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Item A microRNA-gated thgRNA platform for multiplexed activation of gene expression in mammalian cells(Chemical Communications, 2022-04-26) Hunt, Victoria M.; Chen, WilfredTo effectively reprogram cellular regulatory networks towards desired phenotypes, it is critical to have the ability to provide precise gene regulation in a spatiotemporal manner. We have previously engineered toehold-gated guide RNA (thgRNA) to enable conditional activation of dCas9-mediated transcriptional upregulation in mammalian cells using synthetic RNA triggers. Here, we demonstrate that microRNA (miR)-gated thgRNAs can be transcribed by type II RNA polymerase to allow multiplexed transcriptional activation using both mRNA and miR. Activation is achieved only by proper miR-mediated processing of the flanking 5′ cap and 3′ poly A tail and hairpin unblocking by mRNA via strand displacement. This new AND-gate design is exploited to elicit conditional protein degradation based on induced expression of a specific ubiquibody. This new strategy may find many new applications in an RNA-responsive manner.