| Autor: |
Dian Lu, Zhiliang Xu, Zhiyong Peng, Yinghong Yang, Bing Song, Zeyu Xiong, Zhirui Ma, Hongmei Guan, Bangzhu Chen, Yukio Nakamura, Juan Zeng, Nengqing Liu, Xiaofang Sun, Diyu Chen |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Genetics, Vol 13 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1664-8021 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fgene.2022.881937 |
| Popis: |
Reactivation of γ-globin expression is a promising therapeutic approach for β-hemoglobinopathies. Here, we propose a novel Cas9/AAV6-mediated genome editing strategy for the treatment of β-thalassemia: Natural HPFH mutations −113A > G, −114C > T, −117G>A, −175T > C, −195C > G, and −198T > C were introduced by homologous recombination following disruption of BCL11A binding sites in HBG1/HBG2 promoters. Precise on-target editing and significantly increased γ-globin expression during erythroid differentiation were observed in both HUDEP-2 cells and primary HSPCs from β-thalassemia major patients. Moreover, edited HSPCs maintained the capacity for long-term hematopoietic reconstitution in B-NDG hTHPO mice. This study provides evidence of the effectiveness of introducing naturally occurring HPFH mutations as a genetic therapy for β-thalassemia. |
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