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Lu Y. Recombinant adeno-associated virus as delivery vector for gene therapy--a review. Stem Cells Dev 2004; 13:133-45. [PMID: 15068701 DOI: 10.1089/154732804773099335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) is one of the most promising delivery vectors for gene therapy, due to its nonpathogenic property, nonimmunogenecity to host, and broad cell and tissue tropisms. This article summarizes the biological characteristics of AAV; the procedures to prepare, purify, and characterize the rAAV for gene therapy applications; and some of the clinical trials utilizing rAAV as delivery vehicles. Also discussed are the current efforts to modify rAAV to change its tropism, the application of different promoters to accommodate specific transgene expression, and the strategy to expand its capacity.
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- Yang Lu
- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Hueffer K, Palermo LM, Parrish CR. Parvovirus infection of cells by using variants of the feline transferrin receptor altering clathrin-mediated endocytosis, membrane domain localization, and capsid-binding domains. J Virol 2004; 78:5601-11. [PMID: 15140957 PMCID: PMC415789 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.11.5601-5611.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The feline and canine transferrin receptors (TfRs) bind canine parvovirus to host cells and mediate rapid capsid uptake and infection. The TfR and its ligand transferrin have well-described pathways of endocytosis and recycling. Here we tested several receptor-dependent steps in infection for their role in virus infection of cells. Deletions of cytoplasmic sequences or mutations of the Tyr-Thr-Arg-Phe internalization motif reduced the rate of receptor uptake from the cell surface, while polar residues introduced into the transmembrane sequence resulted in increased degradation of transferrin. However, the mutant receptors still mediated efficient virus infection. In contrast, replacing the cytoplasmic and transmembrane sequences of the feline TfR with those of the influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) resulted in a receptor that bound and endocytosed the capsid but did not mediate viral infection. This chimeric receptor became localized to detergent-insoluble membrane domains. To test the effect of structural virus receptor interaction on infection, two chimeric receptors were prepared which contained antibody-variable domains that bound the capsid in place of the TfR ectodomain. These chimeric receptors bound CPV capsids and mediated uptake but did not result in cell infection. Adding soluble feline TfR ectodomain to the virus during that uptake did not allow infection.
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- Karsten Hueffer
- James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Rabinowitz JE, Bowles DE, Faust SM, Ledford JG, Cunningham SE, Samulski RJ. Cross-dressing the virion: the transcapsidation of adeno-associated virus serotypes functionally defines subgroups. J Virol 2004; 78:4421-32. [PMID: 15078923 PMCID: PMC387689 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.9.4421-4432.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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For all adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes, 60 monomers of the Vp1, Vp2, and Vp3 structural proteins assemble via an unknown mechanism to form an intact capsid. In an effort to better understand the properties of the capsid monomers and their role in viral entry and infection, we evaluated whether monomers from distinct serotypes can be mixed to form infectious particles with unique phenotypes. This transcapsidation approach consisted of the transfection of pairwise combinations of AAV serotype 1 to 5 helper plasmids to produce mosaic capsid recombinant AAV (rAAV). All ratios (19:1, 3:1, 1:1, 1:3, and 1:19) of these mixtures were able to replicate the green fluorescent protein transgene and to produce capsid proteins. A high-titer rAAV was obtained with mixtures that included either serotype 1, 2, or 3, whereas an rAAV of intermediate titer was obtained from serotype 5 mixtures. Only mixtures containing the AAV4 capsid exhibited reduced packaging capacity. The binding profiles of the mixed-virus preparations to either heparin sulfate (HS) or mucin agarose revealed that only AAV3-AAV5 mixtures at the 3:1 ratio exhibited duality in binding. All other mixtures displayed either an abrupt shift or a gradual alteration in the binding profile to the respective ligand upon increase of a capsid component that conferred either HS or mucin binding. The transduction of cell lines was used to further evaluate the phenotypes of these transcapsidated virions. Three transduction profiles were observed: (i) small to no change regardless of ratio, (ii) a gradual increase in transduction consistent with titration of a second capsid component, or (iii) an abrupt increase in transduction (threshold effect) dependent on the specific ratios used. Interestingly, an unexpected synergistic effect in transduction was observed when AAV1 helper constructs were combined with type 2 or type 3 recipient helpers. Further studies determined that at least two components contributed to this observed synergy: (i) heparin-mediated binding from AAV2 and (ii) an unidentified enhancement activity from AAV1 structural proteins. Using this procedure of mixing different AAV helper plasmids to generate "cross-dressed" AAV virions, we propose an additional means of classifying new AAV serotypes into subgroups based on functional approaches to analyze AAV capsid assembly, receptor-mediated binding, and virus trafficking. Exploitation of this approach in generating custom-designed AAV vectors should be of significant value to the field of gene therapy.
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- Joseph E Rabinowitz
- Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7352, USA
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Ito H, Goater JJ, Tiyapatanaputi P, Rubery PT, O'Keefe RJ, Schwarz EM. Light-activated gene transduction of recombinant adeno-associated virus in human mesenchymal stem cells. Gene Ther 2004; 11:34-41. [PMID: 14681695 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Deficiencies in skeletal tissue repair and regeneration lead to conditions like osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and degenerative disc disease. While no cure for these conditions is available, the use of human bone marrow derived-mesenchymal stem cells (HuMSCs) has been shown to have potential for cell-based therapy. Furthermore, recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAV) could be used together with HuMSCs for in vivo or ex vivo gene therapy. Unfortunately, the poor transduction efficiency of these cells remains a significant obstacle. Here, we describe the properties of ultraviolet (UV) light-activated gene transduction (LAGT) with rAAV in HuMSCs, an advance toward overcoming this limitation. Using direct fluorescent image analysis and real-time quantitative PCR to evaluate enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) gene expression, we found that the optimal effects of LAGT with limited cytotoxicity occurred at a UV dose of 200 J/m(2). Furthermore, this UV irradiation had no effect on either the chondrogenic or osteogenic potential of HuMSCs. Significant effects of LAGT in HuMSCs could be detected as early as 12 h after exposure and persisted over 21 days, in a time and energy-dependent manner. This LAGT effect was maintained for more than 8 h after irradiation and required only a 10-min exposure to rAAV after UV irradiation. Finally, we show that the production of secreted TGFbeta1 protein from rAAV-TGFbeta1-IRES-eGFP infected to HuMSCs is highly inducible by UV irradiation. These results demonstrate that LAGT combined with rAAV is a promising procedure to facilitate gene induction in HuMSCs for human gene therapy.
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- H Ito
- The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Thomas CE, Storm TA, Huang Z, Kay MA. Rapid uncoating of vector genomes is the key to efficient liver transduction with pseudotyped adeno-associated virus vectors. J Virol 2004; 78:3110-22. [PMID: 14990730 PMCID: PMC353747 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.6.3110-3122.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transduction of the liver with single-stranded adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (AAV2) vectors is inefficient; less than 10% of hepatocytes are permissive for stable transduction, and transgene expression is characterized by a lag phase of up to 6 weeks. AAV2-based vector genomes packaged inside AAV6 or AAV8 capsids can transduce the liver with higher efficiency, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon have not been determined. We now show that the primary barrier to transduction of the liver with vectors based on AAV2 capsids is uncoating of vector genomes in the nucleus. The majority of AAV2 genomes persist as encapsidated single-stranded molecules within the nucleus for as long as 6 weeks after vector administration. Double-stranded vector genomes packaged inside AAV2 capsids are at least 50-fold more active than single-stranded counterparts, but these vectors also exhibit a lag phase before maximal gene expression. Vector genomes packaged inside AAV6 or AAV8 capsids do not persist as encapsidated molecules and are more biologically active than vector genomes packaged inside AAV2 capsids. Our data suggest that the rate of uncoating of vector genomes determines the ability of complementary plus and minus single-stranded genomes to anneal together and convert to stable, biologically active double-stranded molecular forms.
