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Targeted Repair of p47-CGD in iPSCs by CRISPR/Cas9: Functional Correction without Cleavage in the Highly Homologous Pseudogenes

Klatt, D; Cheng, E; Philipp, F; Selich, A; Dahlke, J; Schmidt, RE; Schott, JW; ... Schambach, A; + view all (2019) Targeted Repair of p47-CGD in iPSCs by CRISPR/Cas9: Functional Correction without Cleavage in the Highly Homologous Pseudogenes. Stem Cell Reports , 13 (4) pp. 590-598. 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.08.008. Green open access

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Abstract

Mutations in the NADPH oxidase, which is crucial for the respiratory burst in phagocytes, result in chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). The only curative treatment option for CGD patients, who suffer from severe infections, is allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Over 90% of patients with mutations in the p47phox subunit of the oxidase complex carry the deletion c.75_76delGT (ΔGT). This frequent mutation most likely originates via gene conversion from one of the two pseudogenes NCF1B or NCF1C, which are highly homologous to NCF1 (encodes p47phox) but carry the ΔGT mutation. We applied CRISPR/Cas9 to generate patient-like p47-ΔGT iPSCs for disease modeling. To avoid unpredictable chromosomal rearrangements by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated cleavage in the pseudogenes, we developed a gene-correction approach to specifically target NCF1 but leave the pseudogenes intact. Functional assays revealed restored NADPH oxidase activity and killing of bacteria in corrected phagocytes as well as the specificity of this approach.

Type: Article
Title: Targeted Repair of p47-CGD in iPSCs by CRISPR/Cas9: Functional Correction without Cleavage in the Highly Homologous Pseudogenes
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.08.008
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.08.008
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: CRISPR/Cas9, NADPH oxidase, NCF1, chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), gene editing, human induced pluripotent stem cells, p47phox, pseudogenes
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083108
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