Effects of genetic correction on the differentiation of hair cell-like cells from iPSCs with MYO15A mutation

Autor: Jiyuan Chen, ZH Tang, HS Shi, Min-Xin Guan, P Chen, Jinfu Wang, Taosheng Huang, JZ Shao, JZ Chen, J Zheng, L Li, SK Yin, Jr Chen, CC Wang, XD Qian, J Ding, Chao Zhang
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Cell Death & Differentiation. 23:1347-1357
ISSN: 1476-5403
1350-9047
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2016.16
Popis: Deafness or hearing loss is a major issue in human health. Inner ear hair cells are the main sensory receptors responsible for hearing. Defects in hair cells are one of the major causes of deafness. A combination of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology with genome-editing technology may provide an attractive cell-based strategy to regenerate hair cells and treat hereditary deafness in humans. Here, we report the generation of iPSCs from members of a Chinese family carrying MYO15A c.4642G>A and c.8374G>A mutations and the induction of hair cell-like cells from those iPSCs. The compound heterozygous MYO15A mutations resulted in abnormal morphology and dysfunction of the derived hair cell-like cells. We used a CRISPR/Cas9 approach to genetically correct the MYO15A mutation in the iPSCs and rescued the morphology and function of the derived hair cell-like cells. Our data demonstrate the feasibility of generating inner ear hair cells from human iPSCs and the functional rescue of gene mutation-based deafness by using genetic correction.
Databáze: OpenAIRE