Reversible immortalisation enables genetic correction of human muscle progenitors and engineering of next‐generation human artificial chromosomes for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Autor: Sara Benedetti, Narumi Uno, Hidetoshi Hoshiya, Martina Ragazzi, Giulia Ferrari, Yasuhiro Kazuki, Louise Anne Moyle, Rossana Tonlorenzi, Angelo Lombardo, Soraya Chaouch, Vincent Mouly, Marc Moore, Linda Popplewell, Kanako Kazuki, Motonobu Katoh, Luigi Naldini, George Dickson, Graziella Messina, Mitsuo Oshimura, Giulio Cossu, Francesco Saverio Tedesco
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: EMBO Molecular Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 254-275 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1757-4684
1757-4676
DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201607284
Popis: Abstract Transferring large or multiple genes into primary human stem/progenitor cells is challenged by restrictions in vector capacity, and this hurdle limits the success of gene therapy. A paradigm is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an incurable disorder caused by mutations in the largest human gene: dystrophin. The combination of large‐capacity vectors, such as human artificial chromosomes (HACs), with stem/progenitor cells may overcome this limitation. We previously reported amelioration of the dystrophic phenotype in mice transplanted with murine muscle progenitors containing a HAC with the entire dystrophin locus (DYS‐HAC). However, translation of this strategy to human muscle progenitors requires extension of their proliferative potential to withstand clonal cell expansion after HAC transfer. Here, we show that reversible cell immortalisation mediated by lentivirally delivered excisable hTERT and Bmi1 transgenes extended cell proliferation, enabling transfer of a novel DYS‐HAC into DMD satellite cell‐derived myoblasts and perivascular cell‐derived mesoangioblasts. Genetically corrected cells maintained a stable karyotype, did not undergo tumorigenic transformation and retained their migration ability. Cells remained myogenic in vitro (spontaneously or upon MyoD induction) and engrafted murine skeletal muscle upon transplantation. Finally, we combined the aforementioned functions into a next‐generation HAC capable of delivering reversible immortalisation, complete genetic correction, additional dystrophin expression, inducible differentiation and controllable cell death. This work establishes a novel platform for complex gene transfer into clinically relevant human muscle progenitors for DMD gene therapy.
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