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ArticleProtein & cell2026

Therapeutic adenine base editor with minimized off-target effects.

Yongsen Sun, Nana Yan, Hu Feng, Hongjiang Lu, Zhenrui Zuo, Chikai Zhou, Erwei Zuo

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Yongsen SunState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
Nana YanState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
Hu FengState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
Hongjiang LuState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
Zhenrui ZuoState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
Chikai ZhouState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
Erwei ZuoState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.

Funding

Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program CAAS-BRC-AFIS-2025-03Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program CAAS-CSIAF-202401Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program CAAS-SCAB-202301Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program Y2024QC32Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2022A1515012142China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M693452National Natural Science Foundation of China 32101223National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371549National Natural Science Foundation of China W2533083Shenzhen Medical Research Fund B2502040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-wide off-target effect poses a safety risk for clinical use of adenine base editor (ABE), among which ABE8e is one of the most efficient. Genome-wide off-target analysis by two-cell embryo injection (GOTI) analysis showed that the rate of genome-wide single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) in ABE8e-edited cells was ∼30-fold higher than that of spontaneous SNVs in control cells, indicating prevalent off-target effects of ABE8e, but no off-target effect for ABE7.10, from which ABE8e was derived. We performed saturation mutagenesis of eight amino acid sites of the deaminase (TadA8e) within ABE8e and obtained ABE8eY149V that exhibited high editing efficiency without detectable off-target effect. Furthermore, TadA8eY149V could be fused with other Cas homologs (PAM-relaxed SpRY, hypercompact SaKKH, or IscB) to expand its target range. Finally, ABE8eY149V editing of hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (Hpd) gene prevented lethality in hereditary tyrosinemia type I mice. The high efficiency and fidelity of ABE8eY149V suggest its potential application in ABE-based gene therapies.

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AdenineAminohydrolasesCRISPR-Cas SystemsGenetic TherapyTyrosinemiasAnimalsHumansMicePolymorphism, Single NucleotideAdenineAminohydrolasesadenine base editorgene therapyhigh-fidelity variantoff-target effects

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