In vivo expansion of gene-targeted hepatocytes through transient inhibition of an essential gene

IF 15.8 1区医学 Q1 CELL BIOLOGY

Science Translational Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-12

Marco De Giorgi, So Hyun Park, Adam Castoreno, Mingming Cao, Ayrea Hurley, Lavanya Saxena, Marcel A. Chuecos, Christopher J. Walkey, Alexandria M. Doerfler, Mia N. Furgurson, M. Cecilia Ljungberg, Kalyani R. Patel, Sarah Hyde, Tyler Chickering, Stephanie Lefebvre, Kelly Wassarman, Patrick Miller, June Qin, Mark K. Schlegel, Ivan Zlatev, Jun Han, Christine Beeton, Rich Gang Li, Jong Kim, James F. Martin, Karl-Dimiter Bissig, Vasant Jadhav, Gang Bao, William R. Lagor

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Abstract

Homology-directed repair (HDR)–based genome editing is an approach that could permanently correct a broad range of genetic diseases. However, its utility is limited by inefficient and imprecise DNA repair mechanisms in terminally differentiated tissues. Here, we tested Repair Drive, a platform technology for selectively expanding HDR-corrected hepatocytes in adult mice in vivo. Repair Drive involves transient conditioning of the liver by knocking down an essential gene, fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (Fah), and delivering an untargetable version of the essential gene in cis with a therapeutic transgene. We show that Repair Drive increased the percentage of correctly targeted hepatocytes in healthy wild-type mice up to 25%, which resulted in a fivefold increased expression of a therapeutic transgene, human factor IX (FIX). Repair Drive was well tolerated and did not induce toxicity or tumorigenesis during a 1-year follow-up. This approach may broaden the range of liver diseases that can be treated with somatic genome editing.

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Science Translational Medicine CELL BIOLOGY-MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL

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26.70

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1.20%

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309

审稿时长

1.7 months

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