Table 2.
Number and percent of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) 4-month-old fingerlings with congenital anomalies due to microinjection of three different dosages of gRNAs/Cas9 protein targeting toll/interleukin 1 receptor domain-containing adapter molecule (TICAM 1) gene and rhamnose binding lectin (RBL) gene.
Gene | Dosage | Number and percent of fingerlings with anomaly* | Total number | |||
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Absence of eye development | Absence of barbel | Deformed head | Spinal deformity | |||
TICAM1 | Low | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 50 |
Medium | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (15.4%) | 0 (0%) | 13 | |
High | 0 (0%) | 1 (6.3%) | 3 (18.8%) (two were mutated, one was not) | 0 (0%) | 16 | |
RBL | Low | 2 (7.7%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.8%) | 1 (3.8%) | 26 |
Medium | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 10 | |
High | 1 (7.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 13 |
Three dosages for each gene were injected including low dosage: 2.5 ng gRNA/7.5 ng Cas9 protein, medium dosage: 5 ng gRNA/15 ng Cas9 protein and high dosage: 7.5 ng gRNA/22.5 ng Cas9 protein. All injected and non-injected 4-month-old control fry were free of any anomalies (see Fig. 3).
*All fingerlings with anomalies were mutated except one from the TICAM 1 high dosage that had head deformity but was not mutated.