Limitations of Dual-Single Guide RNA CRISPR Strategies for the Treatment of Central Nervous System Genetic Disorders.

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serval:BIB_B52D8E74A936
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Limitations of Dual-Single Guide RNA CRISPR Strategies for the Treatment of Central Nervous System Genetic Disorders.
Journal
Human gene therapy
Author(s)
Duarte F., Vachey G., Caron N.S., Sipion M., Rey M., Perrier A.L., Hayden M.R., Déglon N.
ISSN
1557-7422 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1043-0342
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
34
Number
17-18
Pages
958-974
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by a toxic gain-of-function CAG expansion in the first exon of the huntingtin (HTT) gene. The monogenic nature of HD makes mutant HTT (mHTT) inactivation a promising therapeutic strategy. Single nucleotide polymorphisms frequently associated with CAG expansion have been explored to selectively inactivate mHTT allele using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. One of such allele-selective approaches consists of excising a region flanking the first exon of mHTT by inducing simultaneous double-strand breaks at upstream and downstream positions of the mHTT exon 1. The removal of the first exon of mHTT deletes the CAG expansion and important transcription regulatory sites, leading to mHTT inactivation. However, the frequency of deletion events is yet to be quantified either in vitro or in vivo. Here, we developed accurate quantitative digital polymerase chain reaction-based assays to assess HTT exon 1 deletion in vitro and in fully humanized HU97/18 mice. Our results demonstrate that dual-single guide RNA (sgRNA) strategies are efficient and that 67% of HTT editing events are leading to exon 1 deletion in HEK293T cells. In contrast, these sgRNA actively cleaved HTT in HU97/18 mice, but most editing events do not lead to exon 1 deletion (10% exon 1 deletion). We also showed that the in vivo editing pattern is not affected by CAG expansion but may potentially be due to the presence of multiple copies of wildtype (wt)/mHTT genes HU97/18 mice as well as the slow kinetics of AAV-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 delivery.
Keywords
Humans, Animals, Mice, RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems, HEK293 Cells, Exons/genetics, Alleles, Central Nervous System Diseases, Huntington Disease/genetics, Huntington Disease/therapy, Central Nervous System, Huntington's disease, SNP, allele-selective, gene editing, haplotypes
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Web of science
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Yes
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