Generation of a dual edited human induced pluripotent stem cell Myl7-GFP reporter line with inducible CRISPRi/dCas9

Autor: Eyal Metzl-Raz, Nike Bharucha, Jennifer Arthur Ataam, Alexandra A. Gavidia, William J. Greenleaf, Ioannis Karakikes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Stem Cell Research, Vol 61, Iss , Pp 102754- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1873-5061
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2022.102754
Popis: Temporal regulation of CRISPRi activity is critical for genetic screens. Here, we present an inducible CRISPRi platform enabling selection of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and reversible gene knockdown. We targeted a doxycycline-inducible dCas9-KRAB-mCherry cassette into the AAVS1 locus in an MYL7-mGFP reporter iPSC line. A clone with bi-allelic integration displayed minimally leaky CRISPRi activity and strong expression upon addition of doxycycline in iPSCs, iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, and multilineage differentiated cells. The CRISPRi activity was validated by targeting the MYOCD gene in iPSC cardiomyocytes. In summary, we developed a robust inducible CRISPRi platform to interrogate gene function in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and other cells.
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