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. 2022 Feb 15;54(2):156–168. doi: 10.1038/s12276-022-00731-1

Fig. 5. Customized MSP primers detect methylation changes in SW480 candidate biomarkers modulated by the CRISPR/dCas9-gRNA system.

Fig. 5

a A representation of our designed CRISPR/dCas9-gRNA system whereby specific gRNAs recruit the dCas9 protein and the catalytic domain of TET1 to demethylate the targeted genomic locus. b, d, f qMSP with SW480 cells transfected with dCas9-TET1CD mock or gRNA specific to b PDX1, d EN2, and f MSX1 indicates that the designed primers can distinguish the lack of methylation modulated by the CRISPR/dCas9-gRNA system compared with controls. c, e, g qPCR with SW480 cells transfected with dCas9-TET1CD mock or gRNA of c PDX1, e EN2, and g MSX1 shows a reduction in gene expression with decreased methylation. Genomic DNA and RNA used in qMSP and qPCR were simultaneously extracted from the cell lines.