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Programmed Repair of Disease-Causing UGA Premature Termination Codons in Mammalian Brain

ABSTRACT: Protein truncating variants caused by stop codons are the most prevalent class of rare variant mutations in neurodevelopmental diseases, with UGA codons being most common. Suppressor transfer RNA (sup-tRNA) have therapeutic potential for premature termination codon (PTC) rescue, but have thus far underperformed by traditional AAV delivery platforms and progress has been hampered by the lack of methods to non-invasively assess in vivo activity in mammalian brain. To fill this material gap, we utilize transcranial in vivo bioluminescence imaging data from a luciferase-UGA mouse model to optimize viral payloads with sup-tRNA genes. These data demonstrate that U6 promoter-driven and single-stranded AAV2/9 constructs show variable and dose-dependent activity, whereas self-complementary AAV2/9 with the tRNA in a minimal 100bp genomic context provides broad and efficacious PTC rescue. Further, payload tRNA multiplexing and use of tRNA introns enable efficacy of low viral titers and sustained rescue. tRNA sequencing of scAAV delivered ArgUGA sup-tRNA in brain demonstrate no effects on endogenous tRNA levels, their acylation or processing, and these features are also maintained in scAAV delivered ArgUGA sup-tRNA. Collectively, this work defines a scalable strategy for precision UGA PTC stop codon suppression, supporting development of durable genetic rescue therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders in the mammalian brain.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE334212 | GEO | 2026/06/30

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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