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Published in final edited form as: Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2024 Jun 19;211:115363. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2024.115363

Table 3.

Preclinical studies of AAV-mediated gene therapy of brain diseases

Animal Delivery Targeted sites Serotype Transgene Dosage (vg) Ref
Parkinson’s disease
Rat DI Striatum AAV2 AADC 2.5×1010 [25]
Rat DI Striatum AAV2 AADC 4×1010 [164]
NHP DI Striatum AAV2 AADC 3.6×1011 [165]
Rat DI STN AAV2 GAD 1.0×108 [166]
NHP DI STN AAV2 GAD 0.6–1.2×1010 [167]
Mouse DI Striatum AAV9 miniSINEUP-GDNF 7.0×109 [168]
Rat DI Striatum AAV5, AAV6 GDNF 3.0×108 [169]
Rat DI Striatum AAV2 CDNF/GDNF 4.0×107, 2.0×108, 1.0×109 [170]
NHP DI Striatum AAV2 GDNF 9.9×1011 [171]
NHP DI SN
Striatum
AAV2 GDNF 5.5×1010, 5.5×1011 [172]
NHP DI Striatum AAV2 NTN 3.0×1011 [173]
NHP DI Striatum AAV2 NTN 1.7×1011 [174]
Mouse DI SN AAV9 GBA1 2.0×1010 [175]
NHP DI SN AAV9 GBA1 5.0×1010 [175]
Mouse FUS-BBBO HP/SN/OB/DMN AAV9 shRNA 3.75×1011 [146]
Mouse FUS-BBBO STN
Striatum
AAV1 GDNF 1.2×1011 [176]
Alzheimer’s disease
Mouse DI HP AAV2/1 IL-10 3.0×109 [177]
Mouse DI HP AAV2/1 IL-4 2.0×09 [178]
Mouse DI HP AAV2/1 7ND 2.0×109 [179]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV4 APOE2 1.0×1010 [180]
NHP DI
ICV
ICM
HP
Ventricle
CM
AAVrh.10 APOE2 DI: 5.0×1012
ICV: 5.0×1013
ICM: 5.0×1013
[50]
Mouse DI HP AAV8 IGF1/IGF2 NA [181]
Mouse IV Left Heart Ventricle AAV9 NEP 0.5–15×1011 [182]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV1 Anti-Aβ scFvs 2.0×1010 [183]
Mouse IN NA AAV2 CBD3 5.0×1011 [111]
Huntington’s disease
Rat DI Striatum AAV2 GDNF 4.5 ×109 [184]
Rat DI Striatum AAV2 BDNF and GDNF 1.4×1010 [185]
Mouse DI Striatum AAV2/5 NeuroD1 or Dlx2 6.9 ×1010 [186]
Rat DI Striatum AAV1/2 BDNF 2×109 [187]
Minipig DI Putamen thalamus AAV5 miHTT 1–3×1013 [188]
Mouse IV NA AAV-AS
AAV9
miRHtt 5.0×1011 [73]
Mouse DI Striatum AAV5
AAVrh10
CYP46A1 3×109 [189]
Canavan disease
Mouse DI Striatum
thalamus
AAV2 ASPA 1.68×109 [190]
Rat DI Caudate
thalamus
AAV2 ASPA 3.2×1010 [191]
Mouse IV NA AAV9, rh.8, rh.10 ASPA 4.0×1011, 8.0×1011, 1.2×1012, 4.0×1012 [192]
Mouse IV
ICV
NA AAV9, rh.8, rh.10 ASPA IV:4.0×1011
ICV:2.0×1010
[193]
Mouse IV NA AAV9 ASPA 4.0×1010, 1.33×1011, 4.0×1011 [194]
Lysosomal storage disease
Rat
NHP
DI Rat: Striatum
NHP: Striatum
AAVrh.10 hCLN2 Rat:1.0×1011
NHP:1.8×1012
[195]
Mouse DI Multiple sites AAV1 hCLN2 6.0×1010 [196]
Rat DI Striatum AAV2, 5, 8, rh.10 hCLN2 2.5×109 [197]
Mouse DI Multiple sites AAV2, AAV5 hCLN2 3.6×109 [198]
Mouse DI Striatum AAV5 TPP-I 5.0×109 [199]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV8 IDUA 2.0×1010 [200]
Mouse IT or IV NA AAV2 IDUA 4.0×109 to 4.0×1010 [201]
Cat ICM Cisterna magna AAV9 IDUA 1.0×1012/kg [202]
Mouse IN NA AAV9 IDUA 2.0×1011 [103]
Mouse IN NA AAV8 IDUA 9.3×1010 [109]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV9 IDS 3×108, 3×09, 3×1010 [203]
Mouse DI Striatum NA βgluc 1.0×107 [204]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV5 Adbgluc/Adbgal 2.0×107 [54]
Dog IT
IV
NA AAV9
AAVrh.10
GUSB IV: 2.0×1013/kg
IT: 5.0 or 2.8×1012/kg
[205]
Mouse IV NA AAV9 AAVPFG βgluc 1.0×1012 [206]
Dog ICM CM AAV9 rβGpA 2.0 × 1013 [207]
Mouse
Dog
ICV
ICM
Ventricle
CM
AAV9 Sgsh Mouse: 5.0×109 or 5.0×1010
dog: 2.0×1013
[208]
Mouse ICM
IV
CM AAV2 hNaGlu IV:4.0×1011
ICM:5.0×1010
[53]
Mouse ICM CM AAV9 Gns 5.0×1010 [209]
Mouse DI Thalamus or Thalamus & DCN AAV2/1 GLB1 4.8×1010, 7.2×1010 [210]
Mouse IV NA AAV9 GLB1 1.0×1011, 3.0×1011 [211]
Mouse DI
ICV
DI: Thalamus ICV: Ventricle AAVrh.8 cmHexa cmHexb 1.1×1011, 3.2×1011,
3.2×1012
[212]
Mouse DI DCN AAV1, 2, 5, 7, 8 ASM 1.86×1010 [213]
Mouse IV NA AAV9 NPC1 1.2–1.3×1012 [214]
Sheep ICM CM AAVrh.8 HEXA HEXB 1×1014, 5×1013 [48]
Rett syndrome
Mouse IV NA AAV9 MECP2 1×1012 [215]
Mouse P0–3: DI
4–5 wks.:
IV
NA AAV9 MECP2 DI: 4.8 × 1010
IV: 1.0 × 1011 ,5.0 × 1011

