[HTML][HTML] Antigen-selective modulation of AAV immunogenicity with tolerogenic rapamycin nanoparticles enables successful vector re-administration

A Meliani, F Boisgerault, R Hardet, S Marmier… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A Meliani, F Boisgerault, R Hardet, S Marmier, F Collaud, G Ronzitti, C Leborgne…
Nature communications, 2018nature.com
Gene therapy mediated by recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors is a
promising treatment for systemic monogenic diseases. However, vector immunogenicity
represents a major limitation to gene transfer with AAV vectors, particularly for vector re-
administration. Here, we demonstrate that synthetic vaccine particles encapsulating
rapamycin (SVP [Rapa]), co-administered with AAV vectors, prevents the induction of anti-
capsid humoral and cell-mediated responses. This allows successful vector re …
Abstract
Gene therapy mediated by recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors is a promising treatment for systemic monogenic diseases. However, vector immunogenicity represents a major limitation to gene transfer with AAV vectors, particularly for vector re-administration. Here, we demonstrate that synthetic vaccine particles encapsulating rapamycin (SVP[Rapa]), co-administered with AAV vectors, prevents the induction of anti-capsid humoral and cell-mediated responses. This allows successful vector re-administration in mice and nonhuman primates. SVP[Rapa] dosed with AAV vectors reduces B and T cell activation in an antigen-selective manner, inhibits CD8+ T cell infiltration in the liver, and efficiently blocks memory T cell responses. SVP[Rapa] immunomodulatory effects can be transferred from treated to naive mice by adoptive transfer of splenocytes, and is inhibited by depletion of CD25+ T cells, suggesting a role for regulatory T cells. Co-administration of SVP[Rapa] with AAV vector represents a powerful strategy to modulate vector immunogenicity and enable effective vector re-administration.
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