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• This invention is related to the area of viral based therapies. In particular, it relates to recombinant viruses.
• GlyberaTM alipogene tiparvovec
• AAV adeno-associated virus
• LPL human lipoprotein lipase
• AAV is a small, non-enveloped virus that packages a single -stranded linear DNA genome that is approximately 5 kb long, and has been adapted for use as a gene transfer vehicle [4].
• the coding regions of AAV are flanked by inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), which act as the origins for DNA replication and serve as the primary packaging signal [7, 8] .
• ITRs inverted terminal repeats
• Both positive and negative strands are packaged into virions equally well and capable of infection [9-11] .
• a small deletion in one of the two ITRs allows packaging of self-complementary vectors, in which the genome self- anneals after viral uncoating. This results in more efficient transduction of cells but reduces the coding capacity by half [12, 13] .
• AAV is not associated with any human disease, >70% of humans are seropositive for one or most serotypes [14, 15].
• Typical routes of administration for AAV vectors include intravenous, intramuscular, subretinal and intracranal injections.
• AAV gene therapy is most often used to deliver a wild-type gene to treat monogenic diseases, and AAV vectors have been used to transduce cells in the liver, skeletal and cardiac muscle, retina and central nervous system [16-26].
• AAV CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing or to deliver broadly neutralizing antibodies against infectious diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and influenza A virus [27-32].
• immunosuppressive and antiinflammatory drugs compromise the patient's immune system during treatment, and all patients still developed neutralizing antibodies against AAV capsid, precluding future re-administration.
• AAV gene therapy clinical trials do not utilize immunosuppression prophylactically and only administer corticosteroids upon signs of inflammation or tissue damage, which has been associated with variable therapeutic efficacy [22, 23].
• AAV vectors have also been developed as vaccine vehicles against infectious diseases and cancer [39-41].
• Inflammation has been implicated as a critical determinant of successful AAV- mediated transgene expression.
• a study found that following AAV administration in mice, artificially inducing systemic inflammation such as the upregulation of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), led to a decline in transgene expression in the liver [42]. This indicates that immunological tolerance to AAV-encoded transgene can be broken given sufficient inflammatory responses.
• Another study characterized inflammation in the murine liver following AAV infection and found transient increases in liver enzymes in the serum, and also liver pathology consistent with portal and lobular inflammation [43] .
• TLR9 Toll-like receptor 9
• TLR9 is a pattern recognition receptor (PRR) found on endosomal membranes of immune cells such as B cells, monocytes, macrophages and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and binds to unmethylated CpG motifs found in the AAV genome [45, 46] .
• PRR pattern recognition receptor
• NF-kB also known as p52-RelA complex
• IFNs type I interferons
• NF-kB in turn drives the transcriptional upregulation of multiple proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF leading to inflammation and immune cell recruitment, while secreted IFNs induce the expression of numerous interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) and establish an antiviral state.
• ISGs interferon-stimulated genes
• TLR9 plays a critical role in stimulating an early inflammatory and innate immune response during AAV infection, which also contributes to priming adaptive immunity.
• TLR2 and TLR4 have been implicated in triggering responses to AAV structural proteins [47, 48] .
• TLR9 In the TLR9 field, a commonly used tool to block TLR9 activation in cell culture is short, single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides that bind TLR9 but do not activate it
• TLR9 ligands such as a DNA virus, or a CpG-containing oligonucleotide
• TLR9 ligands such as a DNA virus, or a CpG-containing oligonucleotide
• Supplementation of inhibitory oligonucleotides in trans is widely adopted in immunology experiments, but it is unknown in the field if incorporation of these sequences into a viral genome allows it to evade eliciting inflammatory and immune responses.
• GlyberaTM alipogene tiparvovec treatment still includes twelve weeks of immunosuppression, beginning three days before GlyberaTM alipogene tiparvovec administration.
• These immunosuppressive drugs strongly hamper T cell activation and therefore compromise the patient's immune system during treatment. It would be advantageous to engineer viral vectors that evade and elicit diminished or no inflammatory response upon administration. Furthermore, it would be beneficial if the immune suppression was not systemic, and if it was transient. Preventing inflammatory and immune responses could also improve transgene expression and may allow the re-administration of the viral vector for future purposes.
• a nucleic acid molecule comprises a viral genome covalently linked to an inhibitory nucleic acid sequence which binds to TLR9 but does not trigger TLR9 activation.
• a recombinant virus for delivery of a desired function to a mammalian cell.
• the recombinant virus comprises a viral genome covalently linked to an inhibitory nucleic acid sequence which binds to TLR9 but does not trigger TLR9 activation.
