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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

CRISPR/Cas9 treatment causes extended TP53-dependent cell cycle arrest in human cells.

Jonathan M Geisinger, Tim Stearns

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonathan M GeisingerDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Tim StearnsDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Stanford University · US

Funding

Translational Oncology Research Program (Project-005)P30CA124435 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Melinda L. Telli · 2007 to 2026
$71.4M
Structure and mechanism of the centrosome-cilium complexR35GM130286 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI STEARNS, TIM · 2019 to 2023
$3.4M
Role of the Centrosome in DedifferentiationF32GM122214 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GEISINGER, JONATHAN MARTIN · 2017 to 2018
$116k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM122214NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the mechanism of CRISPR/Cas9 cleavage is understood, the basis for the large variation in mutant recovery for a given target sequence between cell lines is much less clear. We hypothesized that this variation may be due to differences in how the DNA damage response affects cell cycle progression. We used incorporation of EdU as a marker of cell cycle progression to analyze the response of several human cell lines to CRISPR/Cas9 treatment with a single guide directed to a unique locus. Cell lines with functionally wild-type TP53 exhibited higher levels of cell cycle arrest compared to lines without. Chemical inhibition of TP53 protein combined with TP53 and RB1 transcript silencing alleviated induced arrest in TP53+/+ cells. Using dCas9, we determined this arrest is driven in part by Cas9 binding to DNA. Additionally, wild-type Cas9 induced fewer 53BP1 foci in TP53+/+ cells compared to TP53-/- cells and DD-Cas9, suggesting that differences in break sensing are responsible for cell cycle arrest variation. We conclude that CRISPR/Cas9 treatment induces a cell cycle arrest dependent on functional TP53 as well as Cas9 DNA binding and cleavage. Our findings suggest that transient inhibition of TP53 may increase genome editing recovery in primary and TP53+/+ cell lines.

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Cell Cycle CheckpointsCell LineCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsDNA DamageGene EditingHumansRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsTumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1Tumor Suppressor Protein p53Ubiquitin-Protein LigasesCRISPR-Associated Protein 9RB1 protein, humanRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsTP53BP1 protein, humanTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1Tumor Suppressor Protein p53Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID32687165
PMCPMC7498335
OpenAlexW3044783834

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