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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Peptide nucleic acid-dependent artifact can lead to false-positive triplex gene editing signals.

Pui Yan Ho, Zhen Zhang, Mark E Hayes, Andrew Curd, Carla Dib, Maire Rayburn, Sze Nok Tam, Tumul Srivastava, Brandon Hriniak, Xiao-Jun Li and 9 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pui Yan HoDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Zhen ZhangVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Mark E HayesVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Andrew CurdVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Carla DibDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-7242-8327
Maire RayburnDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-1220-4639
Sze Nok TamVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.ORCID 0000-0002-5975-9631
Tumul SrivastavaVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Brandon HriniakVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.ORCID 0000-0002-8613-2930
Xiao-Jun LiVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Scott LeonardVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Lan WangVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Somayeh TarighatVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Derek S SimVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Mark FiandacaVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.ORCID 0000-0003-3351-0245
James M CoullVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.ORCID 0000-0002-5189-4441
Allen EbensVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080 allenebens@gmail.com aneeshka@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9678-2411
Marshall FordyceVera Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Agnieszka CzechowiczDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; allenebens@gmail.com aneeshka@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR &CELLULAR IMMUNOBIOLOGYT32AI007290 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Sean Curtis Bendall, Olivia M Martinez · 1985 to 2026
$27.0M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triplex gene editing relies on binding a stable peptide nucleic acid (PNA) sequence to a chromosomal target, which alters the helical structure of DNA to stimulate site-specific recombination with a single-strand DNA (ssDNA) donor template and elicits gene correction. Here, we assessed whether the codelivery of PNA and donor template encapsulated in Poly Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA)-based nanoparticles can correct sickle cell disease and x-linked severe combined immunodeficiency. However, through this process we have identified a false-positive PCR artifact due to the intrinsic capability of PNAs to aggregate with ssDNA donor templates. Here, we show that the combination of PNA and donor templates but not either agent alone results in different degrees of aggregation that result in varying but highly reproducible levels of false-positive signal. We have identified this phenomenon in vitro and confirmed that the PNA sequences producing the highest supposed correction in vitro are not active in vivo in both disease models, which highlights the importance of interrogating and eliminating carryover of ssDNA donor templates in assessing various gene editing technologies such as PNA-mediated gene editing.

Indexed as

Anemia, Sickle CellAnimalsFalse Positive ReactionsGene EditingInterleukin Receptor Common gamma SubunitMiceMice, SCIDMolecular Probe TechniquesPeptide Nucleic AcidsPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerIL2RG protein, humanInterleukin Receptor Common gamma SubunitPeptide Nucleic AcidsPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerDNA repairgene editinghematopoietic stem cellpeptide nucleic acid

Identifiers

PMID34732575
PMCPMC8609320
OpenAlexW3210650869

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