title: Systemic gene transfer reveals distinctive muscle transduction profile of tyrosine mutant AAV-1, -6, and -9 in neonatal dogs.
abstract: The muscular dystrophies are a group of devastating genetic disorders that affect both skeletal and cardiac muscle. An effective gene therapy for these diseases requires bodywide muscle delivery. Tyrosine mutant adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been considered as a class of highly potent gene transfer vectors. Here, we tested the hypothesis that systemic delivery of tyrosine mutant AAV can result in bodywide muscle transduction in newborn dogs. Three tyrosine mutant AAV vectors (Y445F/Y731F AAV-1, Y445F AAV-6, and Y731F AAV-9) were evaluated. These vectors expressed the alkaline phosphatase reporter gene under transcriptional regulation of either the muscle-specific Spc5-12 promoter or the ubiquitous Rous sarcoma virus promoter. Robust skeletal and cardiac muscle transduction was achieved with Y445F/Y731F AAV-1. However, Y731F AAV-9 only transduced skeletal muscle. Surprisingly, Y445F AAV-6 resulted in minimal muscle transduction. Serological study suggests that the preexisting neutralization antibody may underlie the limited transduction of Y445F AAV-6. In summary, we have identified Y445F/Y731F AAV-1 as a potentially excellent systemic gene transfer vehicle to target both skeletal muscle and the heart in neonatal puppies. Our findings have important implications in exploring systemic neonatal gene therapy in canine models of muscular dystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
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authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hakim
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Yongping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Jin-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Scott-Ritchey Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Regina R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Keqing
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authors.affiliation: Scott-Ritchey Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA ; Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA ; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Dongsheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duan
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