Cas9-specific immune responses compromise local and systemic AAV CRISPR therapy in multiple dystrophic canine models

The Cas9-specific T cell response has been speculated to impair CRISPR therapy. Here, the authors show that local and systemic AAV CRISPR therapy induces cytotoxic killing and eliminates rescued dystrophin in canine models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chady H. Hakim, Sandeep R. P. Kumar, Dennis O. Pérez-López, Nalinda B. Wasala, Dong Zhang, Yongping Yue, James Teixeira, Xiufang Pan, Keqing Zhang, Emily D. Million, Christopher E. Nelson, Samantha Metzger, Jin Han, Jacqueline A. Louderman, Florian Schmidt, Feng Feng, Dirk Grimm, Bruce F. Smith, Gang Yao, N. Nora Yang, Charles A. Gersbach, Shi-jie Chen, Roland W. Herzog, Dongsheng Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26830-7
Description
Summary:The Cas9-specific T cell response has been speculated to impair CRISPR therapy. Here, the authors show that local and systemic AAV CRISPR therapy induces cytotoxic killing and eliminates rescued dystrophin in canine models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
ISSN:2041-1723