PMID- 35173619 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220219 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Chimeric Mice Engrafted With Canine Hepatocytes Exhibits Similar AAV Transduction Efficiency to Hemophilia B Dog. PG - 815317 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.815317 [doi] LID - 815317 AB - Adeno-associated virus (AAV) mediated gene therapy has been successfully applied in clinical trials, including hemophilia. Novel AAV vectors have been developed with enhanced transduction and specific tissue tropism. Considering the difference in efficacy of AAV transduction between animal models and patients, the chimeric xenograft mouse model with human hepatocytes has unique advantages of studying AAV transduction efficiency in human hepatocytes. However, it is unclear whether the results in humanized mice can predict AAV transduction efficiency in human hepatocytes. To address this issue, we studied the AAV transduction efficacy in canine hepatocytes in both canine hepatocyte xenografted mice and real dogs. After administration of AAV vectors from different serotypes into canine hepatocyte xenograft mice, AAV8 induced the best canine hepatocyte transduction followed by AAV9, then AAV3, 7, 5 and 2. After administration of AAV/cFIX (cFIX-opt-R338L) vectors in hemophilia B dogs, consistent with the result in chimeric mice, AAV8 induced the highest cFIX protein expression and function, followed by AAV9 and then AAV2. These results suggest that mice xenografted with hepatocytes from different species could be used to predict the AAV liver transduction in real species and highlight this potential platform to explore novel AAV variants for future clinical applications. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Shao, Sun, Chen, Dobbins, Merricks, Samulski, Nichols and Li. FAU - Shao, Wenwei AU - Shao W AD - Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. AD - Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. FAU - Sun, Junjiang AU - Sun J AD - Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. AD - Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. FAU - Chen, Xiaojing AU - Chen X AD - Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. FAU - Dobbins, Amanda AU - Dobbins A AD - Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. FAU - Merricks, Elizabeth P AU - Merricks EP AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and The Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. FAU - Samulski, R Jude AU - Samulski RJ AD - Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. AD - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. FAU - Nichols, Timothy C AU - Nichols TC AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and The Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. FAU - Li, Chengwen AU - Li C AD - Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. AD - Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220131 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC8841897 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AAV (Adeno-associated virus) OT - canine hepatocytes OT - chimeric mice OT - hemophilia B OT - liver transduction COIS- CL is a cofounder of Bedrock Therapeutics, Nabgen and GeneVentiv, Inc. He has licensed patents by UNC and has received royalties from these startups and Asklepios Biopharmaceutical. RS is the founder and a shareholder at Asklepios BioPharmaceutical. He holds patents that have been licensed by UNC to Asklepios Biopharmaceutical, for which he receives royalties. He has consulted for Baxter Healthcare and has received payment for speaking. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/18 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/31 CRDT- 2022/02/17 05:34 PHST- 2021/11/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/17 05:34 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 815317 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.815317 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jan 31;13:815317. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.815317. eCollection 2022.