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ArticleGene therapy2023

Large-scale purification of functional AAV particles packaging the full genome using short-term ultracentrifugation with a zonal rotor.

Mikako Wada, Naoya Uchida, Guillermo Posadas-Herrera, Hiromi Hayashita-Kinoh, Yuji Tsunekawa, Yukihiko Hirai, Takashi Okada

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Article in Gene therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mikako WadaDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6746-1333
Naoya UchidaDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6322-8991
Guillermo Posadas-HerreraDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiromi Hayashita-KinohDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuji TsunekawaDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yukihiko HiraiDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi OkadaDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. t-okada@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-2910-3797
Tokyo Medical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-based gene therapy is potentially curative for various genetic diseases; however, the development of a scalable purification method for full-genome AAV vectors remains crucial to increase productivity and reduce cost of GMP production. In this study, we developed a large-scale short-term purification method for functional full-genome AAV particles by using 2-step cesium chloride (CsCl) density-gradient ultracentrifugation with a zonal rotor. The 2-step CsCl method with a zonal rotor improves separation between empty and full-genome AAV particles, reducing the ultracentrifugation time (4-5 h) and increasing the AAV volume for purification. The highly purified full-genome AAV particles were confirmed by analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC), droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) in the whole region of the AAV vector genome, transduction efficiency in target cells, and transmission electronic microscopy (TEM). The high-purity AAV9 particles were obtained using culture supernatant during vector preparation rather than cell lysate. CsCl could be simply removed by a hydroxyapatite column. Interestingly, ddPCR analysis revealed that "empty" AAV particles contain small fragments of the inverted terminal repeat (ITR), probably due to unexpected packaging of Rep-mediated ITR fragments. This large-scale functional AAV vector purification with ultracentrifugation would be effective for gene therapy.

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DependovirusGenetic VectorsUltracentrifugation

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PMID36977769
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