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Targeting and silencing of rhodopsin by ectopic expression of the transcription factor KLF15.

ABSTRACT: The genome-wide activity of transcription factors (TFs) on multiple regulatory elements precludes their use as gene-specific regulators. Here we show that ectopic expression of a TF in a cell-specific context can be used to silence the expression of a specific gene as a therapeutic approach to regulate gene expression in human disease. We selected the TF Krüppel-like factor 15 (KLF15) based on its putative ability to recognize a specific DNA sequence motif present in the rhodopsin (RHO) promoter and its lack of expression in terminally differentiated rod photoreceptors (the RHO-expressing cells). Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-mediated ectopic expression of KLF15 in rod photoreceptors of pigs enables Rho silencing with limited genome-wide transcriptional perturbations. Suppression of a RHO mutant allele by KLF15 corrects the phenotype of a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa with no observed toxicity. Cell-specific-context conditioning of TF activity may prove a novel mode for somatic gene-targeted manipulation.

SUBMITTER: Botta S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5752276 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Targeting and silencing of rhodopsin by ectopic expression of the transcription factor KLF15.

Botta Salvatore S de Prisco Nicola N Marrocco Elena E Renda Mario M Sofia Martina M Curion Fabiola F Bacci Maria Laura ML Ventrella Domenico D Wilson Cathal C Gesualdo Carlo C Rossi Settimio S Simonelli Francesca F Surace Enrico Maria EM

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The genome-wide activity of transcription factors (TFs) on multiple regulatory elements precludes their use as gene-specific regulators. Here we show that ectopic expression of a TF in a cell-specific context can be used to silence the expression of a specific gene as a therapeutic approach to regulate gene expression in human disease. We selected the TF Krüppel-like factor 15 (KLF15) based on its putative ability to recognize a specific DNA sequence motif present in the rhodopsin (RHO) promoter ...[more]

PMID: 29263295

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Targeting and silencing of rhodopsin by ectopic expression of the transcription factor KLF15.

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Targeting and silencing of rhodopsin by ectopic expression of the transcription factor KLF15.

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