LACK OF PERSISTENCE OF E1(-) RECOMBINANT ADENOVIRAL VECTORS CONTAINING A TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE E2A MUTATION IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT MICE AND HEMOPHILIA-B DOGS
B. Fang et al., LACK OF PERSISTENCE OF E1(-) RECOMBINANT ADENOVIRAL VECTORS CONTAINING A TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE E2A MUTATION IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT MICE AND HEMOPHILIA-B DOGS, Gene therapy, 3(3), 1996, pp. 217-222
Two recombinant adenoviruses expressing either human alpha(1)-antitryp
sin (hAAT) or canine factor IX (cFIX) were modified so that they also
contained a temperature-sensitive mutation (ts125) in the DNA binding
protein encoded within the viral E2A region. The effects of the inclus
ion of the ts125 mutation on transgene expression in vivo were evaluat
ed in Balb/c mice and hemophilia B dogs by comparison with adenoviral
vectors containing the same transgene but lacking the ts125 mutation.
No significant differences in the duration of transgene expression wer
e observed in either animal model. Insufficiency of the ts125 mutation
in the prolongation of transgene expression in these two animal model
s suggests that further modification of the vector backbone may be req
uired to achieve long-term gene expression in a wide variety of applic
ations. Additionally, humoral immune response to transgene products ha
s been demonstrated in immunocompetent animal models, which will also
need to be surmounted for long-term efficacy in disease treatment by g
ene therapy.