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Cytosine base editors with increased PAM and deaminase motif flexibility for gene editing in zebrafish

Authors
Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Qin, W., Zheng, S., Xiao, J., Xia, X., Yuan, X., Zeng, J., Shi, Y., Zhang, Y., Ma, H., Varshney, G.K., Fei, J.F., Liu, Y.
ID
ZDB-PUB-241105-1
Date
2024
Source
Nature communications   15: 95269526 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Fei, Jifeng, Liu, Yanmei, Varshney, Gaurav
Keywords
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MeSH Terms
  • Mutation
  • Gene Editing*/methods
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems*
  • Zebrafish*/genetics
  • Animals
  • DNA/genetics
  • DNA/metabolism
  • Nucleotide Motifs
  • Humans
  • Cytosine*/metabolism
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PubMed
39496611 Full text @ Nat. Commun.
Abstract
Cytosine base editing is a powerful tool for making precise single nucleotide changes in cells and model organisms like zebrafish, which are valuable for studying human diseases. However, current base editors struggle to edit cytosines in certain DNA contexts, particularly those with GC and CC pairs, limiting their use in modelling disease-related mutations. Here we show the development of zevoCDA1, an optimized cytosine base editor for zebrafish that improves editing efficiency across various DNA contexts and reduces restrictions imposed by the protospacer adjacent motif. We also create zevoCDA1-198, a more precise editor with a narrower editing window of five nucleotides, minimizing off-target effects. Using these advanced tools, we successfully generate zebrafish models of diseases that were previously challenging to create due to sequence limitations. This work enhances the ability to introduce human pathogenic mutations in zebrafish, broadening the scope for genomic research with improved precision and efficiency.
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