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Engineering designer beta cells with a CRISPR-Cas9 conjugation platform.


ABSTRACT: Genetically fusing protein domains to Cas9 has yielded several transformative technologies; however, the genetic modifications are limited to natural polypeptide chains at the Cas9 termini, which excludes a diverse array of molecules useful for gene editing. Here, we report chemical modifications that allow site-specific and multiple-site conjugation of a wide assortment of molecules on both the termini and internal sites of Cas9, creating a platform for endowing Cas9 with diverse functions. Using this platform, Cas9 can be modified to more precisely incorporate exogenously supplied single-stranded oligonucleotide donor (ssODN) at the DNA break site. We demonstrate that the multiple-site conjugation of ssODN to Cas9 significantly increases the efficiency of precision genome editing, and such a platform is compatible with ssODNs of diverse lengths. By leveraging the conjugation platform, we successfully engineer INS-1E, a ?-cell line, to repurpose the insulin secretion machinery, which enables the glucose-dependent secretion of protective immunomodulatory factor interleukin-10.

SUBMITTER: Lim D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7426819 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Engineering designer beta cells with a CRISPR-Cas9 conjugation platform.

Lim Donghyun D   Sreekanth Vedagopuram V   Cox Kurt J KJ   Law Benjamin K BK   Wagner Bridget K BK   Karp Jeffrey M JM   Choudhary Amit A  

Nature communications 20200813 1


Genetically fusing protein domains to Cas9 has yielded several transformative technologies; however, the genetic modifications are limited to natural polypeptide chains at the Cas9 termini, which excludes a diverse array of molecules useful for gene editing. Here, we report chemical modifications that allow site-specific and multiple-site conjugation of a wide assortment of molecules on both the termini and internal sites of Cas9, creating a platform for endowing Cas9 with diverse functions. Usi  ...[more]

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