CRISPR-Cas9 Correction of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Mice by a Self-Complementary AAV Delivery System

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Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal neuromuscular disorder, caused by mutations in the DMD gene coding dystrophin. Applying clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated proteins (CRISPR-Cas) for therapeutic gene editing represents a promising technology to correct this devastating disease through elimination of underlying genetic mutations. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been widely used for gene therapy due to its low immunogenicity and high tissue tropism. In particular, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing components packaged by self-complementary AAV (scAAV) demonstrate robust viral transduction and efficient gene editing, enabling restoration of dystrophin expression throughout skeletal and cardiac muscle in animal models of DMD. Here, we describe protocols for cloning CRISPR single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) into a scAAV plasmid and procedures for systemic delivery of AAVs into a DMD mouse model. We also provide methodologies for quantification of dystrophin restoration after systemic CRISPR-Cas9–mediated correction of DMD.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages411-425
Number of pages15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2587
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • Adeno-associated virus
  • DMD mouse model
  • Dystrophin
  • Gene editing
  • sgRNA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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