Project description:To investigate if the truncated PE can be dilivered by dual AAV8 vectors for in vivo prime editing. We injected the dual AAV8 into 10-week-old C57BL/6J mice . Livers were isolated 4 weeks after injection and next generation sequencing showed an average of 1.4% and 5.4% precise prime editing with the low and high AAV doses, respectively (Figure 4D ). This demonstrates that PECO-Mini can be efficiently delivered by dual AAVs for in vivo prime editing.
Project description:Prime editing is a highly versatile CRISPR-based genome editing technology with the potential to correct the vast majority of genetic defects1. However, correction of a disease phenotype in vivo in somatic tissues has not been achieved yet. Here, we establish proof-of-concept for in vivo prime editing, that resulted in rescue of a metabolic liver disease. We first develop a size-reduced prime editor (PE) lacking the RNaseH domain of the reverse transcriptase (SpCas9-PERnH), and a linker- and NLS-optimized intein-split PE construct (SpCas9-PE p.1153) for delivery by adeno-associated viruses (AAV). Systemic dual AAV-mediated delivery of this variant in neonatal mice enables installation of a transversion mutation at the Dnmt1 locus with 15% efficiency on average. Next, we targeted the disease-causing mutation in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (Pah)enu2 mouse model for phenylketonuria (PKU). Correction rates of 1.5% using the dual AAV approach could be increased to up to 14% by delivery of full-length SpCas9-PE via adenoviral vector 5 (AdV5), leading to full restoration of physiological blood phenylalanine (L-Phe) levels below 120 µmol/L. Our study demonstrates in vivo prime editing in the liver at two independent loci, emphasizing the potential of PEs for future therapeutic applications.
Project description:We addressed the question of primed CD8 T cell responsiveness to boost in a Balb/c mouse model of vaccination against gag of HIV-1, namely intramuscular (i.m.) prime with the Chimpanzee adenovector ChAd3-gag and i.m. boost with Modified Virus Ankara MVA-gag. In this setting, boost was more effective at day(d)100 than at d30 post-prime, as evaluated by multi-lymphoid organ assessment of gag-specific CD8 T cell frequency, CD62L-phenotype and in vivo killing activity at d45 post-boost. RNA-sequencing was used to compare memory signature of gag-specific spleen CD8 T cells at d100 post-prime with those at d30.
Project description:Abstract: As part of the zebrafish genome annotation project the 3 prime ends of genes were pulled down on polyT beads and sequenced on the Illumina Genome Analyzer to identify alternative 3 prime ends in a range of tissues and developmental stages. <br> Study description: Total RNA from a range of developmental stages and adult tissues were chemically fragmented, pulled down on polyT magnetic beads and double stranded cDNA was synthesized. The cDNA was BpmI digested to release from the beads and to leave a 6 T base tail. Illumina sequencing libraries were made followed by 76 base paired-end sequencing.
Project description:RNA Polymerase V transcription recruits siRNA-Argonaute protein complexes to chromatin, thereby specifying sites of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) and transcriptional gene silencing in plants. The Pol V largest subunit, NRPE1, has an extensive carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) that is dispensable for catalytic activity in vitro, yet essential in vivo. A CTD subdomain, DeCL, named for its similarity to a chloroplast protein, DEFECTIVE CHLOROPLASTS AND LEAVES, is required for Pol V function at virtually all loci, similar to mutants defective for Pol V recruitment. Deletions removing three other CTD subdomains affect overlapping subsets of loci, similar to mutants lacking proteins that bind Pol V or its transcripts. A yeast two-hybrid screen for CTD-interactors identified the 3-prime -> 5-prime exoribonuclease, RRP6L1 as an interactor with the DeCL subdomain and the adjacent QS subdomain, named for its numerous glutamine-serine (QS) repeats. These RRP6L1-binding subdomains immediately follow the Argonaute-binding subdomain. Experimental evidence indicates that RRP6L1 trims the 3-prime ends of Pol V transcripts sliced by ARGONAUTE 4 (AGO4), suggesting a model whereby the adjacent CTD subdomains enable the spatial and temporal coordination of AGO4 and RRP6L1 RNA processing activities.
Project description:single cell RNA sequencing of iPSC and Human dermal fibroblasts using 10x Genomics with 3-prime, 5-prime poly(dT) primer, and 5-prime random primer. For comparison in gene, ncRNA and enhancer detection.