A split prime editor with untethered reverse transcriptase and circular RNA template

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Delivery and optimization of prime editors (PEs) have been hampered by their large size and complexity. Although split versions of genome-editing tools can reduce construct size, they require special engineering to tether the binding and catalytic domains. Here we report a split PE (sPE) in which the Cas9 nickase (nCas9) remains untethered from the reverse transcriptase (RT). The sPE showed similar efficiencies in installing precise edits as the parental unsplit PE3 and no increase in insertion-deletion (indel) byproducts. Delivery of sPE to the mouse liver with hydrodynamic injection to modify β-catenin drove tumor formation with similar efficiency as PE3. Delivery with two adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors corrected the disease-causing mutation in a mouse model of type I tyrosinemia. Similarly, prime editing guide RNAs (pegRNAs) can be split into a single guide RNA (sgRNA) and a circular RNA RT template to increase flexibility and stability. Compared to previous sPEs, ours lacks inteins, protein-protein affinity modules and nuclease-sensitive pegRNA extensions, which increase construct complexity and might reduce efficiency. Our modular system will facilitate the delivery and optimization of PEs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Nature biotechnology - 40(2022), 9 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 1388-1393

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Xiaolong [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Haoyang [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Chunwei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zexiang [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Tomás C [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Shun-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Sontheimer, Erik J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Deoxyribonuclease I
EC 2.7.7.49
EC 3.1.21.1
Journal Article
RNA, Circular
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.09.2022

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41587-022-01255-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339097973