Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France.
INSERM U1035, Biotherapy of Genetic Diseases, Inflammatory disorders and Cancers, Bordeaux, France.
Nat Commun. 2021 Aug 13;12(1):4922. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25190-6.
CRISPR-Cas9 is a promising technology for gene therapy. However, the ON-target genotoxicity of CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease due to DNA double-strand breaks has received little attention and is probably underestimated. Here we report that genome editing targeting globin genes induces megabase-scale losses of heterozygosity (LOH) from the globin CRISPR-Cas9 cut-site to the telomere (5.2 Mb). In established lines, CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease induces frequent terminal chromosome 11p truncations and rare copy-neutral LOH. In primary hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells, we detect 1.1% of clones (7/648) with acquired megabase LOH induced by CRISPR-Cas9. In-depth analysis by SNP-array reveals the presence of copy-neutral LOH. This leads to 11p15.5 partial uniparental disomy, comprising two Chr11p15.5 imprinting centers (H19/IGF2:IG-DMR/IC1 and KCNQ1OT1:TSS-DMR/IC2) and impacting H19 and IGF2 expression. While this genotoxicity is a safety concern for CRISPR clinical trials, it is also an opportunity to model copy-neutral-LOH for genetic diseases and cancers.
CRISPR-Cas9 是一种很有前途的基因治疗技术。然而,CRISPR-Cas9 核酸酶由于 DNA 双链断裂而导致的靶向 ON 基因的遗传毒性却很少受到关注,而且可能被低估了。在这里,我们报告说,针对珠蛋白基因的基因组编辑会导致从珠蛋白 CRISPR-Cas9 切割位点到端粒(5.2 Mb)的大片段杂合性丢失(LOH)。在已建立的细胞系中,CRISPR-Cas9 核酸酶诱导频繁的 11p 端染色体 11p 截断和罕见的拷贝中性 LOH。在原代造血祖细胞/干细胞中,我们检测到 7/648(1.1%)个克隆通过 CRISPR-Cas9 获得了大片段 LOH。通过 SNP 芯片进行的深入分析揭示了存在拷贝中性 LOH。这导致了 11p15.5 部分单亲二体性,包含两个 Chr11p15.5 印迹中心(H19/IGF2:IG-DMR/IC1 和 KCNQ1OT1:TSS-DMR/IC2),并影响 H19 和 IGF2 的表达。虽然这种遗传毒性是 CRISPR 临床试验的一个安全隐患,但它也是一种针对遗传疾病和癌症的模型拷贝中性 LOH 的机会。
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