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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2020

Spatiotemporal Control of CRISPR/Cas9 Function in Cells and Zebrafish using Light-Activated Guide RNA.

Wenyuan Zhou, Wes Brown, Anirban Bardhan, Michael Delaney, Amber S Ilk, Randy R Rauen, Shoeb I Kahn, Michael Tsang, Alexander Deiters

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenyuan ZhouDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
Wes BrownDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
Anirban BardhanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
Michael DelaneyHorizon Discovery, 2650 Crescent Drive, Lafayette, CO, 80026, USA.
Amber S IlkHorizon Discovery, 2650 Crescent Drive, Lafayette, CO, 80026, USA.
Randy R RauenHorizon Discovery, 2650 Crescent Drive, Lafayette, CO, 80026, USA.
Shoeb I KahnHorizon Discovery, 2650 Crescent Drive, Lafayette, CO, 80026, USA.
Michael TsangDepartment of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
Alexander DeitersDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0234-9209
University of Pittsburgh · USHorizon Discovery Group (United States) · US

Funding

Training in the Molecular Biophysics and Structural BiologyT32GM088119 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HINCK, ANDREW P · 2011 to 2020
$1.6M
Chemically Triggered Morpholino Antisense OligonucleotidesR01GM112728 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DEITERS, ALEXANDER · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
Optical Control of Translation and Gene Editing in Zebrafish EmbryosR21HD085206 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DEITERS, ALEXANDER · 2016 to 2017
$423k
NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD085206NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112728NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM088119NIH HHS R01GM112728NIH HHS R21HD085206NIH HHS T32GM088119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a new method for the conditional regulation of CRISPR/Cas9 activity in mammalian cells and zebrafish embryos using photochemically activated, caged guide RNAs (gRNAs). Caged gRNAs are generated by substituting four nucleobases evenly distributed throughout the 5'-protospacer region with caged nucleobases during synthesis. Caging confers complete suppression of gRNA:dsDNA-target hybridization and rapid restoration of CRISPR/Cas9 function upon optical activation. This tool offers simplicity and complete programmability in design, high spatiotemporal specificity in cells and zebrafish embryos, excellent off-to-on switching, and stability by preserving the ability to form Cas9:gRNA ribonucleoprotein complexes. Caged gRNAs are novel tools for the conditional control of gene editing, thereby enabling the investigation of spatiotemporally complex physiological events by obtaining a better understanding of dynamic gene regulation.

Indexed as

ZebrafishAnimalsCell LineCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingNucleic Acid HybridizationRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsSpatio-Temporal AnalysisTime FactorsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsCRISPR/Cas9gene technologyoptical controlphotocaged compoundsRNA

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PMID32160370
PMCPMC7250724
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