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ArticleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2024

αFAP-specific nanobodies mediate a highly precise retargeting of modified AAV2 capsids thereby enabling specific transduction of tumor tissues.

Olaniyi Olarewaju, Franziska Held, Pamela Curtis, Cynthia Hess Kenny, Udo Maier, Tadas Panavas, Francois du Plessis

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Article in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Olaniyi OlarewajuAAV Gene Therapy Research Group, Research Beyond Borders (RBB), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riß, Germany.
Franziska HeldAAV Gene Therapy Research Group, Research Beyond Borders (RBB), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riß, Germany.
Pamela CurtisBiotherapeutics Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA.
Cynthia Hess KennyBiotherapeutics Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA.
Udo MaierAAV Gene Therapy Research Group, Research Beyond Borders (RBB), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riß, Germany.
Tadas PanavasBiotherapeutics Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA.
Francois du PlessisAAV Gene Therapy Research Group, Research Beyond Borders (RBB), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riß, Germany.

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Abstract

Due to the refractiveness of tumor tissues to adeno-associated virus (AAV) transduction, AAV vectors are poorly explored for cancer therapy delivery. Here, we aimed to engineer AAVs to target tumors by enabling the specific engagement of fibroblast activation protein (FAP). FAP is a cell surface receptor distinctly upregulated in the reactive tumor stroma, but rarely expressed in healthy tissues. Thus, targeting FAP presents an opportunity to selectively transduce tumor tissues. To achieve this, we modified the capsid surface of AAV2 with an αFAP nanobody to retarget the capsid to engage FAP receptor. Following transduction, we observed a 23- to 80-fold increase in the selective transduction of FAP

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AAVadeno-associated virus vectorscapsid engineeringFAPfibroblast activation proteintargeted AAV deliverytumor microenvironmenttumor targeting

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PMID39703904
PMCPMC11655695

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