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ArticleNature communications2017

Hit and go CAS9 delivered through a lentiviral based self-limiting circuit.

Gianluca Petris, Antonio Casini, Claudia Montagna, Francesca Lorenzin, Davide Prandi, Alessandro Romanel, Jacopo Zasso, Luciano Conti, Francesca Demichelis, Anna Cereseto

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Photocleavable Guide crRNAs for a Light-Controllable CRISPR/Cas9 System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  15. An optimized SpCas9 high-fidelity variant for direct protein delivery.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023
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  16. Functional restoration of a CFTR splicing mutation through RNA delivery of CRISPR adenine base editor.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023
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  18. CRISPR/Cas9: a tool to eradicate HIV-1.AIDS research and therapy · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Gianluca PetrisCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2420-6359
Antonio CasiniCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Claudia MontagnaCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Francesca LorenzinCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Computational Oncology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Davide PrandiCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Computational Oncology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Alessandro RomanelCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Computational Oncology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Jacopo ZassoCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Luciano ContiCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Francesca DemichelisCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Computational Oncology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.
Anna CeresetoCentre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Via Sommarive 9, Trento 38123, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vivo application of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is still limited by unwanted Cas9 genomic cleavages. Long-term expression of Cas9 increases the number of genomic loci non-specifically cleaved by the nuclease. Here we develop a Self-Limiting Cas9 circuit for Enhanced Safety and specificity (SLiCES) which consists of an expression unit for Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9), a self-targeting sgRNA and a second sgRNA targeting a chosen genomic locus. The self-limiting circuit results in increased genome editing specificity by controlling Cas9 levels. For its in vivo utilization, we next integrate SLiCES into a lentiviral delivery system (lentiSLiCES) via circuit inhibition to achieve viral particle production. Upon delivery into target cells, the lentiSLiCES circuit switches on to edit the intended genomic locus while simultaneously stepping up its own neutralization through SpCas9 inactivation. By preserving target cells from residual nuclease activity, our hit and go system increases safety margins for genome editing.

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PMCPMC5458126

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