CRISPR/dCas9系统在活细胞成像领域的研究进展

研究不同基因、染色体以及基因与染色体之间的时空关系在遗传学、发育生物学和生物医学等领域具有重要意义。CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术具有优异的靶向性,已经成为应用最广泛的基因编辑工具。近年来,研究人员基于Cas9的核酸酶失活突变体dCas9发展了一系列先进的活细胞成像技术,为染色质、基因组特定位点的高分辨成像提供了快速、方便的研究工具。文中从细胞递送方式、荧光信号优化以及正交多色成像3个方面对CRISPR/dCas9系统在活细胞成像中的研究进展进行了综述,并对该领域的发展趋势进行了展望。     

CRISPR/Cas9系统的脱靶效应

在细菌中发现的免疫系统CRISPR/Cas9,已经成为最有效的基因工程编辑工具,甚至大有希望可以治疗人类遗传性疾病。但是CRISPR/Cas9系统在使用时会产生严重的脱靶问题,导致假表型和错误的解释。提高与靶点结合的高效率,同时减少脱靶效应,将是今后CRISPR/Cas9技术的挑战。综述关注与CRISPR/Cas9脱靶效应相关的内容,总结了影响其靶点专一性的因素,减少CRISPR/Cas9脱靶效应的可行性方法和设计工具等,供大家学习讨论。     

植物CRISPR基因组编辑技术的新进展

在过去的4年中,CRISPR/Cas9基因组编辑技术成为生命科学领域的革命性工具,为植物学基础研究和农作物遗传改良提供了高效、快速而又廉价的遗传操作工具。利用CRISPR/Cas9系统可以实现精准的knock-out和knock-in等遗传操作,也可用于靶向激活或抑制基因的表达。在CRISPR/Cas9被广泛地用于基因组编辑的同时,它的编辑能力、效率和精确度也在不断地改进和完善,特别是CRISPR/Cpf1系统的发掘和单碱基编辑技术的创建,使CRISPR系统正逐步成为一个理想的遗传工程技术平台。此外,利用CRISPR/Cas9技术改良的农作物品种也已经涌现,这必将推动精准基因组编辑技术在农作物遗传改良中的应用和发展。     

国内外CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑专利技术发展分析

CRISPR/Cas9是一种近年来备受瞩目的基因编辑工具,在医疗、农业、环境等领域呈现出广阔的应用前景。该领域的专利作为技术信息的重要载体,对于CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑工具的情报研究具有重要的意义。现通过分析德温特创新平台DI收录的2005—2017年的CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术相关专利,对国内外CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术研究领域的专利发展情况与技术布局进行对比,以了解国内外该领域的技术发展状况。     

CRISPR/Cas系统的研究进展及前沿应用

CRISPR/Cas系统作为一种高效的基因组编辑工具,已经被广泛地研究和应用于各个领域。CRISPR/Cas系统已从最初的CRISPR/Cas9发展到现在的CRISPR/Cas12a、CRISPR/Cas13a、CRISPR/dCas等十多种基因编辑系统;从原来的靶向作用于DNA到现在的除了靶向作用于DNA和RNA外,还能应用于转录调控、DNA循环等无需基因编辑的领域。CRISPR/Cas系统以往存在的诸多局限性正在被一个一个突破,该系统的应用已经进入了一个新的时代。本文对CRISPR/Cas系统近些年的发展情况以及新发现的各种CRISPR/Cas系统做了一个总结,并列举了各个系统最新的应用情况。     

CRISPR/Cas工具——分子遗传研究的新刃

遗传与变异体现着生命之美和生命之奥妙,前人在不断探求的过程中逐渐形成了严谨的体系和科学的方法——遗传学。在遗传学的研究中基因编辑工具的作用是不可或缺的,近年来发现的CRISPR/Cas系统作为基因编辑工具箱中的新刃,以其特异性强、靶向性好、适用性广的特点迅速成为广大科研工作者研究和开发的热点。并且,在探索生命暗物质的过程中,会有更多的新的CRISPR/Cas系统被发现并应用在遗传研究等领域。为此,本文综述目前CRISPR/Cas系统的最新研究进展,力图从其系统多样性、分子工作机制及遗传研究应用等方面,为广大科研工作者提供一个系统了解CRISPR/Cas系统及其研究现状的窗口,以期为该领域的研究与应用提供一些有益的参考。     

新一代基因组编辑系统CRISPR/Cpf1

CRISPR/Cas系统几乎存在于所有的细菌和古菌中,是用来抵御外来病毒和噬菌体入侵的获得性免疫防御机制。2012年起CRISPR/Cas9被改造为基因编辑工具,并衍生出一系列高效、便捷的基因编辑工具,迅速在基础理论、基因诊断和临床治疗等研究领域中得到广泛应用。然而,CRISPR/Cas9也存在细胞毒性、脱靶效应和基因插入困难等一些亟待解决的问题,在一定程度上限制了CRISPR/Cas9的应用。Cpf1是2015年报道的一种新型CRISPR效应蛋白,具有许多与Cas9不同的特性,有利于克服CRISPR/Cas9应用中的一些限制。本文综述了近两年来对CRISPR/Cpf1的研究进展和应用,并对其应用前景和发展方向进行了展望。     

