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ArticleEMBO reports2024

Transcript-specific induction of stop codon readthrough using a CRISPR-dCas13 system.

Lekha E Manjunath, Anumeha Singh, Sangeetha Devi Kumar, Kirtana Vasu, Debaleena Kar, Karthi Sellamuthu, Sandeep M Eswarappa

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Lekha E ManjunathDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India.
Anumeha SinghDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3735-561X
Sangeetha Devi KumarDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India.
Kirtana VasuDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India.
Debaleena KarDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India.
Karthi SellamuthuDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India.
Sandeep M EswarappaDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560012, India. sandeep@iisc.ac.in.ORCID 0000-0002-7903-5198
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore · INNorthwestern University · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (DBT) BT/PR38405/GET/119/309/2020Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (DST) SB/SJF/2020-21/18Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) ID-2021-13048Ministry of Education, Government of India STARS/APR2019/BS/328/FS
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Abstract

Stop codon readthrough (SCR) is the process where translation continues beyond a stop codon on an mRNA. Here, we describe a strategy to enhance or induce SCR in a transcript-selective manner using a CRISPR-dCas13 system. Using specific guide RNAs, we target dCas13 to the region downstream of canonical stop codons of mammalian AGO1 and VEGFA mRNAs, known to exhibit natural SCR. Readthrough assays reveal enhanced SCR of these mRNAs (both exogenous and endogenous) caused by the dCas13-gRNA complexes. This effect is associated with ribosomal pausing, which has been reported for several SCR events. Our data show that CRISPR-dCas13 can also induce SCR across premature termination codons (PTCs) in the mRNAs of green fluorescent protein and TP53. We demonstrate the utility of this strategy in the induction of readthrough across the thalassemia-causing PTC in HBB mRNA and hereditary spherocytosis-causing PTC in SPTA1 mRNA. Thus, CRISPR-dCas13 can be programmed to enhance or induce SCR in a transcript-selective and stop codon-specific manner.

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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsAnimalsCodon, NonsenseCodon, TerminatorMammalsProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerCodon, NonsenseCodon, TerminatorRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, MessengerCas13CRISPRNonsense MutationStop CodonTranslational Readthrough

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PMID38499809
PMCPMC11015002
OpenAlexW4392906969

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