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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2019

Suppression of Choroidal Neovascularization by AAV-Based Dual-Acting Antiangiogenic Gene Therapy.

Anne Louise Askou, Sidsel Alsing, Josephine N E Benckendorff, Andreas Holmgaard, Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen, Lars Aagaard, Toke Bek, Thomas J Corydon

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Anne Louise AskouDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Sidsel AlsingDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Josephine N E BenckendorffDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Andreas HolmgaardDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Jacob Giehm MikkelsenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Lars AagaardDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Toke BekDepartment of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Thomas J CorydonDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic address: corydon@biomed.au.dk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) is involved in the pathogenesis of vasoproliferative retinal diseases, such as exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The objective of this study was to investigate whether dual-acting therapy based on the simultaneous expression of anti-VEGFA microRNAs (miRNAs) and the secreted, antiangiogenic protein pigment endothelial-derived factor (PEDF) delivered by adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors provides improved protection against choroidal neovascularization (CNV). To investigate this, a multigenic AAV vector allowing retina pigment epithelium (RPE)-specific expression of anti-VEGFA miRNAs and PEDF was engineered. Robust expression of PEDF, driven by the RPE-specific vitelliform macular dystrophy 2 promoter, was observed in human cells and in mouse retina. A significant reduction in CNV was observed in a laser-induced CNV mouse model 57 days post-injection of the AAV5 particles conveying either anti-VEGFA miRNA and PEDF dual therapy or anti-VEGFA miRNA monotherapy. Overall, CNV reduction was most prominent in animals receiving dual-acting therapy. In both cases, the reduction in CNV was accompanied by a significant attenuation of VEGFA. In conclusion, the presented data reveal that gene therapy targeting VEGFA via multigenic AAV vectors displays combined efficacy, suggesting that dual-acting therapy is an important tool in future eye gene therapy for the treatment of neovascular ocular diseases, including AMD.

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adeno-associated virusage-related macular degenerationchoroidal neovascularizationdual-acting therapyretina pigment epitheliumvascular endothelial growth factor A

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PMID30825671
PMCPMC6393707

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