• Another embodiment is an aspect of treating a mammal.
• the method comprises administering a recombinant virus to a mammal in need thereof.
• the recombinant virus comprises a viral genome covalently linked to an inhibitory nucleic acid sequence which binds to TLR9 but does not trigger TLR9 activation.
• Still another aspect is a method of making a viral genome of a recombinant virus.
• An inhibitory nucleic acid sequence is inserted into a viral genome.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence binds to TLR9 but does not trigger TLR9 activation.
• a nucleic acid molecule comprises an inverted terminal repeat (ITR) and a nucleic acid sequence which inhibits TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• ITR inverted terminal repeat
• Another aspect of the invention is a nucleic acid molecule.
• the molecule comprises a viral genome covalently linked to an inhibitory nucleic acid sequence which inhibits TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• Yet another aspect of the invention is a recombinant virus for delivery of a desired function to a mammalian cell.
• the recombinant virus comprises a viral genome comprising an inhibitory nucleic acid sequence which inhibits TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• Still another aspect of the invention is a method of making a viral genome of a recombinant virus.
• a nucleic acid sequence is inserted into a viral genome.
• the nucleic acid sequence inhibits TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• a nucleic acid vector comprising at least one nucleic acid sequence.
• the nucleic acid sequence is capable of inhibiting TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• Another aspect of the invention is a method of reducing immunogenicity of a modified virus having a genome.
• the method comprises inserting a nucleic acid sequence into the genome.
• the nucleic acid sequence inhibits TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• the modified virus causes a reduced inflammatory response in a host as compared to a virus that does not contain the inhibitory sequence.
• Still another aspect of the invention is a method of increasing expression in a host cell of a virally introduced transgene.
• the method comprises introducing into a host a modified virus having a genome.
• the genome comprises a nucleic acid sequence.
• the nucleic acid sequence inhibits TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• the modified virus results in higher transgene expression in a host cell as compared to a virus that does not contain the inhibitory sequence.
• composition comprising a viral capsid encapsidating a nucleic acid sequence that inhibits TLR9-mediated inflammation.
• the viral genome may be adeno-associated virus (AAV) genome.
• AAV adeno-associated virus
• the viral genome may be selected from the group consisting of adenovirus, herpes simplex virus, varicella, variola virus, hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus, JC polyomavirus, BK polyomavirus, monkeypox virus, Herpes Zoster, Epstein-Barr virus, human herpes virus 7, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, and human parvovirus B 19.
• the viral genome may be single stranded.
• the viral genome may be packaged in a virion.
• the viral genome may comprise a gene which may be expressible in a human cell.
• the viral genome may be a cytotoxic virus for lysing target tumor cells.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise c41 oligonucleotide sequence TGGCGCGCACCCACGGCCTG (SEQ ID NO: 1).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise a plurality of copies of c41 sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise two copies of c41 sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1) separated by a linker sequence.
• the linker sequence is AAAAA (SEQ ID NO: 8).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be selected from the group consisting of: ODN 2088: TCC TGG CGG GGA AGT (SEQ ID NO: 2);
• ODN 4084-F CCTGGATGGGAA (SEQ ID NO: 3);
• ODN INH-1 CCTGGATGGGAATTCCCATCCAGG (SEQ ID NO: 4);
• ODN INH-18 CCT GGA TGG GAA CTT ACC GCT GCA (SEQ ID NO: 5);
• ODN TTAGGG TT AGG GTT AGG GTT AGG GTT AGG G (SEQ ID NO:
• G-ODN CTC CTA TTG GGG GTT TCC TAT (SEQ ID NO: 7).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be a bacterial sequence.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise a non-human gene.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be inserted downstream of or in a 3' untranslated region of the viral genome.
• the viral genome may be covalently linked to the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence by a phosphodiester bond.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise a detectable marker.
• the detectable marker may be inducible.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise a human telomere sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9.
• the viral genome may be self-complementary.
• the viral genome may be covalently linked to a plurality of inhibitory nucleic acid sequences.
• the plurality of inhibitory nucleic acid sequences may comprise an inhibitory sequence and its reverse complement.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise three copies of c41 sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1), each copy separated by a linker sequence.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be selected from the group consisting of:
• ODN 2114 TCCTGGAGGGGAAGT (SEQ ID NO: 16);
• ODN 4024 TCCTGGATGGGAAGT (SEQ ID NO: 17);
• ODN INH-4 TTCCCATCCAGGCCTGGATGGGAA (SEQ ID NO:
• ODN INH-13 CTTACCGCTGCACCTGGATGGGAA (SEQ ID NO:
• ODN Poly-G GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG (SEQ ID NO: 20); ODN GpG: TGACTGTGAAGGTTAGAGATGA (SEQ ID NO: 21); ODN IRS-869: TCCTGGAGGGGTTGT (SEQ ID NO: 22); ODN IRS-954: TGCTCCTGGAGGGGTTGT (SEQ ID NO: 23); and ODN 21158: CCTGGCGGGG (SEQ ID NO: 24).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be ODN TTAGGG (SEQ ID NO: 6).