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- Clare E Thomas
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Yan Z, Zak R, Zhang Y, Ding W, Godwin S, Munson K, Peluso R, Engelhardt JF. Distinct classes of proteasome-modulating agents cooperatively augment recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 and type 5-mediated transduction from the apical surfaces of human airway epithelia. J Virol 2004; 78:2863-74. [PMID: 14990705 PMCID: PMC353734 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.6.2863-2874.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Tripeptidyl aldehyde proteasome inhibitors have been shown to effectively increase viral capsid ubiquitination and transduction of recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 (rAAV-2) and rAAV-5 serotypes. In the present study we have characterized a second class of proteasome-modulating agents (anthracycline derivatives) for their ability to induce rAAV transduction. The anthracycline derivatives doxorubicin and aclarubicin were chosen for analysis because they have been shown to interact with the proteasome through a mechanism distinct from that of tripeptidyl aldehydes. Our studies demonstrated that doxorubicin and aclarubicin also significantly augmented rAAV transduction in airway cell lines, polarized human airway epithelia, and mouse lungs. Both tripeptidyl aldehyde and anthracycline proteasome-modulating agents similarly augmented nuclear accumulation of rAAV in A549 and IB3 airway cell lines. However, these two cell types demonstrated cell specificity in the ability of N-acetyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-norleucine (LLnL) or doxorubicin to augment rAAV transduction. Interestingly, the combined administration of LLnL and doxorubicin resulted in substantially increased transduction (>2,000-fold) following apical infection of human polarized epithelia with either rAAV-2 or rAAV-5. In summary, the cell type specificity of LLnL and doxorubicin to induce rAAV transduction, together with the ability of these compounds to synergistically enhance rAAV transduction in polarized airway epithelial induction, suggests that these two classes of compounds likely modulate different proteasome functions that affect rAAV transduction. Findings from this study provide new insights into how modulation of proteasome function can be effectively used to augment rAAV transduction in airway epithelia for gene therapy of cystic fibrosis.
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- Ziying Yan
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Huttner NA, Girod A, Perabo L, Edbauer D, Kleinschmidt JA, Büning H, Hallek M. Genetic modifications of the adeno-associated virus type 2 capsid reduce the affinity and the neutralizing effects of human serum antibodies. Gene Ther 2004; 10:2139-47. [PMID: 14625569 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The high prevalence of human serum antibodies against adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV) vectors represents a potential limitation for in vivo applications. Consequently, the development of AAV vectors able to escape antibody binding and neutralization is of importance. To identify capsid domains which contain major immunogenic epitopes, six AAV capsid mutants carrying peptide insertions in surface exposed loop regions (I-261, I-381, I-447, I-534, I-573, I-587) were analyzed. Two of these mutants, I-534 and I-573, showed an up to 70% reduced affinity for AAV antibodies as compared to wild-type AAV in the majority of serum samples. In addition, AAV mutant I-587 but not wild-type AAV efficiently transduced cells despite the presence of neutralizing antisera. Taken together, the results show that major neutralizing effects of human AAV antisera might be overcome by the use of AAV capsid mutants.
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- N A Huttner
- Genzentrum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, Munich, Germany
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Kukkonen SP, Airenne KJ, Marjomäki V, Laitinen OH, Lehtolainen P, Kankaanpää P, Mähönen AJ, Räty JK, Nordlund HR, Oker-Blom C, Kulomaa MS, Ylä-Herttuala S. Baculovirus capsid display: a novel tool for transduction imaging. Mol Ther 2004; 8:853-62. [PMID: 14599820 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2003.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Baculoviruses are enveloped insect viruses that can carry large quantities of foreign DNA in their genome. Baculoviruses have proved to be very promising gene therapy vectors but little is known about their transduction mechanisms in mammalian cells. We show in this study that Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis virus capsid is compatible with the incorporation of desired proteins in large quantities. Fusions can be made to the N-terminus or C-terminus of the major capsid protein vp39 without compromising the viral titer or functionality. As an example of the baculovirus capsid display we show a tracking of the baculovirus transduction in mammalian cells by an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-displaying virus. Our confocal and electron microscopy results suggest that the transduction block in mammalian cells is not in the endosomal escape, as previously proposed, but rather in the cytoplasmic transport or nuclear entry of the virus capsid. Our results also suggest that the EGFP-tagged virus can be used for visualization of the virus biodistribution in vivo. Furthermore, capsid-modified baculoviruses hold great promise for the nuclear and subcellular targeting of transgenes and as a novel peptide display system for a variety of eukaryotic applications.
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- Sari P Kukkonen
- A. I. Virtanen Institute, Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland
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Zhong L, Qing K, Si Y, Chen L, Tan M, Srivastava A. Heat-shock treatment-mediated increase in transduction by recombinant adeno-associated virus 2 vectors is independent of the cellular heat-shock protein 90. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:12714-23. [PMID: 14711833 PMCID: PMC1987378 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310548200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Recombinant adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV) vectors transduction efficiency varies greatly in different cell types. We have described that a cellular protein, FKBP52, in its phosphorylated form interacts with the D-sequence in the viral inverted terminal repeat, inhibits viral second strand DNA synthesis, and limits transgene expression. Here we investigated the role of cellular heat-shock protein 90 (HSP90) in AAV transduction because FKBP52 forms a complex with HSP90, and because heat-shock treatment augments AAV transduction efficiency. Heat-shock treatment of HeLa cells resulted in tyrosine dephosphorylation of FKBP52, led to stabilization of the FKBP52-HSP90 complex, and resulted in approximately 6-fold increase in AAV transduction. However, when HeLa cells were pre-treated with tyrphostin 23, a specific inhibitor of cellular epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase, which phosphorylates FKBP52 at tyrosine residues, heat-shock treatment resulted in a further 18-fold increase in AAV transduction. HSP90 was shown to be a part of the FKBP52-AAV D-sequence complex, but HSP90 by itself did not bind to the D-sequence. Geldanamycin treatment, which disrupts the HSP90-FKBP52 complex, resulted in >22-fold increase in AAV transduction in heat-shock-treated cells compared with heat shock alone. Deliberate overexpression of the human HSP90 gene resulted in a significant decrease in AAV-mediated transduction in tyrphostin 23-treated cells, whereas down-modulation of HSP90 levels led to a decrease in HSP90-FKBP52-AAV D-sequence complex formation, resulting in a significant increase in AAV transduction following pre-treatment with tyrphostin 23. These studies suggest that the observed increase in AAV transduction efficiency following heat-shock treatment is unlikely to be mediated by HSP90 alone and that increased levels of HSP90, in the absence of heat shock, facilitate binding of FKBP52 to the AAV D-sequence, thereby leading to inhibition of AAV-mediated transgene expression. These studies have implications in the optimal use of recombinant AAV vectors in human gene therapy.
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- Li Zhong
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Walther Cancer Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Suikkanen S, Antila M, Jaatinen A, Vihinen-Ranta M, Vuento M. Release of canine parvovirus from endocytic vesicles. Virology 2004; 316:267-80. [PMID: 14644609 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a small nonenveloped virus with a single-stranded DNA genome. CPV enters cells by clathrin-mediated endocytosis and requires an acidic endosomal step for productive infection. Virion contains a potential nuclear localization signal as well as a phospholipase A(2) like domain in N-terminus of VP1. In this study we characterized the role of PLA(2) activity on CPV entry process. PLA(2) activity of CPV capsids was triggered in vitro by heat or acidic pH. PLA(2) inhibitors inhibited the viral proliferation suggesting that PLA(2) activity is needed for productive infection. The N-terminus of VP1 was exposed during the entry, suggesting that PLA(2) activity might have a role during endocytic entry. The presence of drugs modifying endocytosis (amiloride, bafilomycin A(1), brefeldin A, and monensin) caused viral proteins to remain in endosomal/lysosomal vesicles, even though the drugs were not able to inhibit the exposure of VP1 N-terminal end. These results indicate that the exposure of N-terminus of VP1 alone is not sufficient to allow CPV to proliferate. Some other pH-dependent changes are needed for productive infection. In addition to blocking endocytic entry, amiloride was able to block some postendocytic steps. The ability of CPV to permeabilize endosomal membranes was demonstrated by feeding cells with differently sized rhodamine-conjugated dextrans together with the CPV in the presence or in the absence of amiloride, bafilomycin A(1), brefeldin A, or monensin. Dextran with a molecular weight of 3000 was released from vesicles after 8 h of infection, while dextran with a molecular weight of 10,000 was mainly retained in vesicles. The results suggest that CPV infection does not cause disruption of endosomal vesicles. However, the permeability of endosomal membranes apparently changes during CPV infection, probably due to the PLA(2) activity of the virus. These results suggest that parvoviral PLA(2) activity is essential for productive infection and presumably utilized in membrane penetration process of the virus, but CPV also needs other pH-dependent changes or factors to be released to the cytoplasm from endocytic vesicles.
