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A marker-free system for highly efficient construction of vaccinia virus vectors using CRISPR Cas9.


ABSTRACT: The current method for creation of vaccinia virus (VACV) vectors involves using a selection and purification marker, however inclusion of a gene without therapeutic value in the resulting vector is not desirable for clinical use. The Cre-LoxP system has been used to make marker-free Poxviruses, but the efficiency was very low. To obtain a marker-free VACV vector, we developed marker gene excision systems to modify the thymidine kinase (TK) region and N1L regions using Cre-Loxp and Flp-FRET systems respectively. CRISPR-Cas9 system significantly resulted in a high efficiency (~90%) in generation of marker gene-positive TK-mutant VACV vector. The marker gene (RFP) could be excised from the recombinant virus using Cre recombinase. To make a marker-free VV vector with double gene deletions targeting the TK and N1L gene, we constructed a donor repair vector targeting the N1L gene, which can carry a therapeutic gene and the marker (RFP) that could be excised from the recombinant virus using Flp recombinase. The marker-free system developed here can be used to efficiently construct VACV vectors armed with any therapeutic genes in the TK region or N1L region without marker genes. Our marker-free system platform has significant potential for development of new marker-free VACV vectors for clinical application.

SUBMITTER: Yuan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4571730 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A marker-free system for highly efficient construction of vaccinia virus vectors using CRISPR Cas9.

Yuan Ming M   Gao Xuefei X   Chard Louisa S LS   Ali Zarah Z   Ahmed Jahangir J   Li Yunqing Y   Liu Pentao P   Lemoine Nick R NR   Wang Yaohe Y  

Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development 20150916


The current method for creation of vaccinia virus (VACV) vectors involves using a selection and purification marker, however inclusion of a gene without therapeutic value in the resulting vector is not desirable for clinical use. The Cre-LoxP system has been used to make marker-free Poxviruses, but the efficiency was very low. To obtain a marker-free VACV vector, we developed marker gene excision systems to modify the thymidine kinase (TK) region and N1L regions using Cre-Loxp and Flp-FRET syste  ...[more]

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