1. A switchable Cas12a enabling CRISPR-based direct histone deacetylase activity detection.
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Kang, Wenyuan, Liu, Lin, Yu, Peihang, Zhang, Tianyi, Lei, Chunyang, and Nie, Zhou
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HISTONE deacetylase , *DEACETYLATION , *DEEP learning , *SIRTUINS , *CRISPRS , *CELL lines - Abstract
The efficient and robust signal reporting ability of CRISPR-Cas system exhibits huge value in biosensing, but its applicability for non-nucleic acid analyte detection relies on the coupling of additional recognition modules. To address this limitation, we described a switchable Cas12a and exploited it for CRISPR-based direct analysis of histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity. Starting from the acetylation-mediated inactivation of Cas12a by anti-CRISPR protein AcrVA5, we demonstrated that the acetyl-inactivated Cas12a could be reversibly activated by HDAC-mediated deacetylation based on computational simulations (e.g., deep learning and protein-protein docking analysis) and experimental verifications. By leveraging this switchable Cas12a for both target sensing and signal amplification, we established a sensitive one-pot assay capable of detecting deacetylase sirtuin-1 with sub-nanomolar sensitivity, which is 50 times lower than the standard two-step peptide-based assay. The versability of this assay was validated by the sensitive assessment of cellular HDAC activities in different cell lines with good accuracy, making it a valuable tool for biochemical studies and clinical diagnostics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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