Alleviation of neurological disease by RNA editing.
Methods
; 194: 94-99, 2021 10.
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| ID: mdl-33933604
ABSTRACT
The development of CRISPR/Cas genome editing tools has revolutionized the life sciences by providing transformative applications in many biological fields, including the field of neurological disorders. Compared with previous CRISPR-Cas systems targeting DNA, a new field of RNA editing using CRISPR-Cas13 systems is gaining immense popularity. CRISPR-Cas13 is a robust, precise, versatile and safe RNA guided RNA-targeting system, which uniquely targets single-strand RNA. Recently, RNA-targeted gene editing tools have been refined by the introduction of an AAV (adeno-associated virus)-based CRISPR-Cas13 system for in vivo therapeutic cell fate conversion, which has been used to treat animal models of Parkinson's disease. This flavor of gene editing showed promising effects on glia-to-neuron conversion in both intact and damaged mature retinas in a mouse model. Herein, we summarize the CRISPR-Cas13 system and its potential for applications in neurological diseases, focusing on the method of applying the AAV-mediated CRISPR-Cas13 system to the conversion of glia-to-neuron.
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Edição de RNA
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Doenças do Sistema Nervoso
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Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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