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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2024

Synergistic combination of RAD51-SCR7 improves CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing efficiency by preventing R-loop accumulation.

Sun-Ji Park, Seo Jung Park, Yang Woo Kwon, Eui-Hwan Choi

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  5. Advances in CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Editing in Filamentous Fungi.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Sun-Ji ParkNew Drug Development Center, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (DGMIF), Deagu 41061, South Korea.
Seo Jung ParkNew Drug Development Center, Osong Medical Innovation Foundation, Cheongju 28160, South Korea.
Yang Woo KwonNew Drug Development Center, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (DGMIF), Deagu 41061, South Korea.
Eui-Hwan ChoiNew Drug Development Center, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (DGMIF), Deagu 41061, South Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR-Cas9 has emerged as a powerful tool for genome editing. However, Cas9 genome editing faces challenges, including low efficiency and off-target effects. Here, we report that combined treatment with RAD51, a key factor in homologous recombination, and SCR7, a DNA ligase IV small-molecule inhibitor, enhances CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome-editing efficiency in human embryonic kidney 293T and human induced pluripotent stem cells, as confirmed by cyro- transmission electron microscopy and functional analyses. First, our findings reveal the crucial role of RAD51 in homologous recombination (HR)-mediated DNA repair process. Elevated levels of exogenous RAD51 promote a post-replication step via single-strand DNA gap repair process, ensuring the completion of DNA replication. Second, using the all-in-one CRISPR-Cas9-RAD51 system, highly expressed RAD51 improved the multiple endogenous gene knockin/knockout efficiency and insertion/deletion (InDel) mutation by activating the HR-based repair pathway in concert with SCR7. Sanger sequencing shows distinct outcomes for RAD51-SCR7 in the ratio of InDel mutations in multiple genome sites. Third, RAD51-SCR7 combination can induce efficient R-loop resolution and DNA repair by enhanced HR process, which leads to DNA replication stalling and thus is advantageous to CRISPR-Cas9-based stable genome editing. Our study suggests promising applications in genome editing by enhancing CRISPR-Cas9 efficiency through RAD51 and SCR7, offering potential advancements in biotechnology and therapeutics.

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CRISPR-Cas9DNA repairhomologous recombinationMT: RNA/DNA editingRAD51R-loopSCR7

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PMID39161621
PMCPMC11331969

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