Intracellular Viral Processing, Not Single-Stranded DNA Accumulation, Is Crucial for Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Transduction
AUTOR(ES)
Hauck, Bernd
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a unique gene transfer vector which takes approximately 4 to 6 weeks to reach its expression plateau. The mechanism for this slow-rise expression profile was proposed to be inefficient second-strand DNA synthesis from the input single-stranded (ss) DNA viral genome. In order to clarify the status of ss AAV genomes, we generated AAV vectors labeled with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), a nucleotide analog that can be incorporated into the AAV genome and packaged into infectious virions. Since BrdU-DNA can be detected only by an anti-BrdU antibody when DNA is in an ss form, not in a double-stranded (ds) form, ss AAV genomes with BrdU can be readily tracked in situ. Although ss AAV DNA was abundant by Southern blot analysis, free ss AAV genomes were not detectable after AAV transduction by this new detection method. Further Southern blot analysis of viral DNA and virions revealed that ss AAV DNA was protected within virions. Extracted cellular fractions demonstrated that viral particles in host cells remained infectious. In addition, a significant amount of AAV genomes was degraded after AAV transduction. Therefore, we conclude that the amount of free ss DNA is not abundant during AAV transduction. AAV transduction is limited by the steps that affect AAV ss DNA release (i.e., uncoating) before second-strand DNA synthesis can occur. AAV ss DNA released from viral uncoating is either converted into ds DNA efficiently or degraded by cellular DNA repair mechanisms as damaged DNA. This study elucidates a mechanism that can be exploited to develop new strategies to improve AAV vector transduction efficiency.
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