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  1. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...or apoptosis with Cas9/gRNA expression. A pooled analysis found no evidence of Cas9 cleavage at predicted...were located near the Cas9 cut site, leading Wang et al. to conclude that some Cas9-derived indels may not...destroy infected cells, the other using wild-type Cas9 to remove the HIV-1 genome from infected cells. ...realistic with the advent of CRISPR. Using CRISPR/Cas9 SAM to "shock and kill" To “shock and kill” the...targeted approach, Zhang et al. turned to the CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediators (SAM) system available... a latent microglial line, treatment with CRISPR/Cas9 SAM increased the percentage of cells with activated...lines that can produce HIV-1 toxic proteins, CRISPR/Cas9 SAM caused apoptosis, indicating a true “shock and...
  2. Brzezinski Lab CRISPR Collection

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    ...in retinal development the lab utilizes a CRISPR/Cas9 based approach to knockout, repress, and activate...taken advantage of the Zhang lab all-in-one (guide/Cas9/reporter) pX458 plasmid family. They have made several...repression dCas9-VPR fusion for gene activation CRISPR/Cas9 Plasmid Variants Figure 1: Schematic of the CRISPR...
  3. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ... encoding the gRNAs and Cas9. As with the Gersbach lab plasmids, multiple Cas9 variants are available:...subsequently inserted into a Cas9-containing destination vector based on pCAMBIA. Cas9 is plant-optimized, and...target multiple sites! In this post, we'll cover Cas9 multiplexing options, but also check out our blog...into a destination vector. The first step in CRISPR/Cas9 Golden Gate multiplexing is to clone the oligonucleotides...assembly into a destination vector that expresses Cas9. This is illustrated in the schematic below.   ...fragments together and drive ordered assembly into a Cas9-containing destination vector. Note: depending on...Plasmids are then digested using BsmBI and ligated into Cas9 or dCas9-containing destination vectors. Destination...
  4. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...needed by Cas9 for cleavage. In certain cases, Cpf1 may be better suited for genome editing than Cas9 - read...CRISPR system. Like Cas9, Cpf1 contains a RuvC-like endonuclease domain, but it lacks Cas9’s other HNH endonuclease...Potential advantages of Cpf1 over Cas9 Type II CRISPR systems based on Cas9 were thought to be the simplest...display cleavage activity in mammalian cells. Like Cas9 nucleases, Cpf1 family members contain a RuvC-like...RuvC-like endonuclease domain, but they lack Cas9’s second HNH endonuclease domain. Cpf1 cleaves DNA in a staggered...check out our CRISPR guide for a refresher on CRISPR/Cas9.  Figure 1: Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease...tested? Class 2 CRISPR systems, including the type II Cas9-based system, require a single-component nuclease...
  5. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    ...several Cas9s that recognize NG PAMs. The Nureki lab generated SpCas9-NG, a rationally engineered Cas9 with...PAM-interacting domain of Cas9. After multiple rounds of engineering, they developed the SpRY Cas9 variant (Walton...regions Cas9 EQR NGAG - xCas9 NG Less effective at NGH PAMs (Zhang et al, 2021) NG Cas9 NG - ...proteins that don’t utilize NGG   There are plenty of Cas9 variants which utilize alternative PAMs. These alternative...(Zhang et al, & Walton et al). Additionally, SpG Cas9 with the same PAM preference of NG was isolated ... proteins have everything we know and love about Cas9, but with broader PAM compatibility. This alternative...like NGG. Nonetheless, in an AT-rich region, these Cas9s may still leave you choosing between efficiency ...
  6. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ... guide page for a review of Cas9.  For a brief comparison of Cpf1 vs. Cas9, see the table below. Table...Table 1. Comparing the Cas9 and Cpf1 CRISPR Nucleases   Cas9 Cpf1 Components crRNAtracrRNACas9 crRNACpf1...Editing Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment A Match Made in Heaven: CRISPR/Cas9 and AAV Resources... system for editing multiple targets compared to Cas9.  Read on to learn more about Cpf1 multiplexing....cleaves 5' of the protospacer Multiplexing CRISPR-Cas9 options before Cpf1 crRNA array Prior to this new...multiplex CRISPR gene editing methods relied solely on Cas9. Overall, these approaches have two main drawbacks...of more than one vector to express the gRNAs and Cas9. Co-transfections can lead to variable expression...
  7. What's New in CRISPR - Winter 2018

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    ...dual-nuclease Cas9-Cas9 chimeras Scot Wolfe’s lab has developed dual-nuclease Cas9-Cas9 chimeras with ...compared to monomeric Cas9’s. Read the paper in Nature Communications Find the Cas9-Cas9 chimera plasmids...optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9. By combining AcrIIA4, a Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 inhibitor, with the LOV2...Anti-CRISPR proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9 Anti-CRISPR proteins that inhibit type II CRISPR...
  8. Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary

