Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 20220410.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20220410

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Recent Advances in Chemical Control of CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing Technology

XIAO Heng2, LI Yongkui2, XING Xiwen1()   

  1. 1.College of Life Science and Technology
    2.Institute of Medical Microbiology,Jinan University,Guangzhou 510632,China
  • Received:2022-06-09 Online:2023-03-10 Published:2023-03-14
  • Contact: XING Xiwen E-mail:xingxiwen0025@sina.com
  • Supported by:
    the Outstanding Youth Project of Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, China(2022B1515020047);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China(2021A1515010253);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China(202102020523)

Abstract:

As a revolutionary technology in the field of genetic engineering, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9(CRISPR/Cas9) genome editing contribute significantly to various important diseases, such as cancer, genetic diseases and infectious diseases. However, precisely spatiotemporal control of genome editing in specific cells and tissues to avoid off-target effects is still one of the major challenges for clinical translation of this technology. Recently, using chemical molecules and reactions to control the activity of CRISPR/Cas9 is becoming one of the important means to increase the gene editing efficiency. This review summarized the recent advances about chemical control of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and the future applications of these technologies in clinical medicine was proposed.

Key words: Chemical control, Small molecule, Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/ CRISPR-associated protein 9(CRISPR/Cas9), Genome editing

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