Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1134/S0026893324010151
A. H. Murtadha, N. A. Sharudin, I. I. Azahar, A. T. C. Has, N. F. Mokhtar
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Pub Date : 2023-11-22DOI: 10.1134/s0026893324010187
G. H. Wang, C. M. Wang, X. J. Wu, T. Chu, D. W. Huang, J. Li
Abstract
Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) is the most popular tool in gene editing; however, off-target mutagenesis is one of the biggest impediments in its application. In our previous study, we proposed the HH theory, which states that sgRNA/DNA hybrid (hybrid) extrusion-induced enhancement of hydrophobic interactions between the hybrid and REC3/HNH is a key factor in cleavage initiation. Based on the HH theory, we analyzed the interactions between the REC3 domain and hybrid and obtained 8 mutant sites. We designed 8 SpCas9 variants (V1–V8), used digital droplet PCR to assess SpCas9-induced DNA indels in human cells, and developed high-fidelity variants. Thus, the HH theory may be employed to further optimize SpCas9-mediated genome editing systems, and the resultant V3, V6, V7, and V8 SpCas9 variants may be valuable for applications requiring high-precision genome editing.
{"title":"The Development of SpCas9 Variants with High Specificity and Efficiency Based on the HH Theory","authors":"G. H. Wang, C. M. Wang, X. J. Wu, T. Chu, D. W. Huang, J. Li","doi":"10.1134/s0026893324010187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893324010187","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p><i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> Cas9 (SpCas9) is the most popular tool in gene editing; however, off-target mutagenesis is one of the biggest impediments in its application. In our previous study, we proposed the HH theory, which states that sgRNA/DNA hybrid (hybrid) extrusion-induced enhancement of hydrophobic interactions between the hybrid and REC3/HNH is a key factor in cleavage initiation. Based on the HH theory, we analyzed the interactions between the REC3 domain and hybrid and obtained 8 mutant sites. We designed 8 SpCas9 variants (V1–V8), used digital droplet PCR to assess SpCas9-induced DNA indels in human cells, and developed high-fidelity variants. Thus, the HH theory may be employed to further optimize SpCas9-mediated genome editing systems, and the resultant V3, V6, V7, and V8 SpCas9 variants may be valuable for applications requiring high-precision genome editing.</p>","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138539949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-22DOI: 10.1134/s0026893324010138
M. Kara
Abstract
Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) establishes latency mainly in B cells and causes lymphomas reminiscent of human gammaherpesvirus diseases in laboratory mice. To study the molecular mechanism of virus infection and how the viral determinants control cell and eventually cause tumorigenesis, readily available latently infected cell lines are essential. For in vitro MHV68 latency studies, only two cell culture systems have been available. Gammaherpesviruses are known to infect developing B cells and macrophages, therefore we aimed to expand the MHV68 latently infected cell line repertoire. Here, several latently infected immature B cell and macrophage-like cell line clones were generated. Hygromycin-resistant recombinant MHV68 was isolated from a laboratory-made latent cell line, HE2.1, and propagated to develop stable cell lines that carry the viral genome under hygromycin selection. Subclones of these cells lines were analyzed for viral miRNA expression by TaqMan qPCR and assessed for expression of a lytic viral transcript M3. The cell lines maintain the viral genome as an episome shown by the digestion-circularization PCR assay. Latently infected cell lines generated here do not express viral miRNAs higher than the parental cell line. However, these cell lines may provide an alternative tool to study latency mechanisms and miRNA target identification studies.
