Elucidation of Mechanisms of Fetal Hemoglobin Regulation by CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Genome Editing
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Abstract
Despite nearly complete understanding of the genetics of the β-hemoglobinopathies for several decades, definitive treatment options have lagged behind. Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) reinduction represents a “silver bullet” for therapy of the β-globin disorders. Recent development of the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 nuclease system has allowed for facile manipulation of the genome for the study of genes and genetic elements. Here we developed CRISPR/Cas9-based methodology to reliably engender targeted genomic deletions ranging from 1.3 kilobases to over 1 megabase, which suggested an inverse relationship between deletion size and deletion frequency. Targeted deletion methods and Cas9-mediated in situ saturating mutagenesis were applied to the enhancer of the HbF repressor BCL11A, which revealed discrete vulnerabilities. This finding is consistent with emerging evidence in the field that large enhancers are comprised of constituent parts with some harboring the majority of the activity. The identified “Achilles heel” of the enhancer represents a promising therapeutic target. We further enhanced the resolution of the in situ saturating mutagenesis technique by using multiple Cas9 nucleases and variant-aware library design to identify functional sequences within the HBS1L-MYB intergenic region, a locus associated with elevated HbF levels. These data demonstrate the robustness of CRISPR/Cas9 mediated in situ saturating mutagenesis and targeted deletion to interrogate functional sequence within regulatory DNA. Harnessing the power of genome editing may usher in a second generation form of gene therapy for the β-globin disorders.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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