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Nat Commun ; 15(1): 673, 2024 Jan 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38253589

ABSTRACT

CRISPR-Cas13 is widely used for programmable RNA interference, imaging, and editing. In this study, we develop a light-inducible Cas13 system called paCas13 by fusing Magnet with fragment pairs. The most effective split site, N351/C350, was identified and found to exhibit a low background and high inducibility. We observed significant light-induced perturbation of endogenous transcripts by paCas13. We further present a light-inducible base-editing system, herein called the padCas13 editor, by fusing ADAR2 to catalytically inactive paCas13 fragments. The padCas13 editor enabled reversible RNA editing under light and was effective in editing A-to-I and C-to-U RNA bases, targeting disease-relevant transcripts, and fine-tuning endogenous transcripts in mammalian cells in vitro. The padCas13 editor was also used to adjust post-translational modifications and demonstrated the ability to activate target transcripts in a mouse model in vivo. We therefore present a light-inducible RNA-modulating technique based on CRISPR-Cas13 that enables target RNAs to be diversely manipulated in vitro and in vivo, including through RNA degradation and base editing. The approach using the paCas13 system can be broadly applicable to manipulating RNA in various disease states and physiological processes, offering potential additional avenues for research and therapeutic development.


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CRISPR-Cas Systems , RNA , Animals , Mice , RNA/genetics , CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics , Gene Editing , RNA Editing/genetics , RNA Interference , Mammals
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 523(2): 473-480, 2020 03 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31882118

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The inducible activation system is valuable for investigating spatiotemporal roles of molecules. A chemically inducible activation system for Fas (CD95/APO-1), which works efficiently to induce apoptosis and leads non-apoptotic pathways, has not yet been developed. Here, we engineered a rapamycin-induced dimerization system of Fas consisting of FKBP and FRB proteins. Treatment of rapamycin specifically induces cellular apoptosis. In neurons and cells with high c-FLIP expression, rapamycin-induced Fas activation triggered the activation of the non-apoptotic pathway components instead of cell death. Intracranial delivery of the system could be utilized to induce apoptosis of tumor cells upon rapamycin treatment. Our results demonstrate a novel inducible Fas activation system which operates with high efficiency and temporal precision in vitro and in vivo promising a potential therapeutic strategy.


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Protein Engineering/methods , Sirolimus/pharmacology , Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A/metabolism , Tacrolimus Binding Proteins/metabolism , fas Receptor/metabolism , Animals , Apoptosis/drug effects , Apoptosis/genetics , Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy , Brain Neoplasms/pathology , Cells, Cultured , Female , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism , HeLa Cells , Humans , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Neurons/metabolism , Pregnancy , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A/genetics , Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays , fas Receptor/genetics
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