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. 2025 Dec 11;17:751. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67438-5

Fig. 6. Targeted dCas9-SunTag blockade rescues inversional Vκ joins in WAPL-depleted CTCF-Nm cells.

Fig. 6

(a) Illustration of the dCas9-SunTag blockade system. 38 binding sites (BS) were inserted downstream of the Sis element to provide multiple binding sites for the dCas9-SunTag system. (b) Western blot confirmation of dCas9 expression in the dCas9-SunTag blockade line, derived from the Wapl-AID2 CTCF-Nm line. The experiment was repeated twice with similar results. (c) Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis showing the fold enrichment of gRNA expression in the dCas9-SunTag blockade line, relative to the control BS-only line. Data are shown as mean ± SD from three independent replicates. (d) ChIP-qPCR analysis showing the fold enrichment of dCas9-SunTag binding at the BS in the dCas9-SunTag blockade line and the control BS-only line. A region near Igκ-RS was used as a negative control region. Data are shown as mean ± SD from three independent replicates. (e) Left, 3C-HTGTS profiles demonstrating formation of loop barrier near dCas9 binding sites in the dCas9-SunTag blockade line. Right, Quantification of bait interactions. Libraries were size-normalized, and interaction signals were counted for the indicated regions. Data are shown as mean from two independent replicates. (f) Left, HTGTS-V(D)J-Seq analysis of Vκ usage frequency (%) in the BS-only line (top) and the dCas9-SunTag blockade line (bottom). Right, summary of deletional and inversional Vκ usage in proximal versus middle/distal Vκ regions in the BS-only and dCas9-SunTag blockade lines. Data are shown as mean ± SD from three and four independent replicates, respectively. P values were calculated using unpaired, two-tailed Student’s t test.