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ArticleGene therapy2017

Tropism of engineered and evolved recombinant AAV serotypes in the rd1 mouse and ex vivo primate retina.

D G Hickey, T L Edwards, A R Barnard, M S Singh, S R de Silva, M E McClements, J G Flannery, M W Hankins, R E MacLaren

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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 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

D G HickeyNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
T L EdwardsNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
A R BarnardNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
M S SinghNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
S R de SilvaNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
M E McClementsNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
J G FlanneryHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
M W HankinsNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
R E MacLarenNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
University of Oxford · GBMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K007629/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is much debate on the adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype that best targets specific retinal cell types and the route of surgical delivery-intravitreal or subretinal. This study compared three of the most efficacious AAV vectors known to date in a mouse model of retinal degeneration (rd1 mouse) and macaque and human retinal explants. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) driven by a ubiquitous promoter was packaged into three AAV capsids: AAV2/8(Y733F), AAV2/2(quad Y-F) and AAV2/2(7m8). Overall, AAV2/2(7m8) transduced the largest area of retina and resulted in the highest level of GFP expression, followed by AAV2/2(quad Y-F) and AAV2/8(Y733F). AAV2/2(7m8) and AAV2/2(quad Y-F) both resulted in similar patterns of transduction whether they were injected intravitreally or subretinally. AAV2/8(Y733F) transduced a significantly smaller area of retina when injected intravitreally compared with subretinally. Retinal ganglion cells, horizontal cells and retinal pigment epithelium expressed relatively high levels of GFP in the mouse retina, whereas amacrine cells expressed low levels of GFP and bipolar cells were infrequently transduced. Cone cells were the most frequently transduced cell type in macaque retina explants, whereas Müller cells were the predominant transduced cell type in human retinal explants. Of the AAV serotypes tested, AAV2/2(7m8) was the most effective at transducing a range of cell types in degenerate mouse retina and macaque and human retinal explants.

Indexed as

Recombination, GeneticAnimalsDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalGenetic VectorsHumansIntravitreal InjectionsMacacaMicePromoter Regions, GeneticRetinaRetinal DegenerationRetinal Ganglion CellsRetinal Pigment EpitheliumViral TropismVirus Assembly

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PMID28872643
PMCPMC5746594
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