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ArticleCell reports2018

Synthetic Oligonucleotides Inhibit CRISPR-Cpf1-Mediated Genome Editing.

Bin Li, Chunxi Zeng, Wenqing Li, Xinfu Zhang, Xiao Luo, Weiyu Zhao, Chengxiang Zhang, Yizhou Dong

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Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bin LiDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Chunxi ZengDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Wenqing LiDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Xinfu ZhangDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Xiao LuoDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Weiyu ZhaoDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Chengxiang ZhangDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Yizhou DongDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; The Center for Clinical and Translational Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Dorothy M. Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: dong.525@osu.edu.
The Ohio State University · USThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute · US

Funding

Biodegradable nanoparticles, a genome editing platform to treat hemophiliaR01HL136652 · NHLBI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DONG, YIZHOU · 2017 to 2021
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previously, researchers discovered a series of anti-CRISPR proteins that inhibit CRISPR-Cas activity, such as Cas9 and Cpf1 (Cas12a). Herein, we constructed crRNA variants consisting of chemically modified DNA-crRNA and RNA-crRNA duplexes and identified that phosphorothioate (PS)-modified DNA-crRNA duplex completely blocked the function of Cpf1. More important, without prehybridization, these PS-modified DNA oligonucleotides showed the ability to suppress DNA double-strand breaks induced by two Cpf1 orthologs, AsCpf1 and LbCpf1. Time-dependent inhibitory effects were validated in multiple loci of different human cells. Further studies demonstrated that PS-modified DNA oligonucleotides were able to serve as Cpf1 inhibitors in a sequence-independent manner. Mechanistic studies indicate that PS-modified DNA oligonucleotides hinder target DNA binding and recognition by Cpf1. Consequently, these synthetic DNA molecules expand the sources of CRISPR inhibitors, providing a platform to inactivate Cpf1-mediated genome editing.

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Gene EditingGenomeBase SequenceClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCRISPR-Associated ProteinsDNAGenetic LociHEK293 CellsHumansOligonucleotidesPhosphorothioate OligonucleotidesRibonucleoproteinsRNACRISPR-Associated ProteinsDNAOligonucleotidesPhosphorothioate OligonucleotidesRibonucleoproteinsRNACas12aCas9CRISPR-Cpf1genome editingphosphorothioate oligonucleotidessynthetic DNA oligonucleotides

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PMID30566855
PMCPMC6326575
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