Compositions, systems, and methods for programming t cell phenotypes through targeted gene repression

An epigenetic-modifying DNA-targeting system,

• said DNA-targeting system comprising:
• (a) a fusion protein comprising a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats associated (Cas) protein or variant thereof and at least one effector domain capable of reducing transcription of a gene is a T cell;
• and
• (b) at least one gRNA that targets the Cas protein or variant thereof of the fusion protein to a target site in the gene or regulatory DNA element thereof,
• wherein reduced transcription of the gene promotes a stem cell-like memory T-cell phenotype.

A guide RNA (gRNA) that binds a target site in a gene or regulatory DNA element thereof in a T cell, wherein reduced transcription of the gene, when targeted by an epigenetic-modifying DNA-targeting system comprising the gRNA, promotes a stem cell-like memory T cell phenotype, and wherein the gene is selected from the list consisting of:

• BMP4, E2F7, ESRRG, LYL1, STAT5A, THAP10, ZNF362, ZSCAN1, ANHX, CPEB1, CSRNP1, EN2, EPAS1, IRX3, LHX8, NR5A2, PRDM16, RAX2, SCML4, SMAD1, SOX6, SUV39H1, TFDP1, ZNF287, ZNF438, ZNF681, ZNF853, BMP4, CARF, ESRRG, ESRRG, FOXR2, HOXA7, IRF9, KAT5, KLF5, NEUROD1, PAX6, PIN1, PURG, RARA, SNAPC5, STAT5A, TBX22, WT1, ZNF138, ZNF143, ZNF205, ZNF235, ZNF526, ZNF548, ZNF559, ZNF611, ZNF655, ZNF672, ZNF699, ZNF706, ZNF714, ZNF772, ZNF782, ZSCAN1, ZSCAN26, ADNP, AHRR, AKNA, ALX3, ALX4, AR, ARHGAP35, ARID3C, ARID5B, ASCL5, ATF6B, ATOH7, BARHL1, BARHL2, BATF, BBX, BHLHE40, BNC2, BRD4, BRD9, BSX, CCDC17, CDX1, CDX2, CDX4, CEBPB, CENPB, CLOCK, CREB3, CREB3L4, CSRNP3, CTCF, CUX1, CUX2, DACH2, DLX1, DLX4, DLX5, DLX6, DMRTB1, DNMT3B, DOTIL, DPF1, DR1, E2F2, E2F3, EBF3, EGR2, EHF, ELF5, ELMSAN1, EMX1, ETS2, ETV4, ETV4, ETV6, EZH1, FERD3L, FERD3L, FIZ1, FOS, FOSB, FOXA1, FOXA2, FOXA3, FOXC2, FOXD3, FOXE1, FOXJ3, FOXN2, FOXN4, FOXO1, FOXP3, FOXS1, GATA2, GATA3, GATAD2A, GCM2, GFI1, GLI2, GLYR1, GPBP1L1, GRHL1, GTF2B, GTF2I, HDAC2, HES2, HES7, HESX1, HEY1, HIF3A, HIVEP3, HLF, HLX, HMG20A, HMGA2, HMGN3, HMX2, HNF1A, HNF4G, HOXA1, HOXA11, HOXB1, HOXB2, HOXB3, HOXC12, HOXC9, HOXC9, HOXD9, HSF4, HSF5, IKZF1, IKZF2, IKZF3, IKZF4, IRF7, IRX3, ISL2, JRK, JRKL, KAT7, KDM1A, KDM2B, KDM5D, KLF14, KLF9, KMT2B, L3MBTL4, LEF1, LHX6, LHX9, LIN28A, LIN28A, LMX1A, MAF, MAFF, MBD3, MBD4, MBNL2, MED1, MED14, MED23, MED24, MEF2C, MEF2D, MEIS3, MESP1, MGA, MITF, MLX, MNX1, MYF5, MYOG, MYPOP, MYRFL, MYT1L, NCOR1, NEUROG1, NFAT5, NFATC2, NFATC3, NFE2L1, NFE2L3, NFIA, NFYB, NKX1-2, NKX2-3, NKX2-4, NKX2-5, NOTCH3, NOTO, NR1H2, NR1H4, NR112, NR2C2, NR2F1, OSR2, OTX1, OVOL1, PA2G4, PATZ1, PAX9, PAX9, PBX4, PGR, PITX1, PITX3, POU2F2, POU3F1, POU3F2, POU3F3, POU5F1, PRDM1, PRDM7, PRR12, PRRX1, RBCK1, RHOXF1, RUNX2, SALL3, SIM1, SIX1, SIX6, SKI, SKIL, SKOR1, SMAD2, SMAD5, SMYD3, SNAPC2, SOX1, SOX14, SOX30, SOX5, SOX6, SP2, SP3, SP5, SP8, SP9, SPIB, STAT5B, T, TBPL1, TBX5, TBX6, TCF12, TCF23, TCF3, TFAP2A, TFAP2E, TFDP2, TFDP3, TGIF2, TGIF2LX, THAP6, THRA, TIGD1, TIGD3, TIGD5, TLX3, TOX, TOX2, TRIM27, TRIM27, TRIM40, TRIM52, TSHZ2, VAX1, VEGFA, VSX1, WNT1, WNT3A, YBX1, YY1, YY2, ZBED5, ZBTB2, ZBTB21, ZBTB38, ZBTB4, ZBTB40, ZBTB42, ZBTB49, ZBTB7B, ZBTB7C, ZBTB8B, ZBTB9, ZC3H8, ZEB2, ZFHX2, ZFHX3, ZFP28, ZFP41, ZFP69B, ZFP90, ZGLP1, ZHX3, ZIC5, ZKSCAN1, ZKSCAN2, ZKSCAN7, ZNF107, ZNF121, ZNF132, ZNF135, ZNF140, ZNF141, ZNF222, ZNF225, ZNF229, ZNF230, ZNF248, ZNF25, ZNF26, ZNF267, ZNF280C, ZNF281, ZNF283, ZNF286B, ZNF304, ZNF317, ZNF318, ZNF320, ZNF33B, ZNF346, ZNF358, ZNF367, ZNF382, ZNF383, ZNF385B, ZNF391, ZNF415, ZNF423, ZNF43, ZNF432, ZNF433, ZNF436, ZNF441, ZNF443, ZNF461, ZNF462, ZNF468, ZNF473, ZNF483, ZNF486, ZNF491, ZNF507, ZNF514, ZNF519, ZNF540, ZNF543, ZNF546, ZNF549, ZNF555, ZNF562, ZNF567, ZNF569, ZNF574, ZNF577, ZNF596, ZNF610, ZNF616, ZNF621, ZNF626, ZNF627, ZNF629, ZNF630, ZNF630, ZNF641, ZNF645, ZNF658, ZNF660, ZNF662, ZNF677, ZNF682, ZNF697, ZNF703, ZNF705A, ZNF705B, ZNF705G, ZNF716, ZNF729, ZNF750, ZNF75A, ZNF765, ZNF771, ZNF773, ZNF774, ZNF778, ZNF784, ZNF789, ZNF804B, ZNF816, ZNF823, ZNF83, ZNF831, ZNF846, ZNF852, ZNF879, ZNF91, ZNF93, ZNF99, ZNF99, ZSCAN16, ZSCAN2, ZSCAN21, ZSCAN5A, and ZSCAN5B.