Wednesday, June 10, 2020

CRISPR H9C2 cell line | Ubigene CRISPR-UTM | High-Efficiency


The H9C2 line of embryonic rat cardiomyocytes is a subclonal line of the original clonal cell line derived from embryonic BD1X rat heart tissue by Kimes and Brandt (1976). This cell line exhibits many of the properties of skeletal muscle and its parameters are particularly useful in preclinical tests of anticancer drugs, determining their cardiotoxicity, safety, and the possibility of moving to subsequent stages of clinical tests. Therefore H9C2 cell line is commonly used in numerous in vitro studies, some of which involve CRISPR technology to mediates the characteristics of H9C2 cells.

 

H9C2 cells retain some components of the signaling pathway essential for their differentiation into mature cardiac muscle cells. The cell line is used, in particular, for cardiotoxicity analyses of new, mainly anticancer drugs (e.g. doxorubicin), and studies on mechanisms of myocyte damage, and assessment of toxic effects of studied compounds on apoptosis and necrosis in cardiac myocytes. Embryonic H9C2 cardiomyocytes proliferate well in vitro conditions, allowing relatively easy culturing and are suitable to be a CRISPR gene knockout/knockin or over-expression model for in vitro studies of cardiac hypertrophy and supports current work with human cardiomyocyte cell lines for prospective molecular studies in heart development and disease.

 

Applications:

1. Effects of C3G Knockout on Proliferation and Apoptosis in H9C2 Cardiomyocytes

Previous studies found that C3G expression was significantly increased in the myocardium of the non-infarct area around the infarct in rats. Overexpressed C3G can promote cardiomyocyte survival and inhibit cytotoxicity while knocking down C3G can inhibit cardiomyocyte survival and increase cardiomyocyte apoptosis. The CRISPR/Cas9 system built-in knockout C3G recombinant lentivirus was used to infect H9C2 cardiomyocytes to study the speculated effect and mechanism of C3G knockout on the proliferation of H9C2 cardiomyocytes. H9C2 cardiomyocytes were infected with above lentiviruses respectively to investigate the effects of C3G [Crk SH3-domain-binding guanine nucleotide exchange factor] knockout on proliferation and apoptosis in H9C2 cardiomyocytes and their underlying mechanisms.

 

2. Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to knock out Tudor-SN gene of H9c2 cells to inhibit cell cycle arrest and proliferation

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology was used to knock out the Tudor-SN (Tudor staphylococcal nuclease) gene of rat myocardial H9c2 cells. Researchers observed its effect on H9c2 cell cycle and proliferation. The PX462 plasmid was selected as the vector, and the upstream and downstream sgRNA (single-guided RNA) that can specifically recognize the second exon of Tudor-SN gene in H9c2 cells were designed using software to construct a pair of recombinant plasmids. Subsequently, the pair of plasmids were co-transformed into H9c2 cells, and then positive monoclonal cells were selected for cultivation. Western blotting was used to identify the knockout effect, and the cell cycle and proliferation were detected by flow cytometry and CCK-8=experiment using the successfully knocked out cell lines. Western blotting results showed that Tudor-SN protein was not expressed in positive cells, and the Tudor-SN gene was successfully knocked out. Flow cytometry results showed that Tudor-SN gene knockout cells had a G1 phase arrest. The results of the CCK-8 experiment showed that the proliferation rate of KO cells slowed down. In this experiment, the Tudor-SN gene knockout cell line of H9c2 cells was successfully constructed, and the inhibition of Tudor-SN gene knockout on cell cycle arrest and proliferation was detected, which provided a study for the regulation of Tudor-SN gene on cardiomyocyte function. Convenient tools and research foundation.

 

3. Dock180 knockout inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of rat derived H9C2 cardiomyocytes strain

To investigate the effects of dedicator of cytokinesis 1 (Dock180) knockout on proliferation and apoptosis in rat derived H9C2 cardiomyocytes and their mechanisms, a single guide RNA (sgRNA) targeting rat Dock180 gene was designed and constructed using CRISPR/Cas9 system. A plasmid contained above sgRNA was packaged into lentivirus and selected to knockout Dock180 in the cardiomyocytes. The result showed that Dock180 knockout with CRISPR/Cas9 H9C2 cells can inhibit proliferation and promote apoptosis via p-ERK1/2, Bcl-2, and Bax in H9C2 cardiomyocytes.

 

Ubigene Biosciences, we provide high-efficiency and 100% guarantee CRISPR services including gene knockout/knock-in and point mutation cell lines. Make Genome Editing Easier is the goal of Ubigene. Our exclusive technologies have been successfully applied in more than 100 types of cell lines.

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References:

1. GAN Shi-Hu, CUI Xiao-Teng, MA Jin-Zheng, FANG Li-Jiao, LIU Ming-Xia, REN Yuan-Yuan, CAO Xiao-Na, YANG Jie, SU Chao. 2.Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to knock out the Tudor-SN gene of H9c2 cells to inhibit cell cycle arrest and proliferation. Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2018.07.10.

2. Deng Qin, Liu Cheng, Zhang Jing, Li Gang. The effect of knocking out C3G on the proliferation and apoptosis of H9C2 cardiomyocytes. Chinese Journal of Cell Biology: 1-6[2020-06-09].

3. HU Su-lei, LI Gang, FU Yan-bo, DENG Qin, LIU Cheng. Dock180 knockout inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of rat derived H9C2 cardiomyocytes strain. Basic & Clinical Medicine. 2017, 37(4).


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