Oxidase-deficient neutrophils from X-linked chronic granulomatous disease iPS cells: functional correction by zinc finger nuclease-mediated safe harbor targeting

Blood. 2011 May 26;117(21):5561-72. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-12-328161. Epub 2011 Mar 16.

Abstract

We have developed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from a patient with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X-CGD), a defect of neutrophil microbicidal reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation resulting from gp91(phox) deficiency. We demonstrated that mature neutrophils differentiated from X-CGD iPSCs lack ROS production, reproducing the pathognomonic CGD cellular phenotype. Targeted gene transfer into iPSCs, with subsequent selection and full characterization to ensure no off-target changes, holds promise for correction of monogenic diseases without the insertional mutagenesis caused by multisite integration of viral or plasmid vectors. Zinc finger nuclease-mediated gene targeting of a single-copy gp91(phox) therapeutic minigene into one allele of the "safe harbor" AAVS1 locus in X-CGD iPSCs without off-target inserts resulted in sustained expression of gp91(phox) and substantially restored neutrophil ROS production. Our findings demonstrate how precise gene targeting may be applied to correction of X-CGD using zinc finger nuclease and patient iPSCs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Blotting, Western
  • Bone Marrow / metabolism
  • Cell Differentiation
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • Dependovirus / genetics
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / genetics
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / pathology
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / metabolism*
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / physiology*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred NOD
  • Mice, Nude
  • NADPH Oxidase 2
  • NADPH Oxidases / deficiency*
  • NADPH Oxidases / genetics
  • NADPH Oxidases / physiology
  • Neutrophils / enzymology*
  • Phagocytosis
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Zinc Fingers

Substances

  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • CYBB protein, human
  • NADPH Oxidase 2
  • NADPH Oxidases