• the inhibitory sequence may be covalently linked to a linker.
• the inhibitory sequence may be upstream of the linker.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise a plurality of copies of ODN TTAGGG (SEQ ID NO: 6).
• the plurality of copies of ODN TTAGGG may each be separated by a linker.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise at least 2, at least 3, at least 4, or at least 5 copies of ODN TTAGGG (SEQ ID NO: 6), each copy separated by a linker.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be a human sequence.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise a non -human nucleic acid sequence.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise a human gene.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise a human nucleic acid sequence.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be inserted in the 5 ' untranslated region of the viral genome.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be inserted upstream of a promoter of the viral genome.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise an inducible promoter.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise two repeated monomers of SEQ ID NO: 1.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise three repeated monomers of SEQ ID NO: 1.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 9.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise three repeated monomers of SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 9.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise five repeated monomers of SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 9.
• the step of administering may be repeated.
• the viral genome may be packaged in virions.
• the step of inserting may utilize a DNA ligase.
• the viral genome may be single stranded when in virions.
• the viral genome of the recombinant virus may comprise a gene for delivery to and expression in a human cell.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise a linker separating each of the nucleic acid sequences.
• the viral genome, recombinant virus, vector, or nucleic acid sequence may comprise at least 2, at least 3, at least 4, or at least 5 copies of the nucleic acid sequence.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid may be covalently linked to a gene.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be 95% identical to c41 oligonucleotide sequence TGGCGCGCACCCACGGCCTG (SEQ ID NO: 1).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 9.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of:
• ODN 2088 TCC TGG CGG GGA AGT (SEQ ID NO: 2);
• ODN 4084-F CCTGGATGGGAA (SEQ ID NO: 3);
• ODN INH-1 CCTGGATGGGAATTCCCATCCAGG (SEQ ID NO: 4);
• ODN INH-18 CCT GGA TGG GAA CTT ACC GCT GCA (SEQ ID NO: 5);
• ODN TTAGGG TT AGG GTT AGG GTT AGG GTT AGG G (SEQ ID NO:
• G-ODN CTC CTA TTG GGG GTT TCC TAT (SEQ ID NO: 7).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of:
• ODN 2114 TCCTGGAGGGGAAGT (SEQ ID NO: 16);
• ODN 4024 TCCTGGATGGGAAGT (SEQ ID NO: 17);
• ODN INH-4 TTCCCATCCAGGCCTGGATGGGAA (SEQ ID NO:
• ODN INH-13 CTTACCGCTGCACCTGGATGGGAA (SEQ ID NO:
• ODN Poly-G GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG (SEQ ID NO: 20); ODN GpG: TGACTGTGAAGGTTAGAGATGA (SEQ ID NO: 21); ODN IRS-869: TCCTGGAGGGGTTGT (SEQ ID NO: 22); ODN IRS-954: TGCTCCTGGAGGGGTTGT (SEQ ID NO: 23); and ODN 21158: CCTGGCGGGG (SEQ ID NO: 24).
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise a plurality of copies of SEQ ID NO: 6 and/or SEQ ID NO: 9
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may comprise two copies of SEQ ID NO: 6 and/or SEQ ID NO: 9 separated by a linker sequence.
• FIG. 1 Schematic drawing of viral gene therapy and inflammatory and immune responses.
• FIG. 2 Schematic drawing showing TLR9 sensing AAV DNA during viral entry and inflammatory and immune responses. From Rogers et al., 2011, Frontiers in Microbiology, "Innate Immune Responses to AAV Vectors," vol. 2, article 194.
• FIG. 3A shows nucleotide sequence of c41 (SEQ ID NO: 1), a single- stranded oligonucleotide.
• Fig. 3B shows organization of AAV-eGFP and AAV-eGFP- c41 genomes. ITR, inverted terminal repeat; LPA, late polyadenylation signal. Transgene of interest depicted in this case is eGFP. The insertion is of c41 sequence. Spacer depicted in Fig. 3B is shown in SEQ ID NO: 8.
