Receptor-mediated delivery of engineered nucleases for genome modification

Chen, Z., Jaafar, L., Agyekum, D. G., Xiao, H., Wade, M. F., Kumaran, R. I., Spector, D. L., Bao, G., Porteus, M. H., Dynan, W. S., Meiler, S. E. (August 2013) Receptor-mediated delivery of engineered nucleases for genome modification. Nucleic Acids Research, 41 (19). ISSN 03051048 (ISSN)

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URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956220
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt710

Abstract

Engineered nucleases, which incise the genome at predetermined sites, have a number of laboratory and clinical applications. There is, however, a need for better methods for controlled intracellular delivery of nucleases. Here, we demonstrate a method for ligand-mediated delivery of zinc finger nucleases (ZFN) proteins using transferrin receptor-mediated endocytosis. Uptake is rapid and efficient in established mammalian cell lines and in primary cells, including mouse and human hematopoietic stem-progenitor cell populations. In contrast to cDNA expression, ZFN protein levels decline rapidly following internalization, affording better temporal control of nuclease activity. We show that transferrin-mediated ZFN uptake leads to site-specific in situ cleavage of the target locus. Additionally, despite the much shorter duration of ZFN activity, the efficiency of gene correction approaches that seen with cDNA-mediated expression. The approach is flexible and general, with the potential for extension to other targeting ligands and nuclease architectures.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein receptor
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Communities: CSHL labs > Spector lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 16 August 2013
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2013 20:08
Last Modified: 23 Jan 2015 21:59
PMCID: PMC3799454
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/28597

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