ヨシダ　ケイタ   Yoshida Keita   吉田　慶太    所属   医学部 医学科    職種   助教
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Tissue-specific and ubiquitous gene knockouts by TALEN electroporation provide new approaches to investigating gene function in Ciona.
掲載誌名	正式名：Development (Cambridge, England) 略　 称：Development ISSNコード：1477-9129(Electronic)0950-1991(Linking)
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	141(2),pp.481-7
著者・共著者	Treen Nicholas†, Yoshida Keita, Sakuma Tetsushi, Sasaki Haruka, Kawai Narudo, Yamamoto Takashi, Sasakura Yasunori*
担当区分	2nd著者
発行年月	2014/01
概要	Custom designed nucleases can simplify gene targeting experiments and have the potential to allow these techniques to be performed in a wide range of organisms. Transcriptional activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) are starting to fulfill this potential with the advantages of low cost and fast construction times. Here, we report that TALENs are highly effective at inducing mutations in specific genomic loci in the ascidian chordate Ciona intestinalis. In Ciona there are well-established methods to introduce exogenous DNA by electroporation, and we show that this method can be used to introduce constructs that can express TALENs ubiquitously or in specific tissues. Our current protocols enable the rapid analysis of hundreds of TALEN-induced mutants. TALEN electroporations result in a high rate of mutations. These mutations can result in gene knockouts that recapitulate previously described functions of Fgf3 and Hox12. We show that TALENs can work efficiently to cause tissue-specific knockouts and demonstrate this by knocking out Hox12 in the epidermis and Fgf3 in neural tissues. We also use tissue-specific knockouts to reveal a new function of Fgf3 during ascidian larval metamorphosis.
DOI	10.1242/dev.099572
文献番号	24353063