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ABE-ultramax for high-efficiency biallelic adenine base editing in zebrafish.
- Source :
- Nature Communications; 7/4/2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Advancements in CRISPR technology, particularly the development of base editors, revolutionize genetic variant research. When combined with model organisms like zebrafish, base editors significantly accelerate and refine in vivo analysis of genetic variations. However, base editors are restricted by protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequences and specific editing windows, hindering their applicability to a broad spectrum of genetic variants. Additionally, base editors can introduce unintended mutations and often exhibit reduced efficiency in living organisms compared to cultured cell lines. Here, we engineer a suite of adenine base editors (ABEs) called ABE-Ultramax (Umax), demonstrating high editing efficiency and low rates of insertions and deletions (indels) in zebrafish. The ABE-Umax suite of editors includes ABEs with shifted, narrowed, or broadened editing windows, reduced bystander mutation frequency, and highly flexible PAM sequence requirements. These advancements have the potential to address previous challenges in disease modeling and advance gene therapy applications. CRISPR base editors are limited by protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequences and specific editing windows. Here, authors developed ABE-Ultramax, a suite of adenine base editors with high efficiency, low indel rates, and flexible PAM requirements, enabling precise biallelic editing in zebrafish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GENOME editing
BRACHYDANIO
GENETIC variation
ENGINEERS
ADENINE
GENE therapy
CELL lines
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178460321
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49943-1