Trichostatin A for Efficient CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Summary
Genome-edited human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have broad applications in disease modeling, drug discovery, and regenerative medicine. Despite the development of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 system, the gene editing process is inefficient and can take several weeks to months to generate edited iPSC clones. We developed a strategy to improve the efficiency of the iPSC gene editing process via application of a small-molecule, trichostatin A (TSA), a Class I and II histone deacetylase inhibitor. We observed that TSA decreased global chromatin condensation and further resulted in increased gene-editing efficiency of iPSCs by twofold to fourfold while concurrently ensuring no increased off-target effects. The edited iPSCs could be clonally expanded while maintaining genomic integrity and pluripotency. The rapid generation of therapeutically relevant gene-edited iPSCs could be enabled by these findings.
| Authors | Molugu K, Khajanchi N, Lazzarotto CR, Tsai SQ, Saha K |
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| Journal | The CRISPR journal |
| Publication Date | 2023 Oct;6(5):473-485 |
| PubMed | 37676985 |
| PubMed Central | PMC10611976 |
| DOI | 10.1089/crispr.2023.0033 |