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ArticleGene therapy2017

Efficient CNS targeting in adult mice by intrathecal infusion of single-stranded AAV9-GFP for gene therapy of neurological disorders.

K Bey, C Ciron, L Dubreil, J Deniaud, M Ledevin, J Cristini, V Blouin, P Aubourg, M-A Colle

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Article in Gene therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

K BeyINRA/ONIRIS UMR U703, Animal Pathophysiology and Biotherapy for Muscle and Nervous System Diseases, Nantes, France.
C CironINRA/ONIRIS UMR U703, Animal Pathophysiology and Biotherapy for Muscle and Nervous System Diseases, Nantes, France.
L DubreilINRA/ONIRIS UMR U703, Animal Pathophysiology and Biotherapy for Muscle and Nervous System Diseases, Nantes, France.
J DeniaudINRA/ONIRIS UMR U703, Animal Pathophysiology and Biotherapy for Muscle and Nervous System Diseases, Nantes, France.
M LedevinINRA/ONIRIS UMR U703, Animal Pathophysiology and Biotherapy for Muscle and Nervous System Diseases, Nantes, France.
J CristiniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nantes Hospital, Nantes, France.
V BlouinINSERM UMR 1089, Atlantic Gene Therapies, Nantes, France.
P AubourgINSERM U1169, Thérapie Génique, Génétique, Epigénétique en Neurologie, Endocrinologie et Développement de l'Enfant, Université Paris Sud, CEA, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
M-A ColleINRA/ONIRIS UMR U703, Animal Pathophysiology and Biotherapy for Muscle and Nervous System Diseases, Nantes, France.
Oniris · FRInserm · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy constitutes a powerful tool for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. While AAVs are generally administered systemically to newborns in preclinical studies of neurological disorders, in adults the maturity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) must be considered when selecting the route of administration. Delivery of AAVs into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) represents an attractive approach to target the central nervous system (CNS) and bypass the BBB. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of intra-CSF delivery of a single-stranded (ss) AAV9-CAG-GFP vector in adult mice via intracisternal (iCist) or intralumbar (it-Lumb) administration. It-Lumb ssAAV9 delivery resulted in greater diffusion throughout the entire spinal cord and green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression mainly in the cerebellum, cortex and olfactory bulb. By contrast, iCist delivery led to strong GFP expression throughout the entire brain. Comparison of the transduction efficiency of ssAAV9-CAG-GFP versus ssAAV9-SYN1-GFP following it-Lumb administration revealed widespread and specific GFP expression in neurons and motoneurons of the spinal cord and brain when the neuron-specific synapsin 1 (SYN1) promoter was used. Our findings demonstrate that it-Lumb ssAAV9 delivery is a safe and highly efficient means of targeting the CNS in adult mice.

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AnimalsDependovirusFemaleGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsInjections, SpinalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMotor NeuronsNervous System DiseasesPromoter Regions, GeneticSpinal CordGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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