Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gene editing in the oocyte by CAS9 nucleases
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Application No.: US14836231Application Date: 2015-08-26
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Publication No.: US09783780B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Ralf Kühn , Wolfgang Wurst , Oskar Ortiz Sanchez
- Applicant: HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT
- Applicant Address: DE Neuherberg
- Assignee: HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT
- Current Assignee: HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neuherberg
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C.
- Priority: EP13157063 20130227
- Main IPC: A01N63/00
- IPC: A01N63/00 ; A61K48/00 ; C12N5/075 ; A01K67/027 ; C12N9/22 ; C12N15/89 ; C12N15/90 ; A61D19/04 ; C12N15/10

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of producing a non-human, mammalian oocyte carrying a modified target sequence in its genome, the method comprising the steps of introducing into a non-human, mammalian oocyte: (a) a clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated protein 9 (Cas9 protein) or a nucleic acid molecule encoding said Cas9 protein; and (b-i) a target sequence specific CRISPR RNA (crRNA) and a trans-activating crRNA (tracr RNA) or a nucleic acid molecule encoding said RNAs; or (b-ii) a chimaeric RNA sequence comprising a target sequence specific crRNA and tracrRNA or a nucleic acid molecule encoding said RNA; wherein the Cas9 protein introduced in (a) and the RNA sequence(s) introduced in (b-i) or (b-ii) form a protein/RNA complex that specifically binds to the target sequence and introduces a single or double strand break within the target sequence. The present invention further relates to the method of the invention, wherein the target sequence is modified by homologous recombination with a donor nucleic acid sequence further comprising the step: (c) introducing a nucleic acid molecule into the cell, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises the donor nucleic acid sequence and regions homologous to the target sequence. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a non-human mammal carrying a modified target sequence in its genome.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150376652A1 GENE EDITING IN THE OOCYTE BY CAS9 NUCLEASES Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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