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ArticleNature communications2023

AAV-mediated base-editing therapy ameliorates the disease phenotypes in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa.

Yidong Wu, Xiaoling Wan, Dongdong Zhao, Xuxu Chen, Yujie Wang, Xinxin Tang, Ju Li, Siwei Li, Xiaodong Sun, Changhao Bi and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 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

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yidong Wu *Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoling Wan *Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. shaolin.72@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4583-8686
Dongdong Zhao *Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-1308
Xuxu Chen *Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Yujie Wang *Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Xinxin TangTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Ju LiCollege of Life Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-4144
Siwei LiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-2957
Xiaodong SunDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. xdsun@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5015-0945
Changhao BiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. bi_ch@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-8511
Xueli ZhangTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. zhang_xl@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8660-4037
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CNTianjin Normal University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Base editing technology is an ideal solution for treating pathogenic single-nucleotide variations (SNVs). No gene editing therapy has yet been approved for eye diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Here, we show, in the rd10 mouse model, which carries an SNV identified as an RP-causing mutation in human patients, that subretinal delivery of an optimized dual adeno-associated virus system containing the adenine base editor corrects the pathogenic SNV in the neuroretina with up to 49% efficiency. Light microscopy showed that a thick and robust outer nuclear layer (photoreceptors) was preserved in the treated area compared with the thin, degenerated outer nuclear layer without treatment. Substantial electroretinogram signals were detected in treated rd10 eyes, whereas control treated eyes showed minimal signals. The water maze experiment showed that the treatment substantially improved vision-guided behavior. Together, we construct and validate a translational therapeutic solution for the treatment of RP in humans. Our findings might accelerate the development of base-editing based gene therapies.

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Retinitis PigmentosaAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalElectroretinographyHumansMicePhenotypePhotoreceptor CellsRetina

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