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MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 19, Issue -, Pages 186-200Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2020.09.008
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- National Institutes of Health [HL051670, DK047967, HL123482]
- Spirovant Sciences
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Readministration of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) may be necessary to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease using gene therapy. However, little is known about rAAV-mediated immune responses in the lung. Here, we demonstrate the suitability of the ferret for testing AAV2.5T-mediated CFTR delivery to the lung and characterization of neutralizing-antibody (NAb) responses. AAV2.5T-SP183-hCFTR Delta R efficiently transduced both human and ferret airway epithelial cultures and complemented CFTR Cr currents in CF airway cultures. Delivery of AAV2.5T-hCFTRAR to neonatal and juvenile ferret lungs produced hCFTR mRNA at 200%-300% greater levels than endogenous fCFTR. Single-dose (AAV2.5T-SP183-gLuc) or repeat dosing (AAV2.5T-SP183-fCFTR Delta R followed by AAV2.5T-SP183-gLuc) of AAV2.5T was performed in neonatal and juvenile ferrets. Repeat dosing significantly reduced transgene expression (11-fold) and increased bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) NAbs only in juvenile, but not neonatal, ferrets, despite near-equivalent plasma NAb responses in both age groups. Notably, both age groups demonstrated a reduction in BALF anti-capsid binding immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgM, and IgA antibodies after repeat dosing. Unique to juvenile ferrets was a suppression of plasma anti-capsid-binding IgM after the second vector administration. Thus, age-dependent immune system maturation and isotype switching may affect the development of high-affinity lung NAbs after repeat dosing of AAV2.5T and may provide a path to blunt AAV-neutralizing responses in the lung.
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