| Journal: | Genetics and molecular biology |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000417988 |
| ISSN: | 1415-4757 |
| Authors: | Nerys-Junior, Arildo1 Braga-Dias, Luciene P2 Pezzuto, Paula1 Cotta-de-Almeida, Vinícius3 Tanuri, Amilcar1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratorio de Virologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 2Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto de Ciencia e Tecnologia em Biomodelos, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 3Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratorio de Pesquisas sobre o Timo, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | Mar |
| Volumen: | 41 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 167-179 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental |
| English abstract | The human C-C chemokine receptor type-5 (CCR5) is the major transmembrane co-receptor that mediates HIV-1 entry into target CD4+ cells. Gene therapy to knock-out the CCR5 gene has shown encouraging results in providing a functional cure for HIV-1 infection. In gene therapy strategies, the initial region of the CCR5 gene is a hotspot for producing functional gene knock-out. Such target gene editing can be done using programmable endonucleases such as transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR-Cas9). These two gene editing approaches are the most modern and effective tools for precise gene modification. However, little is known of potential differences in the efficiencies of TALEN and CRISPR-Cas9 for editing the beginning of the CCR5 gene. To examine which of these two methods is best for gene therapy, we compared the patterns and amount of editing at the beginning of the CCR5 gene using TALEN and CRISPR-Cas9 followed by DNA sequencing. This comparison revealed that CRISPR-Cas9 mediated the sorting of cells that contained 4.8 times more gene editing than TALEN+ transfected cells |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Química, Biología |
| Keyword: | Terapéutica y rehabilitación, Bioquímica, Virus, Terapia génica, Gen CCR5, CRISPR-Cas9, Eficiencia, Edición de genes, TALEN |
| Keyword: | Therapeutics and rehabilitation, Biochemistry, Virus, Gene therapy, CCR5 gene, CRISPR-Cas9, Efficiency, Gene edition, TALEN |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
