Undetectable off-target effects induced by FokI catalytic domain in mouse embryos

Long Xie; Hu Feng; Zhifang Li; Di Li; Xiali Yang; Tanglong Yuan; Nana Yan; Chenfei He; Jitan Zheng; Zhenrui Zuo; Yaxuan Zheng; Yaqi Cao; Yangqing Lu; Xing Yao Xiong; Erwei Zuo

Undetectable off-target effects induced by FokI catalytic domain in mouse embryos

2024

Abstract The FokI catalytic domain can be fused to various DNA binding architectures to improve the precision of genome editing tools. However, evaluation of off-target effects is essential for developing these tools. We use Genome-wide Off-target analysis by Two-cell embryo Injection (GOTI) to detect low-frequency off-target editing events in mouse embryos injected with FokI-based architectures. Specifically, we test FokI-heterodimers fused with TALENs, FokI homodimers fused with RYdCas9, or FokI catalytic domains alone resulting in no significant off-target effects. These FokI genome editing systems exhibit undetectable off-target effects in mouse embryos, supporting the further development of these systems for clinical applications.

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