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. 2021 Jan 8;11:614688. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.614688

TABLE 3.

CRISPR-mediated gene knockin in livestock.

Species Gene Purpose of manipulation Type of KI Approach SCNT or MI KI Animals produced Mosaicism (%) References
Agriculture: improvements in
Sheep SOCS2 Reproductive traits Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 BE MI 3/4 (25%) 3/3 (100%) Zhou et al. (2019)
BMPR1B Reproductive traits Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 MI 5/21 (23.8%) Not stated Zhou et al. (2018)
Goat Tβ4 CCR5-targeted KI, cashmere yield Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 1 N/A Li X. et al. (2019)
FGF5 Cashmere yield Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 BE MI 5/5 (100%) 5/5 (100% Li G. et al. (2019)
GDF9 Reproductive traits Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 MI 4/17 (23.5%) 2/4 (50.0%) Niu et al. (2018)
FAT-1 Disease resistance Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 1 from 8 pregnancies N/A Zhang J. et al. (2018)
Cattle Pc Generation of a polled genotype Gene insertion Crispr/Cas12a SCNT 1, died on D1 after birth N/A Schuster et al. (2020)
NRAMP1 Tuberculosis resistance Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9n SCNT 9 N/A Gao et al. (2017)
IARS Correction of IARS syndrome Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 5 viable fetuses N/A Ikeda et al. (2017)
Pig PBD-2 Disease-resistant pigs Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 5 pigs N/A Huang et al. (2020)
MSTN Meat production Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 2 pigs N/A Zou Y.-L. et al. (2019)
UCP1 Reproduction traits Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 12 piglets N/A Zheng et al. (2017)
MSTN Meat production Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 1 stillborn piglet N/A Wang K. et al. (2016)
MSTN MSTN-KO without selectable marker Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 2 piglets No Bi et al. (2016)
RSAD2 Generation of pigs with viral resistance Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 1 pig No Xie et al. (2020)
Biomedical applications:
Sheep ALPL Model of hypophosphatasia Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 MI 6/9 (66.6%) No Williams et al. (2018)
PPT1 Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 MI 6/24 (25.0%) Not stated Eaton et al. (2019)
tGFP Rosa26-targeted KI Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 MI 1/8 (12.5%) Not stated Wu et al. (2016)
OTOF Hearing loss phenotype Point mutation Crispr/Cas9 MI 8/73 (11.0%) 2/8 (25.0%) Menchaca et al. (2020b)
Cattle CMAH Xenotransplantation Point mutation Crispr/Cas12a SCNT 2 N/A Perota et al. (2019)
Pig hF9 Gene therapy for hemophilia B pigs Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 5 pigs N/A Chen et al. (2020)
BgEgXyAp Salivary gland as bioreactor Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 4 piglets (1/4 alive) N/A Li G. et al. (2020)
hIAPP Type 2 diabetic miniature pig model Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 24 N/A Zou X. et al. (2019)
SNCA Parkinson’s disease model Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 8 piglets N/A Zhu et al. (2018)
HTT Huntingtin KI model Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 6 piglets N/A Yan et al. (2018)
GGTA1 Xenotransplantation Gene insertion FokI-dCas9 SCNT 2 piglets N/A Nottle et al. (2017)
tdTomato porcine Oct4 reporter system Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 2 piglets N/A Lai et al. (2016)
hALB Tg animals as bioreactors Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 MI 16/16 (100%) 1/16 (6.3%) Peng et al. (2015)
GFP H11-targeted KI Gene insertion Crispr/Cas9 SCNT 1 piglet N/A Ruan et al. (2015)

SCNT, somatic cell nuclear transfer; MI, zygote microinjection; BE, base editing; N/A, not applicable.