Emerging applications of gene editing technologies for the development of climate-resilient crops
Frontiers in Genome Editing,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
7
Опубликована: Март 10, 2025
Climate
change
threatens
global
crop
yield
and
food
security
due
to
rising
temperatures,
erratic
rainfall,
increased
abiotic
stresses
like
drought,
heat,
salinity.
Gene
editing
technologies,
including
CRISPR/Cas9,
base
editors,
prime
offer
precise
tools
for
enhancing
resilience.
This
review
explores
the
mechanisms
of
these
technologies
their
applications
in
developing
climate-resilient
crops
address
future
challenges.
While
CRISPR/enables
targeted
modifications
plant
DNA,
editors
allow
direct
conversion
without
inducing
double-stranded
breaks,
enable
insertions,
deletions,
substitutions.
By
understanding
manipulating
key
regulator
genes
involved
stress
responses,
such
as
DREB,
HSP,
SOS,
ERECTA,
HsfA1,
NHX;
tolerance
can
be
enhanced
against
salt
stress.
improve
traits
related
root
development,
water
use
efficiency,
response
pathways,
heat
shock
response,
photosynthesis,
membrane
stability,
ion
homeostasis,
osmotic
adjustment,
oxidative
response.
Advancements
gene
integration
with
genomics,
phenomics,
artificial
intelligence
(AI)/machine
learning
(ML)
hold
great
promise.
However,
challenges
off-target
effects,
delivery
methods,
regulatory
barriers
must
addressed.
highlights
potential
develop
crops,
contributing
sustainable
agriculture.
Язык: Английский
CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing in the Diamondback Moth: Current Progress, Challenges, and Prospects
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
26(4), С. 1515 - 1515
Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2025
The
development
of
site-specific
genome-editing
tools
like
CRISPR
(clustered
regularly
interspaced
short
palindromic
repeat)
and
its
associated
protein,
Cas9,
is
revolutionizing
genetic
engineering
with
highly
efficient
mechanism,
offering
the
potential
for
effective
pest
management.
Recently,
CRISPR/Cas9
gene-editing
has
been
extensively
utilized
in
management
diamondback
moth,
Plutella
xylostella
(L.),
a
destructive
vegetable
crops,
different
purposes,
such
as
gene
function
analysis
control.
However,
progress
related
to
this
tool
P.
not
yet
summarized.
This
review
highlights
applications
uncovering
genes
critical
development,
reproduction,
insecticide
resistance
xylostella.
Moreover,
drive
population
suppression
modifications
also
discussed.
In
addition
significant
made,
challenges
low
germline
editing
efficiency
limited
homology-directed
repair
remain
obstacles
widespread
application.
To
address
these
limitations,
we
have
discussed
strategies
that
are
anticipated
improve
CRISPR/Cas9,
paving
way
it
becoming
pivotal
sustainable
Therefore,
present
will
help
researchers
future
enhance
system
use
manage
moth.
Язык: Английский
Make-or-break prime editing for genome engineering in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 23, 2025
Язык: Английский
Make-or-break prime editing for bacterial genome engineering
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июнь 28, 2024
Abstract
CRISPR-Cas9
has
revolutionized
genome
engineering
by
allowing
precise
introductions
of
DNA
double-strand
breaks
(DSBs).
However,
in
bacteria
is
still
a
complex,
multi-step
process
requiring
donor
template
for
homology-directed
repair
DSBs.
Prime
editing
circumvents
this
need
as
the
provided
within
prime
guide
RNA
(pegRNA).
Here,
we
developed
make-or-break
Editing
(mbPE)
that
allows
and
effective
genetic
opportunistic
human
pathogen
Streptococcus
pneumoniae
.
In
contrast
to
traditional
which
nicking
Cas9
employed,
mbPE
harnesses
wild
type
combination
with
pegRNA
destroys
seed
region
or
protospacer
adjacent
motif.
Since
most
poorly
perform
template-independent
end
joining,
correctly
genome-edited
clones
are
selectively
enriched
during
mbPE.
