Single Chain Antibody (Mab69) Against the NG2 Proteoglycan
AAV based viral vectors that express either AAV-NG2Ab or AAV-NT3 have been shown to provide improved recovery of motor function in models.
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) affects nearly 270,000 Americans and is a common cause of permanent disability and death in children and adults. Despite being a significant burden to the patients, society and healthcare industry, SCI currently has no treatment. It is known that, upon SCI, macrophages/ microglial cells rush to the site and contribute in development of inflammatory response at the injury epicenter. Therefore manipulating these first responders to deliver desirable proteins such as neutralizing antibodies to inhibitory proteins, or Neurotrophins, to the site of injury represents an excellent therapeutic strategy.
Researchers at Stony Brook University have developed AAV based viral vectors that express either NG2-neutralizing antibody (AAV-NG2Ab) or Neurotrophins (AAV-NT3) and have been shown to provide improved recovery of motor function in relevant animal models. The vectors have high tropism for both neuronal and glial cells and carries a promising potential as gene therapy vector for SCI and other neurodegenerative injuries. Further Details: Petrosyan et al., J Nerrosci, 33(9):4032-43, 2013 Petrosyan et al., Gene Therapy, 21:991-1000, 2014
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Significant recovery in locomotor function in relevant animal models. High transduction efficacy in glial and neuronal cells. No adverse inflammatory response following vector administration
-Brain injury -Spinal cord injury -Neurodegenerative injuries
Patented,Patent application submitted
Issued US Patent # 9,623,107 (Issue date 04/08/2017) Pending continuation application # 15/448,94
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