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The Jackson Laboratory Gene Editing Testing Center (JAX-GETC)

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Murray Stephen A  Last Updated Date: 2023-09-19 NIH Report
 
The revolution in gene editing technology promises to transform the development of therapeutics to treat human disease. As part of the Somatic Cell Genome Editing consortium, the goal of this project is to build mouse resources and provide an animal model testing platform to support the optimization of novel genome editing technologies for future translational applications.

BCM-Rice Resource for the Analysis of Somatic Gene Editing in Mice

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Heaney Jason D  Last Updated Date: 2023-05-10 NIH Report
 
Genome editing systems have the potential to cure some of the most severe human diseases. However, there are significant efficacy and safety issues that must be addressed before this technology can be applied in clinical trials. The BCM-Rice Resource Center for the Analysis of Somatic Gene Editing in Mice will create mouse reporter models for testing genome editing technologies, and to use these animal models to test genome editing delivery technologies and new genome editors developed by other Somatic Cell Genome Editing program members.

SCGE AAV Tropism Supplement: Evaluation Across Multiple Tissues in Mice

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Lutz Cathleen M , Gao Guang-Ping , Heaney Jason D , Murray Stephen A , Lagor William Raymond , Dickinson Mary E  Last Updated Date: 2023-02-10
 
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AAV Tropism project

Delivery Technologies for In Vivo Genome Editing

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Chaikof Elliot L.  Last Updated Date: 2022-04-15 NIH Report
 
The difficulty of delivering genome editing agents into many types of cells in animals and patients is a major challenge that must be overcome to realize their full potential to cure genetic diseases. We propose to develop two new strategies for the delivery of genome editing agents into animals and patients that will increase editing efficiency, target cell selectivity, and DNA specificity, as well as a new tool to rapidly and sensitively evaluate the delivery of these agents in mice with minimal effort and expense. These developments will advance the safety and efficacy of genome editing methods for clinical development.

Novel AAVs Engineered for Efficient and Noninvasive Cross-Species Gene Editing Throughout the Central Nervous System

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Deverman Benjamin E  Last Updated Date: 2021-04-17 NIH Report
 
This project aims to advance the NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing Program’s objective to identify novel delivery technologies that enable genome editing in therapeutically relevant somatic cell populations. We will use proven virus engineering methods to develop new vehicles that can deliver genome editing machinery throughout the adult mammalian central nervous system. Accomplishing this objective would pave the road for applying gene editing, and gene therapy more broadly, to the study and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Enhancing CRISPR Gene Editing in Somatic Tissues by Chemical Modification of Guides and Donors

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Sontheimer Erik J  Last Updated Date: 2021-04-15 NIH Report
 
RNA-guided CRISPR genome editing systems promise to revolutionize the treatment of inherited disease. Safe, effective, and target-tissue-specific delivery of the guide RNA that directs editing is a critical hurdle in the development of clinical applications for engineered CRISPR systems. Using strategies validated for the delivery of other categories of nucleic acid therapeutics, we have established a framework for complete chemical modification of CRISPR guides, thereby conferring in vivo stability and effective biodistribution properties. The proposed research will optimize these guides, as well as other editing components, for clinical use.
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Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA in mTmG mouse embryonic fibroblasts
Delivery of chemically modified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, PS-stabilized tracrRNA to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA to activate the TLR1 reporter in human cells
Delivery of chemically modified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, extended PS-stabilized tracrRNA to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA in mouse Hepa 1-6 cells
Delivery of RNP containing chemically modified crRNA C20 with chemically modified tracrRNA T2-PS to determine the RNP distribution in TLR-MCV mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA in mouse Neuro 2A cells
Testing preparation for independent validation at The Jackson Laboratory Small Animal Testing Center
Delivery of unmodified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, PS-stabilized tracrRNA using the S10 shuttle peptide to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA to activate the TLR reporter in human cells
Delivery of unmodified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, extended PS-stabilized tracrRNA to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain

Efficient In Vivo RNP-Based Gene Editing in the Sensory Organ Inner Ear Using Bioreducible Lipid Nanoparticles

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Chen Zheng-Yi  Last Updated Date: 2021-04-13 NIH Report
 
The proposal is designed to screen lipid nanoparticles as novel materials for RNP (ribonucleoprotein) delivery of editing machinery into the mammalian sensory organ inner ear, to expand the cell types that can be edited to treat genetic hearing loss and to establish a method to perform the study in wildtype large animals. This study has direct relevance to bringing editing based therapy to clinic.
Conklin Bruce  Last Updated Date: 2021-02-03 NIH Report
 
Genome editing technologies are poised to revolutionize the practice of modern medicine for the treatment of various types of genetic diseases. However, reliable testbed systems using human cells and tissues are needed to accurately predict both intended and unintended consequences of therapeutic interventions. The primary objective of this proposal is to develop and validate human tissue models capable of sensitively and accurately detecting adverse effects of genome editing on physiologic tissue function.