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- Sanna Suikkanen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, PO Box 35, FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- E Lehtonen
- Free University of Brussels, Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery, Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRIBHM), B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Rabe B, Vlachou A, Panté N, Helenius A, Kann M. Nuclear import of hepatitis B virus capsids and release of the viral genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:9849-54. [PMID: 12909718 PMCID: PMC187862 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1730940100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2003] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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While studying the import of the hepatitis B virus genome into the nucleus of permeabilized tissue culture cells, we found that viral capsids were imported in intact form through the nuclear pore into the nuclear basket. Import depended on phosphorylation of the capsid protein and was mediated by the cellular transport receptors importin alpha and beta. Virus-derived capsids that contained the mature viral genome were able to release the viral DNA and capsid protein into the nucleoplasm. The uncoating reaction was independent of Ran, a GTP-binding enzyme responsible for dissociating other imported cargo from the inner face of the nuclear pore. Immature capsids that did not contain the mature viral genome reached the basket but did not release capsid proteins nor immature genomes into the nucleoplasm. The different fate of mature and immature capsids after passing the nuclear pore indicates that the outcome of a nuclear import event may be regulated within the nuclear basket.
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- Birgit Rabe
- Institute of Medical Virology, Frankfurter Strasse 107, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Büning H, Ried MU, Perabo L, Gerner FM, Huttner NA, Enssle J, Hallek M. Receptor targeting of adeno-associated virus vectors. Gene Ther 2003; 10:1142-51. [PMID: 12833123 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a promising vector for human somatic gene therapy. However, its broad host range is a disadvantage for in vivo gene therapy, because it does not allow the selective tissue- or organ-restricted transduction required to enhance the safety and efficiency of the gene transfer. Therefore, increasing efforts are being made to target AAV-2-based vectors to specific receptors. The studies summarized in this review show that it is possible to target AAV-2 to a specific cell. So far, the most promising approach is the genetic modification of the viral capsid. However, the currently available AAV-2 targeting vectors need to be improved with regard to the elimination of the wild-type AAV-2 tropism and the improvement of infectious titers. The creation of highly efficient AAV-2 targeting vectors will also require a better understanding of the transmembrane and intracellular processing of this virus.
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- H Büning
- Genzentrum Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, 81377 Münich, Germany
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Zhang M, Li S, Li J, Ensminger WD, Lawrence TS. Ionizing radiation increases adenovirus uptake and improves transgene expression in intrahepatic colon cancer xenografts. Mol Ther 2003; 8:21-8. [PMID: 12842425 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-0016(03)00143-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Specific targeting and transgene expression in tumors are critical in adenovirus gene therapy for intrahepatic colon carcinoma metastases. In this study, we investigated if ionizing radiation could increase adenoviral uptake by cells. Various human cell lines and rat hepatocytes were irradiated prior to exposure to a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter-driven green fluorescent protein (GFP) marker gene adenoviral vector. We found that gamma-radiation increased the number of GFP-positive cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner for most cells, ranging from 4.6- to 27.1-fold after a 4-Gy treatment. No induction occurred for lentiviral vector, lipofection, or naked plasmid exposure. Preincubation of cells with adenovirus failed to show an increase, suggesting that radiation might mediate adenoviral infection by inducing viral uptake into cells. We demonstrated that radiation induced internalization of a fluorescence-labeled adenovirus (Cy3-Ad) and an increase in intracellular viral DNA content. Rats bearing intrahepatic colon carcinoma xenografts were irradiated in the tumor region followed by portal venous administration of an adenoviral vector containing a CMV-beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) gene. Radiation increased beta-gal activity in tumors as much as 5.4-fold after a 25-Gy treatment. These data suggest that a combination of regional radiation treatment with adenovirus gene therapy is a rational strategy for improving adenoviral targeting and transgene expression in tumors.
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- Ming Zhang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0582, USA.
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Passini MA, Watson DJ, Vite CH, Landsburg DJ, Feigenbaum AL, Wolfe JH. Intraventricular brain injection of adeno-associated virus type 1 (AAV1) in neonatal mice results in complementary patterns of neuronal transduction to AAV2 and total long-term correction of storage lesions in the brains of beta-glucuronidase-deficient mice. J Virol 2003; 77:7034-40. [PMID: 12768022 PMCID: PMC156185 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.12.7034-7040.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Inherited metabolic disorders that affect the central nervous system typically result in pathology throughout the brain; thus, gene therapy strategies need to achieve widespread delivery. We previously found that although intraventricular injection of the neonatal mouse brain with adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (AAV2) results in dispersed gene delivery, many brain structures were poorly transduced. This limitation may be overcome by using different AAV serotypes because the capsid proteins use different cellular receptors for entry, which may allow enhanced global targeting of the brain. We tested this with AAV1 and AAV5 vectors. AAV5 showed very limited brain transduction after neonatal injection, even though it has different transduction patterns than AAV2 in adult brain injections. In contrast, AAV1 vectors, which have not been tested in the brain, showed robust widespread transduction. Complementary patterns of transduction between AAV1 and AAV2 were established and maintained in the adult brain after neonatal injection. In the majority of structures, AAV1 transduced many more cells than AAV2. Both vectors transduced mostly neurons, indicating that differential expression of receptors on the surfaces of neurons occurs in the developing brain. The number of cells positive for a vector-encoded secreted enzyme (beta-glucuronidase) was notably greater and more widespread in AAV1-injected brains. A comprehensive analysis of AAV1-treated brains from beta-glucuronidase-deficient mice (mucopolysaccharidosis type VII) showed complete reversal of pathology in all areas of the brain for at least 1 year, demonstrating that the combination of this serotype and experimental strategy is therapeutically effective for treating global neurometabolic disorders.
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- Marco A Passini
- Department of Pathobiology and Center for Comparative Medical Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Smith GA, Enquist LW. Break ins and break outs: viral interactions with the cytoskeleton of Mammalian cells. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2003; 18:135-61. [PMID: 12142276 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.18.012502.105920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The host cytoskeleton plays important roles in the entry, replication, and egress of viruses. An assortment of viruses hijack cellular motor proteins to move on microtubules toward the cell interior during the entry process; others reverse this transport during egress to move assembling virus particles toward the plasma membrane. Polymerization of actin filaments is sometimes used to propel viruses from cell to cell, while many viruses induce the destruction of select cytoskeletal filaments apparently to effect efficient egress. Indeed, the tactics used by any given virus to achieve its infectious life cycle are certain to involve multiple cytoskeletal interactions. Understanding these interactions, and their orchestration during viral infections, is providing unexpected insights into basic virology, viral pathogenesis, and the biology of the cytoskeleton.
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- Gregory A Smith
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
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Suh J, Wirtz D, Hanes J. Efficient active transport of gene nanocarriers to the cell nucleus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:3878-82. [PMID: 12644705 PMCID: PMC153016 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0636277100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The intracellular transport of therapeutic gene carriers is poorly understood, limiting the rational design of efficient new vectors. We used live-cell real-time multiple particle tracking to quantify the intracellular transport of hundreds of individual nonviral DNA nanocarriers with 5-nm and 33-ms resolution. Unexpected parallels between several of nature's most efficient DNA viruses and nonviral polyethylenimine/DNA nanocomplexes were revealed to include motor protein-driven transport through the cytoplasm toward the nucleus on microtubules. Active gene carrier transport led to efficient perinuclear accumulation within minutes. The results provide direct evidence to dispute the common belief that the efficiency of nonviral gene carriers is dramatically reduced because of the need for their relatively slow random diffusion through the cell cytoplasm to the nucleus and, instead, focuses the attention of rational carrier design on overcoming barriers downstream of perinuclear accumulation.
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- Junghae Suh
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Shi W, Bartlett JS. RGD inclusion in VP3 provides adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2)-based vectors with a heparan sulfate-independent cell entry mechanism. Mol Ther 2003; 7:515-25. [PMID: 12727115 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-0016(03)00042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) has become an attractive vector system for a number of gene therapy paradigms. However, the utility of AAV vectors is often limited by the absence of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG), the virus's primary attachment receptor, on the desired target cell population. In order to achieve HSPG-independent gene delivery, several groups have shown that the endogenous tropism of AAV can be expand by genetically altering the viral capsid. However, the parameters of this developing technology have yet to be defined and it has not yet been determined if these modified vectors actually infect cells via these engineered interactions. Previously we constructed a series of insertion mutants spanning the AAV capsid protein gene and identified specific sites that can tolerate the insertion of small exogenous peptides. Here we describe a number of sites within the AAV capsid gene that can be used for the insertion of integrin-targeting peptide epitopes. Incorporation of an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-containing peptide at these sites enables AAV to infect integrin-expressing cells independent of HSPG. Mutant AAV vectors displaying these peptide ligands can be produced to wild-type titer and have been shown to specifically interact with the targeted integrin receptors and mediate infection via this interaction. We report significant increases in gene transfer to Raji, K562, and SKOV-3 cell lines that express integrin, but little HSPG, suggesting that rAAV vectors displaying RGD peptides may be of great utility for treatment of neoplasms characterized by the deficiency of HSPG expression. We have also demonstrated that due to their expanded tropism, these novel vectors are capable of efficient transduction of AAV2-resistant tumors in vivo suggesting that they may offer significant therapeutic advantages.
