title: [Cellular immunotoxicity of rAAV gene medicine and possible solutions].
abstract: Gene medicine based on recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector has rapidly become the prior-choose reagent for gene therapy, since it had been shown that the rAAV was able to stably express many genes in vivo without detectable side-effect. However, recent findings of CTL immune responses to AAV capsid in a clinical trial highlighted a new issue regarding safety that previously was not identified in animal studies. Obviously it is so important to understand the interaction of rAAV with the immune system in details for the safety and success of rAAV gene medicine. In this review we evaluate several current hypotheses aiming to explain the cellular immunotoxicity, also analysis the current findings including the presentation kinetics of the capsid antigen and the activation of CTL. Focusing on the key steps of the immune response several solutions are proposed, including immunosuppression, optimization of vector and improvement of purity, in order to insure clinical safety and efficacy of rAAV.
authors.affiliation: Engineering Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China. diaoyong@hqu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Diao
authors.forename: Qi-zhao
authors.initials: QZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei-dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Rui-an
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002213:Capsid / Q000276:immunology*; D000229:Dependovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D061988:Proteasome Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D061988:Proteasome Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex