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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2017

Polycistronic tRNA and CRISPR guide-RNA enables highly efficient multiplexed genome engineering in human cells.

Fengping Dong, Kabin Xie, Yueying Chen, Yinong Yang, Yingwei Mao

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fengping DongDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA.
Kabin XieDepartment of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA; College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Yueying ChenDepartment of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA.
Yinong YangDepartment of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: yuy3@psu.edu.
Yingwei MaoDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: yzm1@psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · USHuazhong Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Dissecting functional roles of schizophrenia risk gene ZNF804a in neural developmentR21MH108983 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI MAO, YINGWEI · 2016 to 2017
$406k
NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH108983
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR/Cas9 has been widely used for genomic editing in many organisms. Many human diseases are caused by multiple mutations. The CRISPR/Cas9 system provides a potential tool to introduce multiple mutations in a genome. To mimic complicated genomic variants in human diseases, such as multiple gene deletions or mutations, two or more small guide RNAs (sgRNAs) need to be introduced all together. This can be achieved by separate Pol III promoters in a construct. However, limited enzyme sites and increased insertion size lower the efficiency to make a construct. Here, we report a strategy to quickly assembly multiple sgRNAs in one construct using a polycistronic-tRNA-gRNA (PTG) strategy. Taking advantage of the endogenous tRNA processing system in mammalian cells, we efficiently express multiple sgRNAs driven using only one Pol III promoter. Using an all-in-one construct carrying PTG, we disrupt the deacetylase domain in multiple histone deacetylases (HDACs) in human cells simultaneously. We demonstrate that multiple HDAC deletions significantly affect the activation of the Wnt-signaling pathway. Thus, this method enables to efficiently target multiple genes and provide a useful tool to establish mutated cells mimicking human diseases.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsBase SequenceClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGene DeletionGene EditingGenetic VectorsGenome, HumanHEK293 CellsHistone DeacetylasesHumansMutationPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, TransferWnt Signaling PathwayHistone DeacetylasesRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, TransferGenome editingHDACPolycistronic-tRNA-gRNAWnt

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PMID27890617
PMCPMC5284736
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