Abstract
A novel approach in gene therapy was introduced 20 years ago since artificial non-integrative chromosome-based vectors containing gene loci size inserts were engineered. To date, different human artificial chromosomes (HAC) were generated with the use of de novo construction or “top-down” engineering approaches. The HAC-based therapeutic approach includes ex vivo gene transferring and correction of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) or highly proliferative modified stem cells. The current progress in the technology of induced PSCs, integrating with the HAC technology, resulted in a novel platform of stem cell-based tissue replacement therapy for the treatment of genetic disease. Nowadays, the sophisticated and laborious HAC technology has significantly improved and is now closer to clinical studies. In here, we reviewed the achievements in the technology of de novo synthesized HACs for a chromosome transfer for developing gene therapy tissue replacement models of monogenic human diseases.
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Abbreviations
- BACs:
-
Bacterial artificial chromosomes
- CENP-B:
-
Centromere protein B
- cGMP:
-
Current good manufacturing practice
- GFP:
-
Green fluorescent protein
- CHO:
-
Chinese hamster ovary
- ESCs:
-
Embryonic stem cells
- IIS:
-
Iterative integration system
- iMCT:
-
Isolated metaphase chromosome transfection
- iPSCs:
-
Induced pluripotent stem cells
- FVIII:
-
Human clotting factor VIII
- HAC:
-
Human artificial chromosome
- hESCs:
-
Human embryonic stem cells
- hiPSCs:
-
Human induced pluripotent stem cells
- HPRT:
-
Hypoxanthine–guanine phosphoribosyl transferase
- HSV-1:
-
Herpes simplex virus 1
- HSPCs:
-
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
- HVJ-E:
-
Hemagglutinating virus of Japan E
- lacO:
-
Lac operon
- loxP:
-
Locus of X-over P1
- MLV:
-
Murine leukemia retrovirus
- MMCT:
-
Microcell mediated chromosome transfer
- MSCs:
-
Mesenchymal stem cells
- MV:
-
Measles virus
- PEG:
-
Polyethylene glycol
- PSCs:
-
Pluripotent stem cells
- rAAVs:
-
Adeno-associated recombinant viruses
- RMCE:
-
Recombinase-mediated cassette exchange method
- TAR:
-
Transformation associated recombination
- tetO:
-
Tetracycline operator
- tetR:
-
Tet-repressor protein
- SIM:
-
Sequential integration of multiple vectors
- YACs:
-
Yeast artificial chromosomes
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Sinenko, S.A., Ponomartsev, S.V. & Tomilin, A.N. Pluripotent stem cell-based gene therapy approach: human de novo synthesized chromosomes. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 78, 1207–1220 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-020-03653-1
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