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dc.contributor.authorMerlin, Christine
dc.contributor.authorBeaver, Lauren E.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Orley R.
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Scot A.
dc.contributor.authorReppert, Steven M.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:15.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:01:24Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:01:24Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-01
dc.date.submitted2012-10-03
dc.identifier.citation<p>Genome Res. 2013 Jan;23(1):159-68. doi: 10.1101/gr.145599.112. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gr.145599.112" target="_blank">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>
dc.identifier.issn1088-9051 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1101/gr.145599.112
dc.identifier.pmid23009861
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/44000
dc.description.abstractThe development of reverse-genetic tools in "non-model" insect species with distinct biology is critical to establish them as viable model systems. The eastern North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), whose genome is sequenced, has emerged as a model to study animal clocks, navigational mechanisms and the genetic basis of long-distance migration. Here, we developed a highly efficient gene-targeting approach in the monarch using zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), engineered nucleases that generate mutations at targeted genomic sequences. We focused our ZFN approach on targeting the type 2 vertebrate-like cryptochrome gene of the monarch (designated cry2), which encodes a putative transcriptional repressor of the monarch circadian clockwork. Co-injections of mRNAs encoding ZFNs targeting the second exon of monarch cry2 into "one nucleus" stage embryos led to high frequency non-homologous end-joining-mediated, mutagenic lesions in the germline (up to 50%). Heritable ZFN-induced lesions in two independent lines produced truncated, nonfunctional CRY2 proteins, resulting in the in vivo disruption of circadian behavior and the molecular clock mechanism. Our work genetically defines CRY2 as an essential transcriptional repressor of the monarch circadian clock and provides a proof of concept for the use of ZFNs for manipulating genes in the monarch butterfly genome. Importantly, this approach could be used in other lepidopterans and "non-model" insects, thus opening new avenues to decipher the molecular underpinnings of a variety of biological processes.
dc.language.isoen_US
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dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gr.145599.112
dc.rights<p>Freely available online immediately upon publication through the Genome Research Open Access option.</p>
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
dc.subjectButterflies
dc.subjectZinc Fingers
dc.subjectMutagenesis
dc.subjectCircadian Clocks
dc.subjectGenetics and Genomics
dc.subjectNeuroscience and Neurobiology
dc.titleEfficient targeted mutagenesis in the monarch butterfly using zinc finger nucleases
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleGenome research
dc.source.volume23
dc.source.issue1
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1208&amp;context=pgfe_pp&amp;unstamped=1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pgfe_pp/208
dc.identifier.contextkey3366466
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-23T17:01:24Z
html.description.abstract<p>The development of reverse-genetic tools in "non-model" insect species with distinct biology is critical to establish them as viable model systems. The eastern North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), whose genome is sequenced, has emerged as a model to study animal clocks, navigational mechanisms and the genetic basis of long-distance migration. Here, we developed a highly efficient gene-targeting approach in the monarch using zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), engineered nucleases that generate mutations at targeted genomic sequences. We focused our ZFN approach on targeting the type 2 vertebrate-like cryptochrome gene of the monarch (designated cry2), which encodes a putative transcriptional repressor of the monarch circadian clockwork. Co-injections of mRNAs encoding ZFNs targeting the second exon of monarch cry2 into "one nucleus" stage embryos led to high frequency non-homologous end-joining-mediated, mutagenic lesions in the germline (up to 50%). Heritable ZFN-induced lesions in two independent lines produced truncated, nonfunctional CRY2 proteins, resulting in the in vivo disruption of circadian behavior and the molecular clock mechanism. Our work genetically defines CRY2 as an essential transcriptional repressor of the monarch circadian clock and provides a proof of concept for the use of ZFNs for manipulating genes in the monarch butterfly genome. Importantly, this approach could be used in other lepidopterans and "non-model" insects, thus opening new avenues to decipher the molecular underpinnings of a variety of biological processes.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathpgfe_pp/208
dc.contributor.departmentReppert Lab
dc.contributor.departmentNeurobiology
dc.contributor.departmentBiochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
dc.contributor.departmentProgram in Gene Function and Expression
dc.source.pages159-168


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