Development of Polymer/DNA Polyplexes System for Nucleic Acid Delivery to the Multicellular Organism C. elegans
biorxiv(2022)
摘要
Gene therapy studies have been of great importance in the elimination of genetic diseases, and the capability of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technique to correct genetic defects has shown great promise. As DNA-based Cas9 nuclease delivery is preferable because of its low cost and higher stability, effective vector-based CRISPR/Cas9 administration is urgently needed. Here, we used the multicellular organism Caenorhabditis elegans to optimize the polymer-mediated DNA delivery system to generate mutants with CRISPR/Cas9. Toward this end, the cationically quaternized polymer of POEGMA-b-P4VP (POEGMA-b-QP4VP) as a carrier of CRISPR/Cas9 components was first synthesized, followed by the formation of plasmid DNA-polymer complex called polyplexes. 1H NMR, Zeta-Sizer, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis, and gel retardation experiments confirmed the polyplexes formation, including pRF4 (Roller) and sgRNA dpy-10 , which were then incubated with C. elegans . The polymer-mediated delivery system facilitated the generation of transgenic Roller animals and heritable Dumpy mutants with CRISPR/Cas9. Our study for the first time demonstrated optimized administration of CRISPR/Cas 9 components to C. elegans .
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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polymer/dna polyplexes system,nucleic acid delivery
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