| Autor: |
Tess A.V. Afanasyeva, Dimitra Athanasiou, Pedro R.L. Perdigao, Kae R. Whiting, Lonneke Duijkers, Galuh D.N. Astuti, Jean Bennett, Alejandro Garanto, Jacqueline van der Spuy, Ronald Roepman, Michael E. Cheetham, Rob W.J. Collin |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, Vol 29, Iss , Pp 522-531 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2329-0501 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.omtm.2023.05.012 |
| Popis: |
Mutations in the lebercilin-encoding gene LCA5 cause one of the most severe forms of Leber congenital amaurosis, an early-onset retinal disease that results in severe visual impairment. Here, we report on the generation of a patient-specific cellular model to study LCA5-associated retinal disease. CRISPR-Cas9 technology was used to correct a homozygous nonsense variant in LCA5 (c.835C>T; p.Q279∗) in patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The absence of off-target editing in gene-corrected (isogenic) control iPSCs was demonstrated by whole-genome sequencing. We differentiated the patient, gene-corrected, and unrelated control iPSCs into three-dimensional retina-like cells, so-called retinal organoids. We observed opsin and rhodopsin mislocalization to the outer nuclear layer in patient-derived but not in the gene-corrected or unrelated control organoids. We also confirmed the rescue of lebercilin expression and localization along the ciliary axoneme within the gene-corrected organoids. Here, we show the potential of combining precise single-nucleotide gene editing with the iPSC-derived retinal organoid system for the generation of a cellular model of early-onset retinal disease. |
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