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Inhibition of KU70 and KU80 by CRISPR interference, not NgAgo interference, increases the efficiency of homologous recombination in pig fetal fibroblasts
LI Guo-ling, QUAN Rong, WANG Hao-qiang, RUAN Xiao-fang, MO Jian-xin, ZHONG Cui-li, YANG Huaqiang, LI Zi-cong, GU Ting, LIU De-wu, WU Zhen-fang, CAI Geng-yuan, ZHANG Xian-wei
2019, 18 (2): 438-448.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(18)62150-1
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Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) is a predominant pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSB).  It inhibits the efficiency of homologous recombination (HR) by competing for DSB targets.  To improve the efficiency of HR, multiple CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) and Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute (NgAgo) interference (NgAgoi) systems have been designed for the knockdown of NHEJ key molecules, KU70, KU80, polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase (PNKP), DNA ligase IV (LIG4), and NHEJ1.  Suppression of KU70 and KU80 by CRISPRi dramatically promoted (P<0.05) the efficiency of HR to 1.85- and 1.58-fold, respectively, whereas knockdown of PNKP, LIG4, and NHEJ1 repair factors did not significantly increase (P>0.05) HR efficiency.  Interestingly, although the NgAgoi system significantly suppressed (P<0.05) KU70, KU80, PNKP, LIG4, and NHEJ1 expression, it did not improve (P>0.05) HR efficiency in primary fetal fibroblasts.  Our result showed that both NgAgo and catalytically inactive Cas9 (dCas9) could interfere with the expression of target genes, but the downstream factors appear to be more active following CRISPR-mediated interference than that of NgAgo. 
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Characterization of dual enzyme resulted from bicistronic expression of two β-glucanases in porcine cells
ZHANG Xian-wei, LI Zi-cong, MENG Fan-ming, WANG De-hua, LIU De-wu, HE Xiao-yan, SUN Yue, BAI Yin-shan, WU Zhen-fang
2015, 14 (4): 732-740.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60788-7
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Many animal feed grains contain high β-glucan in the cell wall. Pigs do not secret β-glucanase to degrade the β-glucan in their feed. The indigestible β-glucan not only blocks the release of nutrients from the grain cell wall, but also increases the digesta viscosity in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs. Therefore, dietary β-glucan significantly inhibits nutrient digestion and absorption in pigs. Transgenic expression of β-glucanase in the digestive tract of pigs may offer a solution to solve this problem. In the current study, four arti?cial codon-optimized β-glucanases genes was prepared and expressed in porcine cells. Only pBgA and pEgx showed high activity in transfected pig kidney cells. To improve the pH range and pH stability of β-glucanase, the two β-glucanases, pBgA and pEgx, were co-expressed in pig kidney cells and salivary gland cells by Linker A3 or 2A peptide. The resulting dual enzymes of pBgA3pEg and pBg2ApEg showed significantly enlarged pH range and significantly increased pH stability, as compared to parental enzymes. These results provide useful data for future study on increasing the feed digestibility of pigs by transgenic expression of β-glucanase in their salivary glands.
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