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- Wenfang Shi
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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In this study we have examined the pathway by which papillomaviruses infect cells, using bovine papillomavirus (BPV) virions and mouse C127 cells as the model system. By confocal microscopy, the entry of BPV virions, BPV virus-like particles (VLPs), and HPV16 VLPs were very similar. In dually exposed cells, HPV-16 VLPs and BPV virions colocalized intracellularly. BPV VLPs colocalized with AP-2, a clathrin adapter molecular and a marker of the clathrin-dependent endocytic pathway; and also with transferrin receptor, a marker of early endosomes; and Lamp-2, a marker of late endosomes and lysosomes. BPV infection was detected within 12 h of virion cell-surface binding, as measured by an RT-PCR assay. Infection was prevented by several pharmacologic inhibitors, including chlorpromazine, which blocks clathrin-dependent endocytosis and the lysosomotropic agent, bafilomycin A. By contrast, two inhibitors of caveolae-dependent uptake, filipin and nystatin, did not prevent BPV infection. We conclude that papillomaviruses infect cells via clathrin-dependent receptor-mediated endocytosis. Surprisingly, the kinetics of internalization were unusually slow for this mechanism, with the t(1/2) of entry of BPV-1 being approximately 4 h versus 5-15 min for a typical ligand.
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- Patricia M Day
- Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 36, Room 1D-32, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Bousarghin L, Touzé A, Sizaret PY, Coursaget P. Human papillomavirus types 16, 31, and 58 use different endocytosis pathways to enter cells. J Virol 2003; 77:3846-50. [PMID: 12610160 PMCID: PMC149499 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.6.3846-3850.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The early steps of the intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16), -31, and -58 pseudovirions were studied by investigating the effects of drugs acting at defined points of endocytosis pathways on virus-like particle-mediated pseudoinfection by overexpression of a dominant-negative form of the Eps15 protein to inhibit clathrin-mediated endocytosis and by electron microscopy. The results obtained suggested the involvement of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in HPV-16 and HPV-58 entry and caveola-mediated endocytosis in HPV-31 entry.
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- Latifa Bousarghin
- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, INSERM EMIU 00-10 et USC INRA, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Tours, France
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Mountz JD. Adeno-associated viruses: Monkey see, monkey do. Gene Ther 2003. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mannová P, Forstová J. Mouse polyomavirus utilizes recycling endosomes for a traffic pathway independent of COPI vesicle transport. J Virol 2003; 77:1672-81. [PMID: 12525601 PMCID: PMC140913 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.3.1672-1681.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Mouse polyomavirus enters host cells internalized, similar to simian virus 40 (SV40), in smooth monopinocytic vesicles, the movement of which is associated with transient actin disorganization. The major capsid protein (VP1) of the incoming polyomavirus accumulates on membranes around the cell nucleus. Here we show that unlike SV40, mouse polyomavirus infection is not substantially inhibited by brefeldin A, and colocalization of VP1 with beta-COP during early stages of polyomavirus infection in mouse fibroblasts was observed only rarely. Thus, these viruses obviously use different traffic routes from the plasma membrane toward the cell nucleus. At approximately 3 h postinfection, a part of VP1 colocalized with the endoplasmic reticulum marker BiP, and a subpopulation of virus was found in perinuclear areas associated with Rab11 GTPase and colocalized with transferrin, a marker of recycling endosomes. Earlier postinfection, a minor subpopulation of virions was found to be associated with Rab5, known to be connected with early endosomes, but the cell entry of virus was slower than that of transferrin or cholera toxin B-fragment. Neither Rab7, a marker of late endosomes, nor LAMP-2 lysosomal glycoprotein was found to colocalize with polyomavirus. In situ hybridization with polyomavirus genome-specific fluorescent probes clearly demonstrated that, regardless of the multiplicity of infection, only a few virions delivered their genomic DNA into the cell nucleus, while the majority of viral genomes (and VP1) moved back from the proximity of the nucleus to the cytosol, apparently for their degradation.
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- Petra Mannová
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Charles University in Prague, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Nakai H, Fuess S, Storm TA, Meuse LA, Kay MA. Free DNA ends are essential for concatemerization of synthetic double-stranded adeno-associated virus vector genomes transfected into mouse hepatocytes in vivo. Mol Ther 2003; 7:112-21. [PMID: 12573624 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-0016(02)00034-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors stably transduce hepatocytes in vivo. In hepatocyte nuclei, the incoming single-stranded (ss) vector genomes are converted into various forms of double-stranded (ds) genomes including extrachromosomal linear and circular monomers and concatemers, and a small portion of the vector genomes integrate into chromosomes. The mechanism of genome conversion is not well understood. In the present study, we analyzed the role of inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequences of ds circular or linear rAAV vector intermediates in concatemerization. We synthesized supercoiled ds circular monomers with a double-D ITR (DDITR) (C+), and ds linear monomers with an ITR at each end (L+), and their control molecules, C- and L-, which lack the ITR-derived sequences, and transfected mouse hepatocytes with these molecules in vivo to assess their capacity for concatemerization. The transfected L+ or L-, but not C+ or C- molecules, concatemerized in vivo irrespective of the presence or absence of the ITRs. In addition, our results suggested that transfected C+ or C- species were not efficient substrates for integration. Based on these observations, we propose a model whereby ds linear molecules with free DNA ends, but not circular molecules, play an important role in rAAV vector genome concatemerization.
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- Hiroyuki Nakai
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Ros C, Burckhardt CJ, Kempf C. Cytoplasmic trafficking of minute virus of mice: low-pH requirement, routing to late endosomes, and proteasome interaction. J Virol 2002; 76:12634-45. [PMID: 12438589 PMCID: PMC136711 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.24.12634-12645.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cytoplasmic trafficking of the prototype strain of minute virus of mice (MVMp) was investigated by analyzing and quantifying the effect of drugs that reduce or abolish specific cellular functions on the accumulation of viral macromolecules. With this strategy, it was found that a low endosomal pH is required for the infection, since bafilomycin A(1) and chloroquine, two pH-interfering drugs, were similarly active against MVMp. Disruption of the endosomal network by brefeldin A interfered with MVMp infection, indicating that viral particles are routed farther than the early endocytic compartment. Pulse experiments with endosome-interfering drugs showed that the bulk of MVMp particles remained in the endosomal compartment for several hours before its release to the cytosol. Drugs that block the activity of the proteasome by different mechanisms, such as MG132, lactacystin, and epoxomicin, all strongly blocked MVMp infection. Pulse experiments with the proteasome inhibitor MG132 indicated that MVMp interacts with cellular proteasomes after endosomal escape. The chymotrypsin-like but not the trypsin-like activity of the proteasome is required for the infection, since the chymotrypsin inhibitors N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone and aclarubicin were both effective in blocking MVMp infection. However, the trypsin inhibitor Nalpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone had no effect. These results suggest that the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway plays an essential role in the MVMp life cycle, probably assisting at the stages of capsid disassembly and/or nuclear translocation.
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- Carlos Ros
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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Recombinant adenovirus (rAd) and recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) are among the most extensively used vectors in gene therapy studies to date. These two vectors share some similar features such as a broad host range and ability to infect both proliferating and quiescent cells. However, they also possess their own unique set of properties that render them particularly attractive for gene therapy applications. rAd vectors can accommodate larger inserts, mediate transient but high levels of protein expression, and can be easily produced at high titers. Development of gutted rAd vectors has further increased the cloning capacity of these vectors. The gaining popularity of rAAV use in gene therapy can be attributed to its lack of pathogenicity and added safety due to its replication defectiveness, and its ability to mediate long-term expression in a variety of tissues. Site-specific integration, as occurs with wild-type AAV, will be a unique and valuable feature if incorporated into rAAV vectors, further improving their safety. This paper describes these properties of rAd and rAAV vectors, and discusses further development and vector improvements that continue to extend the utility of these vectors, such as cell retargeting by capsid modification, differential transduction by use of serotypes, and extension of the cloning capacity of rAAV vectors by dual vector heterodimerization.
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- Chooi May Lai
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia
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Ponnazhagan S, Mahendra G, Kumar S, Thompson JA, Castillas M. Conjugate-based targeting of recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 vectors by using avidin-linked ligands. J Virol 2002; 76:12900-7. [PMID: 12438615 PMCID: PMC136730 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.24.12900-12907.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The development of targeted vectors, capable of tissue-specific transduction, remains one of the important aspects of vector modification for gene therapy applications. Recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 (rAAV-2)-based vectors are nonpathogenic, have relatively low immunogenicity, and are capable of long-term transgene expression. AAV-2 vectors bind primarily to heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG), a receptor that is present in many tissues and cell types. Because of the widespread expression of HSPG on many tissues, targeted transduction in vivo appears to be limited with AAV-2 vectors. Thus, development of strategies to achieve transductional targeting will have a profound benefit in the future application of these vectors. We report here a novel conjugate-based targeting method to enhance tissue-specific transduction of AAV-2-based vectors. The present report utilized a high-affinity biotin-avidin interaction as a molecular bridge to cross-link purified targeting ligands, produced genetically as fusion proteins to core-streptavidin, in a prokaryotic expression system. Conjugation of the bispecific targeting protein to the vector was achieved by biotinylating purified rAAV-2 without abolishing the capsid structure, internalization, and subsequent transgene expression. The tropism-modified vectors, targeted via epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or fibroblast growth factor 1alpha receptor (FGFR1alpha), resulted in a significant increase in transduction efficiency of EGFR-positive SKOV3.ip1 cells and FGFR1alpha-positive M07e cells, respectively. Further optimization of this method of targeting should enhance the potential of AAV-2 vectors in ex vivo and in vivo gene therapy and may form the basis for developing targeting methods for other AAV serotype capsids.
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- Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
- Department of Pathology, LHRB 513, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 701 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Pajusola K, Gruchala M, Joch H, Lüscher TF, Ylä-Herttuala S, Büeler H. Cell-type-specific characteristics modulate the transduction efficiency of adeno-associated virus type 2 and restrain infection of endothelial cells. J Virol 2002; 76:11530-40. [PMID: 12388714 PMCID: PMC136795 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.22.11530-11540.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are promising vectors for various gene therapy applications due to their long-lasting transgene expression and wide spectrum of target cells. Recently, however, it has become apparent that there are considerable differences in the efficiencies of transduction of different cell types by AAVs. Here, we analyzed the efficiencies of transduction and the transport mechanisms of AAV type 2 (AAV-2) in different cell types, emphasizing endothelial cells. Expression analyses in both cultured cells and the rabbit carotid artery assay showed a remarkably low level of endothelial cell transduction in comparison to the highly permissive cell types. The study of the endosomal pathways of AAV-2 with fluorescently labeled virus showed clear targeting of the Golgi area in permissive cell lines, but this phenomenon was absent in the endothelial cell line EAhy-926. On the other hand, the response to the block of endosomal acidification by bafilomycin A1 also showed differences among the permissive cell types. We also analyzed the effect of proteasome inhibitors on endothelial cells, but their impact on the primary cells and in vivo was not significant. On the contrary, analysis of the expression pattern of heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs), the primary receptors of AAV-2, revealed massive deposits of HSPG in the extracellular matrix of endothelial cells. The matrix-associated receptors may therefore compete for virus binding and reduce transduction in endothelial cells. Accordingly, in endothelial cells detached from their matrix, AAV-2 transduction was significantly increased. Altogether, these results point to a more complex cell-type-specific mode of transduction of AAV-2 than previously appreciated.
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- Katri Pajusola
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Gonçalves MAFV, van der Velde I, Janssen JM, Maassen BTH, Heemskerk EH, Opstelten DJE, Knaän-Shanzer S, Valerio D, de Vries AAF. Efficient generation and amplification of high-capacity adeno-associated virus/adenovirus hybrid vectors. J Virol 2002; 76:10734-44. [PMID: 12368316 PMCID: PMC136621 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.21.10734-10744.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Effective gene therapy is dependent on safe gene delivery vehicles that can achieve efficient transduction and sustained transgene expression. We are developing a hybrid viral vector system that combines in a single particle the large cloning capacity and efficient cell cycle-independent nuclear gene delivery of adenovirus (Ad) vectors with the long-term transgene expression and lack of viral genes of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. The strategy being pursued relies on coupling the AAV DNA replication mechanism to the Ad encapsidation process through packaging of AAV-dependent replicative intermediates provided with Ad packaging elements into Ad capsids. The generation of these high-capacity AAV/Ad hybrid vectors takes place in Ad early region 1 (E1)-expressing cells and requires an Ad vector with E1 deleted to complement in trans both AAV helper functions and Ad structural proteins. The dependence on a replicating helper Ad vector leads to the contamination of AAV/Ad hybrid vector preparations with a large excess of helper Ad particles. This renders the further propagation and ultimate use of these gene delivery vehicles very difficult. Here, we show that Cre/loxP-mediated genetic selection against the packaging of helper Ad DNA can reduce helper Ad vector contamination by 99.98% without compromising hybrid vector rescue. This allowed amplification of high-capacity AAV/Ad hybrid vectors to high titers in a single round of propagation.
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- Manuel A F V Gonçalves
- Gene Therapy Section, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Xiao W, Warrington KH, Hearing P, Hughes J, Muzyczka N. Adenovirus-facilitated nuclear translocation of adeno-associated virus type 2. J Virol 2002; 76:11505-17. [PMID: 12388712 PMCID: PMC136768 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.22.11505-11517.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We examined cytoplasmic trafficking and nuclear translocation of adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV) by using Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated wild-type AAV, A20 monoclonal antibody immunocytochemistry, and subcellular fractionation techniques followed by DNA hybridization. Our results indicated that in the absence of adenovirus (Ad), AAV enters the cell rapidly and escapes from early endosomes with a t(1/2) of about 10 min postinfection. Cytoplasmically distributed AAV accumulated around the nucleus and persisted perinuclearly for 16 to 24 h. Viral uncoating occurred before or during nuclear entry beginning about 12 h postinfection, when viral protein and DNA were readily detected in the nucleus. Few, if any, intact AAV capsids were found in the nucleus. In the presence of Ad, however, cytoplasmic AAV quickly translocated into the nucleus as intact particles as early as 40 min after coinfection, and this facilitated nuclear translocation of AAV was not blocked by the nuclear pore complex inhibitor thapsigargan. The rapid nuclear translocation of intact AAV capsids in the presence of Ad suggested that one or more Ad capsid proteins might be altering trafficking. Indeed, coinfection with empty Ad capsids also resulted in the appearance of AAV DNA in nuclei within 40 min. Escape from early endosomes did not seem to be affected by Ad coinfection.
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- Wu Xiao
- Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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Paterna JC, Büeler H. Recombinant adeno-associated virus vector design and gene expression in the mammalian brain. Methods 2002; 28:208-18. [PMID: 12413419 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-2023(02)00225-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Efficiency and stability of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-mediated gene expression within the mammalian brain are determined by several factors. These include the dose of infectious particles, the purity of the vector stock, the serotype of rAAV, the route of administration, and the intrinsic properties, most notably the rAAV receptor density, of the targeted area. Furthermore, the choice of appropriate regulatory elements in rAAV vector design is of fundamental importance to achieve high-level sustained in vivo transcription and translation. This review summarizes the characteristics of various transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulatory elements, and highlights their influence on the expression performance of rAAV vectors in the mammalian brain.
