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. 2023 Jul 10;18(10):1241–1251. doi: 10.1038/s41565-023-01419-x

Extended Data Fig. 4. Tropism in mice and utilizing mice as a model organism for cargo validation.

Extended Data Fig. 4

a, CAP-Mac after intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration in adult mice primarily transduces neurons, mimicking the CAP-Mac tropism in infant Old World primates after intravenous (IV) administration. b, CAP-Mac after IV administration in C57BL/6 J, BALB/cJ, and DBA/2 J adult mice primarily transduces vasculature, with no apparent differences between the three mouse strains. c, CAP-Mac in P0 C57BL/6 J pups after intravenous administration transduces various cell-types, including neurons, astrocytes, and vasculature. d-g, Given the neuronal tropism of CAP-Mac via ICV administration, we validated GCaMP cargo in mice prior to non-human primate experiments, testing either one-component or two-component systems. d, e, GCaMP protein expression and representative ΔF/F traces in mice after delivering CAG-GCaMP6f (n = 2 mice) (d) or a CAG-tTA/TRE-GCaMP6f cocktail (n = 3 mice) using CAP-Mac (e). f, g, To determine cargo to move forward with, we found that 0-3 Hz bandpower (two-tailed Welch’s t-test, P = 0.105) (f), but not area under the curve (AUC; two-tailed Welch’s t-test, P = 0.626) (g), was indicative of cargo performance.