Titel (eng)

Review: Recent Applications of Gene Editing in Fish Species and Aquatic Medicine

Autor*in

Anikó Gutási   University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Mona Saleh   University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Mansour El-Matbouli   University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Sabine E. Hammer   University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Verlag

MDPI

Beschreibung (eng)

Gene editing and gene silencing techniques have the potential to revolutionize our knowledge of biology and diseases of fish and other aquatic animals. By using such techniques, it is feasible to change the phenotype and modify cells, tissues and organs of animals in order to cure abnormalities and dysfunctions in the organisms. Gene editing is currently experimental in wide fields of aquaculture, including growth, controlled reproduction, sterility and disease resistance. Zink finger nucleases, TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 targeted cleavage of the DNA induce favorable changes to site-specific locations. Moreover, gene silencing can be used to inhibit the translation of RNA, namely, to regulate gene expression. This methodology is widely used by researchers to investigate genes involved in different disorders. It is a promising tool in biotechnology and in medicine for investigating gene function and diseases. The production of food fish has increased markedly, making fish and seafood globally more popular. Consequently, the incidence of associated problems and disease outbreaks has also increased. A greater investment in new technologies is therefore needed to overcome such problems in this industry. To put it concisely, the modification of genomic DNA and gene silencing can comprehensively influence aquatic animal medicine in the future. On the ethical side, these precise genetic modifications make it more complicated to recognize genetically modified organisms in nature and can cause several side effects through created mutations. The aim of this review is to summarize the current state of applications of gene modifications and genome editing in fish medicine.

Sprache des Objekts

Englisch

Datum

2023

Rechte

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CC BY 4.0 International

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Klassifikation

Ulcerative Syndrome Eus; Spot Syndrome Virus; Dna-Binding Specificity; Zinc-Finger Nucleases; Double-Strand Breaks; Penaeus-Monodon; In-Vitro; Homologous Recombination; Muscle Mass; Rna

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