Department of Biotechnology
inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

Generation of a set of isogenic, gene-edited iPSC lines homozygous for all main APOE variants and an APOE knock-out line.

Publication Type

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Date of Publication

January 1, 2019

Journal

Stem cell research

Volume/Issue

34

ISSN

1876-7753

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most frequent neurodegenerative disease amongst the elderly. The SNPs rs429358 and rs7412 in the APOE gene are the most common risk factor for sporadic AD, and there are three different alleles commonly referred to as APOE-ε2, APOE-ε3 and APOE-ε4. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold great promise to model AD as such cells can be differentiated in vitro to the required cell type. Here we report the use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology employed on iPSCs from a healthy individual with an APOE-ε3/ε4 genotype to obtain isogenic APOE-ε2/ε2, APOE-ε3/ε3, APOE-ε4/ε4 lines as well as an APOE-knock-out line.

Alternate Journal

Stem Cell Res

PubMed ID

30660866

Authors

Benjamin Schmid
Kennie R Prehn
Natakarn Nimsanor
Blanca Irene Aldana Garcia
Ulla Poulsen
Ida Jørring
Mikkel A Rasmussen
Christian Clausen
Ulrike A Mau-Holzmann
Sarayu Ramakrishna
Ravi Muddashetty
Rachel Steeg
Kevin Bruce
Peter Mackintosh
Andreas Ebneth
Bjørn Holst
Alfredo Cabrera-Socorro

Keywords

Mutation
Cell Line
Gene Knockout Techniques
Adolescent
Cell Culture Techniques
Apolipoproteins E
Male
Homozygote
Humans
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Gene Editing