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ArticleGene therapy2022

Non-viral delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 complexes for targeted gene editing via a polymer delivery system.

Jonathan O'Keeffe Ahern, Irene Lara-Sáez, Dezhong Zhou, Rodolfo Murillas, Jose Bonafont, Ángeles Mencía, Marta García, Darío Manzanares, Jennifer Lynch, Ruth Foley and 4 more

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Article in Gene therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Polymer-siRNA nanovectors for treating lung inflammation.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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  12. A platform to deliver single and bi-specific Cas9/guide RNA to perturb genes in vitro and in vivo.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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  18. Nonviral CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis for streamlined generation of mouse lung cancer models.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonathan O'Keeffe Ahern *Charles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Irene Lara-Sáez *Charles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. irene.lara-saez@ucd.ie.ORCID 0000-0002-9557-1388
Dezhong ZhouCharles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Rodolfo MurillasEpithelial Biomedicine Division, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain.
Jose BonafontEpithelial Biomedicine Division, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain.
Ángeles MencíaEpithelial Biomedicine Division, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain.
Marta GarcíaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.
Darío ManzanaresCharles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Jennifer LynchCharles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-7038-384X
Ruth FoleyCharles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Qian XuCharles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
A SigenCharles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Fernando LarcherEpithelial Biomedicine Division, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain.
Wenxin WangCharles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. wenxin.wang@ucd.ie.ORCID 0000-0002-5053-0611
University College Dublin · IEInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESCentro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in molecular biology have led to the CRISPR revolution, but the lack of an efficient and safe delivery system into cells and tissues continues to hinder clinical translation of CRISPR approaches. Polymeric vectors offer an attractive alternative to viruses as delivery vectors due to their large packaging capacity and safety profile. In this paper, we have demonstrated the potential use of a highly branched poly(β-amino ester) polymer, HPAE-EB, to enable genomic editing via CRISPRCas9-targeted genomic excision of exon 80 in the COL7A1 gene, through a dual-guide RNA sequence system. The biophysical properties of HPAE-EB were screened in a human embryonic 293 cell line (HEK293), to elucidate optimal conditions for efficient and cytocompatible delivery of a DNA construct encoding Cas9 along with two RNA guides, obtaining 15-20% target genomic excision. When translated to human recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) keratinocytes, transfection efficiency and targeted genomic excision dropped. However, upon delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 as a ribonucleoprotein complex, targeted genomic deletion of exon 80 was increased to over 40%. Our study provides renewed perspective for the further development of polymer delivery systems for application in the gene editing field in general, and specifically for the treatment of RDEB.

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsEpidermolysis Bullosa DystrophicaCollagen Type VIIGene EditingHEK293 CellsHumansPolymersCOL7A1 protein, humanCollagen Type VIIPolymers

Identifiers

PMID34363036
PMCPMC9013665
OpenAlexW3187112087

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