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Clinical Applications Involving CNS Gene Transfer

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Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) have traditionally been the most difficult to treat by traditional pharmacological methods, due mostly to the blood-brain barrier and the difficulties associated with repeated drug administration targeting the CNS. Viral vector gene transfer represents a way to permanently provide a therapeutic protein within the nervous system after a single administration, whether this be a gene replacement strategy for an inherited disorder or a disease-modifying protein for a disease such as Parkinson's. Gene therapy approaches for CNS disorders has evolved considerably over the last two decades. Although a breakthrough treatment has remained elusive, current strategies are now considerably safer and potentially much more effective. This chapter will explore the past, current, and future status of CNS gene therapy, focusing on clinical trials utilizing adeno-associated virus and lentiviral vectors.

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  • AAV vectors support long-term, non-toxic gene expression for up to 8 years in non-human primates.

    “AAV vectors support long-term, non-toxic gene expression for up to 8 years in non-human primates.1–3”

    From Characterization of a novel adeno-associated viral vector with preferential oligodendrocyte tropism (2016) · cites this paper as [2]

    The Introduction (§3.1; page unavailable) says AAV can provide long-term stable expression without associated inflammation or toxicity. The Parkinson disease section (§3.4; page unavailable) reports therapeutic effects from vector-derived AADC expression in primates up to eight years after transduction, but does not establish non-toxicity over that period in those animals. The immune-responses section (§4.1; page unavailable) also reports severe adverse effects in primates given an AAV9/GFP vector, so the safety claim needs qualification. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Kantor, B., McCown, T., Leone, P., & Gray, S. J.
Affiliations
  • University of South Carolina (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Rowan University (US)
Corresponding author
Gray, Steven J.
Venue
Advances in Genetics
Publisher
Elsevier
Published
2014
Volume
87
Pages
71-124
ISSN
0065-2660 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2214048374
Cited by
74
References
216
Citations by year
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FWCI
19.65
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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Locations
  • Advances in genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P30NS045892, R01NS087175)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
Keywords
central nervous system gene therapy, adeno-associated virus vectors, lentiviral vectors, blood-brain barrier, gene replacement therapy, Parkinson's disease, disease-modifying therapy, clinical trials
MeSH terms
Dependovirus, Central Nervous System Diseases, Genetic Vectors, Humans, Genetic Therapy, Lentivirus

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