Mapping the Structural Determinants Required for AAVrh.10 Transport across the Blood-Brain Barrier
| Autor: | Giridhar Murlidharan, Garrett E. Berry, Ruth M. Castellanos Rivera, Blake H. Albright, Claire M. Storey, Victoria J. Madigan, Aravind Asokan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Molecular 0301 basic medicine Transgene Genetic Vectors Gene Expression Computational biology Biology Gene delivery Blood–brain barrier Bioinformatics Virus Mice 03 medical and health sciences Transduction (genetics) Transduction Genetic Drug Discovery Genetics medicine Animals Humans Tissue Distribution Transgenes Molecular Biology Phylogeny Pharmacology Myocardium Gene Transfer Techniques Rational design Brain Biological Transport Dependovirus Phenotype 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Capsid Blood-Brain Barrier Organ Specificity Commentary Molecular Medicine Capsid Proteins Genetic Engineering Protein Binding |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Therapy. 26:510-523 |
| ISSN: | 1525-0016 |
| Popis: | Effective gene delivery to the CNS by intravenously administered adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors requires crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB). To achieve therapeutic CNS transgene expression, high systemic vector doses are often required, which poses challenges such as scale-up costs and dose-dependent hepatotoxicity. To improve the specificity and efficiency of CNS gene transfer, a better understanding of the structural features that enable AAV transit across the BBB is needed. We generated a combinatorial domain swap library using AAV1, a serotype that does not traverse the vasculature, and AAVrh.10, which crosses the BBB in mice. We then screened individual variants by phylogenetic and structural analyses and subsequently conducted systemic characterization in mice. Using this approach, we identified key clusters of residues on the AAVrh.10 capsid that enabled transport across the brain vasculature and widespread neuronal transduction in mice. Through rational design, we mapped a minimal footprint from AAVrh.10, which, when grafted onto AAV1, confers the aforementioned CNS phenotype while diminishing vascular and hepatic transduction through an unknown mechanism. Functional mapping of this capsid surface footprint provides a roadmap for engineering synthetic AAV capsids for efficient CNS gene transfer with an improved safety profile. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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