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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Therapeutic Efficacy of Multi-Characteristic Opsin Gene Therapy in a Mouse Model of Stargardt Disease.

Samarendra Mohanty, Subrata Batabyal, Sanghoon Kim, Michael Carlson, Adnan Dibas

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Samarendra MohantyNanoscope Therapeutics Inc., 2777 N. Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207, USA.
Subrata BatabyalNanoscope Technologies LLC., 1312 Brown Trail, Bedford, TX 76022, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0859-6641
Sanghoon KimNanoscope Technologies LLC., 1312 Brown Trail, Bedford, TX 76022, USA.
Michael CarlsonNanoscope Technologies LLC., 1312 Brown Trail, Bedford, TX 76022, USA.
Adnan DibasNanoscope Technologies LLC., 1312 Brown Trail, Bedford, TX 76022, USA.

Funding

AMBIENT LIGHT ACTIVATABLE OPSIN BASED THERAPY FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATIONR44EY025905 · NEI · NANOSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · PI MOHANTY, SAMARENDRA KUMAR · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
NEI NIH HHS R44EY025905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optogenetic gene therapy-based treatment offers a unique approach to bypass dysfunctional or degenerated photoreceptors in retinal degenerative disorders. Ambient light-activatable multi-characteristic opsin (MCO) targeted to bipolar cells of the retina has demonstrated partial vision restoration in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Here, we describe the potential therapeutic efficacy of intravitreally delivered AAV-carried MCO-010 in a mouse model of Stargardt disease. MCO-010 treatment led to significantly improved behavioral outcomes in the visually guided radial arm water maze. Furthermore, longitudinal optical coherence tomographic imaging showed that the MCO-010 treatment led to no notable change in the retina thickness. Furthermore, the MCO-010-treated mice exhibited higher electrophysiological responses compared to the control group. Together, these findings demonstrate potential vision-restoring and disease-modifying aspects of ambient light-activatable intravitreal MCO-010 therapy.

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gene therapymacular degenerationmulti-characteristic opsinstargardt disease

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PMID42351905
PMCPMC13296013

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