Precision RNA base editing with engineered and endogenous effectors

LS Pfeiffer, T Stafforst - Nature Biotechnology, 2023 - nature.com
RNA base editing refers to the rewriting of genetic information within an intact RNA molecule
and serves various functions, such as evasion of the endogenous immune system and …

In vivo RNA editing of point mutations via RNA-guided adenosine deaminases

D Katrekar, G Chen, D Meluzzi, A Ganesh, A Worlikar… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We present in vivo sequence-specific RNA base editing via adenosine deaminases acting
on RNA (ADAR) enzymes with associated ADAR guide RNAs (adRNAs). To achieve this, we …

[HTML][HTML] Novel engineered programmable systems for ADAR-mediated RNA editing

G Aquino-Jarquin - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2020 - cell.com
One of the most prevalent forms of post-transcriptional RNA modification is the conversion of
adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I), mediated by adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) …

Comprehensive interrogation of the ADAR2 deaminase domain for engineering enhanced RNA editing activity and specificity

D Katrekar, Y Xiang, N Palmer, A Saha, D Meluzzi… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) can be repurposed to enable
programmable RNA editing, however their exogenous delivery leads to transcriptome-wide …

Precise RNA editing by recruiting endogenous ADARs with antisense oligonucleotides

T Merkle, S Merz, P Reautschnig, A Blaha, Q Li… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Site-directed RNA editing might provide a safer or more effective alternative to genome
editing in certain clinical scenarios. Until now, RNA editing has relied on overexpression of …

Programmable RNA editing by recruiting endogenous ADAR using engineered RNAs

L Qu, Z Yi, S Zhu, C Wang, Z Cao, Z Zhou, P Yuan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Current tools for targeted RNA editing rely on the delivery of exogenous proteins or
chemically modified guide RNAs, which may lead to aberrant effector activity, delivery …

Base editing: advances and therapeutic opportunities

EM Porto, AC Komor, IM Slaymaker… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Base editing—the introduction of single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) into DNA or RNA in
living cells—is one of the most recent advances in the field of genome editing. As around …

CLUSTER guide RNAs enable precise and efficient RNA editing with endogenous ADAR enzymes in vivo

P Reautschnig, N Wahn, J Wettengel, AE Schulz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA base editing represents a promising alternative to genome editing. Recent approaches
harness the endogenous RNA-editing enzyme adenosine deaminase acting on RNA …

Base editing: precision chemistry on the genome and transcriptome of living cells

HA Rees, DR Liu - Nature reviews genetics, 2018 - nature.com
RNA-guided programmable nucleases from CRISPR systems generate precise breaks in
DNA or RNA at specified positions. In cells, this activity can lead to changes in DNA …

[HTML][HTML] RNA editing: Expanding the potential of RNA therapeutics

BJ Booth, S Nourreddine, D Katrekar, Y Savva, D Bose… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
RNA therapeutics have had a tremendous impact on medicine, recently exemplified by the
rapid development and deployment of mRNA vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic …