title: Superior In vivo Transduction of Human Hepatocytes Using Engineered AAV3 Capsid.
abstract: Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors are currently being tested in multiple clinical trials for liver-directed gene transfer to treat the bleeding disorders hemophilia A and B and metabolic disorders. The optimal viral capsid for transduction of human hepatocytes has been under active investigation, but results across various models are inconsistent. We tested in vivo transduction in "humanized" mice. Methods to quantitate percent AAV transduced human and murine hepatocytes in chimeric livers were optimized using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy with image analysis. Distinct transduction efficiencies were noted following peripheral vein administration of a self-complementary vector expressing a gfp reporter gene. An engineered AAV3 capsid with two amino acid changes, S663V+T492V (AAV3-ST), showed best efficiency for human hepatocytes (~3-times, ~8-times, and ~80-times higher than for AAV9, AAV8, and AAV5, respectively). AAV5, 8, and 9 were more efficient in transducing murine than human hepatocytes. AAV8 yielded the highest transduction rate of murine hepatocytes, which was 19-times higher than that for human hepatocytes. In summary, our data show substantial differences among AAV serotypes in transduction of human and mouse hepatocytes, are the first to report on AAV5 in humanized mice, and support the use of AAV3-based vectors for human liver gene transfer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vercauteren
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Brad E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zolotukhin
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Geoffrey D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Keeler
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Jing W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Center of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Etiena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Basner-Tschakarjan
authors.affiliation: Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: High
authors.affiliation: Immunology Program, Wistar Institute, and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Hildegund Cj
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ertl
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: ydj2001@med.cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Ype P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Electronic address: rherzog@ufl.edu.
authors.forename: Roland W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Herzog
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000229:Dependovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009928:Organ Specificity; D015202:Protein Engineering; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins