Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: CRISPR/Cas13d targeting suppresses repeat-associated non-AUG translation of C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat RNA
doi: 10.1172/JCI179016
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Schematic of the inducible luciferase-based C9orf72 RAN translation reporter system in HeLa Flp-In cells. ( B ) The reporter cells stably expressing Cas13d and gRNA S24 and S30 showed lower signals of NanoLuc and firefly luciferase signal from the (GGGGCC)70-containing reporter transcripts. The significant reduction of the NanoLuc luciferase signal relative to the firefly luciferase signal demonstrates that the repeat-associated RAN translation is inhibited by Cas13d-mediated S24 or S30 treatment. ( C ) The control cells harboring the reporter without the G4C2 repeat showed no effect of the Cas13d gRNAs on the translation of the reporters. ( D ) Immunoblot analysis of C9orf72 protein showed that the C9orf72 protein level was unaffected in HeLa RAN translation reporter cell lines stably expressing Cas13d-NT30, Cas13d-S24, and Cs13d-S30. ( E ) Transient cotransfection of CRISPR/Cas13d constructs with either the GA-frame, GP-frame, or GR-frame or the No-G4C2-repeat control construct in HEK293 cells showed that Cas13d-S24 and Cas13d-S30 significantly reduced both NanoLuc and firefly luciferase signals from the GA-, GP-, and GR-frame but not the negative No-G4C2-repeat control reporter compared with the non-targeting control Cas13d-NT30. ( F ) Immunoblot analysis of C9orf72 protein showed that the C9orf72 protein level was unaffected in HEK293 cells cotransfected with CRISPR/Cas13d and either the GA-frame, GP-frame, or GR-frame or the No-G4C2-repeat control construct. Data are presented as means ± SD of 3 or 4 biological replicates as indicated by the number of dots in each graph, and were analyzed with ordinary 1-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple-comparison test. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, **** P < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: Cas13d coding sequence was amplified from a plasmid (Addgene, 109049) using a forward primer introducing an NdeI site (TACCACATATGATCGAAAAAAAAAAGTCCTTCGCCAA) and a reverse primer introducing a BamHI site (TTGCAGGATCCTTAGGAATTGCCGGACACCTTCTTTTTCTC).
Techniques: Luciferase, Stable Transfection, Expressing, Control, Western Blot, Cotransfection, CRISPR, Construct, Comparison