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NATURE METHODS
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages 861-U135Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NMETH.1674
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- Telethon [TGT06B02]
- EU [222878]
- European Research Council [249845]
- Fondazione Cariplo
- Italian Ministry of Health (Giovani Ricercatori)
- Italian Ministry of Research and University (Ideas), Italian Ministry of Health (Giovani Ricercatori)
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
- European Research Council (ERC) [249845] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Integrative gene transfer methods are limited by variable transgene expression and by the consequences of random insertional mutagenesis that confound interpretation in gene-function studies and may cause adverse events in gene therapy. Site-specific integration may overcome these hurdles. Toward this goal, we studied the transcriptional and epigenetic impact of different transgene expression cassettes, targeted by engineered zinc-finger nucleases to the CCR5 and AAVS1 genomic loci of human cells. Analyses performed before and after integration defined features of the locus and cassette design that together allow robust transgene expression without detectable transcriptional perturbation of the targeted locus and its flanking genes in many cell types, including primary human lymphocytes. We thus provide a framework for sustainable gene transfer in AAVS1 that can be used for dependable genetic manipulation, neutral marking of the cell and improved safety of therapeutic applications, and demonstrate its feasibility by rapidly generating human lymphocytes and stem cells carrying targeted and benign transgene insertions.
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