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. 2022 Jun 27;13:3685. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31322-3

Fig. 7. Safety evaluation of prime editors in HEK293T cells.

Fig. 7

a Example diagram of the PE systems editing MYC + 5GtoC. While nCas9 (H840A) and pegRNA are required for all prime editing strategies, PE3 contains a nicking sgRNA at +42 bp from the pegRNA-mediated nick to increase the editing efficiency. PE3b contains a sgRNA (−5 bp from the pegRNA-mediated nick) with spacer that match the edited strand to minimize the presence of concurrent nicks. Nick only for PE3 introduces a single-strand break in the non-edited strand by a nicking sgRNA. b Numbers of L1-ORFeus insertions obtained by amplicon sequencing at the MYC locus targeted by PE2 (MYC + 2-4AAA del), PE3 (MYC + 2-4AAA del), or nick only for PE3 in HEK293T cells expressing L1-ORFeus, L1-ENm, L1-RTm, or GFP control. Number of L1-ORFeus insertions was pooled from three independent experiments with similar results. c Numbers of L1-ORFeus insertions obtained by amplicon sequencing at the MYC locus targeted by PE2 (MYC + 5GtoC), PE3 (MYC + 5GtoC), PE3b (MYC + 5GtoC), or nick only for PE3/PE3b in HEK293T cells expressing L1-ORFeus or L1-RTm. d Numbers and fragment lengths of L1-ORFeus insertions obtained by amplicon sequencing at the MYC locus targeted by PE3 (MYC + 2-4AAA del) in HEK293T cells expressing L1-ORFeus or L1-RTm. Example L1-ORFeus insertional sequences in cells expressing L1-ORFeus are shown in Supplementary Sequence 4. Example L1-ORFeus insertions bridging the intron of GFP in cells expressing L1-ORFeus are shown in Supplementary Sequence 5. e Pie charts show the relative abundance of four main types of insertions obtained by amplicon sequencing at the MYC locus targeted by PE3 (MYC + 2-4AAA del) in HEK293T cells expressing L1-ORFeus, L1-ENm, L1-RTm, or GFP control. f Detailed view of the distribution of L1-ORFeus insertions at the MYC locus obtained by PolyA-seq in HEK293T cells targeted by PE3 (MYC + 2-4AAA del), PE3 (MYC + 5GtoC), or PE3b (MYC + 5GtoC) that express L1-ORFeus or L1-RTm.