A Novel Human T-Cell Platform to Define Biological Effects of Genome Editing

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Tsai Shengdar Q  Last Updated Date: 2020-12-09 NIH Report
 
Genome editing technologies have extraordinary potential as the basis of new genomic medicines that address the underlying genetic causes of human disease; however, it is challenging to predict their long-term safety, because we do not know the consequences of potential unintended side effects of genome editing such as off-target mutations or immunogenicity. To define the biological effects of genome editing strategies, we will develop a human primary T-cell platform to sensitively detect functional effects coupled with an empirically-trained artificial intelligence models to predict them. Together, our platform will significantly improve confidence in safety assessments of promising genome editing therapeutics.

Evolving High Potency AAV Vectors for Neuromuscular Genome Editing

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Asokan Aravind  Last Updated Date: 2020-11-19 NIH Report
 
Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (AAV) have emerged as safe and effective vectors for clinical gene therapy applications including systemic treatment of neuromuscular diseases such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), and Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN) amongst others. However, genome editing in neuromuscular tissue, in particular, is challenging. The current proposal is on a comprehensive and innovative approach to evolve high potency AAV variants for systemic neuromuscular genome editing.
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Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:1 Cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CB promoter)
Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:1 cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CMV promoter)
Cre Recombinase dose escalation study in Ai9 mice
Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficiencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:3 Cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CMV promoter)
Testing virus region 4 (VR4) mutant cross-species compatible Adeno Associated Viruses (ccAAVs) in mice.
Testing virus region 8 (VR8) mutant cross-species compatible Adeno Associated Viruses (ccAAVs) in mice.
Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:1 Cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CMV promoter) and self complementary sgRNA vector.

Delivery of CRISPR Ribonucleoproteins to Airway Epithelia Using Novel Amphiphilic Peptides

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McCray Paul B  Last Updated Date: 2020-11-02 NIH Report
 
The proposed research is relevant to the public health because genetic and acquired diseases affecting the airways pose major disease and economic burdens. By advancing the delivery of gene editing tools, it may be possible to therapeutically modify the cells lining the airways. This novel strategy has implications for the treatment of both monogenetic and acquired lungs disease, and may have applications for other somatic cell therapies.

Enabling Nanoplatforms for Targeted In Vivo Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Riboncleoproteins in the Brain

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Gong Shaoqin (Sarah)  Last Updated Date: 2020-10-28 NIH Report
 
In vivo genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 is anticipated to be the next wave of therapeutics for various major health threats, including neurodegenerative diseases. However, to date, very few Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoprotein in vivo delivery methods have been reported, and delivery to the brain has been particularly challenging. The unique nanocapsules we plan to develop will ultimately enable high efficiency neuron-targeted genome editing in the brain, thereby offering new hope to treat devastating neurodegenerative diseases.

Develop Combinatorial Non-Viral and Viral CRISPR Delivery for Lung Diseases

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Gao Guang-Ping  Last Updated Date: 2020-10-20 NIH Report
 
Efficacy and safety limitations in current gene editing technologies have hindered efforts to treat genetic lung diseases. This proposal seeks to develop and validate a combinatorial delivery approach that uses non-viral and viral vehicles to efficiently transport gene editing tools to disease-relevant cells in the lung. Completion of our work will establish safe and effective delivery vehicles that will guide the design of future gene therapies for genetic disorders.
Banfield Jillian , Doudna Jennifer A  Last Updated Date: 2020-10-16 NIH Report
 
Expanding genome editing tools through exploration of new CRISPR-Cas proteins and DNA repair enzymes NARRATIVE Fundamental research on bacterial adaptive immunity uncovered the genome editing properties of CRISPR-Cas systems, and it is clear that uncultivated microbes contain more pathways and enzymes that may be useful as genome editing tools. We will combine bioinformatics and biochemistry to identify new DNA- and RNA-associating proteins and will analyze their mechanisms of action. We will focus our investigation on newly described CRISPR-Cas systems and DNA-interacting proteins that occur in conserved genomic context.

