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ArticleHuman gene therapy2022

Dexamethasone Transiently Enhances Transgene Expression in the Liver When Administered at Late-Phase Post Long-Term Adeno-Associated Virus Transduction.

Zheng Chai, Xintao Zhang, Amanda Lee Dobbins, Richard Jude Samulski, Elizabeth P Merricks, Timothy C Nichols, Chengwen Li

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Article in Human gene therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zheng ChaiGene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Xintao ZhangGene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Amanda Lee DobbinsGene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Richard Jude SamulskiGene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7299-9608
Elizabeth P MerricksDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Timothy C NicholsDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Chengwen LiGene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4397-4561

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Translational Nanosystems for Improved Lung Cancer Treatment with Small MoleculesU54CA151652 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HAROON, ZISHAN A, TEPPER, JOEL E · 2010 to 2014
$12.1M
Optimization of AAV vector to deliver FVa for hemophilia with inhibitorsR01HL144661 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, CHENGWEN, NICHOLS, TIMOTHY CHARLES · 2019 to 2022
$2.2M
Enhance AAV Liver Transduction with Capsid Immune EvasionR01AI117408 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, CHENGWEN, SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Development of AAV vectors for CF therapyR01HL151348 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, CHENGWEN, SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 2021 to 2024
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NCI NIH HHS U54 CA151652NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL144661NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151348NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI117408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucocorticoids have anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive functions and have commonly been used for preventing liver toxicity after the systemic application of a high dose of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector for gene therapy. Clinical studies have reported that glucocorticoids have rescued factor IX (FIX) expression in patients with hemophilia B who showed a reduced FIX expression at 6 to 10 weeks post-AAV vector administration. In this study, we explored whether glucocorticoids could affect transgene expression in AAV targeted livers in animal models. When dexamethasone was applied before AAV9/FIX vector administration in the wild-type C57BL/6 mice, FIX expression was much higher than that of the control mice at any time point. More importantly, FIX expression transiently increased after dexamethasone was administered at week 6 or later post-AAV injection regardless of the various dexamethasone treatments applied. The transient enhancement in transgene expression was observed once there were one to several consecutive dexamethasone treatments completed. A similar result was also achieved in other wild-type BALB/c and hemophilia B mice that were treated with AAV9/FIX and dexamethasone. This mechanism study demonstrated that the administration of dexamethasone did not change either AAV genome copy number or transgene expression at the transcription level but transiently decreased interferon beta (IFN-β) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) expression in the livers of mice at a later time after AAV injection. Next, we studied the effect of dexamethasone on late transgene expression in hemophilia B dogs. Dexamethasone was administered 1 year after AAV9/FIX injection. Inconsistent with the results in mice, no significant change of FIX expression was observed in hemophilia B dogs. In summary, the results from this study indicate that dexamethasone may have various effects on transgene expression in AAV-transduced livers in different species, which provides valuable information about the rational application of dexamethasone in future clinical studies.

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DependovirusHemophilia BAnimalsDexamethasoneDogsFactor IXGenetic VectorsGlucocorticoidsHumansLiverMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTransgenesDexamethasoneFactor IXGlucocorticoidsadeno-associated virusglucocorticoidliver transduction

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PMID34617445
PMCPMC8885437

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