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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2011

MicroRNA-regulated, systemically delivered rAAV9: a step closer to CNS-restricted transgene expression.

Jun Xie, Qing Xie, Hongwei Zhang, Stefan L Ameres, Jui-Hung Hung, Qin Su, Ran He, Xin Mu, Seemin Seher Ahmed, Soyeon Park and 8 more

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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101 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Jun XieGene Therapy Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
Qing Xie
Hongwei Zhang
Stefan L Ameres
Jui-Hung Hung
Qin Su
Ran He
Xin Mu
Seemin Seher Ahmed
Soyeon Park
Hiroki Kato
Chengjian Li
Christian Mueller
Craig C Mello
Zhiping Weng
Terence R Flotte
Phillip D Zamore
Guangping Gao

Funding

VIRAL VECTOR DELIVERY OF ANTISENSE TO ACE MRNA IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEP01HL059412 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MUZYCZKA, NICHOLAS · 1998 to 2012
$20.2M
PILOT AND FEASIBILITY PROGRAMP30DK032520 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI CZECH, MICHAEL P · 1986 to 2010
$14.6M
Strategies for Sustained Effect of AAV-mediated Correction of Pompe DiseaseP01DK058327 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI CAMPBELL-THOMPSON, MARTHA · 2000 to 2009
$11.0M
Understanding the Mechanism of RNA InterferenceR37GM062862 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ZAMORE, PHILLIP D · 2010 to 2019
$5.3M
Understanding microRNA Biogenesis and FunctionR01GM065236 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ZAMORE, PHILLIP D · 2003 to 2014
$5.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL059412NIDDK NIH HHS 5P30DK 32520NIDDK NIH HHS DK 32520NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK058327NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK 58327NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK032520NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065236NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM062862
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) that can cross the blood-brain-barrier and achieve efficient and stable transvascular gene transfer to the central nervous system (CNS) hold significant promise for treating CNS disorders. However, following intravascular delivery, these vectors also target liver, heart, skeletal muscle, and other tissues, which may cause untoward effects. To circumvent this, we used tissue-specific, endogenous microRNAs (miRNAs) to repress rAAV expression outside the CNS, by engineering perfectly complementary miRNA-binding sites into the rAAV9 genome. This approach allowed simultaneous multi-tissue regulation and CNS-directed stable transgene expression without detectably perturbing the endogenous miRNA pathway. Regulation of rAAV expression by miRNA was primarily via site-specific cleavage of the transgene mRNA, generating specific 5' and 3' mRNA fragments. Our findings promise to facilitate the development of miRNA-regulated rAAV for CNS-targeted gene delivery and other applications.

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TransgenesAnimalsBase SequenceCell Line, TumorCentral Nervous SystemDependovirusGene Expression RegulationGene SilencingGenes, ReporterGenetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesHEK293 CellsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAs

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PMID21179009
PMCPMC3048189

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