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Identification of genes regulating gene targeting by a high-throughput screening approach.

ABSTRACT: Homologous gene targeting (HGT) is a precise but inefficient process for genome engineering. Several methods for increasing its efficiency have been developed, including the use of rare cutting endonucleases. However, there is still room for improvement, as even nuclease-induced HGT may vary in efficiency as a function of the nuclease, target site, and cell type considered. We have developed a high-throughput screening assay for the identification of factors stimulating meganuclease-induced HGT. We used this assay to explore a collection of siRNAs targeting 19,121 human genes. At the end of secondary screening, we had identified 64 genes for which knockdown affected nuclease-induced HGT. Two of the strongest candidates were characterized further. We showed that siRNAs directed against the ATF7IP gene, encoding a protein involved in chromatin remodeling, stimulated HGT by a factor of three to eight, at various loci and in different cell types. This method thus led to the identification of a number of genes, the manipulation of which might increase rates of targeted recombination.

SUBMITTER: Delacote F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3118287 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of genes regulating gene targeting by a high-throughput screening approach.

Delacôte Fabien F Perez Christophe C Guyot Valérie V Mikonio Catherine C Potrel Pierrick P Cabaniols Jean-Pierre JP Delenda Christophe C Pâques Frédéric F Duchateau Philippe P

Journal of nucleic acids 20110213

Homologous gene targeting (HGT) is a precise but inefficient process for genome engineering. Several methods for increasing its efficiency have been developed, including the use of rare cutting endonucleases. However, there is still room for improvement, as even nuclease-induced HGT may vary in efficiency as a function of the nuclease, target site, and cell type considered. We have developed a high-throughput screening assay for the identification of factors stimulating meganuclease-induced HGT. ...[more]

PMID: 21716659

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Identification of genes regulating gene targeting by a high-throughput screening approach.

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Identification of genes regulating gene targeting by a high-throughput screening approach.

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