Transcription activator-like effector proteins induce the expression of the frataxin gene

Human Gene Therapy
Jacques P TremblayJoel Rousseau

Abstract

Genes encoding transcription activator-like effector (TALE) proteins may be engineered to target specific DNA sequences. TALEs fused with a transcription activator can be used to specifically induce the expression of a gene. This could lead to completely new therapies for several diseases. We have applied this potential therapeutic approach to Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), as an example. FRDA is due to reduced expression of frataxin because of elongation of a trinucleotide (GAA) repeat in intron 1. Our aim was to develop a potential treatment for FRDA by increasing the expression of the frataxin gene. We engineered 12 TALE genes (TALE(Frat)) encoding TALE(Frat) proteins, each specifically targeting different 14-bp DNA sequences within the proximal region of the human frataxin promoter. When the genes encoding these TALE(Frat) proteins were fused with a transcription activator, that is, four VP16 peptides (i.e., VP64), the resulting TALE(Frat)-VP64 proteins induced the expression of an mCherry reporter gene fused to a mini-cytomegalovirus promoter able to be activated by the insertion of the frataxin proximal promoter upstream to the minipromoter. These TALE(Frat)-VP64 proteins also increased, by 2- to 3-fold, frataxin gene expressi...Continue Reading

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