Cited by 1,150CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringRNA regulation and diseaseVirus-based gene therapy research

In vivo genome editing via CRISPR/Cas9 mediated homology-independent targeted integration

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Suzuki, Keiichiro, Tsunekawa, Yuji, Hernandez-Benitez, Reyna, Wu, Jun, Zhu, Jie, Kim, Euiseok J., Hatanaka, Fumiyuki, Yamamoto, Mako +27 more·2016·Nature

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Targeted genome editing via engineered nucleases is an exciting area of biomedical research and holds potential for clinical applications. Despite rapid advances in the field, in vivo targeted transgene integration is still infeasible because current tools are inefficient, especially for non-dividing cells, which compose most adult tissues. This poses a barrier for uncovering fundamental biological principles and developing treatments for a broad range of genetic disorders. Based on clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/Cas9 (CRISPR/Cas9) technology, here we devise a homology-independent targeted integration (HITI) strategy, which allows for robust DNA knock-in in both dividing and non-dividing cells in vitro and, more importantly, in vivo (for example, in neurons of postnatal mammals). As a proof of concept of its therapeutic potential, we demonstrate the efficacy of HITI in improving visual function using a rat model of the retinal degeneration condition retinitis pigmentosa. The HITI method presented here establishes new avenues for basic research and targeted gene therapies.

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Suzuki, K., Tsunekawa, Y., Hernandez-Benitez, R., Wu, J., Zhu, J., Kim, E. J., Hatanaka, F., Yamamoto, M., Araoka, T., Li, Z., Kurita, M., Hishida, T., Li, M., Aizawa, E., Guo, S., Chen, S., Goebl, A., Soligalla, R. D., Qu, J., Jiang, T., Fu, X., Jafari, M., Esteban, C. R., Berggren, W. T., Lajara, J., Nuñez-Delicado, E., Guillen, P., Campistol, J. M., Matsuzaki, F., Liu, G.-H., Magistretti, P., Zhang, K., Callaway, E. M., Zhang, K., & Belmonte, J. C. I.
Affiliations
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies (US)
  • RIKEN (JP)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (ES)
  • Jinan University (CN)
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
  • Sichuan University (CN)
Venue
Nature
Published
2016-11-16
Volume
540
Issue
7631
Pages
144-149
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2550079706
Cited by
1,150
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 65 · 2025: 104 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 113 · 2022: 117 · 2021: 125 · 2020: 138 · 2019: 137 · 2018: 132 · 2017: 114 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1
FWCI
66.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL123755)
  • National Eye Institute (P30EY019005, P30EY022589)
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA014195)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R24NS092943, P30NS047101)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA regulation and disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Virus-based gene therapy research
Keywords
CRISPR/Cas9, non-homologous end joining, in vivo gene editing, postmitotic cells, neurons, retinitis pigmentosa, retinal degeneration, gene therapy, visual function
MeSH terms
Gene Editing, Animals, Cell Division, Disease Models, Animal, Neurons, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Genetic Therapy, Genome, Sequence Homology, Gene Targeting, Rats, Gene Knock-In Techniques, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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