基于基架的非病毒CRISPR传递平台,用于有效和长时间的基因激活,以加速组织再生
Chuanxin Zhong1, Shan He2, Yuhong Huang3
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
Acta biomaterialia
|November 1, 2023
概括
一个新的水凝/纳米纤维支架提供了CRISPRa基因激活技术,通过持续的VEGF表达增强组织再生. 该平台提供了一种安全有效的方法,用于组织工程应用中的局部基因输送.
科学领域:
- 生物材料科学 生物材料科学
- 基因治疗 基因治疗
- 再生医学是一种再生医学.
背景情况:
- 聚类正规间隔短平行体重复激活 (CRISPRa) 是激活基因的一个强大的工具.
- 目前用于组织工程的CRISPRa的局限性包括生物安全问题和低效的输送方法.
研究的目的:
- 为组织工程开发一种非病毒CRISPRa基因传递平台.
- 为了创建一个生物相容的水凝/纳米纤维 (Gel/NF) 复合支架,用于控制的CRISPRa释放.
- 通过血管内皮生长因子 (VEGF) 激活来证明这个平台在促进皮肤再生方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 在凝/NF复合脚手架内固定非病毒CRISPRa复合体.
- 在动物体内植入脚手架在老鼠模型中,具有全厚皮肤缺陷.
- 在21天内评估VEGF表达,血管生成和皮肤再生.
主要成果:
- 凝/NF支架使克里斯普拉复合体的控制和持续释放成为可能.
- 在植入后的21天内,观察到VEGF表达的持续上调.
- 获得了增强的血管新生和显著改善皮肤再生.
结论:
- 基于凝/NF支架的CRISPRa交付平台是激活基因的高效和持久的策略.
- 这个平台对推进组织再生疗法有很大的前景.
- 开发的系统解决了将CRISPR技术转化为临床应用的关键挑战.
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