CRISPR-Mediated Integration of Large Gene Cassettes Using AAV Donor Vectors.

ABSTRACT: The CRISPR/Cas9 system has recently been shown to facilitate high levels of precise genome editing using adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors to serve as donor template DNA during homologous recombination (HR). However, the maximum AAV packaging capacity of ∼4.5 kb limits the donor size. Here, we overcome this constraint by showing that two co-transduced AAV vectors can serve as donors during consecutive HR events for the integration of large transgenes. Importantly, the method involves a single-step procedure applicable to primary cells with relevance to therapeutic genome editing. We use the methodology in primary human T cells and CD34⁺ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to site-specifically integrate an expression cassette that, as a single donor vector, would otherwise

SUBMITTER: Bak RO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5568673 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature