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ArticleCommunications biology2025

A versatile CRISPR/Cas9 system off-target prediction tool using language model.

Weian Du, Liang Zhao, Kaichuan Diao, Yangyang Zheng, Qianyong Yang, Zhenzhen Zhu, Xiangxing Zhu, Dongsheng Tang

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Weian DuGene Editing Technology Center of Guangdong Province, School of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
Liang ZhaoShenzhen Health Development Research and Data Management Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. zhaoj93@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-0563-1297
Kaichuan DiaoShenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Yangyang ZhengGuangdong Homy Genetics Ltd, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
Qianyong YangJiujiang Key Laboratory of Rare Disease Research, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
Zhenzhen ZhuShenzhen Health Development Research and Data Management Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Xiangxing ZhuGene Editing Technology Center of Guangdong Province, School of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, China. zhu_xiangxing@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5265-2620
Dongsheng TangGene Editing Technology Center of Guangdong Province, School of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, China. tangdsh@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9466-6687

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82070199
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome editing with the CRISPR/Cas9 system has revolutionized life and medical sciences, particularly in treating monogenic genetic diseases by enabling long-term therapeutic effects from a single intervention. However, the CRISPR/Cas9 system can tolerate mismatches and DNA/RNA bulges at target sites, leading to unintended off-target effects that pose challenges for gene-editing therapy development. Existing high-throughput detection and in silico prediction methods are often limited to specifically designed single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) and perform poorly on unseen sequences. To address these limitations, we introduce CCLMoff, a deep learning framework for off-target prediction that incorporates a pretrained RNA language model from RNAcentral. CCLMoff captures mutual sequence information between sgRNAs and target sites and is trained on a comprehensive, updated dataset. This approach enables accurate off-target identification and strong generalization across diverse NGS-based detection datasets. Model interpretation reveals the biological importance of the seed region, underscoring CCLMoff's analytical capabilities. The development of CCLMoff lays the foundation for a comprehensive, end-to-end sgRNA design platform, enhancing both the precision and efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9-based therapeutics. CCLMoff is a versatile tool and is publicly available at github.com/duwa2/CCLMoff .

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingComputational BiologyDeep LearningHumansRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsSoftwareRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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PMID40481308
PMCPMC12144082

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