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ArticleScientific reports2017

Towards personalised allele-specific CRISPR gene editing to treat autosomal dominant disorders.

Kathleen A Christie, David G Courtney, Larry A DeDionisio, Connie Chao Shern, Shyamasree De Majumdar, Laura C Mairs, M Andrew Nesbit, C B Tara Moore

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Structure-Guided Engineering of a Cas12i Nuclease Unlocks Near-PAMless Genome Editing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kathleen A ChristieBiomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK.
David G CourtneyBiomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK.
Larry A DeDionisioAvellino Laboratories, Menlo Park, California, CA, 94025, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5109-2388
Connie Chao ShernAvellino Laboratories, Menlo Park, California, CA, 94025, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2772-9235
Shyamasree De MajumdarBiomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK.
Laura C MairsBiomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK.
M Andrew NesbitBiomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK.
C B Tara MooreBiomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK. t.moore@ulster.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR/Cas9 holds immense potential to treat a range of genetic disorders. Allele-specific gene disruption induced by non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) DNA repair offers a potential treatment option for autosomal dominant disease. Here, we successfully delivered a plasmid encoding S. pyogenes Cas9 and sgRNA to the corneal epithelium by intrastromal injection and acheived long-term knockdown of a corneal epithelial reporter gene, demonstrating gene disruption via NHEJ in vivo. In addition, we used TGFBI corneal dystrophies as a model of autosomal dominant disease to assess the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in two allele-specific systems, comparing cleavage using a SNP-derived PAM to a guide specific approach. In vitro, cleavage via a SNP-derived PAM was found to confer stringent allele-specific cleavage, while a guide-specific approach lacked the ability to distinguish between the wild-type and mutant alleles. The failings of the guide-specific approach highlights the necessity for meticulous guide design and assessment, as various degrees of allele-specificity are achieved depending on the guide sequence employed. A major concern for the use of CRISPR/Cas9 is its tendency to cleave DNA non-specifically at "off-target" sites. Confirmation that S. pyogenes Cas9 lacks the specificity to discriminate between alleles differing by a single base-pair regardless of the position in the guide is demonstrated.

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AllelesAnimalsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCorneal Dystrophies, HereditaryCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNA End-Joining RepairGene EditingMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMutationStreptococcus pyogenes

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PMID29170458
PMCPMC5701044

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