PMID- 27484482 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170613 LR - 20181113 IS - 1362-4962 (Electronic) IS - 0305-1048 (Print) IS - 0305-1048 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 16 DP - 2016 Sep 19 TI - Co-incident insertion enables high efficiency genome engineering in mouse embryonic stem cells. PG - 7997-8010 LID - 10.1093/nar/gkw685 [doi] AB - CRISPR/Cas9 nucleases have enabled powerful, new genome editing capabilities; however, the preponderance of non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) mediated repair events over homology directed repair (HDR) in most cell types limits the ability to engineer precise changes in mammalian genomes. Here, we increase the efficiency of isolating precise HDR-mediated events in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells by more than 20-fold through the use of co-incidental insertion (COIN) of independent donor DNA sequences. Analysis of on:off-target frequencies at the Lef1 gene revealed that bi-allelic insertion of a PGK-Neo cassette occurred more frequently than expected. Using various selection cassettes targeting multiple loci, we show that the insertion of a selectable marker at one control site frequently coincided with an insertion at an unlinked, independently targeted site, suggesting enrichment of a sub-population of HDR-proficient cells. When individual cell events were tracked using flow cytometry and fluorescent protein markers, individual cells frequently performed either a homology-dependent insertion event or a homology-independent event, but rarely both types of insertions in a single cell. Thus, when HDR-dependent selection donors are used, COIN enriches for HDR-proficient cells among heterogeneous cell populations. When combined with a self-excising selection cassette, COIN provides highly efficient and scarless genome editing. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research. FAU - Shy, Brian R AU - Shy BR AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA Genome Editing Core, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. FAU - MacDougall, Matthew S AU - MacDougall MS AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. FAU - Clarke, Ryan AU - Clarke R AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. FAU - Merrill, Bradley J AU - Merrill BJ AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA Genome Editing Core, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA merrillb@uic.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 HD081534/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM079086/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 HL007829/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160802 PL - England TA - Nucleic Acids Res JT - Nucleic acids research JID - 0411011 RN - 0 (CRISPR-Associated Proteins) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - CRISPR-Associated Proteins/metabolism MH - DNA/genetics MH - DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded MH - DNA End-Joining Repair/genetics MH - Gene Editing MH - Genetic Engineering/*methods MH - *Genome MH - Homologous Recombination/genetics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells/*metabolism MH - Mutagenesis, Insertional/*genetics MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Recombinational DNA Repair PMC - PMC5027516 EDAT- 2016/08/04 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/14 06:00 PMCR- 2016/08/02 CRDT- 2016/08/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/02/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gkw685 [pii] AID - 10.1093/nar/gkw685 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Sep 19;44(16):7997-8010. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw685. Epub 2016 Aug 2.