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In vivo delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 using lipid nanoparticles enables antithrombin gene editing for sustainable hemophilia A and B therapy

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J.P. Han
M. Kim
B.S. Choi
J.H. Lee
G.S. Lee
M. Jeong
Y. Lee
Eun-Ah Kim
H.-K. Oh
N. Go
H. Lee
K.J. Lee
U.G. Kim
J.Y. Lee
S. Kim
J. Chang
H. Lee
D.W. Song
S.C. Yeom

Abstract

Hemophilia is a hereditary disease that remains incurable. Although innovative treatments such as gene therapy or bispecific antibody therapy have been introduced, substantial unmet needs still exist with respect to achieving long-lasting therapeutic effects and treatment options for inhibitor patients. Antithrombin (AT), an endogenous negative regulator of thrombin generation, is a potent genome editing target for sustainable treatment of patients with hemophilia A and B. In this study, we developed and optimized lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to deliver Cas9 mRNA along with single guide RNA that targeted AT in the mouse liver. The LNP-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 delivery resulted in the inhibition of AT that led to improvement in thrombin generation. Bleeding-associated phenotypes were recovered in both hemophilia A and B mice. No active off-targets, liver-induced toxicity, and substantial anti-Cas9 immune responses were detected, indicating that the LNP-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 delivery was a safe and efficient approach for hemophilia therapy. Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).

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Journal

Science Advances

Volume

8

Issue

3

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85123284733&doi=10.1126%2fsciadv.abj6901&partnerID=40&md5=3327ed267ce31ec8202ed0f0465a7a29

DOI

10.1126/sciadv.abj6901

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