AAV-8 is more efficient than AAV-9 in transducing neonatal dog heart.

ABSTRACT: Adeno-associated virus serotype-8 and 9 (AAV-8 and 9) are the leading candidate vectors to test bodywide neonatal muscle gene therapy in large mammals. We have previously shown that systemic injection of 2-2.5×10(14) viral genome (vg) particles/kg of AAV-9 resulted in widespread skeletal muscle gene transfer in newborn dogs. However, nominal transduction was observed in the heart. In contrast, robust expression was achieved in both skeletal muscle and heart in neonatal dogs with 7.14-9.06×10(14) vg particles/kg of AAV-8. To determine whether superior cardiac transduction of AAV-8 is because of the higher vector dose, we delivered 6.14×10(14) and 9.65×10(14) vg particles/kg of AAV-9 to newborn puppies via the jugular vein. Transduction was examined 2.5 months later. Consistent with our prev

SUBMITTER: Pan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4403016 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature