PMID- 29343568 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180417 LR - 20190319 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 7 DP - 2018 Apr 1 TI - An Alternate Route for Adeno-associated Virus (AAV) Entry Independent of AAV Receptor. LID - 10.1128/JVI.02213-17 [doi] LID - e02213-17 AB - Determinants and mechanisms of cell attachment and entry steer adeno-associated virus (AAV) in its utility as a gene therapy vector. Thus far, a systematic assessment of how diverse AAV serotypes engage their proteinaceous receptor AAVR (KIAA0319L) to establish transduction has been lacking, despite potential implications for cell and tissue tropism. Here, a large set of human and simian AAVs as well as in silico-reconstructed ancestral AAV capsids were interrogated for AAVR usage. We identified a distinct AAV capsid lineage comprised of AAV4 and AAVrh32.33 that can bind and transduce cells in the absence of AAVR, independent of the multiplicity of infection. Virus overlay assays and rescue experiments in nonpermissive cells demonstrate that these AAVs are unable to bind to or use the AAVR protein for entry. Further evidence for a distinct entry pathway was observed in vivo, as AAVR knockout mice were equally as permissive to transduction by AAVrh32.33 as wild-type mice upon systemic injection. We interestingly observe that some AAV capsids undergo a low level of transduction in the absence of AAVR, both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that some capsids may have a multimodal entry pathway. In aggregate, our results demonstrate that AAVR usage is conserved among all primate AAVs except for those of the AAV4 lineage, and a non-AAVR pathway may be available to other serotypes. This work furthers our understanding of the entry of AAV, a vector system of broad utility in gene therapy.IMPORTANCE Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a nonpathogenic virus that is used as a vehicle for gene delivery. Here, we have identified several situations in which transduction is retained in both cell lines and a mouse model in the absence of a previously defined entry receptor, AAVR. Defining the molecular determinants of the infectious pathway of this highly relevant viral vector system can help refine future applications and therapies with this vector. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 American Society for Microbiology. FAU - Dudek, Amanda M AU - Dudek AM AD - Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. AD - Harvard Ph.D. Program in Virology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. AD - Ocular Genomics Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. FAU - Pillay, Sirika AU - Pillay S AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. FAU - Puschnik, Andreas S AU - Puschnik AS AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. FAU - Nagamine, Claude M AU - Nagamine CM AD - Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. FAU - Cheng, Fang AU - Cheng F AD - Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. FAU - Qiu, Jianming AU - Qiu J AD - Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. FAU - Carette, Jan E AU - Carette JE AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. FAU - Vandenberghe, Luk H AU - Vandenberghe LH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3508-4924 AD - Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Luk_Vandenberghe@MEEI.harvard.edu. AD - Harvard Ph.D. Program in Virology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. AD - Ocular Genomics Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. AD - The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. LA - eng GR - DP2 AI104557/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 EY003790/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI112803/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U19 AI109662/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180314 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (KIAA0319L protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Capsid/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - *Dependovirus/genetics/metabolism MH - *Genetic Vectors MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics/metabolism MH - *Transduction, Genetic MH - *Virus Internalization PMC - PMC5972900 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AAV OT - adeno-associated virus OT - attachment OT - gene therapy OT - vector OT - viral entry OT - viral gene transfer OT - virus OT - virus receptor EDAT- 2018/01/19 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/18 06:00 PMCR- 2018/09/14 CRDT- 2018/01/19 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/01/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/09/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.02213-17 [pii] AID - 02213-17 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.02213-17 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Virol. 2018 Mar 14;92(7):e02213-17. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02213-17. 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