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ArticleNature communications2023

Fast, multiplexable and efficient somatic gene deletions in adult mouse skeletal muscle fibers using AAV-CRISPR/Cas9.

Marco Thürkauf, Shuo Lin, Filippo Oliveri, Dirk Grimm, Randall J Platt, Markus A Rüegg

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marco ThürkaufBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-872X
Shuo LinBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Filippo OliveriBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Dirk GrimmDepartment of Infectious Diseases/Virology, Section Viral Vector Technologies, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-5665
Randall J PlattDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2914-7052
Markus A RüeggBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. markus-a.ruegg@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-9384
University of Basel · CHHeidelberg University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular screens comparing different disease states to identify candidate genes rely on the availability of fast, reliable and multiplexable systems to interrogate genes of interest. CRISPR/Cas9-based reverse genetics is a promising method to eventually achieve this. However, such methods are sorely lacking for multi-nucleated muscle fibers, since highly efficient nuclei editing is a requisite to robustly inactive candidate genes. Here, we couple Cre-mediated skeletal muscle fiber-specific Cas9 expression with myotropic adeno-associated virus-mediated sgRNA delivery to establish a system for highly effective somatic gene deletions in mice. Using well-characterized genes, we show that local or systemic inactivation of these genes copy the phenotype of traditional gene-knockout mouse models. Thus, this proof-of-principle study establishes a method to unravel the function of individual genes or entire signaling pathways in adult skeletal muscle fibers without the cumbersome requirement of generating knockout mice.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingAnimalsGene DeletionMiceMice, KnockoutMuscle Fibers, SkeletalRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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