• Fig. 4 shows NF-kB activity in HEK293 TLR9 cells mock-infected or infected with AAV virus (DJ capsid, self-complementary AAV genome, encoding eGFP). **, p ⁇ 0.005; n.s., not significant. This experiment used a crude viral preparation.
• Fig. 5. Flow cytometry histograms showing GFP expression in HEK293 TLR9 cells mock-infected or infected with AAV virus with or without c41. This experiment used a crude viral preparation.
• Figs. 6A-6B show nucleotide sequence of "telomere” (SEQ ID NO: 9), a single-stranded oligonucleotide containing the (TTAGGG)4 (SEQ ID NO: 6) motif from mammalian telomeres.
• Fig. 6B shows organization of AAV-eGFP-telomere genome. The insertion is of "telomere” sequence. Spacers shown in Fig. 6B are SEQ ID NO: 8.
• FIGs. 7A-7B show the percentage of transduced cells (GFP+) 2 days after infection of a B cell line with similar amounts of indicated AAV viruses, analyzed by flow cytometry.
• Fig. 7B shows TNF production in the supernatant of primary human CD 14+ monocytes 18 hours after infection, as assayed by ELISA.
• FIG. 8A-8B Engineering a self-complementary AAV vector.
• Fig. 8 A DNA sequences of "c41" and "telomere”.
• Fig. 8B Genome organization of an AAV vector (scAAV-eGFP) and modified vectors.
• LpA polyA signal.
• FIG. 9A-9C Inflammatory response to various AAV vectors in human immune cells in vitro.
• FIG. 9A Primary human macrophages were infected with AAV2 viruses (MOI: 10 5 vg/cell) and supernatants were collected 18 h later and analyzed by ELISA for TNF levels. Five uM ODN 2006, a CpG-containing oligonucleotide, served as a positive control.
• FIG. 10A-10E Further characterization of AAV vectors.
• FIG. 10A DNA sequence of "control”.
• FIG. 10B Genome organization of modified vectors.
• Fig. IOC Primary human macrophages were infected with AAV2 viruses similar to (Fig. 9A) and analyzed by ELISA for TNF levels.
• Fig. 10D Primary human monocytes were infected similar to (Fig. 9B, Fig. 9C) and analyzed by ELISA for TNF levels.
• Fig. 10A DNA sequence of "control”.
• Fig. 10B Genome organization of modified vectors.
• Fig. IOC Primary human macrophages were infected with AAV2 viruses similar to (Fig. 9A) and analyzed by ELISA for TNF levels.
• FIG. 1 1A-1 1B Fig. 1 1A
• Primary human macrophages using a different lot of both AAV2 viruses were infected similar to (Fig. 9A) and analyzed for TNF levels.
• FIG. 12A-12C Inflammatory response to intravenous administration of various AAV vectors in adult mice in vivo.
• Fig. 13 Genome organization of a single-stranded AAV vector (ssAAV-eGFP) and ssAAV-eGFP-5x telomere.
• Fig. 14A-14C Inflammatory and immune response following subretinal administration of various AAV vectors in neonatal mice in vivo.
• Neonatal CD 1 mice P I
• the animals were euthanized and the eyecup was dissected out.
• the retina and the rest of the eyecup were analyzed for indicated gene expression by qRT-PCR.
• Saline injection was set to 1 fold expression for each gene.
• Each triangle represents an animal.
• FIG. 15A-15C Analysis of immune cell markers in the retina following subretinal administration of various AAV vectors in neonatal mice in vivo.
• FIG. 15A, Fig. 15B and Fig. 15C Similar to (Fig. 14A-14C), the retina was analyzed for indicated gene expression by qRT-PCR.
• Aifl (Ibal) is known to be expressed in microglia, while Cd4 and Cd8a are markers of helper and cytolytic T cells respectively.
• Saline injection was set to 1 fold expression for each gene.
• Fig. 16 GFP expression in the eye.
• Neonatal CD1 mice received indicated AAV8 viruses (1.8xl0 8 vg per mouse eye) by subretinal injections.
• FIG. 17A shows nucleotide sequence of c41 (SEQ ID NO: 1), a single-stranded oligonucleotide.
• Fig. 17B shows organization of AAV-eGFP and AAV-eGFP-c41 genomes. ITR, inverted terminal repeat; LPA, late polyadenylation signal. Transgene of interest depicted in this case is eGFP. The insertion is of c41 sequence. Spacer depicted in Fig. 17B is shown in SEQ ID NO: 8.
• Figs. 18A-18B show nucleotide sequence of "telomere” (SEQ ID NO: 9), a single -stranded oligonucleotide containing the (TTAGGG)4 (SEQ ID NO: 6) motif from mammalian telomeres.