We
show
can
be
used
introduce
point
mutations,
deletions
targeted
insertions,
including
protein
tags
such
split
luciferase,
at
selection
efficiencies
over
93%.
enables
sequential
editing,
scalable,
generate
pools
mutants
high-throughput
manner.
The
system
design
guidelines
described
here
will
ameliorate
future
bacterial
endeavors.
Язык: Английский
State of the art CRISPR-based strategies for cancer diagnostics and treatment
Biomarker Research,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
12(1)
Опубликована: Дек. 18, 2024
Abstract
Clustered
Regularly
Interspaced
Short
Palindromic
Repeats
(CRISPR)
technology
is
a
groundbreaking
and
dynamic
molecular
tool
for
DNA
RNA
“surgery”.
CRISPR/Cas9
the
most
widely
applied
system
in
oncology
research.
It
major
advancement
genome
manipulation
due
to
its
precision,
efficiency,
scalability
versatility
compared
previous
gene
editing
methods.
has
shown
great
potential
not
only
targeting
of
oncogenes
or
genes
coding
immune
checkpoint
molecules,
engineering
T
cells,
but
also
epigenomic
disturbances,
which
contribute
cancer
development
progression.
proven
useful
detecting
genetic
mutations,
enabling
large-scale
screening
involved
tumor
onset,
progression
drug
resistance,
speeding
up
highly
targeted
therapies
tailored
immunological
profiles
patient’s
tumor.
Furthermore,
recently
discovered
Cas12
Cas13
systems
have
expanded
Cas9-based
applications,
providing
new
opportunities
diagnosis
treatment
cancer.
In
addition
traditional
cis-cleavage,
they
exhibit
trans-cleavage
activity,
enables
their
use
as
sensitive
specific
diagnostic
tools.
Diagnostic
platforms
like
DETECTR,
employs
enzyme,
that
cuts
single-stranded
reporters,
SHERLOCK,
uses
Cas12,
Cas13,
specifically
target
cleave
RNA,
can
be
exploited
speed
advance
oncological
diagnostics.
Overall,
CRISPR
platform
improve
diagnostics
functionality
safety
engineered
cellular
medicines.
Here,
we
will
emphasize
potentially
transformative
impact
field
treatments,
prognostic
approaches,
highlight
challenges
raised
by
using
newly
introduced
CRISPR-based
therapy.
Язык: Английский
Efficient Genome Editing with Chimeric Oligonucleotide-Directed Editing
Опубликована: Июль 10, 2024
Abstract
Prime
editing
has
emerged
as
a
precise
and
powerful
genome
tool,
offering
favorable
gene
profile
compared
to
other
Cas9-based
approaches.
Here
we
report
new
nCas9-DNA
polymerase
fusion
proteins
create
chimeric
oligonucleotide-directed
(CODE)
systems
for
search-and-replace
editing.
Through
successive
rounds
of
engineering,
developed
CODEMax
CODEMax(exo+)
editors
that
achieve
efficient
modifications
in
human
cells
with
low
unintended
edits.
contain
an
engineered
Bst
DNA
derivative
known
its
robust
strand
displacement
ability.
Additionally,
features
5’
3’
exonuclease
activity
promotes
effective
invasion
repair
outcomes
favoring
the
incorporation
desired
edit.
We
demonstrate
CODEs
can
perform
small
insertions,
deletions,
substitutions
improved
efficiency
PEMax
at
many
loci.
Overall,
complement
existing
prime
expand
toolbox
manipulations
without
double-stranded
breaks.
Язык: Английский
The future of complement therapeutics
Exploration of Immunology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 577 - 615
Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2024
Complement
is
both
evolutionary
and
scientifically
old.
It
predates
the
adaptive
immunity
by
some
600
million
years
was
first
described
in
1905
Jules
Bordet
Paul
Ehrlich.
For
most
of
its,
existence
complement
system
has
been
ignored
scientists
clinicians
due
to
perception
it
being
complicated
its
relevance
for
pathogenesis
human
disease
unclear.
