It is essential that investigators affiliated with this program be provided with consistently high titer, pure rAAV preparations. Therefore, the Vector Core Laboratory at the University of Florida has three objectives. The first objective of the Vector Core Laboratory is to make the highest quality preclinical vector for the investigators affiliated with this program conducting pre-clinical gene transfer experiments, as well as, safety and toxicology studies to support the AAV platform. Each virus preparation is now produced using a mini-Ad plasmid DNA system to eliminate Ad contamination. Small-scale preparations of rAAV 1, 2, and 5 vectors are purified by iodixanol gradient centrifugation followed by heparin affinity or anion exchange chromatography. Large-scale preparations of rAAV2 are purified by a newly developed method that uses FPLC chromatography on heparin sulfate, phenyl Sepharose, and cation exchange columns. All virus stocks are subjected to stringent quality control assays to assess purity, particle titer, infectious titer, particle to infectivity ratio and potential contamination by rcAAV. The second objective of the vector core is the routine and large-scale production and purification of other AAV serotypes, including AAV1, AAV5, AAV7, and AAV8 vectors, and capsid mutants of AAV serotypes 2, 1, and 5. Assays and specific reagents will be developed to accurately determine the titers of the different serotype vectors and the capsid mutants. The third objective of this proposal is to develop viral vectors targeted to bronchial epithelial cells in order to provide a highly specific delivery of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene, as well as to diminish the transduction of collateral tissues thereby reducing the required dose of vector to the patients.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01HL051811-14
Application #
7388908
Study Section
Heart, Lung, and Blood Initial Review Group (HLBP)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2007-04-01
Budget End
2008-03-31
Support Year
14
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$200,388
Indirect Cost
Name
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Type
DUNS #
001910777
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21218
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