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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of severe inherited retinal degenerations that are symptomatic in infancy and lead to total blindness in adulthood. Recent clinical trials using recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (rAAV2) successfully reversed blindness in patients with LCA caused by RPE65 mutations after one subretinal injection. However, it was unclear whether treatment of the second eye in the same manner would be safe and efficacious, given the potential for a complicating immune response after the first injection. Here, we evaluated the immunological and functional consequences of readministration of rAAV2-hRPE65v2 to the contralateral eye using large animal models. Neither RPE65-mutant (affected; RPE65(-/-)) nor unaffected animals developed antibodies against the transgene product, but all developed neutralizing antibodies against the AAV2 capsid in sera and intraocular fluid after subretinal injection. Cell-mediated immune responses were benign, with only 1 of 10 animals in the study developing a persistent T cell immune response to AAV2, a response that was mediated by CD4(+) T cells. Sequential bilateral injection caused minimal inflammation and improved visual function in affected animals. Thus, subretinal readministration of rAAV2 in animals is safe and effective, even in the setting of preexisting immunity to the vector, a parameter that has been used to exclude patients from gene therapy trials.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1946-6242
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21ra16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Anterior Chamber, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Antibodies, Neutralizing, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Blindness, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Capsid, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Dependovirus, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Drug Administration Routes, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Immunity, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Postmortem Changes, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Primates, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Titrimetry, pubmed-meshheading:20374996-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Safety and efficacy of subretinal readministration of a viral vector in large animals to treat congenital blindness.
pubmed:affiliation
F. M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural