Adenine base editors induce off-target structure variations in mouse embryos and primary human T cells

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第一作者： Wu, Leilei

作者： Wu, Leilei;Zhou, Changyang;Sun, Yidi;Wu, Leilei;Jiang, Shutan;Shi, Meisong;Li, Yaqin;Huang, Pinzheng;Li, Yingqi;Yuan, Tanglong;Zuo, Erwei;Sun, Yidi

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关键词： ABE; Cas9; Off-target structure variation; Large deletion; T cell

期刊名称：GENOME BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：9.4； 五年影响因子：16.3 ）

ISSN： 1474-760X

年卷期： 2024 年 25 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： BackgroundThe safety of CRISPR-based gene editing methods is of the utmost priority in clinical applications. Previous studies have reported that Cas9 cleavage induced frequent aneuploidy in primary human T cells, but whether cleavage-mediated editing of base editors would generate off-target structure variations remains unknown. Here, we investigate the potential off-target structural variations associated with CRISPR/Cas9, ABE, and CBE editing in mouse embryos and primary human T cells by whole-genome sequencing and single-cell RNA-seq analyses.ResultsThe results show that both Cas9 and ABE generate off-target structural variations (SVs) in mouse embryos, while CBE induces rare SVs. In addition, off-target large deletions are detected in 32.74% of primary human T cells transfected with Cas9 and 9.17% of cells transfected with ABE. Moreover, Cas9-induced aneuploid cells activate the P53 and apoptosis pathways, whereas ABE-associated aneuploid cells significantly upregulate cell cycle-related genes and are arrested in the G0 phase. A percentage of 16.59% and 4.29% aneuploid cells are still observable at 3 weeks post transfection of Cas9 or ABE. These off-target phenomena in ABE are universal as observed in other cell types such as B cells and Huh7. Furthermore, the off-target SVs are significantly reduced in cells treated with high-fidelity ABE (ABE-V106W).ConclusionsThis study shows both CRISPR/Cas9 and ABE induce off-target SVs in mouse embryos and primary human T cells, raising an urgent need for the development of high-fidelity gene editing tools.

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