• Fig. 18B shows organization of AAV-eGFP-telomere genome. The insertion is of "telomere" sequence. Spacers shown in Fig. 18B are SEQ ID NO: 8.
• TLR9 toll-like receptor 9
• a short nucleotide sequence for inhibition of TLR9 may be of any origin. It can be bacterial, human, synthetic, or from other sources. One particular sequence is the 20 nucleotide long "c41" [TGGCGCGCACCCACGGCCTG (SEQ ID NO: 1)] from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
• Another particular sequence is from human telomeres and comprises (TTAGGG)4 (SEQ ID NO:6).
• Other inhibitory sequences are shown in SEQ ID NO: 2-5, 7, 9, and 16-24.
• Inhibitory sequences may also be used which share at least 80 % homology/identity with these sequences.
• Inhibitory sequences may also be used which share at least 85 %, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and/or at least 99% homology/identity with these sequences.
• Multiple copies of the inhibitory sequence can be used, either in tandem arrays or separated in the viral vector by spacer or linker sequences or other portions of the viral genome.
• one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, fifteen, or twenty copies are used.
• one or more copies of the inhibitory sequence are on the plus strand and some on the minus strand of the virus genome.
• the inhibitory oligonucleotide sequences are introduced into host cells as part of the viral genome or virion, rather than as a separate agent. This renders the effect of the oligonucleotide sequences local rather than systemic. Moreover, the immune evasion is transient as it occurs during AAV or other virus entry, unlike immune suppression with drugs which can last for weeks. Additionally, it ensures that the beneficial antagonist activity is where it needs to be— with the virus or viral genome. If the virus or viral genome is not replicated in the host cell, then the effect of the oligonucleotide will be transient. If the virus or viral genome is replicated, the effect will be coextensive with the replication.
• An inhibitory nucleic acid sequence may be inserted into a viral genome using any means of recombinant DNA engineering. This may involve in vitro or in vivo recombination. In vitro recombination may be accomplished using a DNA ligase or other nucleic acid joining enzyme, for example. In vivo recombination may be accomplished by co-transforming a host cell with separate donor molecules that share homology by which they will recombine using host cell machinery. Alternatively, a single donor molecule may recombine in vivo with a host cell sequence. Combinations of these approaches may also be used. Typically the insertion will involve a standard linkage of one deoxyribonucleotide to another (a phosphodiester bond). However, there may be circumstances in which non-standard linkages will be used between the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence and the rest of the viral genome. Optionally, the inhibitory nucleic acid sequence is located in an untranslated region of the viral genome.
• the genome may optionally contain a therapeutic gene and/or a marker gene.
• this gene will be a non-viral gene, or a gene that is not naturally present in the viral genome.
• the gene may be expressible in a mammalian host cell or animal. Expression may be under the control of a viral promoter or a promoter that is introduced with the gene. Expression may be inducible, repressible, condition- responsive, or constitutive, as examples.
• a therapeutic gene is one which encodes an RNA or protein product beneficial to the host. The benefit may be, for example, to improve health, protect against infection, or remedy a deficiency.
• the marker may enable one to track the location, the level of replication, the level of propagation, the level of transcription, or the level of translation of the virus or its products or components.
• Suitable markers include those which are readily detectable, such as fluorescent proteins, chromogenic proteins, etc.
• a second agent may be used or added for detection of the marker protein or for development of a detectable substance.
• Introduced genes may be human or non-human, heterologous (from another species) or homologous (from same species) or endogenous (from the same subject).
• Any DNA viral genome can be used, whether single stranded or double stranded.
• viruses examples include without limitation, wild- type or variants of adeno-associated virus (AAV), adenovirus, herpes simplex virus, varicella, variola virus, hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus, JC polyomavirus, BK polyomavirus, monkeypox virus, Herpes Zoster, Epstein-Barr virus, human herpes virus 7, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, human parvovirus B19, and enterovirus.
• AAV adeno-associated virus
• adenovirus herpes simplex virus, varicella, variola virus, hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus, JC polyomavirus, BK polyomavirus, monkeypox virus, Herpes Zoster, Epstein-Barr virus, human herpes virus 7, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, human parvovirus B19, and enterovirus.
• the virus may be, without
• a genome that is modified to encode fewer viral proteins may be used.
• a viral genome that is modified to encode no viral proteins may be used.
• Viral genomes may include, by way of non-limiting example, inverted terminal repeats and/or other non-coding genetic elements that facilitate packaging of engineered viral genomes into the capsid.
• Viral genomes may be delivered to a mammalian host cell as naked DNA, in a liposome, complexed to a polymer, in a condensed or compacted state, in a gold particle, in a virion, or any other means that is suitable for the application.
