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High-frequency off-target mutagenesis induced by CRISPR-Cas nucleases in human cells.


ABSTRACT: Clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) RNA-guided nucleases (RGNs) have rapidly emerged as a facile and efficient platform for genome editing. Here, we use a human cell-based reporter assay to characterize off-target cleavage of CRISPR-associated (Cas)9-based RGNs. We find that single and double mismatches are tolerated to varying degrees depending on their position along the guide RNA (gRNA)-DNA interface. We also readily detected off-target alterations induced by four out of six RGNs targeted to endogenous loci in human cells by examination of partially mismatched sites. The off-target sites we identified harbored up to five mismatches and many were mutagenized with frequencies comparable to (or higher than) those observed at the intended on-target site. Our work demonstrates that RGNs can be highly active even with imperfectly matched RNA-DNA interfaces in human cells, a finding that might confound their use in research and therapeutic applications.

SUBMITTER: Fu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3773023 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High-frequency off-target mutagenesis induced by CRISPR-Cas nucleases in human cells.

Fu Yanfang Y   Foden Jennifer A JA   Khayter Cyd C   Maeder Morgan L ML   Reyon Deepak D   Joung J Keith JK   Sander Jeffry D JD  

Nature biotechnology 20130623 9


Clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) RNA-guided nucleases (RGNs) have rapidly emerged as a facile and efficient platform for genome editing. Here, we use a human cell-based reporter assay to characterize off-target cleavage of CRISPR-associated (Cas)9-based RGNs. We find that single and double mismatches are tolerated to varying degrees depending on their position along the guide RNA (gRNA)-DNA interface. We also readily detected off-target alterations induced by f  ...[more]

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