Example 8
Inactivation of Glycosyltransferase Genes by Multi-Exon Dual CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing.
Gene inactivation is ensured by removal of exons encoding the cytoplasmic tail/transmembrane and parts of the stem encoded sequences of the desired gene needed to be inactivated. Target region deletion is mediated by use of a pairs of CRISPR/Cas9-gRNAs targeting the flanking regions encoding Mgat4a signal sequence, transmembrane anchoring and stem-regions. CHO Mgat4a is targeted using CHO Mgat4a CRISPR/Cas9 gRNA's Mgat4aEx1gRNA (5′-GGTATACCACATGGCAAAATGGG-3′) specific for exon1 and Mgat4aEx2gRNA (5′-GTCCAACAGTTTCGCCGTGCAGG-3′) specific for exon2. Both gRNA's were cloned into the BbsI (NEB, USA) gRNA target site of px458 (Addgene, USA) encoding GFP tagged S. pyogenes Cas9 and U6 promoter driven gRNA casette, generating px458-CRISPR-Mgat4aex1gRNA and px458-CRISPR-Mgat4aex2gRNA. Precise gene editing by nucleofection using 2 ug of these CRISPR/Cas9-Mgat4a editing tools and target selection validation was performed in CHO-GS cells as described in Examples 3 and 7.