CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0047
Kotaro Kamata, Nils Birkholz, Marijn Ceelen, Robert D Fagerlund, Simon A Jackson, Peter C Fineran
{"title":"Repurposing an Endogenous CRISPR-Cas System to Generate and Study Subtle Mutations in Bacteriophages.","authors":"Kotaro Kamata, Nils Birkholz, Marijn Ceelen, Robert D Fagerlund, Simon A Jackson, Peter C Fineran","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0047","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While bacteriophage applications benefit from effective phage engineering, selecting the desired genotype after subtle modifications remains challenging. Here, we describe a two-phase endogenous CRISPR-Cas-based phage engineering approach that enables selection of small defined edits in <i>Pectobacterium carotovorum</i> phage ZF40. We designed plasmids containing sequences homologous to ZF40 and a mini-CRISPR array. The plasmids allowed genome editing through homologous recombination and counter-selection against non-recombinant phage genomes using an endogenous type I-E CRISPR-Cas system. With this technique, we first deleted target genes and subsequently restored loci with modifications. This two-phase approach circumvented major challenges in subtle phage modifications, including inadequate sequence distinction for CRISPR-Cas counter-selection and the requirement of a protospacer-adjacent motif, limiting sequences that can be modified. Distinct 20-bp barcodes were incorporated through engineering as differential target sites for programmed CRISPR-Cas activity, which allowed quantification of phage variants in mixed populations. This method aids studies and applications that require mixtures of similar phages.</p>","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":" ","pages":"343-354"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142332259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0003
Brett M Sansbury, Sophia B Masciarelli, Salma Kaouser, Olivia M Tharp, Kelly H Banas, Eric B Kmiec
{"title":"Mutation-Specific CRISPR Targeting with SaCas9 and AsCas12a Restores Therapeutic Sensitivity in Treatment-Resistant Melanoma.","authors":"Brett M Sansbury, Sophia B Masciarelli, Salma Kaouser, Olivia M Tharp, Kelly H Banas, Eric B Kmiec","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0003","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Melanoma remains one of the most challenging cancers to treat effectively with drug resistant remaining a constant concern, primarily with activating <i>BRAF</i> mutations. Mutations in the <i>BRAF</i> gene appear in approximately 50% of patients, 90% of which are V600E. Two frontline <i>BRAF</i> inhibitors (BRAFi), vemurafenib and dabrafenib, are frequently used to treat unresectable or metastatic <i>BRAF</i> V600E melanoma. Initial response rates are high, but soon thereafter, 70-80% of patients develop resistance to treatment within a year. A major mechanism of resistance is the generation of a secondary Q61K mutation in the <i>NRAS</i> gene. <b>Methods:</b> We have developed an approach in which a CRISPR-Cas complex can be designed to distinguish between mutant genes enabling resistance to standard care in tumor cells and normal genomes of healthy cells. For the first time, we demonstrated the utility of two CRISPR-directed mutation-specific editing approaches to restore BRAFi sensitivity in <i>BRAF</i><sup>V600E</sup>/<i>NRAS</i><sup>Q61K</sup> resistant A375 cells. <b>Results:</b> We utilize an AsCas12a protospacer adjacent motif site created by the <i>NRAS</i> Q61K mutation and the Q61K mutation in the critical seed region of an SaCas9 sgRNA for Q61K-selective targeting. We show here that both approaches allow for effective <i>NRAS</i> targeting of only mutated-Q61K and after CRISPR-directed Q61K-targeting, previously resistant A375 cells are re-sensitized to BRAFi treatment. <b>Conclusion:</b> Our data support the feasibility of the development of CRISPR-Cas therapeutic approaches to the treatment of melanoma. Successful therapeutic CRISPR-directed gene editing would enable both specific and efficient editing of a mutation-specific targeting approach eliminate concern for on- and off-target damage to the genomes of healthy cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":" ","pages":"366-373"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0016
Zhang Xinyue, Siwei Li, Wang Yujie, Dai Yingcai, Bi Changhao, Zhang Xueli
{"title":"Engineering of HEK293T Cell Factory for Lentiviral Production by High-Throughput Selected Genes.","authors":"Zhang Xinyue, Siwei Li, Wang Yujie, Dai Yingcai, Bi Changhao, Zhang Xueli","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0016","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lentiviral vectors (LVs) are crucial tools in gene therapy and bioproduction, but high-yield LV production systems are urgently needed. Using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated protein 9 high-throughput screening, we identified nine critical genes (<i>LDAH, GBP3, BPIFC, NHLRC1, NHLRC3, ZNF425, TTC37, LRRC4B</i>, and <i>SPINK6</i>) from 17,501 genes that limit LV packaging and formation. Knocking out these genes in HEK293T cells significantly increased virus production, with <i>LDAH</i> knockout exhibiting a 6.63-fold increase. Studies on multigene knockouts demonstrated that the cumulative effects of different gene knockouts can significantly enhance lentivirus production in HEK293T cells. Triple knockout of <i>GBP3, BPIFC</i>, and <i>LDAH</i> increased LV titer by ∼8.33-fold, and knockout (or knockdown) of <i>GBP3, NHLRC1,</i> and <i>NHLRC3</i> increased LV titer by ∼6.53-fold. This study established HEK293T cell lines with multiple genes knockout for efficient LV production, providing reliable technical support for LV production and application and offering new perspectives for studying LV packaging mechanisms and related virus research.</p>","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":"7 5","pages":"272-282"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.55675.rfs2023
Suchita Nety
{"title":"Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for <i>The CRISPR Journal</i>.","authors":"Suchita Nety","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.55675.rfs2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/crispr.2024.55675.rfs2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":"7 5","pages":"211"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0081
Kevin Davies, Alex Philippidis, Rodolphe Barrangou