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    ...chromosome encodes a tracrRNA (in some systems including Cas9), Cas proteins, and a CRISPR array. The CRISPR array...bacteria, these crRNAs are bound by Cas proteins (Cas9 shown here). The repeat sequence base pairs with...“single-guide RNA” that performs both functions. Cas9 cuts both the target and nontarget DNA strands upstream...CRISPR-associated.” The most famous of these proteins is Cas9 nuclease, but there are many other Cas proteins ... strand: The paired strand of foreign DNA cut by Cas9, whose sequence is not checked. Assuming full complementarity...these sequences. Pro tip! Various labs have created Cas9 enzymes with looser PAM requirements, which are ...sequence is the RNA guide, like a wanted poster that Cas9 uses to track down its suspect—the target DNA. tracrRNA...
  9. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    ...contains Cas9. The Madison lab also created an inducible SRIRACCHA system (iSRIRACCHA) where Cas9 expression... labor intensive and quite time consuming.   As Cas9/gRNA activity is crucial for successful CRISPR editing...the scientific community for efficient real-time Cas9 activity assays. Recently scientists have created...fluorescent reporter assays to quantify targeted Cas9 cleavage, and repair through homology directed repair...containing the reporter gene that was cleaved by Cas9 and repaired via HDR using the supplied donor plasmid...expressing cells provides a real-time read out of Cas9 activity.  By using the RFP:GFP ratio, edited cells...Thus SRIRACCHA enables scientists to both quantify Cas9 activity and sgRNA efficiency as well as enrich ...
  10. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ...While various Cas9 mutants have been engineered to perform unique editing tasks, classic Cas9 nuclease, which...express Cas9 and a gRNA from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus can be used to generate Cas9-expressing...gRNAs in a monoclonal Cas9 background because you’ll have more consistent levels of Cas9 expression between...this plasmid Cas9 expression is typically cytotoxic, which makes generation of high titer Cas9 lentiviruses...do provide a few non-CRISPR related viral preps. Cas9 is the headliner of most CRISPR applications and... Purpose of LentiCas9-blast LentiCas9-blast is a Cas9 expression vector developed by Feng Zhang’s lab ... knockouts (using gRNA lentiviruses). Separating Cas9 and the gRNA into two constructs (i.e., using a ...
  11. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...the two proteins, thus releasing Cas9. Nanoblades can also deliver Cas9 variants, such as a transcriptional...Nanoblades by association with the the Cas9 portion of the Gag-Cas9 fusion protein. A single Nanoblade particle...along with the gRNA and Cas9. An “all-in-one” Nanoblades which carries a gRNA, Cas9, and a HDR donor template... leukemia virus (MLV)-like particles loaded with Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). According to the...generation. Key components of Nanoblades Nanoblades are a Cas9 RNP delivery vehicle that’s based on mouse leukemia...supernatant and can be purified by centrifugation. Gag-Cas9 fusion protein The MLV Gag protein fused to a Flag-tagged...just like the unmodified MLV Gag protein. After Gag-Cas9 is incorporated, the MLV protease, supplied as part...
  12. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ... CRISPR tools for your application: Wildtype Cas9 or Cas9 nickase are appropriate for generating knockouts...in vivo viral delivery. Cas9 mRNA and gRNA Plasmids containing gRNA and Cas9 are used in in vitro transcription...generating transgenic embryos. Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoprotein complexes Purified Cas9 protein and in vitro transcribed...need to deliver. Minimally, one or more sgRNAs and Cas9 are required for any application. If you want to...Application Mammalian expression vector Promoter driving Cas9 expression can be constitutive or inducible. U6 ...stable cell lines. Transient or stable expression of Cas9 and/or gRNA in a mammalian cell line that can be...transfected at high efficiency. Lentiviral transduction Cas9 and gRNA can be present in a single lentiviral transfer...
  13. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    ...single base editing by APOBEC-Cas9 Though the ACE reporter quantifies APOBEC-Cas9 efficiency in real-time, ...and enrichment of DNA editing by APOBEC–Cas9 or cleavage by Cas9 in living cells. Nucleic Acids Research...genome, but they’re inefficient compared to CRISPR/Cas9 edits that rely on double strand DNA breaks. Due...can help you do just that. Monitoring APOBEC and Cas9-mediated editing in real time The Harris lab created...APOBEC (a family of cytidine deaminase proteins) and Cas9-mediated editing in real time (St. Martin et al....exactly does this work? Figure 1: APOBEC- and Cas9-mediated editing (ACE) reporter in action. Image...quantify the on-target DNA editing efficiency of APOBEC-Cas9 editisome complexes in real-time (St. Martin et ...
  14. CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining

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    .... Repair of Cas9-induced breaks by NHEJ As illustrated below, NHEJ-mediated repair of Cas9-generated breaks...Cas system for genome engineering is the fact that Cas9 can be easily programmed to make a DNA double strand...discuss NHEJ, and how it impacts what happens to Cas9-mediated DSBs in the genome. Non-homologous end...consequently the principal means by which CRISPR/Cas9-introduced breaks are repaired. The following factors...introduce indels. Given the end structure of the Cas9 DSB (blunt or near-blunt ends without nucleotide...population of cells constitutively expressing a targeted Cas9 should possess indels in the majority of their chromosomes...Another factor expected to impact repair is that the Cas9 protein doesn’t immediately release from the broken...
  15. Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids

