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Vector design influences hepatic genotoxicity after adeno-associated virus gene therapy
Randy J. Chandler, … , Shawn M. Burgess, Charles P. Venditti
Randy J. Chandler, … , Shawn M. Burgess, Charles P. Venditti
Published January 20, 2015
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2015;125(2):870-880. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI79213.
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Research Article Therapeutics

Vector design influences hepatic genotoxicity after adeno-associated virus gene therapy

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Abstract

The use of adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a gene therapy vector has been approved recently for clinical use and has demonstrated efficacy in a growing number of clinical trials. However, the safety of AAV as a vector has been challenged by a single study that documented hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after AAV gene delivery in mice. Most studies have not noted genotoxicity following AAV-mediated gene delivery; therefore, the possibility that there is an association between AAV and HCC is controversial. Here, we performed a comprehensive study of HCC in a large number of mice following therapeutic AAV gene delivery. Using a sensitive high-throughput integration site-capture technique and global expressional analysis, we found that AAV integration into the RNA imprinted and accumulated in nucleus (Rian) locus, and the resulting overexpression of proximal microRNAs and retrotransposon-like 1 (Rtl1) were associated with HCC. In addition, we demonstrated that the AAV vector dose, enhancer/promoter selection, and the timing of gene delivery are all critical factors for determining HCC incidence after AAV gene delivery. Together, our results define aspects of AAV-mediated gene therapy that influence genotoxicity and suggest that these features should be considered for design of both safer AAV vectors and gene therapy studies.

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Randy J. Chandler, Matthew C. LaFave, Gaurav K. Varshney, Niraj S. Trivedi, Nuria Carrillo-Carrasco, Julien S. Senac, Weiwei Wu, Victoria Hoffmann, Abdel G. Elkahloun, Shawn M. Burgess, Charles P. Venditti

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