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ArticleCell genomics2026

Compound delivery of eVLPs enhances prime editing for targeted genome engineering and high-throughput screening.

Jethro Langley, Lou Baudrier, Jada Curry, Kiran Narta, Hayley M Todesco, Kyle Potts, Sorana Morrissy, Douglas J Mahoney, Pierre Billon

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Article in Cell genomics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jethro LangleyThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Robson DNA Science Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Lou BaudrierThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Robson DNA Science Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Jada CurryThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Robson DNA Science Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Kiran NartaThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Robson DNA Science Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Hayley M TodescoThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada; Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Kyle PottsThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada; Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Sorana MorrissyThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Robson DNA Science Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada; Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB T2N 2T8, Canada.
Douglas J MahoneyThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada; Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Calgary, AB, Canada; Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB T2N 2T8, Canada.
Pierre BillonThe University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3330 Hospital Drive N. W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Robson DNA Science Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada; Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB T2N 2T8, Canada. Electronic address: pierre.billon@ucalgary.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineered virus-like particles (eVLPs) enable transgene-free ribonucleoprotein delivery for genome editing, yet optimized strategies for high-throughput applications remain unexplored. Prime editing enables precise genomic modifications but suffers from limited efficiency. Here, we present PRIME-VLP (Progressive Repeated Infections for Maximized Editing via Virus-Like Particles), which exploits eVLP-mediated editing kinetics through multiple sequential sub-saturating transductions at optimal intervals. PRIME-VLP achieves 1.5- to 2.9-fold improvements in prime editing efficiency across diverse genomic targets and cell types without increasing off-target editing, compromising cellular viability or causing transcriptional perturbations. By decoupling pegRNA and editor delivery through pegRNA-free eVLPs, PRIME-VLP enables pooled prime editing screens and circumvents transgene silencing limitations. Using a 6,000-pegRNA library targeting TP53, PRIME-VLP achieved 2.8-fold higher editing and improved reproducibility compared to conventional lentiviral delivery, identifying TP53 loss-of-function variants conferring Nutlin-3 resistance. This work expands the versatility of eVLPs beyond their current in vivo therapeutic applications, demonstrating their promise for high-throughput functional genomics.

Indexed as

Gene EditingHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysVirionCRISPR-Cas SystemsHEK293 CellsHumansLentivirusTumor Suppressor Protein p53Tumor Suppressor Protein p53CRISPRengineered virus-like particlesfunctional genomicsgenome editinghigh-throughput screeningprime editingribonucleoprotein deliveryvariant characterizationvariants of uncertain significance

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PMID42447864
PMCPMC13477025

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