sgBE: a structure-guided design of sgRNA architecture specifies base editing window and enables simultaneous conversion of cytosine and adenosine

Genome Biol. 2020 Aug 28;21(1):222. doi: 10.1186/s13059-020-02137-6.

Abstract

We present a base editing system, in which base editors are attached to different sites of sgRNA scaffold (sgBE). Each independent sgBE has its own specific editing pattern for a given target site. Among tested sgBEs, sgBE-SL4, in which deaminase is attached to the last stem-loop of sgRNA, yields the highest editing efficiency in the window several nucleotides next to the one edited by BE3. sgBE enables the simultaneous editing of adenine and cytosine. Finally, in order to facilitate in vivo base editing, we extend our sgBE system to an AAV-compatible Cas9, SaCas9 (Staphylococcus aureus), and observe robust base editing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenine
  • Adenosine / metabolism*
  • CRISPR-Associated Protein 9
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy
  • Cytosine / metabolism*
  • Gene Editing / methods*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Humans
  • Nucleotides
  • RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems
  • Software

Substances

  • Nucleotides
  • Cytosine
  • CRISPR-Associated Protein 9
  • Adenine
  • Adenosine