Effects of the MIR1246 gene knockout on exosomal miR-1246 expression. (a), The strategy of CRISPR-Cas9 HDR knockout of the MIR1246 gene. Ensembl gene ID and the precise sequence location are indicated. (b), GFP detection of the homozygous MIR1246 knockout PANC-1 cells by fluorescence microscopy. (c), Agarose gel electrophoresis of the PCR products of DNA from wild type PANC-1 and the MIR1246 knockout PANC-1 cells, using primers covering the DNA regions upstream and downstream of the MIR1246 gene. (d), qRT-PCR analysis using the poly A tailing method detecting miR-1246 in exosomes derived from wild type and MIR1246 knockout PANC-1 cells (means ± SEM, n = 3).