A Rationally Designed Semiconducting Polymer Brush for NIR‐II Imaging‐Guided Light‐Triggered Remote Control of CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing. Issue 21 (8th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Ling; Yang, Zhen; Zhu, Shoujun; He, Liangcan; Fan, Wenpei; Tang, Wei; Zou, Jianhua; Shen, Zheyu; Zhang, Mingru; Tang, Longguang; Dai, Yunlu; Niu, Gang; Hu, Shuo; Chen, Xiaoyuan
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 31:Issue 21(2019)
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• Publication Date: 2019-04-08
• Subjects: CRISPR/Cas9 -- genome editing -- light‐triggered remote control -- NIR‐II imaging -- semiconducting polymers; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901187
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract: The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR‐associated protein 9 (Cas9) genome‐editing system has shown great potential in biomedical applications. Although physical approaches, viruses, and some nonviral vectors have been employed for CRISPR/Cas9 delivery and induce some promising genome‐editing efficacy, precise genome editing remains challenging and has not been reported yet. Herein, second near‐infrared window (NIR‐II) imaging‐guided NIR‐light‐triggered remote control of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome‐editing strategy is reported based on a rationally designed semiconducting polymer brush (SPPF). SPPF can not only be a vector to deliver CRISPR/Cas9 cassettes but also controls the endolysosomal escape and payloads release through photothermal conversion under laser irradiation. Upon laser exposure, the nanocomplex of SPPF and CRISPR/Cas9 cassettes induces effective site‐specific precise genome editing both in vitro and in vivo with minimal toxicity. Besides, NIR‐II imaging based on SPPF can also be applied to monitor the in vivo distribution of the genome‐editing system and guide laser irradiation in real time. Thus, this study offers a typical paradigm for NIR‐II imaging‐guided NIR‐light‐triggered remote control of the CRISPR/Cas9 system for precise genome editing. This strategy may open an avenue for CRISPR/Cas9 genome‐editing‐based precise gene therapy in the near future. Abstract : A semiconducting polymer‐brush‐based CRISPR/Cas9 genome‐editing delivery nanoplatform is developed that can simultaneously track the in vivo distribution of the genome‐editing system and guide laser irradiation via NIR‐II imaging in real time and remote control of the CRISPR/Cas‐9 genome‐editing process noninvasively in vivo.