CRISPR/Cas9运载体的研究进展

CRISPR/Cas9是一种多功能的基因工程技术,除了基因编辑,在基因表达的调控,活细胞DNA/RNA成像等方面也受到了广泛的关注。然而,CRISPR/Cas9系统源自原核生物,要应用到其他生物体内,还需要有运载体的协助。本文结合CRISPR/Cas9技术在多方面的应用,对其运载体进行了综述,为相关领域的工作提供参考。     

CRISPR/Cas9系统纳米递送及其在肿瘤治疗中应用

新兴的CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术可实现在分子水平上对基因进行操作,具有设计简单、易于操作、特异性好、效率高等优点,广泛应用于肿瘤发生、发展和转移的潜在机制以及临床治疗的研究.利用纳米技术研发的非病毒纳米载体可以将CRISPR/Cas9系统高效递送到体内,为CRISPR/Cas9技术在临床领域的应用提供新途径.本文介绍CRISPR/Cas9的作用原理,简要概括目前CRISPR/Cas9系统的递送形式和常用的纳米递送载体,总结在部分肿瘤治疗中应用该技术的研究进展,并进一步对此进行展望.     

基于CRISPR/Cas系统的基因编辑工具及其改进策略

CRISPR/Cas系统自发现以来持续推动着生命科学领域的进步。与此同时,CRISPR/Cas介导的基因编辑技术也在不断发展壮大。基于DSBs修复的CRISPR/Cas基因编辑技术、碱基编辑器和先导编辑器等新型基因编辑工具的开发为生物学基础研究铺平了道路。虽然这些工具为生物技术带来了革命性变化,但基因编辑效率偏低、产物纯度不高、脱靶效应频繁等问题也随之而来。不断开发精确、高效和安全的CRISPR/Cas基因编辑工具仍是当前和未来的生命科学研究热点。概述了CRISPR/Cas基因编辑工具的发展、构成及原理,总结了CRISPR/Cas基因编辑系统提升编辑效率、扩展编辑范围和降低脱靶效应的通用策略及不同CRISPR/Cas基因编辑工具的改进方法,并就CRISPR/Cas基因编辑工具未来的研究方向进行展望。     

CRISPR/Cas植物基因组编辑技术及其在玉米中的应用*

CRISPR/Cas 系统具有操作简单、效率高等优势,为植物功能基因研究和作物遗传改良提供了重要支撑。介绍了CRISPR/Cas植物基因组编辑技术的研究进展,并对CRISPR/Cas系统及其衍生技术进行了详细比较;结合案例综述了CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术在玉米产量、品质、抗逆性改良,以及雄性不育系创制和单倍体诱导等方面的应用;同时针对CRISPR/Cas系统未来需要迫切解决的一些问题进行了分析和展望。     

Genome Editing—Principles and Applications for Functional Genomics Research and Crop Improvement

Genome editing technologies are powerful tools for studying gene function and for crop improvement. The technologies rely on engineered endonucleases to generate double stranded breaks (DSBs) at target loci. The DSBs are repaired through the error-prone non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) and homology-directed repair (HDR) pathways in cells, resulting in mutations and sequence replacement, respectively. In the widely used CRISPR/Cas9 system, the endonuclease Cas9 is targeted by a CRISPR small RNA to DNA sequence of interest. In this review, we describe the four available types of genome editing tools, ZFN, TALEN, CRISPR/Cas9 and CRISPR/Cpf1, and show their applications in functional genomics research and precision molecular breeding of crops.     

The advancements,challenges, and future implications of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in swine research

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9(CRISPR/Cas9) genome editing technology has dramatically influenced swine research by enabling the production of high-quality disease-resistant pig breeds, thus improving yields. In addition, CRISPR/Cas9 has been used extensively in pigs as one of the tools in biomedical research. In this review, we present the advancements of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in swine research, such as animal breeding, vaccine development, xenotransplantation, and disease modeling. We also highlight the current challenges and some potential applications of the CRISPR/Cas9 technologies.     

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing: From basic research to translational medicine

The recent development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system as an efficient and accessible programmable genome-editing tool has revolutionized basic science research. CRISPR/Cas9 system-based technologies have armed researchers with new powerful tools to unveil the impact of genetics on disease development by enabling the creation of precise cellular and animal models of human diseases. The therapeutic potential of these technologies is tremendous, particularly in gene therapy, in which a patient-specific mutation is genetically corrected in order to treat human diseases that are untreatable with conventional therapies. However, the translation of CRISPR/Cas9 into the clinics will be challenging, since we still need to improve the efficiency, specificity and delivery of this technology. In this review, we focus on several in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo applications of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in human disease-focused research, explore the potential of this technology in translational medicine and discuss some of the major challenges for its future use in patients.     

