IP Library Granted Patent US 11,028,394
Granted Patent B2
US 11,028,394 · App. 15/288,475 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

CRISPR/CAS-related methods and compositions for treating cystic fibrosis

Inventors: Deepak Reyon (Malden, MA); Morgan L. Maeder (Jamaica Plain, MA); Ari E. Friedland (Boston, MA); G. Grant Welstead (Cambridge, MA); David A. Bumcrot (Blemont, MA)
Assignee: EDITAS MEDICINE, INC.
C12N15/1138C12N9/22C12N2310/10C12N2310/20C12N2320/34
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Patent No.
US 11,028,394
App. No.
15/288,475
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are genome editing systems and compositions that target a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and a sodium channel epithelial 1 alpha (SCNN1A) gene, comprising a Cas9 molecule, and a gRNA molecule comprising a targeting domain that is complementary with a target sequence of a CFTR gene or a SCNN1A gene, and cells comprising such genome editing systems and compositions. Also provided are methods for using the genome editing systems, compositions, and cells for genome engineering (e.g., altering a CFTR gene and/or a SCNN1A gene), and for preventing or treating Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and CF-like disease.

Claims (19)

1. A CRISPR/Cas system, comprising:

a) a gRNA molecule comprising a targeting domain that is complementary with a target sequence of a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene or a sodium channel epithelial 1 alpha (SCNN1A) gene, wherein said target sequence of said CFTR gene is within intron 2 or intron 10 of said CFTR gene; and

b) a Cas9 molecule,

wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said CFTR gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15101-27265 and wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said SCNN1A gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 497-654, 803-916, and 4176-15100.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said CFTR gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15101-27265.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said SCNN1A gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 497-654, 803-916, and 4176-15100.

4. A gRNA molecule comprising a targeting domain that is complementary with a target sequence of a CFTR gene or a SCNN1A gene, wherein the target sequence of the CFTR gene is within intron 2 or intron 10 of the CFTR gene, wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said CFTR gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15101-27265 and wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said SCNN1A gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 497-654, 803-916, and 4176-15100.

5. The gRNA molecule of claim 4 , wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said CFTR gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15101-27265.

6. The gRNA molecule of claim 4 , wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said SCNN1A gene comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 497-654, 803-916, and 4176-15100.

7. A CRISPR/Cas system, comprising:

a) a gRNA molecule comprising a targeting domain that is complementary with a target sequence of a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene or a sodium channel epithelial 1 alpha (SCNN1A) gene, wherein said target sequence of said CFTR gene is within intron 2 or intron 10 of said CFTR gene, wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said SCNN1A gene comprises a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 497-654, 803-916, and 4176-15100 and wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said CFTR gene comprises a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15101-27265;

b) a Cas9 molecule; and

c) a cDNA donor template that alters said CFTR gene or SCNN1A gene, wherein said cDNA donor template that alters said CFTR gene comprises (a) contiguous coding sequence of exon 3 through exon 27 of said CFTR gene; or (b) contiguous coding sequence of exon 11 through exon 27 of said CFTR gene.

8. A composition comprising:

a) a gRNA molecule comprising a targeting domain that is complementary with a target sequence of a CFTR gene or a SCNN1A gene, wherein the target sequence of the CFTR gene is within intron 2 or intron 10 of the CFTR gene, wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said SCNN1A gene comprises a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 497-654, 803-916, and 4176-15100 and wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said CFTR gene comprises a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15101-27265; and

b) a cDNA donor template that alters said CFTR gene or SCNN1A gene, wherein said cDNA donor template that alters said CFTR gene comprises (a) contiguous coding sequence of exon 3 through exon 27 of said CFTR gene; or (b) contiguous coding sequence of exon 11 through exon 27 of said CFTR gene.

9. A nucleic acid composition that comprises:

a) a first nucleotide sequence that encodes a gRNA molecule comprising a targeting domain that is complementary with a target sequence of a CFTR gene or a SCNN1A gene, wherein the target sequence of the CFTR gene is within intron 2 or intron 10 of the CFTR gene, wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said SCNN1A gene comprises a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 497-654, 803-916, and 4176-15100 and wherein said targeting domain that is complementary to said CFTR gene comprises a nucleotide sequence that is the same as, or differs by no more than 3 nucleotides from, a targeting domain sequence selected from the targeting domain sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15101-27265; and

b) a template nucleic acid comprising a cDNA donor template that alters said CFTR gene or SCNN1A gene, wherein said cDNA donor template that alters said CFTR gene comprises (a) contiguous coding sequence of exon 3 through exon 27 of said CFTR gene; or (b) contiguous coding sequence of exon 11 through exon 27 of said CFTR gene.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2017
From: REYON, DEEPAK; MAEDER, MORGAN L.; FRIEDLAND, ARI E.; WELSTEAD, G. GRANT; BUMCROT, DAVID A.
To: EDITAS MEDICINE, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2015023960 · Apr 1, 2015
Provisional Application 61977488 · Apr 9, 2014
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