Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33123724›Full record

ArticleNucleic acids research2021

Development of aptamer-based inhibitors for CRISPR/Cas system.

Jing Zhao, Rika Inomata, Yoshio Kato, Makoto Miyagishi

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Simple and SensitiveJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Modulation of CRISPR-Cas9 Cleavage with an Oligo-Ribonucleoprotein Design.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. GenoMine: a CRISPR-Cas9-based kill switch for biocontainment ofFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Repurposing CRISPR/Cas to Discover SARS-CoV-2 Detecting and Neutralizing Aptamers.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
    Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jing ZhaoMolecular Composite Physiology Research Group, Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Science City 305-8566, Japan.
Rika InomataMolecular Composite Physiology Research Group, Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Science City 305-8566, Japan.
Yoshio KatoMolecular Composite Physiology Research Group, Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Science City 305-8566, Japan.
Makoto MiyagishiMolecular Composite Physiology Research Group, Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Science City 305-8566, Japan.
University of Tsukuba · JPNanjing Agricultural University · CNNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The occurrence of accidental mutations or deletions caused by genome editing with CRISPR/Cas9 system remains a critical unsolved problem of the technology. Blocking excess or prolonged Cas9 activity in cells is considered as one means of solving this problem. Here, we report the development of an inhibitory DNA aptamer against Cas9 by means of in vitro selection (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment) and subsequent screening with an in vitro cleavage assay. The inhibitory aptamer could bind to Cas9 at low nanomolar affinity and partially form a duplex with CRISPR RNA, contributing to its inhibitory activity. We also demonstrated that improving the inhibitory aptamer with locked nucleic acids efficiently suppressed Cas9-directed genome editing in cells and reduced off-target genome editing. The findings presented here might enable the development of safer and controllable genome editing for biomedical research and gene therapy.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingCRISPR-Associated Protein 9HEK293 CellsHumansOligonucleotidesRNASELEX Aptamer TechniqueTranscriptional ActivationAptamers, NucleotideCRISPR-Associated Protein 9locked nucleic acidOligonucleotidesRNA

Identifiers

PMID33123724
PMCPMC7897479
OpenAlexW3097861056

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.