{"title":"Latent Macrophage and Immature B Cell Lines Generated with Hygromycin-Resistant Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Genome Expresses Modest Levels of Viral miRNAs","authors":"M. Kara","doi":"10.1134/s0026893324010138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893324010138","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) establishes latency mainly in B cells and causes lymphomas reminiscent of human gammaherpesvirus diseases in laboratory mice. To study the molecular mechanism of virus infection and how the viral determinants control cell and eventually cause tumorigenesis, readily available latently infected cell lines are essential. For in vitro MHV68 latency studies, only two cell culture systems have been available. Gammaherpesviruses are known to infect developing B cells and macrophages, therefore we aimed to expand the MHV68 latently infected cell line repertoire. Here, several latently infected immature B cell and macrophage-like cell line clones were generated. Hygromycin-resistant recombinant MHV68 was isolated from a laboratory-made latent cell line, HE2.1, and propagated to develop stable cell lines that carry the viral genome under hygromycin selection. Subclones of these cells lines were analyzed for viral miRNA expression by TaqMan qPCR and assessed for expression of a lytic viral transcript M3. The cell lines maintain the viral genome as an episome shown by the digestion-circularization PCR assay. Latently infected cell lines generated here do not express viral miRNAs higher than the parental cell line. However, these cell lines may provide an alternative tool to study latency mechanisms and miRNA target identification studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138539960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1134/s0026893323050035
A. V. Burov, S. Yu. Funikov, T. M. Astakhova, E. V. Teterina, V. O. Nebogatikov, P. A. Erokhov, A. A. Ustyugov, V. L. Karpov, A. V. Morozov
Abstract —Proteasomes are key components of the ubiquitin–proteasome system. Various forms of proteasomes are known. During aging, disturbances in the functioning of proteasomes have been revealed, as well as increased expression of their particular forms. Considering these data, we studied the expression of genes encoding the constitutive and immune subunits of proteasomes in cerebral cortex samples from C57BL/6 mice at the ages of 60, 190, 380, and 720 days. In addition, the contents of constitutive and immune proteasome subunits, chymotrypsin-like and caspase-like activities of proteasome pools, as well as the activity of the β5i immune subunit were studied in tissue homogenates. The chymotrypsin-like activity and the activity of the β5i subunit of different forms of proteasomes separated by electrophoresis in native gel were characterized. Compared with samples from young animals, in the cerebral cortex of animals at an age of 720 days the following changes in the expression patterns of proteasome genes were revealed: a decreased expression of the PSMB5 gene encoding constitutive proteasome subunit β5; increased expression of genes encoding immune proteasome subunits β5i and β1i. In tissue homogenates of aged mice, an increase in the content of immune subunits β1i and β2i was shown. In samples from old animals, chymotrypsin-like activity was decreased and a tendency to a decrease in caspase-like activity of proteasomes as well as the β5i subunit activity was revealed. Analysis of the activity of native complexes in tissues obtained from old animals revealed decreased chymotrypsin-like activity of 26S and 20S proteasomes containing the β5i subunit. Based on the obtained data, it can be assumed that changes in the pool of nonconstitutive proteasomes reflect aging-associated adaptive processes in the mouse brain.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1134/s0026893323050114
N. V. Maluchenko, A. N. Korovina, A. A. Saulina, V. M. Studitsky, A. V. Feofanov
{"title":"The Role of the WGR Domain in the Functions of PARP1 and PARP2","authors":"N. V. Maluchenko, A. N. Korovina, A. A. Saulina, V. M. Studitsky, A. V. Feofanov","doi":"10.1134/s0026893323050114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893323050114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135606666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1134/s0026893323050023
Y. V. Abalenikhina, A. V. Shchulkin, A. A. Seidkulieva, E. D. Rokunov, F. T. Gadzhieva, E. N. Yakusheva
{"title":"The Mechanism of Bimodal Effect of DL-Butyonine Sulfoximine on Constitutive Androstane and Pregnane X Receptors In Vitro","authors":"Y. V. Abalenikhina, A. V. Shchulkin, A. A. Seidkulieva, E. D. Rokunov, F. T. Gadzhieva, E. N. Yakusheva","doi":"10.1134/s0026893323050023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893323050023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135607181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1134/s0026893323050047
I. S. Kiselev, O. G. Kulakova, O. A. Baturina, M. R. Kabilov, A. N. Boyko, O. O. Favorova
{"title":"DNA Methylation Profile of CD14+ Monocytes Changes in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis","authors":"I. S. Kiselev, O. G. Kulakova, O. A. Baturina, M. R. Kabilov, A. N. Boyko, O. O. Favorova","doi":"10.1134/s0026893323050047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893323050047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135607182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1134/s0026893323050151
A. A. Sheveleva, G. S. Krasnov, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. V. Snezhkina, E. V. Bulavkina, S. N. Chirkov
{"title":"Analysis of the Complete Tomato Aspermy Virus Genomes Suggests Reassortment in Russian Isolates from Chrysanthemum","authors":"A. A. Sheveleva, G. S. Krasnov, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. V. Snezhkina, E. V. Bulavkina, S. N. Chirkov","doi":"10.1134/s0026893323050151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893323050151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135607183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1134/s0026893323050138
A. V. Morozov, A. V. Burov, S. Yu. Funikov, E. V. Teterina, T. M. Astakhova, P. A. Erokhov, A. A. Ustyugov, V. L. Karpov
{"title":"Changes in the Activities and Contents of Individual Forms of Proteasomes in Samples of the Cerebral Cortex during Pathology Development in 5xFAD Mice","authors":"A. V. Morozov, A. V. Burov, S. Yu. Funikov, E. V. Teterina, T. M. Astakhova, P. A. Erokhov, A. A. Ustyugov, V. L. Karpov","doi":"10.1134/s0026893323050138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893323050138","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136117531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1134/s0026893323050059
K. V. Kopylova, Ed. W. Kasparov, I. V. Marchenko, M. V. Smolnikova
{"title":"Digital PCR as a Highly Sensitive Diagnostic Tool: A Review","authors":"K. V. Kopylova, Ed. W. Kasparov, I. V. Marchenko, M. V. Smolnikova","doi":"10.1134/s0026893323050059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026893323050059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18734,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135606431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}