Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Engineering novel AAV capsids by global de-targeting and subsequent muscle-specific tropism in mice and NHPs
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.19.654800
Figure Lengend Snippet: A. Sequence alignments of the RGD-containing peptides 2A, 4E, and 4A inserted into AAV.Zero3 at R585. B. Representative images of in vitro transduction in HEK 293T and C2C12 cell lines were transduced at MOI=1E5 with AAV9-, AAV2-, MyoAAV 2A-, AAV.Zero3 2A-, MyoAAV 4E-, AAV.Zero3 4E-, MyoAAV 4A-, or AAV.eM-CAG-Fluc-P2A-EGFP 72 hours after transduction. Scale bar: 100 μm. C–E. 8-week-old C57BL/6J mice were systemically injected with 2E11 vg per mouse (∼8E12 vg/kg) AAV9-, AAV2-, MyoAAV 2A-, AAV.Zero3 2A-, MyoAAV 4E-, AAV.Zero3 4E-, MyoAAV 4A-, or AAV.eM-CAG-Fluc-P2A-EGFP. Representative whole body in vivo bioluminescence images 21 days post-injection (C). Viral genome copy number per diploid from mice tissues, including quadriceps, abdomen, and heart (left) and liver (right) detected by qPCR with standard curve (D). The p value was calculated between AAV9 and each other capsid by unpaired Student’s t -test (n=6), * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Quantification of the Fluc mRNA in mice tissues, including quadriceps, abdomen, and heart (left) and liver (right) 21 days post-injection (E). The p value was calculated between AAV9 and each other capsid by unpaired Student’s t -test (n=11–17), * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, *** p < 0.001. F–G. 8-week-old C57BL/6J mice were systemically injected with 2E11 vg per mouse (∼8E12 vg/kg) AAV9-, AAV2-, MyoAAV 4A-, or AAV.eM-CAG-Fluc-P2A-EGFP. Representative western blot images detecting luciferase and GAPDH of quadriceps and liver tissues 21 days post-injection (F). Representative cross-section fluorescent images of quadriceps and liver tissues 21 days post-injection (G). Green: EGFP, Blue: DAPI. Scale bar: 25 μm.
Article Snippet: The human embryonic kidney cell line HEK 293T (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), CRL-11268), human myoblast cell line C2C12 (ATCC, CRL-1772), human cervical carcinoma cell line HelaRC32 (ATCC, CRL-2972), and human hepatoma HuH-7 cell line (National Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures, SCSP-526) were cultured in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) (Thermo Fisher Scientific, C11995500BT) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Excell Bio, FSP500) and 1% penicillin-streptomycin (P/S; Biosharp, BL505A) and the hamster ovary cell line CHO-K1 (Cobioer Gene Technology Co., CBP60296) was maintained in F12K media (Sigma-Aldrich, N3520-10X1L) supplemented with 10% FBS and 1% P/S.
Techniques: Sequencing, In Vitro, Transduction, Injection, In Vivo, Western Blot, Luciferase