• a complete viral genome will be administered, but in some situations, it may be desirable to use a partial genome.
• the partial genome may be complemented by helper functions provided by the host cell or another genomic or viral entity. Partial genomes may be used, for example, if the therapeutic payload is large and some essential viral functions must be omitted to package.
• Recombinant viruses may be administered to a mammal or mammalian cells according to any route which is effective for the purpose.
• the administration may be systemic, e.g., via the blood. It may be delivered orally, subcutaneously, topically, bucally, anally, intramuscularly, intravenously, intratumorally, intracranially, intrathecally, subretinally, etc. Any suitable carrier or vehicle may also be used for administration. It may be desirable to pre-treat the cells or mammal to render them more permeable to or receptive to the recombinant virus. A mammal "in need of a recombinant virus may be one for whom the virus will be beneficial.
• the inhibitory nucleic acid sequences we used, as well as others known in the art, may be incorporated into other viruses that, like AAV, have potential utility for humans and other mammals but elicit inflammatory/immune responses that may be undesirable.
• viruses that preferentially infect and lyse cancer cells are used to kill or shrink tumors. These viruses are replicative (unlike AAV vectors used for gene therapy) so they can release new virions to shrink the remaining tumor. Examples include wild-type or variants of herpes simplex virus, adenovirus, and enterovirus.
• EXAMPLE 2 Modified Viral Genome Reduces NF-kB Activation
• HEK293 cells stably expressing TLR9 HEK293 TLR9 cells
• NF-kB alkaline phosphatase
• alkaline phosphatase is secreted into the media and acts on a provided substrate, leading to a change in color of the media that can be measured on a plate reader.
• AAV-eGFP infection induced a small but statistically significant increase in NF-kB activity (Fig. 4).
• AAV-eGFP-c41 infection was not significantly different compared to mock-infected cells, indicating that the virus was able to evade eliciting an inflammatory response.
• telomere a sequence derived from mammalian telomeres that contains the suppressive (TTAGGG)4 motif (SEQ ID NO: 6), which has been shown to block TLR9 signaling (Fig. 6A and Fig. 6B).
• AAV-eGFP-telomere virus yielded similar viral titers as AAV-eGFP and AAV-eGFP-c41 when titered on HeLa cells, demonstrating that incorporation of "telomere" does not hinder viral packaging and infectivity.
• TNF is a prototypical pro-inflammatory cytokine induced by NF-kB activation.
• AAV-eGFP infection increased TNF production compared to mock-infection, while AAV-eGFP-c41 and AAV-eGFP- telomere infections showed no or little increase in TNF production (Figs. 7A-7B), showing that the two viruses were able to evade eliciting inflammatory responses.
• sc AAV vectors As they have been shown to be more efficient at triggering TLR9 activation and inducing more inflammation in the mouse liver than single-stranded (ss) AAV vectors.
• ss single-stranded
• c41 and telomere are predicted to have strong secondary structure, we used an AAAAA linker between copies of the inhibitory oligonucleotide.
• 3xc41 and 3x telomere sequences were placed after the polyA sequence and upstream of the right inverted terminal repeat (ITR) so they would be present in the DNA genome during viral entry, but would be absent from subsequent mRNA transcripts upon successful transduction ("scAAV-eGFP-3xc41" and "scAAV-eGFP-3x telomere”).
• ITR right inverted terminal repeat
• scAAV-eGFP-3x41 and scAAV-eGFP-3x telomere markedly decreased TNF induction by >95%, indicating that incorporation of "c41” or "telomere” in these viruses could evade eliciting inflammatory responses compared to the wild-type (WT) vector.
• WT wild-type
• scAAV-3x telomere-eGFP was also able to prevent TNF induction by >95%, demonstrating that the inserted inhibitory oligonucleotides can be placed in other parts of the viral genome and retain the ability to block inflammation.
• scAAV-eGFP phosphate-buffered saline
• ODN 2006 a commercially available CpG-containing oligonucleotide that is known to strongly activate TLR9/NF-kB and inflammation, served as negative and positive controls respectively.
• scAAV-eGFP triggered robust TNF induction while scAAV-eGFP- 3xc41 and scAAV-eGFP-3x telomere negated most of the TNF induction (Fig. 9B).
• scAAV-3x telomere-eGFP likewise reduced TNF induction, although inhibition was -85%, which may be due to differences between cell types or donor tissue.
• the evasion of TNF induction was also reproduced in primary CD 14+ monocytes obtained from another donor (Fig. 9C).
• scAAV-eGFP-3x telomere reduced -85% of TNF induction compared to scAAV-eGFP.
