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基因治疗是应用基因作为药物治疗遗传性疾病,是一种很有前途的治疗方法。癌症是一种强烈地依赖于特定的基因组成的复杂疾病,因此可以采取基因治疗。到目前为止,大约2000个临床试验,癌症靶向超过60%。精确和有效的基因治疗方法的发展与分子生物学技术的成密切相关的。基因治疗领域最近革命性的进展是推出了被“可编程”的核酸酶,包括ZFNs、TALENs和CRISPR,它们针对特定的基因组位点有着更高效精确的效果。此外,当结合DNA转座子为传递作用而进入细胞,这些可编程的核酸对常规病毒介导的基因传递是一个很有前途的选择。除了“可编程”的核酸酶,一类新的以TALE-和CRISPR为基础的“人工转录效应”已经发展到特定基因的精确调节。总之,这些新的分子工具,可以应用于一个广泛的基因治疗策略。本文重点介绍了新的基因组编辑工具的当前发展状态,并讨论了它们相对于癌症基因治疗研究的适用性和观点。
关键词: 肿瘤的基因治疗,基因编辑,人工转录因子,“睡美人”转座子,PiggyBac,大型核酸酶,ZFNs,Tale,CRISPR/Cas9。
Current Gene Therapy
Title:Current Genome Editing Tools in Gene Therapy: New Approaches to Treat Cancer
Volume: 15 Issue: 5
Author(s): Oleg Shuvalov, Alexey Petukhov, Alexandra Daks, Olga Fedorova, Alexander Ermakov and Gerry Melino
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关键词: 肿瘤的基因治疗,基因编辑,人工转录因子,“睡美人”转座子,PiggyBac,大型核酸酶,ZFNs,Tale,CRISPR/Cas9。
摘要: Gene therapy suggests a promising approach to treat genetic diseases by applying genes as pharmaceuticals. Cancer is a complex disease, which strongly depends on a particular genetic make-up and hence can be treated with gene therapy. From about 2,000 clinical trials carried out so far, more than 60% were cancer targeted. Development of precise and effective gene therapy approaches is intimately connected with achievements in the molecular biology techniques. The field of gene therapy was recently revolutionized by the introduction of “programmable” nucleases, including ZFNs, TALENs, and CRISPR, which target specific genomic loci with high efficacy and precision. Furthermore, when combined with DNA transposons for the delivery purposes into cells, these programmable nucleases represent a promising alternative to the conventional viral-mediated gene delivery. In addition to “programmable” nucleases, a new class of TALE- and CRISPR-based “artificial transcription effectors” has been developed to mediate precise regulation of specific genes. In sum, these new molecular tools may be used in a wide plethora of gene therapy strategies. This review highlights the current status of novel genome editing tools and discusses their suitability and perspectives in respect to cancer gene therapy studies.
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Shuvalov Oleg, Petukhov Alexey, Daks Alexandra, Fedorova Olga, Ermakov Alexander and Melino Gerry, Current Genome Editing Tools in Gene Therapy: New Approaches to Treat Cancer, Current Gene Therapy 2015; 15 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566523215666150818110241
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