Fusion protein, base editing tool and application thereof

A fusion protein and gene technology, applied in the field of gene editing, can solve the problems of low targeting efficiency of editor PAM-preferred partial sites, which is not conducive to clinical research and application, etc., achieve good gene therapy prospects, broaden the targeting range and Scope of application, the effect of broadening the scope of targeting

Active Publication Date: 2021-09-17
GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY
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[0006] The editing windows of classic SpCas9-based editors are mainly 4-8 bits, and all kinds of editors have PAM preference or low targeting efficiency of some sites
Moreover, the expression plasmid size of classical base editors is far beyond the packaging range of adenovirus, which is not conducive to clinical research and application

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[0080] The amino acid sequence of the Cas9 protein homologue SsiCas9 derived from Streptococcus sinensis was compared with SpCas9, and the functional domains of SsiCas9 were divided. The domains are as follows: figure 1 shown, and find out the RuvC domain functional site of SsiCas9 (aspartic acid D9 at position 9) and mutate it into alanine (A), thereby obtaining SsiCas9 D9A nickase, its amino acid sequence is as SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0081] The prokaryotic codon of SsiCas9 D9A of Streptococcus sinensis was optimized for eukaryotic expression, so as to obtain the coding DNA sequence of SsiCas9 D9A suitable for expression in eukaryotic cells, as shown in SEQ ID NO.2. After optimization, the whole gene synthesis of SsiCas9 D9A commercial company. The construction strategy is to replace the SpCas9 D10A of ancBE4max with SsiCas9D9A on the basis of ancBE4max, where ancBE4max is synthesized by a commercial company. In the next step, we excised part of the XTENlinker-SpCas9 D10A-10aa lin...

Embodiment 2

[0090] 2.1 Vector Construction of SsiCas9-ancBE4max System gRNA Plasmid

[0091] Using pGL3-U6-sgRNA (Addgene #51133) as the expression backbone, a gRNA expression vector suitable for the SsiCas9 gRNA editing system was constructed. According to the tandem repeat sequence derived from Streptococcus sinensis, the scaffold sequence suitable for the SsiCas9 gRNA interaction system was designed, and the scaffold (suitable for SpCas9) of pGL3-U6-sgRNA (Addgene #51133) was replaced with the SsiCas9 gRNA scaffold (suitable for SsiCas9), The successfully constructed complete plasmid is shown in SEQ ID NO.7, named pGL3-U6-Ssi gRNA, and its plasmid structure is shown in Figure 4 . The restriction sites connected to the targeting gRNA sequence are two BsaI restriction sites, and the plasmid is synthesized by a commercial company.

[0092] 2.2 Construction of SsiCas9-ancBE4max system targeting gRNA plasmid

[0093] Design gRNA and synthesize two complementary paired oligos, the upstre...

Embodiment 3

[0099] The base editing system composed of the SsiCas9-ancBE4max plasmid and the pGL3-U6-Ssi gRNA plasmid constructed in the above example was used to transfect HEK293T cells, and the process was as follows:

[0100] 3.1 HEK293T cells (from ATCC) were revived and cultured in a 10 cm culture dish (Corning, 430167). The medium was DMEM (HyClone, SH30243.01) mixed with 10% fetal bovine serum (HyClone, SV30087). The culture temperature was 37°C, and the carbon dioxide concentration was 5%. After multiple passages, when the cell density reached 90%, the cells were divided into 24-well plates.

[0101] 3.2 Observe the state of the cells after three passages of HEK293T cells have been resuscitated. Plate the cells in good condition in a 24-well plate. After the plated cells are cultured for 18-24 hours, transfect them when the cell concentration is 80%. The dosage of each component during the transfection process : SsiCas9-ancBE4max plasmid: 1 μg, pGL3-U6-Ssi gRNA plasmid: 0.5 μg, E...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a fusion protein, a base editing tool and application thereof. The fusion protein is based on a novel cytosine single base editing tool of a Cas9 homologous substance derived from streptococcus sinensis, and the fusion protein comprises a base editor formed by a Cas9nickase homologous protein subjected to codon optimization and a fusion protein of deaminase APOBEC1 and uracil DNA glycosylase inhibitor (UGI); and the invention further discloses a gene editing tool or a cell expression system containing the fusion protein and application of the gene editing tool or the cell expression system. The fusion protein can recognize NHAAAA as PAM, and an editable window is cytosine (C) at 3-12 sites in a gRNA targeting sequence range. The conversion of a specific base (C-to-T) can be realized, and the targeting range and the application range of base editing are widened.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of gene editing, and in particular relates to a fusion protein, a base editing tool and applications thereof. Background technique [0002] The CRISPR / Cas9 system is a natural defense system used by bacteria to defend against phage DNA injection and plasmid transfer. It has been widely developed and utilized by humans since its discovery, and a DNA editing system and platform that relies on guide RNA (gRNA) targeting has been constructed. It is mainly used for targeted genome editing, transcriptional regulation, epigenetic editing, etc. The main working principle of the Cas9 system is to recruit the Cas9 protein through the tracrRNA in the gRNA, and after combining with the gRNA, Cas9 changes from an inactive conformation to a conformation with DNA recognition ability. The first 20 bases of crRNA in the classic CRISPR / Cas9 system make Cas9 specific to the target sequence, and the gRNA and Cas9 protein compl...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C12N9/22C12N9/78C12N15/62C12N15/113
CPCC12N9/22C12N9/78C12N15/113C12Y305/04001C07K2319/00C12N2310/20Y02A50/30
Inventor 乔云波武素素李敏
Owner GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY
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