Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 39-48. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195725

Special Issue: Biotechnology

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Development and Application of a High-Efficiency Dual-Base Editing Tool for Solanaceous Crops

TIAN Peng1,2, LI Yadong1,2, ZHANG Jingjing1, TIAN Zhejuan1,2, KANG Chen1,2, GAO Xiurui1,2, LI Bing1,2, LIU Wei1, WU Yanrong1,2, WU Zhiming1,2   

  1. 1 Institute of Cash Crops,Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences,Shijiazhuang 050051,China
    2 Hebei Province Engineering Research Center for Vegetables,Shijiazhuang 050051,China
  • Received:2024-12-31 Published:2026-03-10

Abstract:

This study seeks to develop a highly efficient dual-base editing tool for solanaceous crops to address the challenges of poor compatibility and low editing efficiency associated with existing base editing systems in these plants. The research involved fusing the nickase Cas9 enzyme (nCas9),which has partially lost its nuclease function,with components such as the highly efficient adenine deaminase ABE8e,the optimized cytosine deaminase sdd7-mini,and the uracil glycosylation inhibitor UGI. Systematic optimization was conducted based on the promoter preferences and codon usage frequencies specific to solanaceous crops. Ultimately,the dual-base editor TPDBE-S was constructed. In transient transformation experiments using tomato and eggplant protoplasts,this editor exhibited exceptionally high editing efficiency. In the stable transformation system of tobacco,targeting the PDS gene verification revealed that four out of five positive transgenic families exhibited pronounced albinism phenotypes,thereby confirming the stable editing capability. The editing window of this editor aligns closely with the characteristics of ABE8e and sdd7-mini. Furthermore,optimizing codon preference and promoter activity in Solanaceae crops significantly enhances editing efficiency and adaptability. The construction of TPDBE-S employs a modular design. The multi-target expression cassette,based on the tRNA self-cleaving mechanism,can be rapidly assembled through one-step gene synthesis,which is both cost-effective and straightforward. This tool addresses the gap in double-base editing specifically for Solanaceous crops.

Key words: Eggplant, Gene editing, Dual-base editing, Tomato, Editing efficiency

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TIAN Peng, LI Yadong, ZHANG Jingjing, TIAN Zhejuan, KANG Chen, GAO Xiurui, LI Bing, LIU Wei, WU Yanrong, WU Zhiming. Development and Application of a High-Efficiency Dual-Base Editing Tool for Solanaceous Crops[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2026, 41(1): 39-48. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195725.

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