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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Efficient Genome Editing Using the T2A-Coupled Co-Expression of Two ZFN Monomers.

Shota Katayama, Takashi Yamamoto

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. 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 authors.

Shota KatayamaGenome Editing Innovation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0078-3207
Takashi YamamotoGenome Editing Innovation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan.

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Japan Science and Technology Agency COI-NEXT Bio-Digital Transformation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome editing is commonly used in biomedical research. Among the genome editing tools, zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) are smaller in size than transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and CRISPR-Cas9. Therefore, ZFNs are easily packed into a viral vector with limited cargo space. However, ZFNs also consist of left and right monomers, which both need to be expressed in the target cells. When each monomer is expressed separately, two expression cassettes are required, thus increasing the size of the DNA. This is a disadvantage for a viral vector with limited cargo space. We herein showed that T2A-coupled ZF-ND1 monomers were co-expressed from a single expression cassette and that the corresponding ZF-ND1s efficiently cleaved the target DNA sequences. Furthermore, the total amount of transfected plasmid DNA was reduced by half, and genome editing efficiency was equivalent to that of two separate ZF-ND1 monomers. This study provides a promising framework for the development of ZFN applications.

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Gene EditingZinc Finger NucleasesCRISPR-Cas SystemsGenetic VectorsHEK293 CellsHumansPlasmidsZinc Finger Nucleases2A peptidegenome editingZFN

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PMID40806729
PMCPMC12347167

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