工程CjCas9用于高效的基础编辑和主要编辑
Siyuan Liu1, Yingdi Zhao1, Qiqin Mo1
1Gene Editing Center, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
The CRISPR journal
|November 18, 2024
概括
研究人员使用较小的Campylobacter jejuni Cas9蛋白开发了增强的CRISPR-Cas9基编辑器 (enCjBEs) 和主要编辑器 (enCjPEs). 这些新型编辑器显著提高了基因编辑效率,用于潜在的治疗应用.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因编辑技术的技术
- 生物医学研究生物医学研究
背景情况:
- 克里斯普尔-Cas9基因疗法面临着大Cas9蛋白大小的挑战,限制了腺相关病毒载体包装.
- 链球菌 pyogenes Cas9 是常用的,但很难有效地提供.
- 坎皮洛巴克特球菌Cas9 (CjCas9) 是一个较小的替代品,但其基编辑 (CjBE) 和主要编辑 (CjPE) 的效率有限.
研究的目的:
- 从CjCas9中设计增强的CRISPR-Cas9基编辑器 (enCjBEs) 和主要编辑器 (enCjPEs),以改进基因编辑.
- 提高CjCas9衍生基因编辑工具的效率和适用性.
- 为生物研究和基因治疗开发紧而高效的编辑器.
主要方法:
- 用P47K突变改造CjCas9以创建增强的细胞因子基编辑器 (enCjBEs) 和腺因基编辑器 (enCjABEs).
- 使用CjCas9 P47K变种开发了增强的CjPE (enCjPE).
- 融合了Sso7d和MS2的阿胺,产生了SsenCjPE,进一步优化了hMLH1dn和MMLV RTaseΔRnH,以及SsenCjPE-M2.2的D829R突变.
主要成果:
- 实现了强大的C-to-T转换 (70%) 与enCjBEs和A-to-G转换 (76%) 与enCjABEs.
- 与野生型CjPE相比,enCjPE在PRNP网站的编辑效率提高了17倍.
- 在PRNP网站上,SsenCjPE实现了12%的平均编辑效率 (增加了24倍),而SsenCjPE-M2显示了61倍的效率.
结论:
- 工程CjCas9变体 (enCjBEs,enCjABEs,enCjPEs,SsenCjPEs,SsenCjPE-M2) 提供了紧而高效的基因编辑解决方案.
- 这些新的编辑器显著增强了基础和主要编辑功能.
- 开发的工具对推进基因疗法和生物研究应用有前途.
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