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Nanoparticle delivery of CRISPR into the brain rescues a mouse model of fragile X syndrome from exaggerated repetitive behaviours

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Lee, Bumwhee, Lee, Kunwoo, Panda, Shree, Gonzales-Rojas, Rodrigo, Chong, Anthony, Bugay, Vladislav, Park, Hyo Min, Brenner, Robert +2 more·2018·Nature Biomedical Engineering

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Technologies that can safely edit genes in the brains of adult animals may revolutionize the treatment of neurological diseases and the understanding of brain function. Here, we demonstrate that intracranial injection of CRISPR-Gold, a nonviral delivery vehicle for the CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein, can edit genes in the brains of adult mice in multiple mouse models. CRISPR-Gold can deliver both Cas9 and Cpf1 ribonucleoproteins, and can edit all of the major cell types in the brain, including neurons, astrocytes and microglia, with undetectable levels of toxicity at the doses used. We also show that CRISPR-Gold designed to target the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) gene can efficiently reduce local mGluR5 levels in the striatum after an intracranial injection. The effect can also rescue mice from the exaggerated repetitive behaviours caused by fragile X syndrome, a common single-gene form of autism spectrum disorders. CRISPR-Gold may significantly accelerate the development of brain-targeted therapeutics and enable the rapid development of focal brain-knockout animal models.

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  • CRISPR-Gold was able to edit a target gene and rescue increased repetitive behaviors in a mouse model for fragile X syndrome by injecting directly into the striatum.

    “Lee et al. (2018) further demonstrated that CRISPR-Gold which contains gold nanoparticles and Cas9 RNPs was able to successfully edit target gene and rescue increased repetitive behaviors in a mouse model for fragile X syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder (33). This was achieved by injecting directly into the striatum (33).”
  • Through intracranial injection of 2 μL CRISPR-Gold, both mRNA and protein levels of mGluR5 decreased 40-50% in FXS mice.

    “Through intracranial injection of 2 μL of CRISPR-Gold, both the mRNA and protein levels of mGluR5 decreased 40–50% in FXS mice.”
  • Treated FXS mice significantly resumed exaggerated repetitive behaviors after three weeks.

    “Furthermore, the treated FXS mice significantly resumed exaggerated repetitive behaviors after three weeks.[44]”

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Authors
Lee, B., Lee, K., Panda, S., Gonzales-Rojas, R., Chong, A., Bugay, V., Park, H. M., Brenner, R., Murthy, N., & Lee, H. Y.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author
  • Murthy, Niren
  • Lee, Hye Young
Venue
Nature Biomedical Engineering
Published
2018-06-25
Volume
2
Issue
7
Pages
497-507
ISSN
2157-846X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2810249184
Cited by
361
References
54
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FWCI
16.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Biomedical Engineering (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI117064)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB023776, R01EB020008)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Virus-based gene therapy research
Keywords
CRISPR/Cas9 delivery, non-viral gene delivery, intracranial injection, fragile X syndrome, repetitive behavior, metabotropic glutamate receptor 5, mGluR5, CRISPR/Cas12a, striatum, autism spectrum disorder, astrocytes, microglia, neurons
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Corpus Striatum, Disease Models, Animal, Fragile X Syndrome, Gold, Humans, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neurons, Mice, Knockout, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Thy-1 Antigens, Mice, Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1, Nanoparticles, HEK293 Cells, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5

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