RNA targeting with CRISPR–Cas13
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Essletzbichler, Patrick
Belanto, Joseph J.
Verdine, Vanessa
Kellner, Max J.
Voytas, Daniel F.
Gootenberg, Jonathan S
Han, Shuo
Joung, Julia
Cox, David Benjamin Turitz
Regev, Aviv
Date Issued
October 2017
Journal
Nature
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Nature Publishing Group
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Abudayyeh, Omar O. et al. “RNA Targeting with CRISPR–Cas13.” Nature 550, 7675 (October 2017): 280–284 © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
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Abstract
RNA has important and diverse roles in biology, but molecular tools to manipulate and measure it are limited. For example, RNA interference1-3 can efficiently knockdown RNAs, but it is prone to off-target effects4, and visualizing RNAs typically relies on the introduction of exogenous tags5. Here we demonstrate that the class 2 type VI6,7 RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas effector Cas13a8(previously known as C2c2) can be engineered for mammalian cell RNA knockdown and binding. After initial screening of 15 orthologues, we identified Cas13a from Leptotrichia wadei (LwaCas13a) as the most effective in an interference assay in Escherichia coli. LwaCas13a can be heterologously expressed in mammalian and plant cells for targeted knockdown of either reporter or endogenous transcripts with comparable levels of knockdown as RNA interference and improved specificity. Catalytically inactive LwaCas13a maintains targeted RNA binding activity, which we leveraged for programmable tracking of transcripts in live cells. Our results establish CRISPR-Cas13a as a flexible platform for studying RNA in mammalian cells and therapeutic development.
MIT Department
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
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