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Mol Ther ; 30(9): 2909-2922, 2022 09 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35581938

RESUMEN

Persistence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is attributed to maintenance of the intrahepatic pool of the viral covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), which serves as the transcriptional template for all viral gene products required for replication. Current nucleos(t)ide therapies for CHB prevent virus production and spread but have no direct impact on cccDNA or expression of viral genes. We describe a potential curative approach using a highly specific engineered ARCUS nuclease (ARCUS-POL) targeting the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome. Transient ARCUS-POL expression in HBV-infected primary human hepatocytes produced substantial reductions in both cccDNA and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). To evaluate ARCUS-POL in vivo, we developed episomal adeno-associated virus (AAV) mouse and non-human primate (NHP) models containing a portion of the HBV genome serving as a surrogate for cccDNA. Clinically relevant delivery was achieved through systemic administration of lipid nanoparticles containing ARCUS-POL mRNA. In both mouse and NHP, we observed a significant decrease in total AAV copy number and high on-target indel frequency. In the case of the mouse model, which supports HBsAg expression, circulating surface antigen was durably reduced by 96%. Together, these data support a gene-editing approach for elimination of cccDNA toward an HBV cure.


Asunto(s)
Hepatitis B Crónica , Hepatitis B , Animales , Antivirales , ADN Circular/genética , ADN Viral/genética , Dependovirus/genética , Hepatitis B/terapia , Antígenos de Superficie de la Hepatitis B/genética , Antígenos de Superficie de la Hepatitis B/uso terapéutico , Virus de la Hepatitis B/genética , Humanos , Liposomas , Ratones , Nanopartículas , Replicación Viral
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Mol Ther ; 25(4): 949-961, 2017 04 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28237835

RESUMEN

Adoptive cellular therapy using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have produced significant objective responses in patients with CD19+ hematological malignancies, including durable complete responses. Although the majority of clinical trials to date have used autologous patient cells as the starting material to generate CAR T cells, this strategy poses significant manufacturing challenges and, for some patients, may not be feasible because of their advanced disease state or difficulty with manufacturing suitable numbers of CAR T cells. Alternatively, T cells from a healthy donor can be used to produce an allogeneic CAR T therapy, provided the cells are rendered incapable of eliciting graft versus host disease (GvHD). One approach to the production of these cells is gene editing to eliminate expression of the endogenous T cell receptor (TCR). Here we report a streamlined strategy for generating allogeneic CAR T cells by targeting the insertion of a CAR transgene directly into the native TCR locus using an engineered homing endonuclease and an AAV donor template. We demonstrate that anti-CD19 CAR T cells produced in this manner do not express the endogenous TCR, exhibit potent effector functions in vitro, and mediate clearance of CD19+ tumors in an in vivo mouse model.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos CD19/genética , Técnicas de Cultivo Celular por Lotes , Ingeniería Celular , Edición Génica , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T alfa-beta/genética , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T/genética , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Alelos , Animales , Dependovirus/genética , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Expresión Génica , Técnicas de Inactivación de Genes , Orden Génico , Sitios Genéticos , Vectores Genéticos/genética , Humanos , Inmunoterapia Adoptiva , Linfoma/genética , Linfoma/inmunología , Linfoma/terapia , Ratones , Neoplasias , Transducción Genética
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Plant J ; 76(5): 888-99, 2013 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24112765

RESUMEN

The I-CreI homing endonuclease from Chlamydomonas reinhardti has been used as a molecular tool for creating DNA double-strand breaks and enhancing DNA recombination reactions in maize cells. The DNA-binding properties of this protein were re-designed to recognize a 22 bp target sequence in the 5th exon of MS26, a maize fertility gene. Three versions of a single-chain endonuclease, called Ems26, Ems26+ and Ems26++, cleaved their intended DNA site within the context of a reporter assay in a mammalian cell line. When the Ems26++ version was delivered to maize Black Mexican Sweet cells by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, the cleavage resulted in mutations at a co-delivered extra-chromosomal ms26-site in up to 8.9% of the recovered clones. Delivery of the same version of Ems26 to immature embryos resulted in mutations at the predicted genomic ms26-site in 5.8% of transgenic T(0) plants. This targeted mutagenesis procedure yielded small deletions and insertions at the Ems26 target site consistent with products of double-strand break repair generated by non-homologous end joining. One of 21 mutagenized T(0) plants carried two mutated alleles of the MS26 gene. As expected, the bi-allelic mutant T(0) plant and the T(1) progeny homozygous for the ms26 mutant alleles were male-sterile. This paper described the second maize chromosomal locus (liguless-1 being the first one) mutagenized by a re-designed I-CreI-based endonuclease, demonstrating the general utility of these molecules for targeted mutagenesis in plants.