14 results in Projects

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Project The Jackson Laboratory Gene Editing Testing Center (JAX-GETC) The revolution in gene editing technology promises to transform the development of therapeutics to treat human disease. As part of the Somatic Cell Genome Editing consortium, the goal of this project is to build mouse resources and provide an animal model testing platform to support the optimization of novel genome editing technologies for future translational applications. 2023-09-19
Project BCM-Rice Resource for the Analysis of Somatic Gene Editing in Mice Genome editing systems have the potential to cure some of the most severe human diseases. However, there are significant efficacy and safety issues that must be addressed before this technology can be applied in clinical trials. The BCM-Rice Resource Center for the Analysis of Somatic Gene Editing in Mice will create mouse reporter models for testing genome editing technologies, and to use these animal models to test genome editing delivery technologies and new genome editors developed by other Somatic Cell Genome Editing program members. 2023-05-10
Project SCGE AAV Tropism Supplement: Evaluation Across Multiple Tissues in Mice 2023-02-10
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AAV Tropism project

Project Delivery Technologies for In Vivo Genome Editing The difficulty of delivering genome editing agents into many types of cells in animals and patients is a major challenge that must be overcome to realize their full potential to cure genetic diseases. We propose to develop two new strategies for the delivery of genome editing agents into animals and patients that will increase editing efficiency, target cell selectivity, and DNA specificity, as well as a new tool to rapidly and sensitively evaluate the delivery of these agents in mice with minimal effort and expense. These developments will advance the safety and efficacy of genome editing methods for clinical development. 2022-04-15
Project Novel AAVs Engineered for Efficient and Noninvasive Cross-Species Gene Editing Throughout the Central Nervous System This project aims to advance the NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing Program’s objective to identify novel delivery technologies that enable genome editing in therapeutically relevant somatic cell populations. We will use proven virus engineering methods to develop new vehicles that can deliver genome editing machinery throughout the adult mammalian central nervous system. Accomplishing this objective would pave the road for applying gene editing, and gene therapy more broadly, to the study and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. 2021-04-17
Project Enhancing CRISPR Gene Editing in Somatic Tissues by Chemical Modification of Guides and Donors RNA-guided CRISPR genome editing systems promise to revolutionize the treatment of inherited disease. Safe, effective, and target-tissue-specific delivery of the guide RNA that directs editing is a critical hurdle in the development of clinical applications for engineered CRISPR systems. Using strategies validated for the delivery of other categories of nucleic acid therapeutics, we have established a framework for complete chemical modification of CRISPR guides, thereby conferring in vivo stability and effective biodistribution properties. The proposed research will optimize these guides, as well as other editing components, for clinical use. 2021-04-15
Show Experiments (11)

Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA in mTmG mouse embryonic fibroblasts
Delivery of chemically modified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, PS-stabilized tracrRNA to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA to activate the TLR1 reporter in human cells
Delivery of chemically modified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, extended PS-stabilized tracrRNA to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA in mouse Hepa 1-6 cells
Delivery of RNP containing chemically modified crRNA C20 with chemically modified tracrRNA T2-PS to determine the RNP distribution in TLR-MCV mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA in mouse Neuro 2A cells
Testing preparation for independent validation at The Jackson Laboratory Small Animal Testing Center
Delivery of unmodified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, PS-stabilized tracrRNA using the S10 shuttle peptide to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain
Testing newly chemically modified crRNA and tracrRNA to activate the TLR reporter in human cells
Delivery of unmodified, phosphorothioate (PS)-stabilized crRNA with chemically modified, extended PS-stabilized tracrRNA to activate the mTmG reporter in mouse brain

