A modular system for programming multistep activation of endogenous genes in stem cells
Puppala, A. K.; Nielsen, A. C.; Regan, M. R.; Mancinelli, G. E.; DePooter, R. F.; Arnovitz, S.; Harding, C.; McGregor, M.; Balanis, N. G.; Clarke, R.; Merrill, B. J.
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Although genomes encode instructions for mammalian cell differentiation with rich syntactic relationships, existing methods for genetically programming cells have modest capabilities for stepwise regulation of genes. Here, we developed a sequential genetic system that enables transcriptional activation of endogenous genes in a preprogrammed, stepwise manner. The system relies on the removal of an RNA polymerase III termination signal to induce both the transcriptional activation and the DNA endonuclease activities of a Cas9-VPR protein to effect stepwise progression through cascades of gene activation events. The efficiency of the cascading system enables a new dimension for cellular programming by allowing the manipulation of the sequential order of gene activation for directing the differentiation of human stem cells. One-Sentence SummaryDevelopment of a synthetic biology system for preprogrammed, stepwise activation of endogenous genes.
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