| IDLV capture (Integrase-defective lentiviral vector capture) |
Cell-based (live cells) |
Integration of IDLVs with a selectable marker into DNA double-strand break (DSB) sites, recovery of integration sites through LAM-PCR, high-throughput sequencing. |
It can identify DSBs in living cells |
Relatively insensitive |
| GUIDE-Seq (Genome-wide unbiased identification of DSBs enabled by sequencing) |
Cell-based (live cells) |
DSBs are tagged with double-stranded oligodeoxynucleotides (dsODNs), tag-specific amplification, high-throughput sequencing. |
Simple, efficient, and precise, straightforward protocol, and availability of open-source software for data analysis |
Possibly cytotoxic, not tested in vivo, sensitivity is limited and variable between cell types |
| HTGTS (High-throughput genome-wide translocation sequencing) |
Cell-based (live cells) |
Genome-wide 'prey' DSBs are detected and quantified via their translocation to a fixed 'bait' DSB. Bait-prey junctions are cloned, amplified by PCR, and sequenced. |
Requires the delivery of only the editing complex and can potentially be used in vivo. |
Relatively insensitive |
| BLESS (Breaks labeling, enrichment on streptavidin and next-generation sequencing) |
Cell-based (fixed cells) |
Isolation and fixation of treated cells, isolation and permeabilization of intact nuclei, in situ ligation of adapters to transient nuclease-induced DSBs, enrichment, high-throughput sequencing. |
It has been used in tissues where Cas9 had been delivered in vivo, independent from endogenous DNA repair machinery |
Technically challenging, only allows identification of DSBs present at a specific moment, cannot identify DSBs before permeabilization |
| Digenome-Seq (Digested genome sequencing) |
In vitro |
Isolation of genomic DNA from in vitro treated cells, ligation of sequencing adapters, whole-genome sequencing. |
No limitations related to cell-based factors |
Sequencing-inefficient, high background noise |
| CIRCLE-Seq (Circularization for in vitro reporting of cleavage effects by sequencing) |
In vitro |
Genomic DNA is sheared and circularized by intramolecular ligation. Undesired linear DNA molecules are degraded. Circular DNA molecules containing cleavage sites are re-linearized with the original CRISPR complex, releasing newly cleaved DNA ends for adaptor ligation, PCR amplification, and high-throughput sequencing. |
No limitations related to cell-based factors |
Time-consuming, challenging library prep |
| SITE-Seq (Selective enrichment and identification of tagged genomic DNA ends by sequencing) |
In vitro |
Genomic DNA is selectively tagged, enriched, sequenced, and mapped to a reference genome |
Enables computational detection of cleavage sites |
May require impractically high sequencing coverage to screen off-target sites |
| BLESS (Breaks labeling, enrichment on streptavidin and next-generation sequencing) |
Cell-based (fixed cells) |
Isolation and fixation of treated cells, isolation and permeabilization of intact nuclei, in situ ligation of adapters to transient nuclease-induced DSBs, enrichment, high-throughput sequencing. |
It has been used in tissues where Cas9 had been delivered in vivo, independent from endogenous DNA repair machinery |
Technically challenging, only allows identification of DSBs present at a specific moment, can't identify DSBs before permeabilization |
| Digenome-Seq (Digested genome sequencing) |
In vitro |
Isolation of genomic DNA from in vitro treated cells, ligation of sequencing adapters, whole-genome sequencing. |
No limitations related to cell-based factors |
Sequencing-inefficient, high background noise |
| CIRCLE-Seq (Circularization for in vitro reporting of cleavage effects by sequencing) |
In vitro |
Genomic DNA is sheared and circularized by intramolecular ligation. Undesired linear DNA molecules are degraded. Circular DNA molecules containing cleavage sites are re-linearized with the original CRISPR complex, releasing newly cleaved DNA ends for adaptor ligation, PCR amplification, and high-throughput sequencing. |
No limitations related to cell-based factors |
Time consuming, challenging library prep |
| SITE-Seq (Selective enrichment and identification of tagged genomic DNA ends by sequencing) |
In vitro |
Genomic DNA is selectively tagged, enriched, sequenced, and mapped to a reference genome |
Enables computational detection of cleavage sites |
May require impractically high sequencing coverage to screen off-target sites |
| UDiTaS (Uni-Directional Targeted Sequencing) |
In vitro |
Tagmentation of genomic DNA with a custom transposon followed by amplification with a sequence-specific 'anchor primer' and NGS |
Enables simultaneous measurement of small indels and larger structural variations |
Biases from primer binding or amplification may affect accuracy |