Asunto(s)
Enzimas de Restricción del ADN/metabolismo , Genes de Plantas , Infertilidad Vegetal/genética , Zea mays/genética , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/enzimología , Roturas del ADN de Doble Cadena , Reparación del ADN por Unión de Extremidades , Marcación de Gen , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutagénesis , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/fisiología , Transformación Genética , Zea mays/fisiología
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Nat Metab ; 5(12): 2169-2183, 2023 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38036771

RESUMEN

Nuclease-mediated editing of heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) seeks to preferentially cleave and eliminate mutant mtDNA, leaving wild-type genomes to repopulate the cell and shift mtDNA heteroplasmy. Various technologies are available, but many suffer from limitations based on size and/or specificity. The use of ARCUS nucleases, derived from naturally occurring I-CreI, avoids these pitfalls due to their small size, single-component protein structure and high specificity resulting from a robust protein-engineering process. Here we describe the development of a mitochondrial-targeted ARCUS (mitoARCUS) nuclease designed to target one of the most common pathogenic mtDNA mutations, m.3243A>G. mitoARCUS robustly eliminated mutant mtDNA without cutting wild-type mtDNA, allowing for shifts in heteroplasmy and concomitant improvements in mitochondrial protein steady-state levels and respiration. In vivo efficacy was demonstrated using a m.3243A>G xenograft mouse model with mitoARCUS delivered systemically by adeno-associated virus. Together, these data support the development of mitoARCUS as an in vivo gene-editing therapeutic for m.3243A>G-associated diseases.


Asunto(s)
ADN Mitocondrial , Síndrome MELAS , Humanos , Animales , Ratones , ADN Mitocondrial/genética , Síndrome MELAS/genética , Síndrome MELAS/metabolismo , Mitocondrias/genética , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , Mutación
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Nat Biotechnol ; 36(8): 717-725, 2018 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29985478

RESUMEN

Clinical translation of in vivo genome editing to treat human genetic diseases requires thorough preclinical studies in relevant animal models to assess safety and efficacy. A promising approach to treat hypercholesterolemia is inactivating the secreted protein PCSK9, an antagonist of the LDL receptor. Here we show that single infusions in six non-human primates of adeno-associated virus vector expressing an engineered meganuclease targeting PCSK9 results in dose-dependent disruption of PCSK9 in liver, as well as a stable reduction in circulating PCSK9 and serum cholesterol. Animals experienced transient, asymptomatic elevations of serum transaminases owing to the formation of T cells against the transgene product. Vector DNA and meganuclease expression declined rapidly, leaving stable populations of genome-edited hepatocytes. A second-generation PCSK9-specific meganuclease showed reduced off-target cleavage. These studies demonstrate efficient, physiologically relevant in vivo editing in non-human primates, and highlight safety considerations for clinical translation.


Asunto(s)
Colesterol/sangre , Desoxirribonucleasas/metabolismo , Hígado/enzimología , Proproteína Convertasa 9/genética , Proproteína Convertasa 9/metabolismo , Animales , Dependovirus/genética , Edición Génica , Vectores Genéticos , Células HEK293 , Hepatocitos/metabolismo , Humanos , Hipercolesterolemia/enzimología , Hipercolesterolemia/terapia , Células Madre Pluripotentes Inducidas/metabolismo , Macaca mulatta , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Receptores de LDL/antagonistas & inhibidores
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Protein Sci ; 16(3): 379-90, 2007 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17242375

RESUMEN

Facile "writing" of DNA fragments that encode entire gene sequences potentially has widespread applications in biological analysis and engineering. Rapid writing of open reading frames (ORFs) for expressed proteins could transform protein engineering and production for protein design, synthetic biology, and structural analysis. Here we present a process, protein fabrication automation (PFA), which facilitates the rapid de novo construction of any desired ORF from oligonucleotides with low effort, high speed, and little human interaction. PFA comprises software for sequence design, data management, and the generation of instruction sets for liquid-handling robotics, a liquid-handling robot, a robust PCR scheme for gene assembly from synthetic oligonucleotides, and a genetic selection system to enrich correctly assembled full-length synthetic ORFs. The process is robust and scalable.


Asunto(s)
Oligonucleótidos/síntesis química , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta , Ingeniería de Proteínas/métodos , Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/biosíntesis , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Vectores Genéticos , Mutación , Oligonucleótidos/genética , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Proteínas/genética , Robótica , Programas Informáticos
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