Development of β-globin gene correction in human hematopoietic stem cells as a potential durable treatment for sickle cell disease

Autor: Helen Segal, Sruthi Mantri, M. Kyle Cromer, Neehar Bhatia, Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Annalisa Lattanzi, Ciaran M. Lee, David DiGiusto, Rasmus O. Bak, Carsten T. Charlesworth, Josefin Kenrick, Jason Skowronski, Matthew H. Porteus, J. Fraser Wright, Richard L. Frock, Daniel P. Dever, Narae Talbott, Christopher A. Vakulskas, Joab Camarena, Gang Bao, Waracharee Srifa, Premanjali Lahiri, John F. Tisdale
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
EXPRESSION
0301 basic medicine
congenital
hereditary
and neonatal diseases and abnormalities

CD34
EFFICIENT
Anemia
Sickle Cell

beta-Globins
medicine.disease_cause
THERAPY
Article
Mice
03 medical and health sciences
DOUBLE-STRANDED BREAKS
0302 clinical medicine
Heterocyclic Compounds
hemic and lymphatic diseases
medicine
Animals
Humans
Progenitor cell
HEMOGLOBIN
Gene
CURE
Gene Editing
Mutation
business.industry
CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics
Reproducibility of Results
Gene targeting
General Medicine
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
BONE-MARROW-TRANSPLANTATION
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization
Anemia
Sickle Cell/genetics

Haematopoiesis
beta-Globins/genetics
030104 developmental biology
PROGENITOR CELLS
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Cancer research
CRISPR-Cas Systems
Stem cell
MIXED CHIMERISM
business
Ex vivo
Zdroj: Sci Transl Med
Lattanzi, A, Camarena, J, Lahiri, P, Segal, H, Srifa, W, Vakulskas, C A, Frock, R L, Kenrick, J, Lee, C, Talbott, N, Skowronski, J, Cromer, M K, Charlesworth, C T, Bak, R O, Mantri, S, Bao, G, DiGiusto, D, Tisdale, J, Wright, J F, Bhatia, N, Roncarolo, M G, Dever, D P & Porteus, M H 2021, ' Development of β-globin gene correction in human hematopoietic stem cells as a potential durable treatment for sickle cell disease ', Science Translational Medicine, vol. 13, no. 598, eabf2444 . https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.abf2444
ISSN: 1946-6242
1946-6234
Popis: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common monogenic serious disease with 300,000 births annually worldwide. SCD is autosomal recessive from a single point mutation in codon six of the β-globin gene (HBB) resulting in sickle hemoglobin. Ex vivo β-globin gene correction in autologous patient-derived hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) might be an ideal treatment of SCD. We previously developed an HBB gene targeting strategy that utilizes high-fidelity Cas9 precomplexed with chemically modified guide RNAs to induce rAAV6-mediated gene correction of the SCD-causing mutation in HSPCs. Here we present foundational translational data that demonstrate the pre-clinical feasibility, efficacy, and toxicology of HBB gene correction in plerixafor-mobilized CD34+ cells from healthy and SCD patient donors (Drug Product-gcHBB-SCD). Notably, we achieved up to 60% HBB allelic correction in clinical-scale gcHBB-SCD manufacturing and long-term engraftment in immunodeficient NSG mice, with multi-lineage allele gene correction frequencies of 20% in multiple hematopoietic organs. The long-term safety tumorigenicity/toxicology study demonstrated no evidence of abnormal hematopoiesis, genotoxicity or tumorigenicity from the engrafted gcHBB-SCD Drug Product. Altogether, this preclinical data supports the safety, efficacy, and reproducibility of a gene correction strategy for initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial for SCD patients.
Databáze: OpenAIRE