneic cohort of pigs will be instrumental for vital tracking of transplanted cells in pre-clinical assessments of novel cell therapies.

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