Gene delivery to the spinal cord using MRI-guided focused ultrasound

Gene Therapy
D Weber-AdrianI Aubert

Abstract

Non-invasive gene delivery across the blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) remains a challenge for treatment of spinal cord injury and disease. Here, we demonstrate the use of magnetic resonance image-guided focused ultrasound (MRIgFUS) to mediate non-surgical gene delivery to the spinal cord using self-complementary adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (scAAV9). scAAV9 encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP) was injected intravenously in rats at three dosages: 4 × 10(8), 2 × 10(9) and 7 × 10(9) vector genomes per gram (VG g(-1)). MRIgFUS allowed for transient, targeted permeabilization of the BSCB through the interaction of focused ultrasound (FUS) with systemically injected Definity lipid-shelled microbubbles. Viral delivery at 2 × 10(9) and 7 × 10(9) VG g(-1) leads to robust GFP expression in FUS-targeted regions of the spinal cord. At a dose of 2 × 10(9) VG g(-1), GFP expression was found in 36% of oligodendrocytes, and in 87% of neurons in FUS-treated areas. FUS applications to the spinal cord could address a long-term goal of gene therapy: delivering vectors from the circulation to diseased areas in a non-invasive manner.

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