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Self-complementary adeno-associated virus (scAAV) is a viral vector engineered from the naturally occurring adeno-associated virus (AAV) to be used as a tool for gene therapy. [1] Use of recombinant AAV (rAAV) has been successful in clinical trials addressing a variety of diseases. [ 2 ]
Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) (lower panel) – To produce AAV, package a gene of interest into the AAV-ITR vector and transfect cells with a Helper vector and the Rep/Cap DNA integration vector. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are relatively small single-stranded DNA viruses belonging to Parvoviridae and, like lentiviral vectors, AAVs can ...
Because of AAV's specialized gene therapy advantages, researchers have created an altered version of AAV termed self-complementary adeno-associated virus (scAAV). Whereas AAV packages a single strand of DNA and must wait for its second strand to be synthesized, scAAV packages two shorter strands that are complementary to each other.
Gene delivery is the process of introducing foreign genetic material, such as DNA or RNA, into host cells. [1] Gene delivery must reach the genome of the host cell to induce gene expression . [ 2 ] Successful gene delivery requires the foreign gene delivery to remain stable within the host cell and can either integrate into the genome or ...
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The drug consists of a MTM1 transgene encapsulated in a viral vector from the adeno-associated virus class (AAV8) and is administered to affected children as an intravenous infusion. The treatment is being developed by Astellas Gene Therapies and is currently in a phase I/II clinical trial in the United States.
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) based genome engineering is a genome editing platform centered on the use of recombinant AAV vectors that enables insertion, deletion or substitution of DNA sequences into the genomes of live mammalian cells.
It was found that AAV genome inserts in less than ~10% of occasions AAV infects a cell and the expression is less than when episomally expressed. [4] AAV can only package genomes between 2 – 5.2 kb in size when they are flanked with inverted terminal repeat sequences (ITRs), but optimally holds a genome of 4.1 to 4.9 kb in length. [ 5 ]