IP Library Granted Patent US 12703861
Granted Patent B2
US 12703861 · App. 17/628,231 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

SGRNA guiding PD1 gene for cleavage to achieve efficient integration of exogenous sequences

Inventors: Jiqin Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Jiaxuan Yang (Shanghai, CN); Yue Tian (Shanghai, CN); Bing Du (Shanghai, CN); Dali Li (Shanghai, CN); Mingyao Liu (Shanghai, CN); Zaixi Xi (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: BRL Medicine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
C12N9/22A61K40/11A61K40/31A61K40/4211A61K40/4224C07K14/7051C12N5/0636C12N15/11C12N15/625C12N15/907A61K2239/48C12N2310/20C12N2800/80
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Patent No.
US 12703861
App. No.
17/628,231
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an sgRNA guiding a PD1 gene for cleavage to achieve the efficient integration of exogenous sequences. The method for gene editing a PD1 gene in cells includes the steps of introducing a nuclease and an sgRNA into cells, and gene-editing the PD1 gene. The sgRNA guides the nuclease to cleave the PD1 gene and forms a broken site, at which an exogenous donor repair template can also be introduced, so that CAR-T elements can be directionally inserted at the specific site of the PD1 locus to construct enhanced CD19-CART cells with PD1 knockout in one step.

Claims (18)

1 . A method for gene editing a PD1 gene in cells, comprising the steps of introducing a nuclease and an sgRNA into the cells, and gene-editing the PD1 gene, wherein the sgRNA guides the nuclease to cleave the PD1 gene and forms a broken site,

wherein the method comprises the steps of providing and introducing a donor repair template into the broken site of the cells in a non-viral manner;

wherein a targeting sequence of the sgRNA comprises at least one sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-5.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the nuclease is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cas9, Cas3, Cas8a, Cas8b, Cas10d, Cse1, Csy1, Csn2, Cas4, Cas10, Csm2, Cmr5, Fok1, and Cpf1,

wherein when the nuclease is Cas9, the Cas9 is selected from Cas9 originated from Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes , or Streptococcus thermophilus.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sgRNA comprises at least one chemical modification of bases selected from the group consisting of methylation modification, methoxy modification, fluorination modification, and thiolizing modification.

4 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of providing a donor repair template and introducing the donor repair template into the cells, wherein the donor repair template comprises a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR).

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the CAR comprises a transmembrane domain, an intracellular signaling domain, and an extracellular domain binding to a specific target antigen.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the specific target antigen targeted by the extracellular domain is at least one selected from the group consisting of the following: folate receptor α, 5T4, αvβ6 integrin, BCMA, B7-H3, B7-H6, CAIX, CD16, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD30, CD33, CD44, CD44v6, CD44v7/8, CD70, CD79a, CD79b, CD123, CD138, CD171, CEA, CSPG4, EGFR, EGFR family including ErbB2 (HER2), EGFRVIII, EGP2, EGP40, EPCAM, EphA2, EpCAM, FAP, fetal AchR, FRα, GD2, GD3, glypican-3 (GPC3), HLA-A1+MAGE1, HLA-A2+MAGE1, HLA-A3+MAGE1, HLA-A1+NY-ESO-1, HLA-A2+NY-ESO-1, HLA-A3+NY-ESO-1, IL-11Ra, IL-13Rα2, Lambda, Lewis-Y, Kappa, mesothelin, Muc1, Muc16, NCAM, NKG2D ligand, NY-ESO-1, PRAME, PSCA, PSMA, ROR1, SSX, survivin, TAG72, TEM, VEGFR2, and WT-1;

the transmembrane domain is at least one selected from the group consisting of the following transmembrane regions: α chain of T cell receptor, β chain of the T cell receptor, CD38, CD3ε, CD3γ, CD3ζ, CD4, CD5, CD8α, CD9, CD16, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD33, CD37, CD45, CD64, CD80, CD86, CD134, CD137, CD152, and CD154; and

the intracellular signaling domain comprises a costimulatory signaling domain and/or a primary signaling domain, wherein

the primary signaling domain comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of FcRγ, FcRβ, CD3γ, CD3δ, CD3ε, CD3ζ, CD22, CD79a, CD79b, and CD66d, and

the costimulatory signaling domain is at least one selected from the group consisting of TLR1, TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR5, TLR6, TLR7, TLR8, TLR9, TLR10, CARD11, CD2, CD7, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD40, CD54 (ICAM), CD83, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (4-1BB), CD278 (ICOS), DAP10, LAT, NKD2C, SLP76, TRIM, and ZAP70.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method for introducing the nuclease, the sgRNA, and the donor repair template into the cells comprises: vector transformation, transfection, heat shock, electroporation, transduction, gene gun, and microinjection;

wherein when a complex is formed from the nuclease and the sgRNA, or from the nuclease, the sgRNA, and the donor repair template, and the complex is introduced into the cells by electroporation.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cells are T cells.

9 . A method for gene editing a PD1 gene in cells, comprising the steps of introducing a nuclease and an sgRNA into the cells, and gene-editing the PD1 gene, wherein the sgRNA guides the nuclease to cleave the PD1 gene and forms a broken site, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing and introducing a donor repair template into the broken site of the cells in a non-viral manner; wherein the targeting sequence of the sgRNA comprises SEQ ID NO: 5.