Disclosure of Invention
In view of the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide a method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR and application thereof, and aims to solve the problems that the identification process is long in time consumption and large in required cell amount after MSC gene modification in the prior art, and further the next screening and application are restricted.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
in a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modifications based on PCR, which comprises the steps of:
A) modifying the specific gene of the MSC by using a Cas9 gene targeting technology;
B) after gene targeting is finished, recovering for 3 days according to 80% cell density, then inoculating the cells into a 96-well plate according to the density of 0.8 cell per well, and culturing and maintaining by using an MSC conditioned medium;
C) after 7 days, the cells from each well were divided into two, one for continuous culture and the other for rapid PCR-based identification;
D) and (4) screening positive clones according to the result of the rapid identification, and carrying out the next analysis after amplification.
The method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR comprises the following specific steps:
1) cells were rapidly centrifuged at 5000rpm for 1min and resuspended in 15. mu.l of lysate;
2) keeping at 55 deg.C for 60 min;
3) keeping at 95 deg.C for 15 min;
4) quickly centrifuging at 12000rpm for 1min to obtain supernatant for subsequent PCR identification;
5) taking the supernatant, adding a specific primer aiming at the modified MSC specific gene, and carrying out PCR amplification;
6) the size of the PCR amplification product was identified and compared to the expected fragment size.
The method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR comprises the steps of dissolving the mixture into 10mM Tris-HCl with the pH value of 8.0, 2mM EDTA with the pH value of 8.0, 2% Tween 20 and 1mg/ml proteinase K.
The method for rapidly identifying the MSC gene modification based on the PCR comprises the steps of screening positive clones according to a rapid identification result, and carrying out modified gene expression quantity analysis, MSC marker analysis and MSC differentiation capacity identification after amplification.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides the use of a method for rapid identification of genetic modifications of MSCs based on PCR, wherein any of the methods described above is used for identification of genetic modifications of MSCs.
Has the advantages that: the invention provides a method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR and application thereof. The method for rapidly identifying based on PCR provided by the invention can complete identification only by a few cells, and can obtain enough cells for identification only by 10 days at the fastest speed after gene targeting is finished, so that the time is greatly saved, the progress of subsequent work is greatly promoted, and targeted genome modification can be effectively realized in MSC. Moreover, identification only needs few cells, so that the time of in vitro expansion of the MSC is greatly shortened, and the function reduction caused by overlong time of in vitro expansion of the MSC is avoided. Moreover, compared with the traditional technology, the method screens out positive clones for subsequent work, has short amplification time and less passage times, and also has certain advantages in the aspects of dryness maintenance, differentiation potential and the like. In addition, the PCR identification process is simple and convenient to operate, and has low requirements on operators and instruments; the time consumption is short, and the operation can be completed in a few hours; can be operated in batch, allows dozens or even hundreds of clones to be identified at one time, and has extremely high application prospect.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR and application thereof, and the invention is further described in detail below in order to make the purpose, technical scheme and effect of the invention clearer and more clear. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
In a first aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modifications based on PCR, as shown in fig. 1, including the steps of:
s10, modifying the specific gene of the MSC by using a Cas9 gene targeting technology;
s20, after gene targeting is finished, recovering for 3 days according to 80% cell density, then inoculating the cells into a 96-well plate according to the density of 0.8 cell per well, and culturing and maintaining by using MSC conditioned medium;
s30, 7 days later, dividing the cells of each well into two parts, one part is continuously cultured, and the other part is rapidly identified based on PCR;
s40, screening positive clones according to the result of rapid identification, and carrying out the next analysis after amplification.
According to the method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR provided by the embodiment of the invention, after gene targeting is finished, cells can be taken for identification only in 10 days, so that the time is greatly saved, and the progress of subsequent work is greatly promoted; moreover, the identification can be completed only by a few cells, which greatly reduces the time of in vitro expansion of the MSC and avoids the function reduction caused by overlong time of in vitro expansion of the MSC. Moreover, compared with the traditional technology, the method screens out positive clones for subsequent work, has short amplification time and less passage times, and also has certain advantages in the aspects of dryness maintenance, differentiation potential and the like.
In some embodiments, the modification of a specific gene of MSC comprises, but is not limited to, integration of the inflammation suppressor IL-10 into the AASV1 genomic site. CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology allows for modification of multiple MSC genes, such as inflammatory suppressor IL family members, certain cancer suppressor genes, and the like.
In some embodiments, the specific steps of PCR-based rapid identification include:
s100, rapidly centrifuging the cells at the rotating speed of 5000rpm for 1min, and resuspending the cells with 15 mu l of lysate;
s200, keeping the temperature at 55 ℃ for 60 min;
s300, keeping the temperature at 95 ℃ for 15 min;
s400, quickly centrifuging at the rotating speed of 12000rpm for 1min, and using the obtained supernatant for subsequent PCR identification;
s500, taking the supernatant, adding a specific primer aiming at the modified MSC specific gene, and carrying out PCR amplification;
s600, identifying the size of the PCR amplification product and comparing the size with the size of the expected fragment.
In some embodiments, the lysis solution is 10mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0), 2mM EDTA (pH8.0), 2% Tween 20, and 1mg/ml proteinase K.
