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Genome editing reveals a role for OCT4 in human embryogenesis

Overview of attention for article published in Nature, September 2017
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Title
Genome editing reveals a role for OCT4 in human embryogenesis
Published in
Nature, September 2017
DOI 10.1038/nature24033
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Authors

Norah M. E. Fogarty, Afshan McCarthy, Kirsten E. Snijders, Benjamin E. Powell, Nada Kubikova, Paul Blakeley, Rebecca Lea, Kay Elder, Sissy E. Wamaitha, Daesik Kim, Valdone Maciulyte, Jens Kleinjung, Jin-Soo Kim, Dagan Wells, Ludovic Vallier, Alessandro Bertero, James M. A. Turner, Kathy K. Niakan

Abstract

Despite their fundamental biological and clinical importance, the molecular mechanisms that regulate the first cell fate decisions in the human embryo are not well understood. Here we use CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing to investigate the function of the pluripotency transcription factor OCT4 during human embryogenesis. We identified an efficient OCT4-targeting guide RNA using an inducible human embryonic stem cell-based system and microinjection of mouse zygotes. Using these refined methods, we efficiently and specifically targeted the gene encoding OCT4 (POU5F1) in diploid human zygotes and found that blastocyst development was compromised. Transcriptomics analysis revealed that, in POU5F1-null cells, gene expression was downregulated not only for extra-embryonic trophectoderm genes, such as CDX2, but also for regulators of the pluripotent epiblast, including NANOG. By contrast, Pou5f1-null mouse embryos maintained the expression of orthologous genes, and blastocyst development was established, but maintenance was compromised. We conclude that CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing is a powerful method for investigating gene function in the context of human development.

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Unknown 731 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 138 19%
Researcher 117 16%
Student > Master 106 15%
Student > Bachelor 99 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 30 4%
Other 99 14%
Unknown 142 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 279 38%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 158 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 41 6%
Neuroscience 19 3%
Engineering 14 2%
Other 63 9%
Unknown 157 21%
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