| Autor: |
Schlichtmann BW; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; Nanovaccine Institute, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Palanisamy BN; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Malovic E; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Nethi SK; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; Nanovaccine Institute, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Padhi P; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Hepker M; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Wurtz J; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA., John M; Nanovaccine Institute, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; PathoVacs, Incorporated, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Ban B; Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI), Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA., Anantharam V; Nanovaccine Institute, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; PK Biosciences Corporation, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA., Kanthasamy AG; Nanovaccine Institute, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; PK Biosciences Corporation, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA., Narasimhan B; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; Nanovaccine Institute, Ames, IA 50011, USA., Mallapragada SK; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.; Nanovaccine Institute, Ames, IA 50011, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
To date, there is no cure for Parkinson's disease (PD). There is a pressing need for anti-neurodegenerative therapeutics that can slow or halt PD progression by targeting underlying disease mechanisms. Specifically, preventing the build-up of alpha-synuclein (αSyn) and its aggregated and mutated forms is a key therapeutic target. In this study, an adeno-associated viral vector loaded with the A53T gene mutation was used to induce rapid αSyn-associated PD pathogenesis in C57BL/6 mice. We tested the ability of a novel therapeutic, a single chain fragment variable (scFv) antibody with specificity only for pathologic forms of αSyn, to protect against αSyn-induced neurodegeneration, after unilateral viral vector injection in the substantia nigra. Additionally, polyanhydride nanoparticles, which provide sustained release of therapeutics with dose-sparing properties, were used as a delivery platform for the scFv. Through bi-weekly behavioral assessments and across multiple post-mortem immunochemical analyses, we found that the scFv-based therapies allowed the mice to recover motor activity and reduce overall αSyn expression in the substantia nigra. In summary, these novel scFv-based therapies, which are specific exclusively for pathological aggregates of αSyn, show early promise in blocking PD progression in a surrogate mouse PD model. |
