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Rational Design of ssODN to Correct Mutations by Gene Editing

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Gene editing allows to make a variety of targeted changes in genome, which can potentially be used to treat hereditary human diseases. Despite numerous studies in this area, effectiveness of gene editing methods for correcting mutations is still low, so these methods are not allowed in routine practice. It has been shown that rational design of genome editing components can significantly increase efficiency of mutation correction. In this work, we propose design of single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ssODNs) to increase efficiency of gene editing. Using a model system to repair knocked out EGFP that is integrated into the genome of HEK293T cell culture, we have shown that only a small part of ssODN (about 20 nucleotides: from the 15th nucleotide at 3′-end to the 4th nucleotide at 5′-end), a donor molecule for repairing double-stranded DNA breaks, is integrated into the site of the break. Based on the obtained data, it is possible to rationally approach the design of ssODNs to correct mutations using CRISPR-Cas9 method for the development of gene therapy for hereditary human diseases.

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Abbreviations

Cas:

CRISPR-associated protein

CRISPR:

clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats

DSB:

double-strand break

NHEJ:

non-homologous end joining

sgRNA:

spacer of guide RNA

ssODN:

single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotide

SSTR:

single strand template repair

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Ph.D. N. G. Gurskaya from the Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, for assistance in obtaining the HEK293T-GFPmut cell culture.

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This work was financially supported by the State Budget Project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for Research Centre for Medical Genetics. Creation of the HEK293T-GFPmut cell culture was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant No. 19-29-04044.

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  1. Research Centre for Medical Genetics, 115522, Moscow, Russia

    Olga V. Volodina, Arina A. Anuchina, Milyausha I. Zainitdinova, Alexander V. Lavrov & Svetlana A. Smirnikhina

  2. Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    Nadezhda A. Evtushenko

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Volodina, O.V., Anuchina, A.A., Zainitdinova, M.I. et al. Rational Design of ssODN to Correct Mutations by Gene Editing. Biochemistry Moscow 87, 464–471 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297922050078

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