CRISPR-Cas system
CRISPR-Cas
Presentationby:
Rekha Sansanwal
Umang Ahlawat
Genome Editing Technologies Exploit
Endogenous DNA Repair Machinery
Introduction
RNA-mediated adaptive immune systems protect bacteria
and archaea from invading mobile genetic elements
Bacteria
50%
Archaea (90%)
History
Components of CRISPR/Cas Systems
CRISPR
ARRAY
CAS
gene
CRISPR-
CAS
SYSTEM
CRISPR ARRAY
• 23-47bpin length
• Some arepallindromicREPEATS
• 72bp or may be small
• Conform sequence specific immunity
• Phage or plasmid derived
SPACERS
• AT rich sequence of about 200-500bp
in length
• Consist of promoter necessary for
transcription of CRISPR array
LEADER
Cas gene
Encodes CAS
proteins
Provide
diversityto
CRISPR Cas
system
Provides enzymatic machinery
required for acquisition of new
spacers from targeting or invading
element
Types of CRISPR- Cas system
CRISPR-
cas
system
Acquisition
of spacers
Biogenesis
and assembly
crRNPs
Interference
Steps in CRISPR Cas action
Diversity of CRISPR-cas system
Oost et al., 2014
Acquisition of spacers
Jackson et al., 2017
Biogenesis of crRNAS
Oost et al., 2014
Interference
Contd.
Design principle of a CRISPR/Cas9 expression
vector for construction of libraries
Heintze et al., 2013
Lead prospectus of CRISPR-Cas system
Genetic disease: Genetic retinal
disease by replacing dysfunctional
protein in photoreceptor cell (Flynn
et al., 2015).
Viral disease: HPV strain control by
inactivation of viral E7 gene (Liu et
al.,2015).
Cancer: Deletion of NANOG and
NANOGP8 in DU 145 prostate
cancer cell (Kamawaura et al.,
2015).
Cardiovascular disease:
Introduction of SERCA2a and
S100a1 gene. (Rincon et al., 2015
HIV: deletion of CCR 5 and expression
of CAR (Zhen et al., 2015).
Failure of CRISPR-CAS system
Stern et al., 2010
Significance of CRISPR-Cas system
• Acts as endo-
nucleases and
make site specific
cuts
Cas9
• Combination of
crRNA and tracer
RNA
gRNA
• Gene insertion and
deletion can be
possible from
prokaryotesto
eukaryotes
Genome
editing
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Crisper cas system