Helmholtz Gemeinschaft

Search
Browse
Statistics
Feeds

Development of an intein-mediated split-Cas9 system for gene therapy

[thumbnail of Sequences] PDF (Sequences) - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
50kB
[thumbnail of Article] PDF (Article) - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
4MB

Item Type:Article
Title:Development of an intein-mediated split-Cas9 system for gene therapy
Creators Name:Truong, D.J.J., Kühner, K., Kühn, R., Werfel, S., Engelhardt, S., Wurst, W. and Ortiz, O.
Abstract:Using CRISPR/Cas9, it is possible to target virtually any gene in any organism. A major limitation to its application in gene therapy is the size of Cas9 (>4 kb), impeding its efficient delivery via recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV). Therefore, we developed a split-Cas9 system, bypassing the packaging limit using split-inteins. Each Cas9 half was fused to the corresponding split-intein moiety and, only upon co-expression, the intein-mediated trans-splicing occurs and the full Cas9 protein is reconstituted. We demonstrated that the nuclease activity of our split-intein system is comparable to wild-type Cas9, shown by a genome-integrated surrogate reporter and by targeting three different endogenous genes. An analogously designed split-Cas9D10A nickase version showed similar activity as Cas9D10A. Moreover, we showed that the double nick strategy increased the homologous directed recombination (HDR). In addition, we explored the possibility of delivering the repair template accommodated on the same dual-plasmid system, by transient transfection, showing an efficient HDR. Most importantly, we revealed for the first time that intein-mediated split-Cas9 can be packaged, delivered and its nuclease activity reconstituted efficiently, in cells via rAAV.
Keywords:CRISPR-Associated Proteins, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Cell Line, Deoxyribonucleases, Dependovirus, Gene Targeting, Genetic Therapy, Inteins, Plasmids, Streptococcus pyogenes, Transfection
Source:Nucleic Acids Research
ISSN:0305-1048
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Volume:43
Number:13
Page Range:6450-6458
Date:27 July 2015
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv601
PubMed:View item in PubMed

Repository Staff Only: item control page

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Open Access
MDC Library