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- Jean-Charles Paterna
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Eisold S, Dihlmann S, Linnebacher M, Ryschich E, Aulmann M, Schmidt J, Schlehofer JR, Ridder R, von Knebel Doeberitz M. Prevention of chemotherapy-related toxic side effects by infection with adeno-associated virus type 2. Int J Cancer 2002; 100:606-14. [PMID: 12124812 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Drug resistance and toxic side effects are major limiting factors in the clinical use of antineoplastic chemotherapy. Patients with pancreatic cancer generally do not benefit from chemotherapy. The nonpathogenic adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV-2) has been shown to sensitize human tumor cells to gamma irradiation and chemotherapeutic drugs. In the present study, we characterized the therapeutic role of AAV-2 infection in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy on pancreatic cancer cells in an animal model. In Lewis rats bearing s.c. implants of syngeneic DSL6A pancreatic cancer cells, intratumoral infection with AAV-2 (MOI 10E8 i.u.) in combination with 5-FU (5 or 50 mg/kg body weight) resulted in significantly reduced tumor growth and prolonged survival time compared with 5-FU single therapy. Most surprisingly, AAV-2-infected rats remained in a much better physical condition compared to their noninfected counterparts. While rats treated with 5-FU single therapy lost weight, were sluggish and died within 4 months after tumor implantation, animals infected with AAV showed much better vigilance, with body weight, leukocyte number and hemoglobin levels similar to healthy rats. In particular, 5-FU-related side effects like thrombocytopenia and leukopenia were significantly reduced in animals treated with the combination regimen. By in vitro analysis, human (Capan-1 and DANG) pancreatic cancer cell lines were shown to be sensitized to 5-FU chemotherapy to an extent similar to DSL6A cells. AAV-2 infection enhanced 5-FU-induced apoptosis by a factor of 8 to 14 in both human and rat pancreatic cancer cell lines. The data suggest that infection with the nonpathogenic AAV-2 significantly improves both chemotherapy efficacy and physical appearance and offers a novel strategy in cancer treatment.
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- Sven Eisold
- Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Xie Q, Bu W, Bhatia S, Hare J, Somasundaram T, Azzi A, Chapman MS. The atomic structure of adeno-associated virus (AAV-2), a vector for human gene therapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:10405-10. [PMID: 12136130 PMCID: PMC124927 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.162250899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 456] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The structure of the adeno-associated virus (AAV-2) has been determined to 3-A resolution by x-ray crystallography. AAV is being developed as a vector for gene therapy to treat diseases including hemophilia, cancer, and cystic fibrosis. As in the distantly related autonomous parvoviruses, the capsid protein has a beta-barrel fold, but long loops between the beta-strands share little structural homology with other parvoviruses, leading to unique surface features. Most prominent are groups of threefold-related peaks, each an intimate association of loops from two neighboring subunits. Mutations affecting cell entry and receptor binding are clustered near the positively charged side of each peak, implicating the region in attachment to the cellular receptor, heparan sulfate proteoglycan. Amino acids involved in antibody binding are in the same general vicinity. The structure will guide rational engineering of vector capsids to tailor cellular targeting and to avoid immediate neutralization by an immune system sensitized by prior exposure to AAV.
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- Qing Xie
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Kasha Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4380, USA
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Numerous virus families utilize endocytosis to infect host cells, mediating virus internalization as well as trafficking to the site of replication. Recent research has demonstrated that viruses employ the full endocytic capabilities of the cell. The endocytic pathways utilized include clathrin-mediated endocytosis, caveolae, macropinocytosis and novel non-clathrin, non-caveolae pathways. The tools to study endocytosis and, consequently, virus entry are becoming more effective and specific as the amount of information on endocytic component structure and function increases. The use of inhibitory drugs, although still quite common, often leads to non-specific disruptions in the cell. Molecular inhibitors in the form of dominant-negative proteins have surpassed the use of chemical inhibitors in terms of specificity to individual pathways. Dominant-negative molecules are derived from both structural proteins of endocytosis, such as dynamin and caveolin, and regulatory proteins, primarily small GTPases and kinases. This review focuses on the experimental approaches taken to examine virus entry and provides both classic examples and recent research on a variety of virus families.
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- Sara B Sieczkarski
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, C5 141 Veterinary Medical Center, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA1
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, C5 141 Veterinary Medical Center, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA1
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Mah C, Fraites TJ, Zolotukhin I, Song S, Flotte TR, Dobson J, Batich C, Byrne BJ. Improved method of recombinant AAV2 delivery for systemic targeted gene therapy. Mol Ther 2002; 6:106-12. [PMID: 12095310 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2001.0636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A major hurdle in most current gene therapy modalities is the ability to transduce target tissues at very high efficiencies that ultimately lead to therapeutic levels of transgene expression. We have developed a novel method of recombinant adeno-associated virus 2 (rAAV) delivery that results in increased vector transduction efficiencies using microspheres reversibly conjugated to rAAV vectors. We hypothesize that conjugation to microspheres should result in a higher effective concentration of vector as well as longer relative exposure time of vector to target cells as it moves through the tissue vasculature. In vitro experiments demonstrate that the same level of transduction seen with free vector can be achieved using 1% of vector when conjugated to microspheres. In addition, using magnetic microspheres, the region of infection can be targeted. In vivo, we demonstrate that microsphere-mediated delivery of rAAV vector results in higher transduction efficiencies than delivery with free vector alone when administered either intramuscularly or intravenously. Furthermore, we demonstrate targeting of transgene expression to specific tissues by retention of microsphere-bound vector in the capillary bed. These studies demonstrate a novel method to deliver rAAV vectors more effectively that could prove to be a successful alternative mode of virus-mediated human gene therapy.
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- Cathryn Mah
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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Zaiss AK, Liu Q, Bowen GP, Wong NCW, Bartlett JS, Muruve DA. Differential activation of innate immune responses by adenovirus and adeno-associated virus vectors. J Virol 2002; 76:4580-90. [PMID: 11932423 PMCID: PMC155101 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.9.4580-4590.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adenovirus vectors induce acute inflammation of infected tissues due to activation of the innate immune system and expression of numerous chemokines and cytokines in transduced target cells. In contrast, adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are not associated with significant inflammation experimentally or clinically. We tested the ability of AAV vectors to induce the expression of chemokines in vitro and to activate the innate immune system in vivo. In human HeLa cells and murine renal epithelium-derived cells (REC cells) the adenovirus vector AdlacZ induced the expression of multiple inflammatory chemokines including RANTES, interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10), interleukin-8 (IL-8), MIP-1beta, and MIP-2 in a dose-dependent manner. The use of AAVlacZ did not induce the expression of these chemokines above baseline levels despite 40-fold-greater titers than AdlacZ and greater amounts of intracellular AAVlacZ genomes according to Southern and slot blot analysis. This finding confirmed that the lack of AAVlacZ induction of chemokine was not due to reduced transduction. In DBA/2 mice, the intravenous administration of 2.5 x 10(11) particles of AAVlacZ resulted in the rapid induction of liver tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), RANTES, IP-10, MIP-1beta, MCP-1, and MIP-2 mRNAs. However, 6 h following injection, chemokine mRNA levels returned to baseline. As expected, administration of 10-fold less AdlacZ caused an induction of liver TNF-alpha and chemokine mRNAs that persisted for more than 24 h posttransduction. Whereas intravenous administration of 2.5 x 10(11) particles of AAVlacZ triggered a transient infiltration of neutrophils and CD11b(+) cells into liver, this response stood in contrast to widespread inflammation and toxicity induced by AdlacZ. Kupffer cell depletion abolished AAVlacZ but not AdlacZ-induced chemokine expression and neutrophil infiltration. In summary, these results show that AAV vectors activate the innate immune system to a lesser extent than do adenovirus vectors and offer a possible explanation for the reduced inflammatory properties of AAV compared to adenovirus vectors.
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- Anne-Kathrin Zaiss
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
- Corresponding author. Mailing address: Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada. Phone: (403) 220-3908. Fax: (403) 270-0979. E-mail:
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Monahan PE, Jooss K, Sands MS. Safety of adeno-associated virus gene therapy vectors: a current evaluation. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2002; 1:79-91. [PMID: 12904163 DOI: 10.1517/14740338.1.1.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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An increasing number of strategies for molecular treatment of disease rely on the adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a therapeutic gene delivery vector. One of the most attractive features of this viral DNA vector is the perceived safety of AAV gene delivery. Recent applications in human clinical trials support the safety record established in preclinical trials, with evidence of gene transfer in the absence of cellular immune responses or tissue disturbance. Nevertheless, many aspects of the biology of the wild type AAV and its derivatives are still being explored. While the therapeutic potential of novel recombinant AAV therapeutics appears promising, recent insights suggest aspects of their pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and toxicity that require consideration to achieve the safest application of these molecular medicines.
