Wu Youjun, Zhong Aaron, Sidharta Mega, Kim Tae Wan, Ramirez Bernny, Persily Benjamin, Studer Lorenz, Zhou Ting
The SKI Stem Cell Research Facility, The Center for Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA.
The Center for Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA.
Nat Commun. 2024 Dec 30;15(1):10824. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55104-1.
Prime editing (PE) allows for precise genome editing in human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), such as introducing single nucleotide modifications, small insertions or deletions at a specific genomic locus. Here, we systematically compare a panel of prime editing conditions in hPSCs and generate a potent prime editor, "PE-Plus", through co-inhibition of mismatch repair and p53-mediated cellular stress responses. We further establish an inducible prime editing platform in hPSCs by incorporating the PE-Plus into a safe-harbor locus and demonstrated temporal control of precise editing in both hPSCs and differentiated cells. By evaluating disease-associated mutations, we show that this platform allows efficient creation of both monoallelic and biallelic disease-relevant mutations in hPSCs. In addition, this platform enables the efficient introduction of single or multiple edits in one step, demonstrating potential for multiplex editing. Our method presents an efficient and controllable multiplex prime editing tool in hPSCs and their differentiated progeny.
碱基编辑(PE)能够在人类多能干细胞(hPSC)中进行精确的基因组编辑,例如在特定基因组位点引入单核苷酸修饰、小片段插入或缺失。在此,我们系统地比较了一组hPSC中的碱基编辑条件,并通过同时抑制错配修复和p53介导的细胞应激反应,生成了一种高效的碱基编辑器“PE-Plus”。我们通过将PE-Plus整合到安全位点,进一步在hPSC中建立了一个可诱导的碱基编辑平台,并证明了在hPSC和分化细胞中均可实现对精确编辑的时间控制。通过评估与疾病相关的突变,我们表明该平台能够在hPSC中高效创建单等位基因和双等位基因疾病相关突变。此外,该平台能够一步高效引入单个或多个编辑,显示出多重编辑的潜力。我们的方法为hPSC及其分化后代提供了一种高效且可控的多重碱基编辑工具。