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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Cytosine and adenine deaminase base-editors induce broad and nonspecific changes in gene expression and splicing.

Jiao Fan, Yige Ding, Chao Ren, Ziguo Song, Jie Yuan, Qiuzhen Chen, Chenchen Du, Chao Li, Xiaolong Wang, Wenjie Shu

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Challenges of Gene Editing Therapies for Genodermatoses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Jiao Fan *Department of Biotechnology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yige Ding *Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
Chao RenDepartment of Biotechnology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Ziguo SongKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
Jie YuanDepartment of Biotechnology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Qiuzhen ChenDepartment of Biotechnology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
Chenchen DuKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
Chao LiKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
Xiaolong WangKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China. xiaolongwang@nwafu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1620-1344
Wenjie ShuDepartment of Biotechnology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China. shuwj@bmi.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9044-2352

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytosine or adenine base editors (CBEs or ABEs) hold great promise in therapeutic applications because they enable the precise conversion of targeted base changes without generating of double-strand breaks. However, both CBEs and ABEs induce substantial off-target DNA editing, and extensive off-target RNA single nucleotide variations in transfected cells. Therefore, the potential effects of deaminases induced by DNA base editors are of great importance for their clinical applicability. Here, the transcriptome-wide deaminase effects on gene expression and splicing is examined. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differential alternative splicing (DAS) events, induced by base editors, are identified. Both CBEs and ABEs generated thousands of DEGs and hundreds of DAS events. For engineered CBEs or ABEs, base editor-induced variants had little effect on the elimination of DEGs and DAS events. Interestingly, more DEGs and DAS events are observed as a result of over expressions of cytosine and adenine deaminases. This study reveals a previously overlooked aspect of deaminase effects in transcriptome-wide gene expression and splicing, and underscores the need to fully characterize such effects of deaminase enzymes in base editor platforms.

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CytosineGene ExpressionProtein SplicingAminohydrolasesGene EditingHumansadenine deaminaseAminohydrolasesCytosine

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PMCPMC8285404

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