With
recent
US
Food
Drug
Administration
(FDA)
approvals
pegcetacoplan
paroxysmal
nocturnal
haemoglobinuria
(PNH)
geographic
atrophy
(GA),
avacincaptad
pegol
GA
iptacopan
danicopan
PNH,
we
are
at
a
crucial
juncture
complement-targeting
therapies.
A
number
companies
academic
institutions
developing
next-generation
therapies,
which
resulting
an
increasingly
competitive
landscape.
If
one
looks
serum
cascade,
all
3
pathways
now
have
biotechnology
or
pharmaceutical
industry
players
with
1
multiple
clinical-stage
inhibitors
that
expected
be
FDA
approved
within
next
few
years.
Furthermore,
limited
clinically
validated
targets
complement-mediated
disease,
competition
this
space
set
further
intensify
coming
In
review,
will
discuss
timeline
discoveries
led
development
current
crop
FDA-approved
therapeutics.
We
follow
discussion
crowded
therapy
scientific
advances
emerged
two
decades
underpinning
future
innovation,
including
our
understanding
biology,
such
as
local
intracellular
complement,
emerging
targets,
combinational
approaches
non-complement
therapeutics
unlock
new
indications
technologies
gene
therapy.
also
give
comprehensive
overview
landscape
how
can
utilized
target
dysregulation.
Язык: Английский
Bidirectional Prime Editing: Combining Precision with Versatility for Genome Editing
Cellular Reprogramming,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 17, 2024
Genome
editing
techniques
have
potential
to
revolutionize
the
field
of
life
sciences.
Several
limitations
associated
with
traditional
gene
been
resolved
development
prime
editors
that
precisely
edit
DNA
without
double-strand
breaks
(DSBs).
To
further
improve
efficiency,
several
modified
versions
(PE)
system
introduced.
Bi-directional
PE
(Bi-PE),
for
example,
uses
two
guide
RNAs
enabling
broad
and
improved
efficiency.
It
has
alter,
delete,
integrate,
replace
larger
genome
sequences
multiple
bases
at
same
time.
This
review
aims
discuss
typical
methods
offer
DSB-mediated
repair
mechanisms,
followed
by
latest
advances
in
technologies
non-DSB-mediated
repair.
The
specifically
focuses
on
Bi-PE
being
an
efficient
tool
human
genome.
In
addition,
discusses
applications,
limitations,
future
perspectives
editing.
Язык: Английский
From pollutants to products: Microbial cell factories driving sustainable biomanufacturing and environmental conservation
Chemical Engineering Journal,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 157152 - 157152
Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Orthogonal and multiplexable genetic perturbations with an engineered prime editor and a diverse RNA array
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
15(1)
Опубликована: Дек. 30, 2024
Programmable
and
modular
systems
capable
of
orthogonal
genomic
transcriptomic
perturbations
are
crucial
for
biological
research
treating
human
genetic
diseases.
Here,
we
present
the
minimal
versatile
perturbation
technology
(mvGPT),
a
flexible
toolkit
designed
simultaneous
gene
editing,
activation,
repression
in
cells.
The
mvGPT
combines
an
engineered
compact
prime
editor
(PE),
fusion
activator
MS2-p65-HSF1
(MPH),
drive-and-process
multiplex
array
that
produces
RNAs
tailored
to
different
types
perturbation.
can
precisely
edit
genome
via
PE
coupled
with
editing
guide
RNA
nicking
RNA,
activate
endogenous
expression
using
truncated
single
containing
MPH-recruiting
MS2
aptamers,
silence
interference
short-hairpin
RNA.
We
showcase
versatility
by
simultaneously
correcting
c.3207C>A
mutation
ATP7B
linked
Wilson's
disease,
upregulating
PDX1
potentially
treat
Type
I
diabetes,
suppressing
TTR
manage
transthyretin
amyloidosis.
In
addition
plasmid
delivery,
successfully
utilize
various
methods
deliver
payload,
demonstrating
its
potential
future
vivo
applications.
Язык: Английский