[216]
Mouse P0–3: DI
4–5 wks.:
IV
NA AAV9 MECP2 DI: 4.8 × 1010
IV: 1.0 × 1011 ,5.0 × 1011
[217]
Mouse ICM CM AAV9 MECP2 1.0×1012 [218]
Mouse IV NA AAV9 MCO 2.0 × 1011 [219]
Mouse IV NA AAV-PHP.eB iMECP2 1.0×109–1.0×1012 [220]
Mouse IT and ICM CM AAV9
PHP.B
miniMECP2 1×1012 [221]
Mouse IV NA AAV9 MCO 1× 1011 ,5 × 1011,1 × 1012 [222]
Fragile X syndrome
Mouse DI HP AAV5 FMR1 1×109 [223]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV9 FMR1 1×109 [224]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV9 FMR1 0.375–1×109 [225]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV2/9 FMR1 1×109 [226]
Mouse/Rat ICV, ICM ICV: Ventricle AAV9 FMR1 NA [227]
Mouse DI, IV DI: Striatum, HP
IV: Retro-bulbar space
DI:
AAVrh.10
IV:AAV-PHP.eB
DGKk DI: 2.5×109 ,IV: 8×108 [228]
Mouse IV NA AAV-PHP.eB FMR1 5×1013 [229]
Mouse IT NA NA FMR1 1.3×1011 ,2.3×1011, 5.0×1011 [230]
Dravet Syndrome
Mouse ICV, ICM Ventricle, CM AAV9 NaVβ1 8.0×1010 [231]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV9 REGABA-eTFSCN1A 1.7×1010–5.1×1010 [232]
NHP ICV Ventricle AAV9 REGABA-eTFSCN1A 4.8×1013–8×1013 [232]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV9 SCN1A-dCas9A 5.0×1013 [233]
Mouse IV NA AAV-PHP.eB SCN1A-dCas9A 1.8×1011 [234]
Angelman syndrome
Mouse DI HP AAV9 UBE3A 1.5×109 [235]
Mouse ICV Ventricle PHP.B UBE3A 1.6×1011 [236]
Mouse DI DI: HP
ICV: Ventricle
AAV9 STUB 2.0×1011 [237]
Rat DI, ICV DI: HP
ICV: Ventricle
AAV9 UBE3A/STUB UBE3A DI: 4.0×1010
UBE3A ICV: 2.0×1011
STUB DI: 6.8×1010
STUB ICV: 3.0×1011
[237]
Mouse ICV Ventricle AAV9 UBE3A-ATS SpCas9 1.5×1010 [238]
Mouse ICV,IV ICV:Ventricle ICV:hu68
IV: PHP.B
UBE3A-ATS-dCas9 ICV: 1.0×1011
IV: 1.0×1012
[239]
Mouse IV NA PHP.eB ATF-S1K 1.0×1012 [240]

DI: Direct intraparenchyma injection; IN: Intranasal delivery; ICV: Intracerebroventricular injection; IT: Intrathecal injection; ICM: Intra-cisterna magna injection; IV: Intravenous injection; FUS-BBBO: Focused ultrasound with microbubble-induced BBB opening; STN: Subthalamic nucleus; SN: Substantia nigra; HP: Hippocampus; OB: Olfactory bulb; DMN: Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; CM: Cisterna magna; DCN: Deep cerebellar nuclei.