Targeted, homology-driven gene insertion in stem cells by ZFN-loaded ‘all-in-one’ lentiviral vectors

Autor: Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen, Yonglun Luo, Martin R. Jakobsen, Mads Valdemar Anderson, Yan Zhou, Yujia Cai, Shengting Li, Niels Uldbjerg, Anders Laustsen, Chenglong Sun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: eLife, Vol 5 (2016)
Cai, Y, Laustsen, A, Zhou, Y, Sun, C, Anderson, M V, Li, S, Uldbjerg, N, Luo, Y, Jakobsen, M R & Giehm Mikkelsen, J 2016, ' Targeted, homology-driven gene insertion in stem cells by ZFN-loaded 'all-in-one' lentiviral vectors ', eLife, vol. 5, e12213 . https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12213
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Cai, Y, Laustsen, A, Zhou, Y, Sun, C, Anderson, M V, Li, S, Uldbjerg, N, Luo, Y, Jakobsen, M R & Mikkelsen, J G 2016, ' Targeted, homology-driven gene insertion in stem cells by ZFN-loaded 'all-in-one' lentiviral vectors ', eLife, vol. 5 . https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12213
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.12213
Popis: Biased integration remains a key challenge for gene therapy based on lentiviral vector technologies. Engineering of next-generation lentiviral vectors targeting safe genomic harbors for insertion is therefore of high relevance. In a previous paper (Cai et al., 2014a), we showed the use of integrase-defective lentiviral vectors (IDLVs) as carriers of complete gene repair kits consisting of zinc-finger nuclease (ZFN) proteins and repair sequences, allowing gene correction by homologous recombination (HR). Here, we follow this strategy to engineer ZFN-loaded IDLVs that insert transgenes by a homology-driven mechanism into safe loci. This insertion mechanism is driven by time-restricted exposure of treated cells to ZFNs. We show targeted gene integration in human stem cells, including CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Notably, targeted insertions are identified in 89% of transduced iPSCs. Our findings demonstrate the applicability of nuclease-loaded ‘all-in-one’ IDLVs for site-directed gene insertion in stem cell-based gene therapies.
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