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Development of CRISPR as an Antiviral Strategy to Combat SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza

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Abbott, Timothy R., Dhamdhere, Girija, Liu, Yanxia, Lin, Xueqiu, Goudy, Laine, Zeng, Leiping, Chemparathy, Augustine, Chmura, Stephen, Heaton, Nicholas S., Debs, Robert, Pande, Tara, Endy, Drew, La Russa, Marie F., Lewis, David B., Qi, Lei S.·2020·Cell

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has highlighted the need for antiviral approaches that can target emerging viruses with no effective vaccines or pharmaceuticals. Here, we demonstrate a CRISPR-Cas13-based strategy, PAC-MAN (prophylactic antiviral CRISPR in human cells), for viral inhibition that can effectively degrade RNA from SARS-CoV-2 sequences and live influenza A virus (IAV) in human lung epithelial cells. We designed and screened CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs) targeting conserved viral regions and identified functional crRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2. This approach effectively reduced H1N1 IAV load in respiratory epithelial cells. Our bioinformatic analysis showed that a group of only six crRNAs can target more than 90% of all coronaviruses. With the development of a safe and effective system for respiratory tract delivery, PAC-MAN has the potential to become an important pan-coronavirus inhibition strategy.

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Abbott, T. R., Dhamdhere, G., Liu, Y., Lin, X., Goudy, L., Zeng, L., Chemparathy, A., Chmura, S., Heaton, N. S., Debs, R., Pande, T., Endy, D., La Russa, M. F., Lewis, D. B., & Qi, L. S.
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Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-05
Volume
181
Issue
4
Pages
865-876.e12
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
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W3016048690
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498
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48
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journal article
Language
en
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Abbott, T. R., Dhamdhere, G., Liu, Y., Lin, X., Goudy, L., Zeng, L., Chemparathy, A., Chmura, S., Heaton, N. S., Debs, R., Pande, T., Endy, D., La Russa, M. F., Lewis, D. B., & Qi, L. S. (2020). Development of CRISPR as an Antiviral Strategy to Combat SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.020

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