USE OF EXONUCLEASES TO IMPROVE CRISPR/CAS-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING

    公开(公告)号:US20230340456A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18138915

    申请日:2023-04-25

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to methods of producing a modified nucleic acid comprising a precise deletion in a target nucleic acid in a cell comprising generating, within the cell, a first single strand break on a first strand of the target nucleic acid and a second single strand break on a second strand of the target nucleic acid, thereby forming a double strand break in the target nucleic acid having a first 3′ overhang and a second 3′ overhang; processing the first 3′ overhang and the second 3′ overhang with an exonuclease molecule, thereby deleting the segment of the target nucleic acid that was located between the first single strand break and the second single strand break, and forming a processed double strand break; and allowing the processed double strand break to be repaired by at least one DNA repair pathway, thereby producing the modified nucleic acid comprising the precise deletion in the target nucleic acid in the cell. Gene editing systems, vectors, polynucleotides, and methods of treatment are also disclosed herein.

    OPTIMIZED CRISPR/CAS9 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENE EDITING IN STEM CELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20230126434A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17836165

    申请日:2022-06-09

    摘要: The methods and compositions described herein surprisingly increase CRISPR/Cas-mediated gene editing in stem cells by transiently treating the cells with a stem cell viability enhancer prior to and/or after contacting the cells with one or more CRISPR/Cas9 components. Further, this treatment also surprisingly results in increased engraftment of the stem cells into the target tissue of a subject. The present disclosure also provides one or more modified CRISPR/Cas9 components which, when used in combination with the stem cell viability enhancer, further increases the frequency of gene editing in stem cells, increases stem cell viability, and increases stem cell engraftment.