• Intravenous delivery of AAV is often used to transduce hepatocytes for gene therapy.
• Kupffer cells resident hepatic antigen-presenting cells
• inflammatory and innate immune responses 1-9 h later [36].
• These responses include induction of proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF and IL6 and type I interferons such as IFN- ⁇ .
• TLR9-/- mice do not exhibit these inflammatory and innate immune responses in the liver, demonstrating a central role for TLR9 in vivo as an innate immune sensor.
• immune cells such as neutrophils, macrophages and natural killer (NK) cells infiltrate the liver 2 h after AAV administration.
• telomere derived from human sequences and might be preferable for clinical use.
• scAAV- eGFP stimulated increased Tnf and 116 expression in the liver (approximately 3 to 10 fold, compared to saline), indicating inflammation (Fig. 12A).
• scAAV- eGFP-3x telomere showed little to no increase in inflammatory markers.
• EXAMPLE 8 Engineing a single-stranded AAV vector and determining
• ssAAV-eGFP single-stranded AAV vector, ssAAV-eGFP, by inserting 5 copies of "telomere” with AAAAA linkers, followed by another 5 copies but in anti- sense orientation, into the plasmid, giving ssAAV-eGFP-5x telomere (Fig. 13). Since both positive and negative strands of the viral genome are equally likely to be packaged into a viral particle, this ensures that each packaged viral genome would have 5 copies of "telomere" in the correct orientation.
• Two AAV8 viruses were produced and purified. Again, we did not observe differences in titers between the two vectors, suggesting similar packaging efficiency (data not shown).
• ssAAV-eGFP was selected as it has been previously used for subretinal injections in mice and efficiently transduces photoreceptors in the eye [62] .
• ssAAV-eGFP or ss-AAV-eGFP-5x telomere were delivered via subretinal injection into neonates eyes and measured the expression of inflammatory and immune genes.
• the three mice that received saline injections were uniformly low for Tnf expression in the retina and were set to 1 fold expression (Fig. 14A).
• two mice that received ssAAV-eGFP two exhibited mild upregulation of Tnf (1.9 fold and 8.3 fold), while three animals demonstrated large induction of Tnf (62.2 fold, 534 fold, and 1003 fold), with a mean of 321 fold for the five animals.
• mice Male, 7-9 weeks old were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory and CD1 mice were purchased from Charles River Laboratories.
• scAAV-eGFP was purchased from Cell Biolabs (VPK-430) and has been previously described [73], scAAV-eGFP expressed enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) from the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter, and included an SV40 intron and SV40 polyA sequence.
• eGFP enhanced green fluorescent protein
• CMV cytomegalovirus
• ssAAV-eGFP has been previously described [62] and was originally obtained from the Harvard DF/HCC DNA Resource Core (clone ID: EvNO00061595).
• ssAAV-eGFP contained a CMV enhancer/promoter, human ⁇ -globin intron, eGFP, and ⁇ -globin polyA sequence.
• the sequences of "c41" (5'-TGGCGCGCACCCACGGCCTG-3'; SEQ ID NO: 1) derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and "telomere" (5'- TTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG-3 ' ; SEQ ID NO: 9; initial T nucleotide is optional for function) derived from mammalian telomeres have been described [52, 57, 58, 61].
• telomere A widely used "telomere" oligonucleotide (manufactured by Invivogen, catalog code “tlrl-ttag”) harbored an additional T (in bold) compared to published studies and thus was included in the sequence. During the course of this study, Invivogen removed the additional T in their manufactured “telomere” oligonucleotide (catalog code “tlrl-ttag 151"). In addition, “control” (5 ' -GCTAGATGTTAGCGT-3 ' ; SEQ ID NO: 34) was used as a negative control sequence that does not inhibit TLR9 activation (Invivogen, catalog code "tlrl-2088c").
• telomere Alternatively, one copy of "telomere” was inserted, with an AAAAA linker (SEQ ID NO: 8), giving scAAV-eGFP-lx telomere.
• AAAAA linker SEQ ID NO: 8
• 3x telomere between the left ITR and CMV promoter using the unique Avrll site, giving scAAV-3x telomere-eGFP.
• telomere(sense)-5x telomere(anti-sense)-NheI was inserted immediately 5 ' of the Xbal site adjacent to the right ITR.
• AAAAA was used as a linker between copies of "telomere”.
• sense and anti- sense sequences of "telomere" were added as single-stranded AAV vectors have an equal chance of packaging positive or negative strands of the viral genome, thus ensuring that all packaged AAV genomes will carry 5 copies of "telomere" in the right orientation.
