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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
卷 23, 期 5, 页码 552-+出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41556-021-00671-4
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- MoST [2018YFA0801401, 2019YFA0802804, 2018YFC1004602, 2019YFA0802801]
- NSFC [31925011, 91940306, 32070170, 32071442, 31871345, 31822016, 81872305, 31801073, 31972936]
- Medical Science Advancement Program of Wuhan University [TFJC2018004]
- Applied Basic Frontier Program of Wuhan City
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association from CAS
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Hubei Health Commission Young Investigator Award
- National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents [BX20190256]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M662704]
The study introduces a novel base editor system, tBE, which efficiently performs C-to-T editing by fusing a cleavable dCDI domain, reducing off-target mutations. The tBE system remains inactive at off-target sites, preventing unintended mutations, and activates for precise base editing at on-target sites.
The fusion of CRISPR-Cas9 with cytidine deaminases leads to base editors (BEs) capable of programmable C-to-T editing, which has potential in clinical applications but suffers from off-target (OT) mutations. Here, we used a cleavable deoxycytidine deaminase inhibitor (dCDI) domain to construct a transformer BE (tBE) system that induces efficient editing with only background levels of genome-wide and transcriptome-wide OT mutations. After being produced, the tBE remains inactive at OT sites with the fusion of a cleavable dCDI, therefore eliminating unintended mutations. When binding at on-target sites, the tBE is transformed to cleave off the dCDI domain and catalyses targeted deamination for precise base editing. After delivery into mice through a dual-adeno-associated virus (AAV) system, the tBE system created a premature stop codon in Pcsk9 and significantly reduced serum PCSK9, resulting in a similar to 30-40% decrease in total cholesterol. The development of tBE establishes a highly specific base editing system and its in vivo efficacy has potential for therapeutic applications.
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