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Contracting CAG/CTG repeats using the CRISPR-Cas9 nickase
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Cinesi C
; Aeschbach L
; Yang B
; Dion V
Nat Commun
2016[Nov]; 7
(ä): 13272
PMID27827362
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CAG/CTG repeat expansions cause over 13 neurological diseases that remain without
a cure. Because longer tracts cause more severe phenotypes, contracting them may
provide a therapeutic avenue. No currently known agent can specifically generate
contractions. Using a GFP-based chromosomal reporter that monitors expansions and
contractions in the same cell population, here we find that inducing
double-strand breaks within the repeat tract causes instability in both
directions. In contrast, the CRISPR-Cas9 D10A nickase induces mainly contractions
independently of single-strand break repair. Nickase-induced contractions depend
on the DNA damage response kinase ATM, whereas ATR inhibition increases both
expansions and contractions in a MSH2- and XPA-dependent manner. We propose that
DNA gaps lead to contractions and that the type of DNA damage present within the
repeat tract dictates the levels and the direction of CAG repeat instability. Our
study paves the way towards deliberate induction of CAG/CTG repeat contractions
in vivo.