PMID- 19888330 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100426 LR - 20211020 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 11 DP - 2009 Nov 2 TI - AAV recombineering with single strand oligonucleotides. PG - e7705 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0007705 [doi] LID - e7705 AB - Adeno-associated virus (AAV) transduction initiates a signaling cascade that culminates in a transient DNA damage response. During this time, host DNA repair proteins convert the linear single-strand AAV genomes to double-strand circular monomers and concatemers in processes stimulated by the AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs). As the orientation of AAV genome concatemerization appears unbiased, the likelihood of concatemerization in a desired orientation is low (less than 1 in 6). Using a novel recombineering method, Oligo-Assisted AAV Genome Recombination (OAGR), this work demonstrates the ability to direct concatemerization specifically to a desired orientation in human cells. This was achieved by a single-strand DNA oligonucleotide (oligo) displaying homology to distinct AAV genomes capable of forming an intermolecular bridge for recombination. This DNA repair process results in concatemers with genomic junctions corresponding to the sequence of oligo homology. Furthermore, OAGR was restricted to single-strand, not duplexed, AAV genomes suggestive of replication-dependent recombination. Consistent with this process, OAGR demonstrated oligo polarity biases in all tested configurations except when a portion of the oligo targeted the ITR. This approach, in addition to being useful for the elucidation of intermolecular homologous recombination, may find eventual relevance for AAV mediated large gene therapy. FAU - Hirsch, Matthew L AU - Hirsch ML AD - UNC Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America. FAU - Storici, Francesca AU - Storici F FAU - Li, Chengwen AU - Li C FAU - Choi, Vivian W AU - Choi VW FAU - Samulski, R Jude AU - Samulski RJ LA - eng GR - AI072176/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - GM0529299/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL066973/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL051818/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL066973/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL051818/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI072176/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091102 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Cell Line MH - DNA Damage MH - DNA Replication MH - DNA, Viral MH - Dependovirus/*genetics MH - Genetic Techniques MH - Genetic Therapy/methods MH - Genetic Vectors MH - Genome, Viral MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Models, Genetic MH - Oligonucleotides/*genetics MH - *Recombination, Genetic MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC2765622 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2009/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2010/04/27 06:00 PMCR- 2009/11/02 CRDT- 2009/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2009/06/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/09/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/04/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2009/11/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 09-PONE-RA-11318R1 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0007705 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2009 Nov 2;4(11):e7705. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007705.