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- Paul E Monahan
- Gene Therapy Center, CB #7220, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 418 MacNider Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Suikkanen S, Sääjärvi K, Hirsimäki J, Välilehto O, Reunanen H, Vihinen-Ranta M, Vuento M. Role of recycling endosomes and lysosomes in dynein-dependent entry of canine parvovirus. J Virol 2002; 76:4401-11. [PMID: 11932407 PMCID: PMC155078 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.9.4401-4411.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a nonenveloped virus with a 5-kb single-stranded DNA genome. Lysosomotropic agents and low temperature are known to prevent CPV infection, indicating that the virus enters its host cells by endocytosis and requires an acidic intracellular compartment for penetration into the cytoplasm. After escape from the endocytotic vesicles, CPV is transported to the nucleus for replication. In the present study the intracellular entry pathway of the canine parvovirus in NLFK (Nordisk Laboratory feline kidney) cells was studied. After clustering in clathrin-coated pits and being taken up in coated vesicles, CPV colocalized with coendocytosed transferrin in endosomes resembling recycling endosomes. Later, CPV was found to enter, via late endosomes, a perinuclear vesicular compartment, where it colocalized with lysosomal markers. There was no indication of CPV entry into the trans-Golgi or the endoplasmic reticulum. Similar results were obtained both with full and with empty capsids. The data thus suggest that CPV or its DNA was released from the lysosomal compartment to the cytoplasm to be then transported to the nucleus. Electron microscopy analysis revealed endosomal vesicles containing CPV to be associated with microtubules. In the presence of nocodazole, a microtubule-disrupting drug, CPV entry was blocked and the virus was found in peripheral vesicles. Thus, some step(s) of the entry process were dependent on microtubules. Microinjection of antibodies to dynein caused CPV to remain in pericellular vesicles. This suggests an important role for the motor protein dynein in transporting vesicles containing CPV along the microtubule network.
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- Sanna Suikkanen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, SF-40500 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Mastakov MY, Baer K, Kotin RM, During MJ. Recombinant adeno-associated virus serotypes 2- and 5-mediated gene transfer in the mammalian brain: quantitative analysis of heparin co-infusion. Mol Ther 2002; 5:371-80. [PMID: 11945063 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2002.0564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) are among the most promising vectors for gene delivery into the CNS. However, a major hurdle for gene transfer to the mammalian brain is to achieve high transduction levels in target cells beyond the immediate injection site. Therefore, building upon the optimization of injection parameters on which we have recently reported, it is important to define additional methods to increase the volume of distribution. Here, we establish an optimal heparin concentration, and show that co-injection of heparin together with rAAV2 leads to a significantly higher and more homogeneous distribution of transduced cells. In contrast, the diffusion pattern of rAAV serotype 5 differs from that of rAAV2, in that its distribution is less homogeneous, more variable, and patchy. Furthermore, this study illustrates the influence of receptor binding on the expression pattern following injection of rAAV in the CNS. In addition to improvements in expression cassettes and viral titers and the use of very slow infusion rates, gene transfer studies in the CNS where the goal is to obtain widespread transduction should consider co-injecting the viral vector rAAV2 with heparin to maximize transduction efficiency and viral spread.
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- Mihail Y Mastakov
- Functional Genomics and Translational Neuroscience Laboratory, Division of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Bantel-Schaal U, Hub B, Kartenbeck J. Endocytosis of adeno-associated virus type 5 leads to accumulation of virus particles in the Golgi compartment. J Virol 2002; 76:2340-9. [PMID: 11836412 PMCID: PMC153830 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.5.2340-2349.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Among the adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes which are discussed as vectors for gene therapy AAV type 5 (AAV5) represents a candidate with unique advantages. To further our knowledge on AAV5-specific characteristics, we studied the entry pathway of wild-type virus in HeLa cells in the absence of helper virus by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy and by Western blot analysis. We found virus binding at the apical cell surface, especially at microvilli and, with increasing incubation time, virus accumulation at cell-cell boundaries. The different binding kinetics suggest different binding properties at apical versus lateral plasma membranes. Endocytosis of viruses was predominantly by clathrin-coated vesicles from both membrane domains; however, particles were also detected in noncoated pits. AAV5 particles were mainly routed to the Golgi area, where they could be detected within cisternae of the trans-Golgi network and within vesicles associated with cisternae and with the dictyosomal stacks of the Golgi apparatus. These data suggest that AAV5 makes use of endocytic routes that have hitherto not been described as pathways for virus entry.
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- Ursula Bantel-Schaal
- Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie F0400, Abteilung Pathogenitätsmechanismen, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Rabinowitz JE, Samulski J. Looking into the eclipse. Mol Ther 2002; 5:215-6. [PMID: 11863408 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2002.0553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Joseph E Rabinowitz
- University of North Carolina, Thurston Bowles Bldg., CB # 7352, Rm. 7119, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Gene therapy may revolutionize the treatment of haemophilia. Effective gene therapy requires sustained therapeutic levels of factors IX (FIX) and VIII. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a member of the parvovirus family, is a nonpathogenic virus with a broad host cell range, and does not provoke a significant immune response upon infection. These favourable characteristics make AAV a suitable gene transfer vector for factor deficient patients. A new understanding of AAV biology coupled with novel AAV vector designs suggest that the goal of effective gene transfer is within reach. We review here recent advances in AAV vectors used for gene transfer of the haemophilias.
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- C E Walsh
- UNC Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, USA.
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Jin M, Park J, Lee S, Park B, Shin J, Song KJ, Ahn TI, Hwang SY, Ahn BY, Ahn K. Hantaan virus enters cells by clathrin-dependent receptor-mediated endocytosis. Virology 2002; 294:60-9. [PMID: 11886265 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.1303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The cellular entry of Hantaan virus (HTN) occurs through interactions with beta(3) integrins as cellular receptors. However, the process of HTN infection following attachment to the cell surface is not well understood. Our data indicate that overexpression of a dominant-negative mutant dynamin inhibits HTN internalization and that compounds that block clathrin- but not caveolae-dependent endocytosis also reduce HTN infectivity. In addition, we show that HTN colocalizes with the clathrin heavy chain but not with caveolae. At the early phase of infection HTN colocalizes with EEA-1, an early endosome marker, and later, HTN colocalizes with LAMP-1, a lysosome marker. Cells treated with lysosomotropic agents are largely resistant to infection, suggesting that a low-pH-dependent step is required for HTN infection. These findings demonstrate that HTN enters cells via the clathrin-coated pit pathway and uses low-pH-dependent intracellular compartments for infectious entry.
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- Mirim Jin
- Division of Life Science and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University, 1, 5-ka, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Kaspar BK, Erickson D, Schaffer D, Hinh L, Gage FH, Peterson DA. Targeted retrograde gene delivery for neuronal protection. Mol Ther 2002; 5:50-6. [PMID: 11786045 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2001.0520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The cellular heterogeneity and complex circuitry of the central nervous system make it difficult to achieve precise delivery of experimental and therapeutic agents. We report here an in vivo retrograde gene delivery strategy to target mature projection neurons using adeno-associated virus, a vector with low toxicity and the capacity for long-term gene expression. Viral delivery to axon terminal fields in the hippocampus and striatum resulted in viral internalization, retrograde transport, and transgene expression in specific projection neurons in entorhinal cortex and substantia nigra. Retrograde delivery of the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl2l (also known as Bcl-xL) protected entorhinal projection neurons from subsequent damage-induced cell death. Given the broad distribution of neurons affected by neurodegenerative diseases, gene delivery to both the terminal fields and the projection neurons through retrograde infection provides for strategic therapeutic intervention at both levels of the neural circuit. This approach may also facilitate experimental studies of defined neural circuits.
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- Brian K Kaspar
- Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Witzgall R, Kränzlin B, Gretz N, Obermüller N. Impaired endocytosis may represent an obstacle to gene therapy in polycystic kidney disease. Kidney Int 2002; 61:S132-7. [PMID: 11841627 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.0610s1132.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common hereditary renal disease and a frequent cause of chronic renal failure. The cloning of the PKD1 and PKD2 genes, which are mutated in the great majority of patients with this disease, opens up the opportunity for somatic gene therapy by introduction of the wild-type gene or cDNA. Several publications have provided evidence, that many portions of the nephron and the collecting duct can form cysts, including the proximal tubule. Alterations in the proximal tubule may prevent the efficient endocytosis of filtered proteins and thus contribute to proteinuria, a frequent symptom in patients with polycystic kidney disease. At the same time this may also negatively affect various gene therapy strategies, since endocytosis is important for the uptake of foreign DNA at least under some circumstances. In the (cy/+) rat, a widely used animal model for ADPKD, cysts almost exclusively develop from proximal tubules, and we have therefore investigated whether proteinuria and defective endocytosis also occur in this model. METHODS Proteinuria was demonstrated by direct measurement and by protein gel electrophoresis of urines from 16 week-old (cy/+) rats. Endocytosis was investigated by injection of FITC-dextran and immunohistochemical staining with anti-ClC-5 and anti-megalin antibodies. RESULTS Similar to the observations made in ADPKD patients, proteinuria also develops in the (cy/+) rat. Using FITC-labeled dextran as an in vivo tracer for renal tubular endosomal function, we could show that portions of cyst-lining epithelia from proximal tubules have lost the ability to endocytose, which is necessary for the reabsorption of albumin and lower-molecular-weight proteins. By immunohistochemistry the expression of other proteins implicated in endocytosis, such as the chloride channel ClC-5 and the albumin receptor megalin, correlated well with the presence and absence of FITC-dextran in cyst wall epithelia. CONCLUSION These data indicate that proteinuria and albuminuria in the (cy/+) rat model for ADPKD are due to a loss of the endocytic machinery in epithelia of proximal tubular cysts. Such a defect may also reduce the efficacy of certain gene therapy protocols.