{"title":"Five Years of Progress in CRISPR Clinical Trials (2019-2024).","authors":"Kevin Davies, Alex Philippidis, Rodolphe Barrangou","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0081","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In July 2019, Victoria Gray became the first patient with sickle cell disease to receive a CRISPR-based cell therapy as a volunteer in the exa-cel clinical trial, sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics. Barely four years later, the ensuing therapy, branded as Casgevy, received approval from regulatory agencies in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, ushering in a new era of CRISPR-based medicines. During this period, scores of other clinical trials have been launched, including many actively recruiting patients across phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3 clinical trials around the world. In this brief Perspective, we collate the latest information on therapeutic clinical trials featuring CRISPR, base and prime editing, across a range of both <i>in vivo</i> and <i>ex vivo</i> gene and cell therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":"7 5","pages":"227-230"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0011
Riya Mohan, Susanne B Haga
{"title":"Characterization of Research Support of Genome Editing Technologies and Transition to Clinical Trials.","authors":"Riya Mohan, Susanne B Haga","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0011","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genome editing technologies have become widely used research tools. To assess the rate of growth with respect to federal funding of gene editing projects, we analyzed publicly available data retrieved from the NIH RePORTER and Clinicaltrials.gov databases. We identified 6,111 awards between 1977 and 2023, the majority being extramural, investigator-driven R (noneducational) awards (66.7%). There was an average growth rate of 40% between 2008 and 2022, and the biggest increase in awards was observed between 2017 and 2018 (doubling from 140 to 280). Five administering institutes/centers accounted for more than 60% of awards with the highest number of awards from the National Cancer Institute (20.0%). The majority of clinical trials involving some type of genome editing (75%) started in or after 2020. This analysis illuminates the rapid and widespread growth of gene editing research across disciplines and the eventual launch of clinical trials using gene editing tools.</p>","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":" ","pages":"249-257"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142332257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0036
Christy A George, Srishti U Sahu, Lorena de Oñate, Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza, Ross C Wilson
{"title":"Genome Editing Therapy for the Blood: <i>Ex Vivo</i> Success and <i>In Vivo</i> Prospects.","authors":"Christy A George, Srishti U Sahu, Lorena de Oñate, Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza, Ross C Wilson","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0036","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) provide the body with a continuous supply of healthy, functional blood cells. In patients with hematopoietic malignancies, immunodeficiencies, lysosomal storage disorders, and hemoglobinopathies, therapeutic genome editing offers hope for corrective intervention, with even modest editing efficiencies likely to provide clinical benefit. Engineered white blood cells, such as T cells, can be applied therapeutically to address monogenic disorders of the immune system, HIV infection, or cancer. The versatility of CRISPR-based tools allows countless new medical interventions for diseases of the blood, and rapid <i>ex vivo</i> success has been demonstrated in hemoglobinopathies via transplantation of the patient's HSCs following genome editing in a laboratory setting. Here we review recent advances in therapeutic genome editing of HSCs and T cells, focusing on the progress in <i>ex vivo</i> contexts, the promise of improved access via <i>in vivo</i> delivery, as well as the ongoing preclinical efforts that may enable the transition from <i>ex vivo</i> to <i>in vivo</i> administration. We discuss the challenges, limitations, and future prospects of this rapidly developing field, which may one day establish CRISPR as the standard of care for some diseases affecting the blood.</p>","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":" ","pages":"231-248"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142332258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.55675.rfs2023
Suchita Nety
{"title":"Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for <i>The CRISPR Journal</i>.","authors":"Suchita Nety","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.55675.rfs2023","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.55675.rfs2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":"7 5","pages":"211"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0006
Malte Ulrich Ritter, Masoud Nasri, Benjamin Dannenmann, Perihan Mir, Benjamin Secker, Diana Amend, Maksim Klimiankou, Karl Welte, Julia Skokowa
{"title":"Comparison of Gene-Editing Approaches for Severe Congenital Neutropenia-Causing Mutations in the <i>ELANE</i> Gene.","authors":"Malte Ulrich Ritter, Masoud Nasri, Benjamin Dannenmann, Perihan Mir, Benjamin Secker, Diana Amend, Maksim Klimiankou, Karl Welte, Julia Skokowa","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0006","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Safety considerations for gene therapies of inherited preleukemia syndromes, including severe congenital neutropenia (CN), are paramount. We compared several strategies for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing of autosomal-dominant <i>ELANE</i> mutations in CD34<sup>+</sup> cells from two CN patients head-to-head. We tested universal and allele-specific <i>ELANE</i> knockout, <i>ELANE</i> mutation correction by homology-directed repair (HDR) with AAV6, and allele-specific HDR with ssODN. All strategies were not toxic, had at least 30% editing, and rescued granulopoiesis <i>in vitro</i>. In contrast to published data, allele-specific indels in the last exon of <i>ELANE</i> also restored granulopoiesis. Moreover, by implementing patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells for GUIDE-Seq off-target analysis, we established a clinically relevant \"personalized\" assessment of off-target activity of gene editing on the background of the patient's genome. We found that allele-specific approaches had the most favorable off-target profiles. Taken together, a well-defined head-to-head comparison pipeline for selecting the appropriate gene therapy is essential for diseases, with several gene editing strategies available.</p>","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":"7 5","pages":"258-271"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CRISPR JournalPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2024.0082
Fyodor D Urnov
{"title":"Give Cas a Chance: An Actionable Path to a Platform for CRISPR Cures.","authors":"Fyodor D Urnov","doi":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0082","DOIUrl":"10.1089/crispr.2024.0082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54232,"journal":{"name":"CRISPR Journal","volume":"7 5","pages":"212-219"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}