A Rice CRISPy Treat: Improving CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in the zebrafish to facilitate analysis of genes implicated in neural angiogenesis in an F0 screen

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dc.contributor.advisorWagner, Daniel Sen_US
dc.creatorClements, Thomas Pen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T14:52:21Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-05-17T14:52:21Zen_US
dc.date.created2018-05en_US
dc.date.issued2018-04-16en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2018en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T14:52:21Zen_US
dc.description.abstractScientists are eager for novel mutants to study gene function, evolutionary relationships, and even perform drug screens. Zebrafish are a well-established model for scientific research (Kimmel et al., 1995) and have been a premiere model for both forward and reverse genetic research. However, each current method to produce novel gene knockouts (KO) is not without their drawbacks. In order to address this need, I have developed a novel Cas9 fusion (ExoCas9) to enhance the efficiency of CRISPR-Cas based gene knockouts in the zebrafish. This fusion increases the efficiency of gene KOs as well as the average size of deletions produced. I used this fusion to screen for F0 neural angiogenic specific defects (brain hemorrhages) in genes implicated in TGF-β pathway response. I tested 70 single guide (sgRNAs) representing 26 individual genes using ExoCas9 and confirmed most targeted genes produced an observable brain hemorrhage phenotype greater than 10% for at least one sgRNA. I also looked for malformations in zebrafish vasculature hallmarks in the Casper KDR transgenic line, which has GFP-labeled vasculature, on a subset of genes from the ExoCas9 F0 screen. I prioritized additional experiments in genes also implicated in WNT neural angiogenesis (Hupe et al., 2017). I hypothesize that TGF-β and Wnt- pathways coordinately regulate a set of genes essential for brain angiogenesis and blood brain barrier (BBB) formation.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationClements, Thomas P. "A Rice CRISPy Treat: Improving CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in the zebrafish to facilitate analysis of genes implicated in neural angiogenesis in an F0 screen." (2018) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105724">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105724</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105724en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectzebrafishen_US
dc.subjectcrispren_US
dc.subjectexocas9en_US
dc.subjectf0en_US
dc.subjectangiogenesisen_US
dc.subjecthemorrhageen_US
dc.titleA Rice CRISPy Treat: Improving CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in the zebrafish to facilitate analysis of genes implicated in neural angiogenesis in an F0 screenen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentBiochemistry and Cell Biologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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