The method for rapidly identifying based on PCR provided by the embodiment of the invention can identify the modification of any gene of MSC, and only needs to design a specific primer aiming at the gene and identify the size of a product after PCR amplification. The method is simple and convenient to operate, and has low requirements on operators and instruments; the time consumption is short, and the operation can be completed in a few hours; batch operations are possible, allowing identification of tens or even hundreds of clones at a time.
In some specific embodiments, the specific primer sequence for the AASV1 gene is: a forward primer: 5'-CCCAACCCCATGCCGTCTTCACTCG-3', respectively; reverse primer 5'-CTAGGACGCACCATTCTCACAAAGG-3'.
In some embodiments, positive clones are screened according to the result of the rapid identification, and modified gene expression amount analysis, MSC marker analysis and MSC differentiation ability identification are performed after amplification.
In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present invention further provide an application of a method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR, wherein the method as described in any one of the above is used for identification of MSC gene modification.
The method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR and the application thereof of the present invention are further explained by the following specific examples:
example 1
1. The IL-10 of the inflammation inhibitor is integrated into the AASV1 genome site by using a Cas9 gene targeting technology. FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of the targeting vector and the targeting site, from which it can be seen that IL-10 is finally inserted in the middle of the two arms of the AASV1 genome.
2. After gene targeting was completed, cells were recovered at a cell density of 80% for 3 days, and then seeded in a 96-well plate at a cell density of 0.8 cells per well, and maintained in culture in MSC conditioned medium.
3. After 7 days, the cells from each well were divided into two, one for continuous culture and the other for rapid PCR-based identification as follows:
a. cells were spun down at 5000rpm for 1min and resuspended in 15. mu.l lysis buffer (10mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0), 2mM EDTA (pH8.0), 2% Tween 20,1mg/ml proteinase K);
b.55 ℃ for 60 min;
c, keeping the temperature at 95 ℃ for 15 min;
d. quickly centrifuging at 12000rpm for 1min to obtain supernatant for subsequent PCR identification;
e. mu.l of the supernatant was taken, 10. mu.M of AASV1 site primer (forward primer: 5'-CCCAACCCCATGCCGTCTTCACTCG-3'; reverse primer: 5'-CTAGGACGCACCATTCTCACAAAGG-3') was added thereto, 25. mu.l of stabilizing 2 XPCR Master Mix (Thermo Scientific Co.) was added thereto, and amplification was carried out for 40 cycles using a PCR instrument;
f. the size of the PCR amplification product was identified by electrophoresis and compared to the expected fragment size, wherein the expected fragment was 1106 bp.
As shown in FIG. 3, the results of the electrophoretic identification revealed that the clones 3, 5, 10, 17, 18, 20, 23, 37, 44 and 54 were positive clones.
4. The positive clones obtained by the above screening were cultured continuously and amplified for further analysis.
Example 2
The positive clones obtained in example 1 were cultured and further analyzed.
1. Identification of positive clones by conventional PCR
The positive clones screened by the rapid identification method are amplified and then identified again by the conventional PCR, and the result is shown in FIG. 4, so that all the screened clones are positive clones, which also proves the reliability of the rapid identification method.
2. Identification of expression quantity of positive clone IL-10 by qRT-PCR
The results of qualitative and quantitative analysis of the expression amounts of IL-10 of the No. 17 positive clone, the No. 16 negative clone and the control obtained by the rapid identification method are shown in FIG. 5, and it can be known that the IL-10 is successfully and highly expressed by the No. 17 positive clone obtained by screening.
3. MSC markers for positive clones by flow analysis
The flow analysis results are shown in fig. 6, and the results show that the MSCs after gene targeting still have the classical molecular markers.
4. Differentiation ability identification of Positive clones
The positive clones obtained by screening were subjected to spontaneous or induced differentiation, and fig. 7 shows that the MSCs after gene targeting still have the ability to differentiate into adipose, osteogenic and chondrocytes, which also confirms that gene targeting did not affect the function of MSCs.
The analysis result shows that the method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR provided by the embodiment of the invention can accurately screen and obtain positive clones and has high reliability. And the function of the cells is not influenced, and the screened MSC still has the stem cell characteristics and the differentiation capability.
In conclusion, the invention provides a method for rapidly identifying MSC gene modification based on PCR and application thereof. The method for rapidly identifying based on PCR provided by the invention can complete identification only by a few cells, and can obtain enough cells for identification only by 10 days at the fastest speed after gene targeting is finished, so that the time is greatly saved, the progress of subsequent work is greatly promoted, and targeted genome modification can be effectively realized in MSC. Moreover, identification only needs few cells, so that the time of in vitro expansion of the MSC is greatly shortened, and the function reduction caused by overlong time of in vitro expansion of the MSC is avoided. Moreover, compared with the traditional technology, the method screens out positive clones for subsequent work, has short amplification time and less passage times, and also has certain advantages in the aspects of dryness maintenance, differentiation potential and the like. In addition, the PCR identification process is simple and convenient to operate, and has low requirements on operators and instruments; the time consumption is short, and the operation can be completed in a few hours; can be operated in batch, allows dozens or even hundreds of clones to be identified at one time, and has extremely high application prospect.
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the examples described above, but that modifications and variations may be effected thereto by those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the foregoing description, and that all such modifications and variations are intended to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.