• Self-complementary vectors were packaged into AAV2 (Vigene Biosciences) by triple transfection of HEK293 cells and purified using iodixanol gradient ultracentrifugation and then concentrated to 500ul using Amicon Ultra- 15 columns in PBS.
• the purified viruses were titered by qPCR using primers derived from ITR and an AAV standard. The final yield of the viruses ranged from 0.5 - 3 x 10 13 vg.
• AAV8 Single-stranded vectors were packaged into AAV8 based on previously described protocols [74, 75] . Briefly, AAV vector, rep2-cap8 packaging plasmid and adenoviral helper plasmid were transfected into HEK293T cells with polyethylenimine and supernatant was collected 72 h after transfection. AAV8 viruses were precipitated with 8.5% w/v PEG8000 and 0.4M NaCl and centrifuged at 7000g. The pellet was resuspended in lysis buffer (150mM NaCl and 20mM Tris, pH 8.0) and MgC12 was added to a final concentration of ImM.
• lysis buffer 150mM NaCl and 20mM Tris, pH 8.0
• the resuspended viruses were incubated with 25U/ml Benzonase (Sigma) at 37°C for 15 min and run on an iodixanol gradient. Recovered AAV vectors were washed 3 times with PBS using Amicon 100K columns (EMD Millipore) and concentrated to 100 - 500ul of PBS. Protein gels were run to determine virus titers, using serial dilutions of previous AAV standards for comparison.
• PBMCs Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
• ZenBio Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
• CD 14+ monocytes were positively selected from PBMCs using anti-CD 14 magnetic microbeads according to the manufacturer's instructions (Miltenyi Biotec) or purchased from Stemcell Technologies.
• monocytes were cultured with 50ng/ml of recombinant human macrophage colony stimulation factor (rhM-CSF, purchased from Peprotech) for 5 to 6 d to allow differentiation into macrophages.
• rhM-CSF recombinant human macrophage colony stimulation factor
• lxlO 5 monocytes or macrophages were seeded in 190ul of RPMI growth media per well in 96 well round bottom plates or 96 well flat bottom plates respectively, and infected with lOul AAV2 viruses at indicated MOIs in PBS.
• Mock infection additional of lOul PBS
• ODN 2006 final concentration of 5uM, Invivogen
• a CpG-containing oligonucleotide known to activate TLR9 and trigger inflammation served as negative and positive controls.
• supernatants were collected and clarified by low speed centrifugation, followed by ELISA for human TNF (Thermo Scientific).
• HeLa cells are highly permissive for AAV2 vectors and are commonly used to determine the transducing titer of AAV2 vector preparations [76] . Briefly, HeLa cells were seeded overnight in 12 wells and were approximately 80% confluent at time of infection ( ⁇ 3xl0 5 cells). Cells were infected with serial ten-fold dilutions of viruses at indicated MOIs and incubated for 48 h before fixing with 1% paraformaldehyde in PBS and followed by flow cytometry analysis for GFP+ cells. PBS mock-infected cells were used to determine GFP+ signal.
• RNA extraction kit (OMEGA Bio-Tek).
• RNA was reverse transcribed into cDNA with a high- capacity R A-to-cDNA kit (Thermo Scientific) and similar amounts of cDNA were assayed with quantitative PCR (qPCR) using TaqMan Fast Advanced Master Mix (Thermo Scientific) and commercially available pre-designed primers/probes with FAM reporter dye for the indicated target genes (IDT).
• qPCR quantitative PCR
• IDT FAM reporter dye for the indicated target genes
• Expression level for each gene was calculated by normalizing against the housekeeping genes Actb or Gapdh using the AACT method and expressed as fold levels compared to saline-injected mice. All qPCR reactions were run on a realplex 4 Mastercycle (Eppendorf).
• Eye cups were dissected out by removing the cornea, lens, iris, vitreous body and peripheral muscles. Images of flat-mounted eye cups were taken using a xlO objective on a Keyence BZ-x700 microscope. Images used for comparison between groups were taken at the same imaging settings in the same imaging session.
• Lenert PS Classification, mechanisms of action, and therapeutic applications of inhibitory oligonucleotides for Toll-like receptors (TLR) 7 and 9. Mediators Inflamm. 2010;2010:986596. doi: 10.1155/2010/986596. PubMed PMID: 20490286; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC2873634.
• DNA-like class R inhibitory oligonucleotides preferentially block autoantigen- induced B-cell and dendritic cell activation in vitro and autoantibody production in lupus- prone MRL-Fas(lpr/lpr) mice in vivo.
• IHL-ODNs DNA-like class R inhibitory oligonucleotides

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