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Engineering and Selection of Shuffled AAV Genomes: A New Strategy for Producing Targeted Biological Nanoparticles

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Li, Wuping, Asokan, Aravind, Wu, Zhijian, Van Dyke, Terry, DiPrimio, Nina, Johnson, Jarrod S, Govindaswamy, Lakshmanan, Agbandje-McKenna, Mavis +6 more·2008·Molecular Therapy

Abstract

We report a DNA shuffling-based approach for developing cell type-specific vectors through directed evolution. Capsid genomes of adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes 1-9 were randomly fragmented and reassembled using PCR to generate a chimeric capsid library. A single infectious clone (chimeric-1829) containing genome fragments from AAV1, 2, 8, and 9 was isolated from an integrin minus hamster melanoma cell line previously shown to have low permissiveness to AAV. Molecular modeling studies suggest that AAV2 contributes to surface loops at the icosahedral threefold axis of symmetry, while AAV1 and 9 contribute to two- and fivefold symmetry interactions, respectively. The C-terminal domain (AAV9) was identified as a critical structural determinant of melanoma tropism through rational mutagenesis. Chimeric-1829 utilizes heparan sulfate as a primary receptor and transduces melanoma cells more efficiently than all serotypes. Further, chimeric-1829 demonstrates altered tropism in rodent skeletal muscle, liver, and brain including nonhuman primates. We determined a unique immunological profile based on neutralizing antibody (NAb) titer and crossreactivity studies strongly supporting isolation of a synthetic laboratory-derived capsid variant. Application of this technology to alternative cell/tissue types using AAV or other viral capsid sequences is likely to yield a new class of biological nanoparticles as vectors for human gene transfer.

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  • Chimeric-1829, a novel variant from DNA shuffling, showed higher transduction efficiency and low cross-reactivity with pre-existing antibodies against other serotypes, indicating the immune response may not recognize chimeric-1829.

    “A novel variant selected from this screen-chimeric-1829-showed higher transduction efficiency and low cross-reactivity with the pre-existing antibodies against other serotypes, indicating that the immune response may not recognize chimeric-1829 [90].”

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Li, W., Asokan, A., Wu, Z., Van Dyke, T., DiPrimio, N., Johnson, J. S., Govindaswamy, L., Agbandje-McKenna, M., Leichtle, S., Eugene Redmond Jr, D., McCown, T. J., Petermann, K. B., Sharpless, N. E., & Samulski, R. J.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of Florida (US)
  • Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Samulski, Richard J
Venue
Molecular Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-07
Volume
16
Issue
7
Pages
1252-1260
ISSN
1525-0016 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2113082692
Cited by
261
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL051818, HL51818)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI072176)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS 35633, NS59518, R21NS059518, R01NS035633)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R21AR055712, AR055712)
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
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Keywords
adeno-associated virus, DNA shuffling, directed evolution, heparan sulfate receptor, capsid structure, neutralizing antibodies, gene delivery vectors, biological nanoparticles, AAV serotypes
MeSH terms
Dependovirus, Animals, Antibodies, Brain, Capsid, Genetic Vectors, Cricetinae, Humans, Liver, Melanoma, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Primates, Transduction, Genetic, Gene Library, Genome, Viral, Muscle, Skeletal, Directed Molecular Evolution, DNA Shuffling, Mice, Virus Internalization, Nanoparticles

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