The expanding footprint of CRISPR/Cas9 in the plant sciences

CRISPR/Cas9 has evolved and transformed the field of biology at an unprecedented pace. From the initial purpose of introducing a site specific mutation within a genome of choice, this technology has morphed into enabling a wide array of molecular applications, including site-specific transgene insertion and multiplexing for the simultaneous induction of multiple cleavage events. Efficiency, specificity, and flexibility are key attributes that have solidified CRISPR/Cas9 as the genome-editing tool of choice by scientists from all areas of biology. Within the field of plant biology, several CRISPR/Cas9 technologies, developed in other biological systems, have been successfully implemented to probe plant gene function and to modify specific crop traits. It is anticipated that this trend will persist and lead to the development of new applications and modifications of the CRISPR technology, adding to an ever-expanding collection of genome-editing tools. We envision that these tools will bestow plant researchers with new utilities to alter genome complexity, engineer site-specific integration events, control gene expression, generate transgene-free edited crops, and prevent or cure plant viral disease. The successful implementation of such utilities will represent a new frontier in plant biotechnology.     

Connecting genotypes,phenotypes and fitness: harnessing the power of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing

One of the fundamental goals in evolution and ecology is to identify the genetic basis of adaptive phenotypes. Unfortunately, progress towards this goal has been hampered by a lack of genetic tools available for nonmodel organisms. The exciting new development of the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)/Cas9 (CRISPR‐associated nuclease 9) genome‐editing system now promises to transform the field of molecular ecology by providing a versatile toolkit for manipulating the genome of a wide variety of organisms. Here, we review the numerous applications of this groundbreaking technology and provide a practical guide to the creation of genetic knockouts, transgenics and other related forms of gene manipulation in nonmodel organisms. We also specifically discuss the potential uses of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in ecological and evolutionary studies, which will further advance the field towards the long‐standing goal of connecting genotypes, phenotypes and fitness.     

CRISPR/Cas system: An emerging technology in stem cell research

The identification of new and even more precise technologies for modifying and manipulating the genome has been a challenge since the discovery of the DNA double helix. The ability to modify selectively specific genes provides a powerful tool for characterizing gene functions, performing gene therapy, correcting specific genetic mutations, eradicating diseases, engineering cells and organisms to achieve new and different functions and obtaining transgenic animals as models for studying specific diseases. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 technology has recently revolutionized genome engineering. The application of this new technology to stem cell research allows disease models to be developed to explore new therapeutic tools. The possibility of translating new systems of molecular knowledge to clinical research is particularly appealing for addressing degenerative diseases. In this review, we describe several applications of CRISPR/Cas9 to stem cells related to degenerative diseases. In addition, we address the challenges and future perspectives regarding the use of CRISPR/Cas9 as an important technology in the medical sciences.     

CRISPR/Cas9高通量筛选技术与肿瘤治疗

成簇规律间隔短回文重复(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, CRISPR),是细菌或古菌在与噬菌体长期生存进化获得的一种免疫系统. 根据Cas蛋白(CRISPR-associated protein)的不同,CRISPR系统可分为3种. 其中II型CRISPR/Cas9已被改造成为一种有效的基因编辑工具,并运用于多种物种基因的改造. 作为1种基因编辑的手段,CRISPR/Cas9技术通过诱导DNA双链断裂损伤,进一步干扰基因的表达. 与传统的基因编辑技术相比,CRISPR/Cas9技术显示出效率高、成本低和易操作等特点. 与此同时,二代测序技术的发展促进全基因组的解析. CRISPR技术结合高通量二代测序手段的使用,在肿瘤的治疗领域中已发挥出了独特的优势. 本文就近年来CRISPR/Cas9高通量筛选技术的发展,及其在肿瘤治疗过程中的应用进行综述.     

CRISPR/Cas9的应用及脱靶效应研究进展

CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术在生命科学领域掀起了一场全新的技术革命,该技术可以对基因组特定位点进行靶向编辑,包括缺失、插入、修复等。CRISPR/Cas9比锌指核酸酶 (ZFNs)和转录激活因子样效应物核酸酶(TALENs)技术更易于操作,而且更高效。CRISPR/Cas9系统中的向导RNA(Single guide RNA, sgRNA)是一段与目标DNA片段匹配的RNA序列,指导Cas9蛋白对基因组进行识别。研究发现,设计的sgRNA会与非靶点DNA序列错配,引入非预期的基因突变,即脱靶效应(Off-target effects)。脱靶效应严重制约了CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术的广泛应用。为了避免脱靶效应,研究者对影响脱靶效应的因素进行了系统研究并提出了许多降低脱靶效应的方法。文章总结了CRISPR/Cas9系统的应用及脱靶效应研究进展,以期为相关领域的工作提供参考。