Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
Type
Blog Post
Published
Dec. 14, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
...many of these studies report correlations without clearly testing whether a certain methylation state causes... recognized by distinct proteins and result in unclear transcriptional consequences (Sprujit 2013).
Enzymatic... or throughout the genome – could be affected, leading to unpredicted gene expression changes (Sapozhnikov...simpler approach - dCas9 blocks DNMT1 methylation, leaving the target CpG unmethylated. Adapted from Sapozhnikov...Sapozhnikov and Szyf 2021.
Let me leave you with a few practical considerations:
Design your gRNA...an unmethylated CpG to behave naturally in the nuclear environment. One good system to balance these needs...