Project Efficient In Vivo RNP-Based Gene Editing in the Sensory Organ Inner Ear Using Bioreducible Lipid Nanoparticles The proposal is designed to screen lipid nanoparticles as novel materials for RNP (ribonucleoprotein) delivery of editing machinery into the mammalian sensory organ inner ear, to expand the cell types that can be edited to treat genetic hearing loss and to establish a method to perform the study in wildtype large animals. This study has direct relevance to bringing editing based therapy to clinic. 2021-04-13
Project Human Microtissues for In Situ Detection and Functional Measurement of Adverse Consequences Caused by Genome Editing Genome editing technologies are poised to revolutionize the practice of modern medicine for the treatment of various types of genetic diseases. However, reliable testbed systems using human cells and tissues are needed to accurately predict both intended and unintended consequences of therapeutic interventions. The primary objective of this proposal is to develop and validate human tissue models capable of sensitively and accurately detecting adverse effects of genome editing on physiologic tissue function. 2021-02-03
Project A Novel Human T-Cell Platform to Define Biological Effects of Genome Editing Genome editing technologies have extraordinary potential as the basis of new genomic medicines that address the underlying genetic causes of human disease; however, it is challenging to predict their long-term safety, because we do not know the consequences of potential unintended side effects of genome editing such as off-target mutations or immunogenicity. To define the biological effects of genome editing strategies, we will develop a human primary T-cell platform to sensitively detect functional effects coupled with an empirically-trained artificial intelligence models to predict them. Together, our platform will significantly improve confidence in safety assessments of promising genome editing therapeutics. 2020-12-09
Project Evolving High Potency AAV Vectors for Neuromuscular Genome Editing Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (AAV) have emerged as safe and effective vectors for clinical gene therapy applications including systemic treatment of neuromuscular diseases such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), and Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN) amongst others. However, genome editing in neuromuscular tissue, in particular, is challenging. The current proposal is on a comprehensive and innovative approach to evolve high potency AAV variants for systemic neuromuscular genome editing. 2020-11-19
Show Experiments (7)

Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:1 Cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CB promoter)
Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:1 cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CMV promoter)
Cre Recombinase dose escalation study in Ai9 mice
Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficiencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:3 Cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CMV promoter)
Testing virus region 4 (VR4) mutant cross-species compatible Adeno Associated Viruses (ccAAVs) in mice.
Testing virus region 8 (VR8) mutant cross-species compatible Adeno Associated Viruses (ccAAVs) in mice.
Comparing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficencies between AAV9 and AAVcc47 in Ai9 mice with a 1:1 Cas9 to sgRNA ratio (CMV promoter) and self complementary sgRNA vector.

Project Delivery of CRISPR Ribonucleoproteins to Airway Epithelia Using Novel Amphiphilic Peptides The proposed research is relevant to the public health because genetic and acquired diseases affecting the airways pose major disease and economic burdens. By advancing the delivery of gene editing tools, it may be possible to therapeutically modify the cells lining the airways. This novel strategy has implications for the treatment of both monogenetic and acquired lungs disease, and may have applications for other somatic cell therapies. 2020-11-02
Project Enabling Nanoplatforms for Targeted In Vivo Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Riboncleoproteins in the Brain In vivo genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 is anticipated to be the next wave of therapeutics for various major health threats, including neurodegenerative diseases. However, to date, very few Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoprotein in vivo delivery methods have been reported, and delivery to the brain has been particularly challenging. The unique nanocapsules we plan to develop will ultimately enable high efficiency neuron-targeted genome editing in the brain, thereby offering new hope to treat devastating neurodegenerative diseases. 2020-10-28
Project Develop Combinatorial Non-Viral and Viral CRISPR Delivery for Lung Diseases Efficacy and safety limitations in current gene editing technologies have hindered efforts to treat genetic lung diseases. This proposal seeks to develop and validate a combinatorial delivery approach that uses non-viral and viral vehicles to efficiently transport gene editing tools to disease-relevant cells in the lung. Completion of our work will establish safe and effective delivery vehicles that will guide the design of future gene therapies for genetic disorders. 2020-10-20
Project Expanding CRISPR-Cas Editing Technology through Exploration of Novel Cas Proteins and DNA Repair Systems Expanding genome editing tools through exploration of new CRISPR-Cas proteins and DNA repair enzymes NARRATIVE Fundamental research on bacterial adaptive immunity uncovered the genome editing properties of CRISPR-Cas systems, and it is clear that uncultivated microbes contain more pathways and enzymes that may be useful as genome editing tools. We will combine bioinformatics and biochemistry to identify new DNA- and RNA-associating proteins and will analyze their mechanisms of action. We will focus our investigation on newly described CRISPR-Cas systems and DNA-interacting proteins that occur in conserved genomic context. 2020-10-16