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    ...lenti-Cas9-VQR plasmid page. Despite their differences, both of these PID formats for lenti-Cas9-VQR contain...available through Addgene. Let’s take a look at lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast, which has the Addgene ID #87155. The ...The resolvable compact identifier format for lenti-Cas9-VQR is the URL “http://n2t.net/addgene:87155” where...n2t.net web address. For the RRID format, lenti-Cas9-VQR is represented as “RRID:Addgene_87155” and the...formats. Let’s go back to our example plasmid, lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast. If you scroll down to the bottom of this...semi-colons. For our example plasmid it will read “lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast was a gift from Daniel Bauer (Addgene ... a resolvable compact identifier and RRID “lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast was a gift from Daniel Bauer (Addgene ...
  16. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...surprise then that stability of the RNA used in CRISPR-Cas9 experiments – the “gRNA” – suffers from the same...still effectively serving their function of guiding Cas9 to generate a targeted break. These advances in ...modifications The recognition sequence for CRISPR-Cas9 targeting is led by a ~20 bp gRNA which is part ...trans-activating crRNA (tracrRNA) which interacts with the Cas9 protein. These RNA molecules are vulnerable to attack...partially DNA gRNA is surprisingly well-tolerated by the Cas9 protein and can increase on-target efficiency. In...modifications listed above were developed before CRISPR-Cas9, for use in applications like siRNA and antisense...On-off switches for gRNAs A major drawback of CRISPR-Cas9 technology is that most expression systems are constantly...
  17. Are Hybrid Guide RNAs Right for Your CRISPR Application?

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    ... Seed sequence Cas9: No activityCas12: No activity N/A N/A N/A Tail sequence Cas9: YesCas12: YesABE...YesABE: Yes Cas9: YesCas12: YesABE: Yes ABE: Yes Yes Scaffold sequence Cas9: YesCas12: No Not tested Not... better: they largely abolished cleavage by both Cas9 and Cas12 (Kim et al., 2020; Yin et al., 2018). ... with DNA bases while retaining activity in both Cas9 and Cas12 (Kim et al., 2020; Yin et al., 2018). ...dramatically reduced cleavage (Kim et al., 2020). For Cas9, some parts of the scaffold sequence could be substituted...R., & Anderson, D. G. (2018). Partial DNA-guided Cas9 enables genome editing with reduced off-target activity...Your CRISPR Vocabulary A Needle in a Base-Stack: Cas9 Structural Biology CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine...
  18. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    ...toolkit for epitope tagging Lentiviral capsid-based Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery Cytosine deaminase... a catalytically impaired Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9. They called this editor Target-ACE (adenine and...Read the paper in bioRxiv Find Target-ACE   CRISPR/Cas9-based toolkit for epitope tagging in neurons Harold... the paper in bioRxiv Find the ORANGE toolkit   Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery by lentiviral capsid-based...capsid-based bionanoparticle Transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 in cells has advantages like reduced off-target ...off-target activity and decreased immune response to Cas9. Recently, Baisong Lu’s lab developed a lentiviral capsid-based...capsid-based bionanoparticle system for packaging Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoproteins for transient expression...
  19. What's New in CRISPR - September 2019

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    ...inducible CRISPR/Cas9 systems for transcriptional activation and genome editing by fusing Cas9 to a mutated...vectors to create knock-ins CasX Drug inducible CRISPR/Cas9 activation E. coli genome-wide inhibition library...vectors GeneWeld from Jeffrey Essner’s lab uses CRISPR/Cas9 and a donor vector to create knock-ins of fluorescent..., or transcriptional regulators. In this system, Cas9 generates a double-stranded DNA break at the genomic...Nucleic Acids Research Find the drug inducible Cas9 plasmids E. coli genome-wide inhibition library...factors, and identify sequence-specific toxicity of Cas9. Read the paper in Nature Communications Find...
  20. The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment

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    ... engineering Cas9 variants with a preference for specific PAMs. Though near-PAMless Cas9s can broadly ...editing was invented in David Liu’s lab by combining Cas9 DNA-targeting technology with a fused cytidine deaminase...effects in a variety of RNA transcripts independent of Cas9 targeting (Rees et al., 2019). The Liu lab characterized... and eight bases, close to the PAM recognized by Cas9. If no PAM is available nearby, a base editor may...Kleinstiver’s lab engineered new variants of S. pyogenes Cas9. While the wild-type enzyme requires a PAM sequence... models tested both the SpG and SpRY variants of Cas9. With many PAMs available, a large number of gRNAs...efficient editing. In these initial experiments, SpG Cas9 came out on top. Narrowing PAM preferences The Kleinstiver...
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