All procedures used for animal studies were approved by Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and were consistent with local, state, and federal regulations as applicable. Knock-in mice were generated using a guide RNA designed to target the orthologous site of the
A1CF p.Gly390Ser variant. In vitro transcribed
Cas9 mRNA (100 ng/μL; TriLink BioTechnologies) and guide RNA (50 ng/μL) were co-injected with 100 ng/μL
single-strand DNA oligonucleotide (Integrated DNA Technologies): (
Supplementary Table 21) into the cytoplasm of fertilized oocytes from C57BL/6J mice. Genomic DNA samples from founder mice were screened for knock-in mutations by PCR and confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Positive mice were bred with C57BL/6J mice to generate wild-type and homozygous knock-in mice. Male colony mates at 12 weeks of age were used for lipid measurements. Blood samples were collected from the lateral tail vein following an overnight fast. Plasma triglyceride levels were measured using
Infinity Triglycerides Reagent (Thermo Fisher) according to the manufacturers’ instructions.
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