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ArticleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2022

Structural basis for the neurotropic AAV9 and the engineered AAVPHP.eB recognition with cellular receptors.

Guangxue Xu, Ran Zhang, Huapeng Li, Kaixin Yin, Xinyi Ma, Zhiyong Lou

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Article in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guangxue XuMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science & Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ran ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science & Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Huapeng LiPackGene Biotech, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Kaixin YinInternational School of Beijing, Beijing, China.
Xinyi MaBeijing No.8 High School, Beijing, China.
Zhiyong LouMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science & Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Tsinghua University · CNBeijing International Studies University · CNShanghai Jinyuan Senior High School · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clade F adeno-associated virus (AAV) 9 has been utilized as therapeutic gene delivery vector, and it is capable of crossing blood brain barrier (BBB). Recently, an AAV9-based engineering serotype AAVPHP.eB with enhanced BBB crossing ability further expanded clade F AAVs' usages in the murine central nervous system (CNS) gene delivery. In this study, we determined the cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of the AAVPHP.eB and its parental serotype AAV9 in native form or in complex with their essential receptor AAV receptor (AAVR). These structures reveal the molecular details of their AAVR recognition, where the polycystic kidney disease repeat domain 2 (PKD2) of AAVR interacts with AAV9 and AAVPHP.eB virions at the 3-fold protrusions and the raised capsid regions between the 2- and 5-fold axes, termed the 2/5-fold wall. The interacting patterns of AAVR to AAV9 and AAVPHP.eB are similar to what was observed in AAV1/AAV2-AAVR complexes. Moreover, we found that the AAVPHP.eB variable region VIII (VR-VIII) may independently facilitate the new receptor recognition responsible for enhanced CNS transduction. Our study provides insights into the recognition principles of multiple receptors for engineered AAVPHP.eB and parental serotype AAV9, and further reveal the potential molecular basis underlying their different tropisms.

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AAV9AAVPHP.eBAAVRcryo-EMLY6A

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