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ArticleNature communications2024

The therapeutic implications of all-in-one AAV-delivered epigenome-editing platform in neurodegenerative disorders.

Boris Kantor, Bernadette O'Donovan, Joseph Rittiner, Dellila Hodgson, Nicholas Lindner, Sophia Guerrero, Wendy Dong, Austin Zhang, Ornit Chiba-Falek

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Advances and clinical potential of epigenome editing.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  11. Epigenetic editing: from concept to clinic.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  17. APOE-Targeted Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  20. Focused ultrasound-mediated APOE4 knockdown in mouse brain.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Boris KantorDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. boris.kantor@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8347-7992
Bernadette O'Donovan *Division of Translational Brain Sciences, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Joseph Rittiner *Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Dellila HodgsonDivision of Translational Brain Sciences, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Nicholas LindnerDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Sophia GuerreroDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Wendy DongDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5663-7372
Austin ZhangDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Ornit Chiba-FalekDivision of Translational Brain Sciences, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. o.chibafalek@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2529-8785

Funding

Deciphering the regulation of gene expression in the etiology of LOADR01AG057522 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CHIBA-FALEK, ORNIT, LUTZ, MICHAEL WILLIAM · 2017 to 2021
$3.6M
APOE-targeted therapy for precision medicine in late onset Alzheimer's disease: A novel epigenome editing approach for downregulation of APOEe4 expressionR41AG077992 · NIA · CLAIRIGENE, LLC · PI HAMM, ELAINE · 2022 to 2022
$493k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG057522NIA NIH HHS R41 AG077992
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Safely and efficiently controlling gene expression is a long-standing goal of biomedical research, and CRISPR/Cas system can be harnessed to create powerful tools for epigenetic editing. Adeno-associated-viruses (AAVs) represent the delivery vehicle of choice for therapeutic platform. However, their small packaging capacity isn't suitable for large constructs including most CRISPR/dCas9-effector vectors. Thus, AAV-based CRISPR/Cas systems have been delivered via two separate viral vectors. Here we develop a compact CRISPR/dCas9-based repressor system packaged in AAV as a single optimized vector. The system comprises the small Staphylococcus aureus (Sa)dCas9 and an engineered repressor molecule, a fusion of MeCP2's transcription repression domain (TRD) and KRAB. The dSaCas9-KRAB-MeCP2(TRD) vector platform repressed robustly and sustainably the expression of multiple genes-of-interest, in vitro and in vivo, including ApoE, the strongest genetic risk factor for late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). Our platform broadens the CRISPR/dCas9 toolset available for transcriptional manipulation of gene expression in research and therapeutic settings.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsDependovirusGene EditingGenetic VectorsAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsApolipoproteins EEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomeGenetic TherapyHEK293 CellsHumansMethyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2MiceNeurodegenerative DiseasesStaphylococcus aureusApolipoproteins EMethyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2

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PMCPMC11344155

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