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- Ralph Witzgall
- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology I, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Rabinowitz JE, Rolling F, Li C, Conrath H, Xiao W, Xiao X, Samulski RJ. Cross-packaging of a single adeno-associated virus (AAV) type 2 vector genome into multiple AAV serotypes enables transduction with broad specificity. J Virol 2002; 76:791-801. [PMID: 11752169 PMCID: PMC136844 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.2.791-801.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 580] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The serotypes of adeno-associated virus (AAV) have the potential to become important resources for clinical gene therapy. In an effort to compare the role of serotype-specific virion shells on vector transduction, we cloned each of the serotype capsid coding domains into a common vector backbone containing AAV type 2 replication genes. This strategy allowed the packaging of AAV2 inverted terminal repeat vectors into each serotype-specific virions. Each of these helper plasmids (pXR1 through pXR5) efficiently replicated the transgene DNA and expressed helper proteins at nearly equivalent levels. In this study, we observed a correlation between the amount of transgene replication and packaging efficiency. The physical titer of these hybrid vectors ranged between 1.3 x 10(11) and 9.8 x 10(12)/ml (types 1 and 2, respectively). Of the five serotype vectors, only types 2 and 3 were efficiently purified by heparin-Sepharose column chromatography, illustrating the high degree of similarity between these virions. We analyzed vector transduction in reference and mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells deficient in heparan sulfate proteoglycan and saw a correlation between transduction and heparan sulfate binding data. In this analysis, types 1 and 5 were most consistent in transduction efficiency across all cell lines tested. In vivo each serotype was ranked after comparison of transgene levels by using different routes of injection and strains of rodents. Overall, in this analysis, type 1 was superior for efficient transduction of liver and muscle, followed in order by types 5, 3, 2, and 4. Surprisingly, this order changed when vector was introduced into rat retina. Types 5 and 4 were most efficient, followed by type 1. These data established a hierarchy for efficient serotype-specific vector transduction depending on the target tissue. These data also strongly support the need for extending these analyses to additional animal models and human tissue. The development of these helper plasmids should facilitate direct comparisons of serotypes, as well as begin the standardization of production for further clinical development.
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- Joseph E Rabinowitz
- Gene Therapy Center. Laboratoire de Thérapie Génique, CHU Hotel-DIEU, 44035 Nantes Cedex 01, France
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Crews FT. Summary Report of a Symposium: Genes and Gene Delivery for Diseases of Alcoholism. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02190.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Passini MA, Wolfe JH. Widespread gene delivery and structure-specific patterns of expression in the brain after intraventricular injections of neonatal mice with an adeno-associated virus vector. J Virol 2001; 75:12382-92. [PMID: 11711628 PMCID: PMC116134 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.24.12382-12392.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Developing a system for widespread somatic gene transfer in the central nervous system (CNS) would be beneficial for understanding the global influence of exogenous genes on animal models. We injected an adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (AAV2) vector into the cerebral lateral ventricles at birth and mapped its distribution and transduction pattern from a promoter capable of expression in multiple targets. The injections resulted in structure-specific patterns of expression that were maintained for at least 1 year in most regions, with efficient targeting of some of the major principal neuron layers. The patterns of transduction were explained by circulation of the viral vector in the subarachnoid space via CSF flow, followed by transduction of underlying structures, rather than by progenitor cell infection and subsequent migration. This study demonstrates that gene transfer throughout the CNS can be achieved without germ line transmission and establishes an experimental strategy for introducing genes to somatic cells in a highly predictable manner.
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- M A Passini
- Department of Pathobiology and Center for Comparative Medical Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Zentilin L, Marcello A, Giacca M. Involvement of cellular double-stranded DNA break binding proteins in processing of the recombinant adeno-associated virus genome. J Virol 2001; 75:12279-87. [PMID: 11711618 PMCID: PMC116124 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.24.12279-12287.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Unlike postmitotic tissues in vivo, transduction of cultured cells is poor with recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV). The ability of rAAV to transduce cells is greatly enhanced by a variety of agents that induce DNA damage and is elevated in cells defective in the ataxia telangiectasia gene product (ATM), showing increased genomic instability. Here we show that DNA double-stranded break (DSB) repair pathways are involved in the regulation of rAAV transduction efficiency. By quantitative chromatin immunoprecipitation, we found that Ku86 and Rad52 proteins associate with viral DNA inside transduced cells. Both proteins are known to competitively recognize hairpin structures and DNA termini and to promote repair of DSBs, the former by facilitating nonhomologous end joining and the latter by initiating homologous recombination. We found that rAAV transduction is increased in Ku86-defective cells while it is inhibited in Rad52 knockout cells. These results suggest that binding of Rad52 to the rAAV genome might be involved in processing of the vector genome through a homologous recombination pathway.
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- L Zentilin
- Molecular Medicine Laboratory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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Seisenberger G, Ried MU, Endress T, Büning H, Hallek M, Bräuchle C. Real-time single-molecule imaging of the infection pathway of an adeno-associated virus. Science 2001; 294:1929-32. [PMID: 11729319 DOI: 10.1126/science.1064103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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We describe a method, based on single-molecule imaging, that allows the real-time visualization of the infection pathway of single viruses in living cells, each labeled with only one fluorescent dye molecule. The tracking of single viruses removes ensemble averaging. Diffusion trajectories with high spatial and time resolution show various modes of motion of adeno-associated viruses (AAV) during their infection pathway into living HeLa cells: (i) consecutive virus touching at the cell surface and fast endocytosis; (ii) free and anomalous diffusion of the endosome and the virus in the cytoplasm and the nucleus; and (iii) directed motion by motor proteins in the cytoplasm and in nuclear tubular structures. The real-time visualization of the infection pathway of single AAVs shows a much faster infection than was generally observed so far.
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- G Seisenberger
- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstrasse 11, D-81377 München, Germany
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Richterová Z, Liebl D, Horák M, Palková Z, Stokrová J, Hozák P, Korb J, Forstová J. Caveolae are involved in the trafficking of mouse polyomavirus virions and artificial VP1 pseudocapsids toward cell nuclei. J Virol 2001; 75:10880-91. [PMID: 11602728 PMCID: PMC114668 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.22.10880-10891.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Electron and confocal microscopy were used to observe the entry and the movement of polyomavirus virions and artificial virus-like particles (VP1 pseudocapsids) in mouse fibroblasts and epithelial cells. No visible differences in adsorption and internalization of virions and VP1 pseudocapsids ("empty" or containing DNA) were observed. Viral particles entered cells internalized in smooth monopinocytic vesicles, often in the proximity of larger, caveola-like invaginations. Both "empty" vesicles derived from caveolae and vesicles containing viral particles were stained with the anti-caveolin-1 antibody, and the two types of vesicles often fused in the cytoplasm. Colocalization of VP1 with caveolin-1 was observed during viral particle movement from the plasma membrane throughout the cytoplasm to the perinuclear area. Empty vesicles and vesicles with viral particles moved predominantly along microfilaments. Particle movement was accompanied by transient disorganization of actin stress fibers. Microfilaments decorated by the VP1 immunofluorescent signal could be seen as concentric curves, apparently along membrane structures that probably represent endoplasmic reticulum. Colocalization of VP1 with tubulin was mostly observed in areas close to the cell nuclei and on mitotic tubulin structures. By 3 h postinfection, a strong signal of the VP1 (but no viral particles) had accumulated in the proximity of nuclei, around the outer nuclear membrane. However, the vast majority of VP1 pseudocapsids did not enter the nuclei.
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- Z Richterová
- Departments of Genetics and Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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