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Erratum

Erratum: Yamazaki et al. Editing DNA Methylation in Mammalian Embryos. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 637

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Division of Biomedical Research, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitasato University, 6-100 Arai, Kitamoto, Saitama 364-8501, Japan
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Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, KINDAI University, 930 Nishimitani, Kinokawa, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan
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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(12), 6175; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22126175
Submission received: 15 April 2021 / Accepted: 13 May 2021 / Published: 8 June 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Epigenome Editing)
The authors wish to make the following corrections to our previously published paper [1]. The correct reference order in Figure 1 should be:
Due to the partially incorrect references shown in the figure and tables, the correct reference order in Table 1 should be:
In Section 2.2, since the reference order has been updated, the correct reference order in this section should be:
When TET1 is used as an effector protein for DNA demethylation, as in DNMT, its catalytic domain is frequently used in epigenome editing [9,26,28,32,41,44,45] (Figure 1 and Table 2). It has also been reported that the catalytic domain of TET2 is fused with zinc finger [46];
The application of the SunTag system to tether multiple TET1 proteins to increase the efficiency of DNA demethylation in the target sequence has also been reported [41] (Figure 1 and Table 2);
Morita et al. reported no significant difference in DNA demethylation activity between dCas9–TET1 and dCas9–catalytically dead Tet1 (dTet1) on the Gfap and H19 loci, whereas the dCas9–SunTag system, which enables the tethering of multiple copies of TET1, has strong DNA demethylation activity [41];
On the other hand, other groups have reported that the dCas9–TET1 system is sufficient to decrease DNA methylation in target loci [9,28,32,45,47];
In this system, the effector protein is fused with the Pumilio/FBF RNA-binding domain (PUF domain) and a DNA-binding module comprising a dCas9 and gRNA complex in which multiple PUF binding sites are expressed together with single guide (sg) RNA [48];
Taghbalout et al. reported increased efficiency of DNA demethylation and derepression of genes by multiple tethering of TET1 by a Casilio complex named “Casilio–ME1” compared with the efficiency of DNA demethylation by the dCas9–SunTag system [42].
Due to the partially incorrect references shown in the figure and tables, the correct reference order in Table 2 should be:
Table 2. Editing DNA methylation with ten-eleven translocation (TET) proteins.
Table 2. Editing DNA methylation with ten-eleven translocation (TET) proteins.
TargetDNA-Binding ModuleEffectorReferences
KLF4, RHOX, HBBTALETET1 CD[44]
ICAM1Zinc FingerTET2 CD[46]
AscITALE-CIB1TET1 CD-CRY2[26]
Snrpn, BDNF, MyoDdCas9TET1 CD[28]
Gfap, H19 DMRdCas9-SunTagscFv-TET1 CD[41]
BRCA1dCas9TET1 CD[45]
FMR1dCas9TET1 CD[9]
Sox1dCas9TET1 CD[47]
IAP (Agouti)dCas9TET1 CD[32]
hMLH1dCas9 + gRNA withPUFa-binding sitePUFa-TET1 CD with GADD45A or NEIL2[42]
In Section 4, since the reference order has been updated, the correct reference order in this section should be:
The application of DNA methylation editing in vivo has also been reported for human clinical therapy in fetal and adult brains [9,41].
In the reference section, the correct reference should be:
41. Morita, S.; Noguchi, H.; Horii, T.; Nakabayashi, K.; Kimura, M.; Okamura, K.; Sakai, A.; Nakashima, H.; Hata, K.; Nakashima, K.; et al. Targeted DNA demethylation in vivo using dCas9-peptide repeat and scFv-TET1 catalytic domain fusions. Nat. Biotechnol. 2016, 34, 1060–1065.
42. Taghbalout, A.; Du, M.; Jillette, N.; Rosikiewicz, W.; Rath, A.; Heinen, C.D.; Li, S.; Cheng, A.W. Enhanced CRISPR-based DNA demethylation by Casilio-ME-mediated RNA-guided coupling of methylcytosine oxidation and DNA repair pathways. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 4296.
46. Chen, H.; Kazemier, H.G.; de Groote, M.L.; Ruiters, M.H.; Xu, G.L.; Rots, M.G. Induced DNA demethylation by targeting Ten-Eleven Translocation 2 to the human ICAM-1 promoter. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014, 42, 1563–1574.
47. Baumann, V.; Wiesbeck, M.; Breunig, C.T.; Braun, J.M.; Koferle, A.; Ninkovic, J.; Gotz, M.; Stricker, S.H. Targeted removal of epigenetic barriers during transcriptional reprogramming. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 2119.
48. Cheng, A.W.; Jillette, N.; Lee, P.; Plaskon, D.; Fujiwara, Y.; Wang, W.; Taghbalout, A.; Wang, H. Casilio: A versatile CRISPR-Cas9-Pumilio hybrid for gene regulation and genomic labeling. Cell Res. 2016, 26, 254–257.
The authors would like to apologize for any convenience caused to the readers by these changes.

Conflicts of Interest

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Reference

  1. Yamazaki, T.; Hatano, Y.; Taniguchi, R.; Kobayashi, N.; Yamagata, K. Editing DNA Methylation in Mammalian Embryos. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 637. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
Figure 1. Schematic diagrams of artificial enzymes for editing DNA methylation. Representative combinations of DNA-binding modules and effectors are shown. Zinc finger, transcription activator-like effector (TALE), and dCas9 with guide RNA (gRNA) complex are used for DNA-binding modules. DNMT3A or M.SssI are effectors of inducing DNA methylation. To remove DNA methylation, the catalytic domain (CD) of TET1 is fused with DNA binding module. SunTag technology enables multiple copies of TET1 CD to be introduced to the target region [41]. There has been a report describing the tethering of both TET1 CD and base excision repair (BER)-related proteins such as GADD45A to improve the efficiency of DNA demethylation [42].
Figure 1. Schematic diagrams of artificial enzymes for editing DNA methylation. Representative combinations of DNA-binding modules and effectors are shown. Zinc finger, transcription activator-like effector (TALE), and dCas9 with guide RNA (gRNA) complex are used for DNA-binding modules. DNMT3A or M.SssI are effectors of inducing DNA methylation. To remove DNA methylation, the catalytic domain (CD) of TET1 is fused with DNA binding module. SunTag technology enables multiple copies of TET1 CD to be introduced to the target region [41]. There has been a report describing the tethering of both TET1 CD and base excision repair (BER)-related proteins such as GADD45A to improve the efficiency of DNA demethylation [42].
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Table 1. Editing DNA methylation with methyltransferases.
Table 1. Editing DNA methylation with methyltransferases.
TargetDNA-Binding ModuleEffectorReferences
MaspinZinc FingerDNMT3A CD[18]
VEGF-AZinc FingerDNMT3A CD-DNMT3L[19]
HBV x promoterZinc FingerDNMT3A C-term[20]
Line1Zinc FingerMIWI2[23]
P16 (CDKN2A)TALEDNMT3A-DNMT3L[24]
Major satelliteTALE, dCas9SssI[25]
AsclITALE-CIB1DNMT3A CD-CRY2[26]
BACH-2, IL6STdCas9DNMT3A CD[27]
Snrpn, CTCFdCas9DNMT3A[28]
Hox genes, Runx1, H19dCas9SssI (Q147L)[29]
SALL2, HBGdCas9Split SssI[30]
HoxA5, KLF4dCas9-SunTagscFv-DNMT3A[31]
IAP (Agouti), H19,IG-DMR, Snrpn DMRdCas9DNMT3A[32]
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