UMMS Affiliation
RNA Therapeutics Institute; Department of Radiology, New England Center for Stroke Research; Neurointerventional Radiology; Department of Neurosurgery; Program in Molecular Medicine; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Publication Date
2021-12-22
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Genetics and Genomics | Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides | Therapeutics
Abstract
siRNAs comprise a class of drugs that can be programmed to silence any target gene. Chemical engineering efforts resulted in development of divalent siRNAs (di-siRNAs), which support robust and long-term efficacy in rodent and nonhuman primate brains upon direct cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) administration. Oligonucleotide distribution in the CNS is nonuniform, limiting clinical applications. The contribution of CSF infusion placement and dosing regimen on relative accumulation, specifically in the context of large animals, is not well characterized. To our knowledge, we report the first systemic, comparative study investigating the effects of 3 routes of administration - intrastriatal (i.s.), i.c.v., and intrathecal catheter to the cisterna magna (ITC) - and 2 dosing regimens - single and repetitive via an implanted reservoir device - on di-siRNA distribution and accumulation in the CNS of Dorset sheep. CSF injections (i.c.v. and ITC) resulted in similar distribution and accumulation across brain regions. Repeated dosing increased homogeneity, with greater relative deep brain accumulation. Conversely, i.s. administration supported region-specific delivery. These results suggest that dosing regimen, not CSF infusion placement, may equalize siRNA accumulation and efficacy throughout the brain. These findings inform the planning and execution of preclinical and clinical studies using siRNA therapeutics in the CNS.
Keywords
Gene therapy, Neurodegeneration, Neuroscience, RNA processing
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Copyright: © 2021, Ferguson et al. This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
DOI of Published Version
10.1172/jci.insight.152203
Source
Ferguson CM, Godinho BM, Alterman JF, Coles AH, Hassler M, Echeverria D, Gilbert JW, Knox EG, Caiazzi J, Haraszti RA, King RM, Taghian T, Puri A, Moser RP, Gounis MJ, Aronin N, Gray-Edwards H, Khvorova A. Comparative route of administration studies using therapeutic siRNAs show widespread gene modulation in Dorset sheep. JCI Insight. 2021 Dec 22;6(24):e152203. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.152203. PMID: 34935646. Link to article on publisher's site
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JCI insight
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PubMed ID
34935646
Repository Citation
Ferguson CM, Godinho B, Alterman JF, Coles AH, Hassler MR, Echeverria D, Gilbert JW, Knox EG, Caiazzi J, Haraszti RA, King RM, Taghian T, Puri AS, Moser RP, Gounis MJ, Aronin N, Gray-Edwards HL, Khvorova A. (2021). Comparative route of administration studies using therapeutic siRNAs show widespread gene modulation in Dorset sheep. Radiology Publications. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.152203. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/radiology_pubs/672
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