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Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2022 Mar 17;64:102204. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102204

Table 1.

Summary of studies in non-human primates utilizing chemogenetic modulation of brain circuitry and behavior

Study NHP Species (n, sex, age) Viral vector(s) Injection location(s)* Chemogenetic actuator(dose)
Kinoshita, et al., 2012 Japanese and Rhesus macaque (5, age not reported) (1) HiRet-TRE-EGFP.eTeNT
(2) AAV2-CMV-rtTAV16
(1) Spinal cord segments C6-T1
(2) Spinal cord segments C2-C5
Dox (5–15 mg/kg, p.o.)
Aguilar, et al., 2015 * Rhesus macaque (1, male, 1 female, age not reported) AAV5-hSyn-HA.hM4Di-IRES-mCitrine Substania nigra (unilateral) CNO (2–10mg/kg, i.m.) C21 (5mg/kg, i.m.) Perlapine (5mg/kg, i.m.)
Eldridge, et al., 2016 Rhesus macaque (2 female & male, 9–14 years old) Lenti-hSyn-hM4Di.CFP Orbital frontal cortex areas 11 & 13 (unilateral with contralateral lesion to rhinal cortex) CNO (10mg/kg, i.m.)
Grayson, et al., 2016 Rhesus macaque (4, male, ~5.25 years old) AAV5-hSyn-hM4D-mCherry Amygdala (bilateral) CNO (10mg/kg, i.v.)
Nagai, et al., 2016 Rhesus macaque (4 males, 5–14 years old) AAV2-CMV-hM4Di or AAV2-CMV-HA-hM4Di Rostromedial caudate (bilateral) CNO (3mg/kg, i.v.)
Tohyama et al., 2017 Macaques (6, not reported) (1) HiRet/FuG-E/NeuRet-TRE-EGFP.eTeNT
(2) AAV2/DJ-CMV-rtTAV16
(1) Spinal cord segments C6-T1
(2) Spinal cord segments C2-C4
Dox (15 mg/kg, p.o.)
Upright, et al., 2018 Rhesus macaque (5 males, 4–6 years old) AAV5-hSyn-hM4Di. mCherry Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (bilateral) CNO (20mg/kg, i.m.)
Magnus, et al., 2019 Rhesus macaque (1, 5 years old) AAV8-hSyn-PSAM4GlyR-IRES-EGFP Internal Globus Pallidus (unilateral) Varenicline (0.1mg/kg, s.c.)
Raper, et al., 2019 Rhesus macaque (2, female and male, 9 months old) AAV5-hSyn-HA.hM4Di-IRES-mCitrine Basolateral amygdala (bilateral) CNO (10mg/kg, s.c.) Clozapine (0.1mg/kg, s.c.)
Kinoshita, et al., 2019 Rhesus and Japanese macaques (1 each, males) (1) HiRetTRE-eGFP.eTeNT
(2) AAV1-CMV-rtTAV
(1) Ventrolateral pulvinar
(2) Superior colliculus
Dox (15–25 mg/kg, p.o.)
Hayashi, et al. 2020 Japanese macaque (5, males and females, 4–10 years old) HiRet-hM4Di-WPRE Medial prefrontal cortex (bilateral) CNO (3mg/kg, i.v.)
Nagai, et al., 2020 Rhesus and Japanese macaque (2, female & male, 5–7 years old) AAV1-hSyn-hM4Di-IRES-AcGFP Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (bilateral) DCZ (100 μg/kg, i.m.)
Ninomiya et al. 2020 Rhesus macaques (2, males, 6 years old) (1) AAV-DJ-TRE-EGFP-eTeNT
(2) AAV2-retro-CMV-rTAV16
(1) Medial prefrontal cortex
(2) Premotor cortex
Dox (25–30 mg/kg, p.o.)
Vancraeyenes t et al. 2020 Rhesus macaque (2 female, 6 males, 4–7 years old) (1) HiRet -TRE-EGFP.eTeNT-EGFP/mCherry or NeuRet-TRE-EGFP.eTeNT-EGFP/mCherry
(2) AAV2-CMV-rtTAV16
(1) Nucleus accumbens
(2) Ventral tegmental area
Dox (15 mg/kg, p.o.)
Allen, et al., 2021 Rhesus macaque (7, male, 5–6 years old) AAV1-hSyn-hM4Di.mCherry Nucleus accumbens (bilateral) CNO hydrochloride salt (1.7–5.6 mg/kg, i.m.)
Hirabayashi, et al., 2021 Japanese macaque (3, female and male, 5–10 years old) AAV1-hSyn-hM4Di-IRES2-AcGFP or AAV2-CMV-hM4Di Hand region of somatosensory cortex (unilateral) DCZ (0.1 mg/kg, i.v.)
Mimura, et al., 2021 Marmoset (3, female & male, 2.5–4 years old) AAV1-hSyn-hM3Dq-IRES-AcGFP or AAV1-THFLAG-hM3Dq Substania nigra (unilateral) DCZ (100 μg/kg, p.o. or 3 μg/kg, i.p.)
Oguchi, et al., 2021 Japanese macaque (2 males, 7–8 years old) (1) FuGE-Cre-2A-GFP
(2) AAV5-hSyn-DIO-hM4Di.mCherry
(1) Caudate
(2) Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
CNO (5mg/kg, i.v.)
Oyama, et al., 2021 Rhesus and Japanese macaque (2, female & male, 5–6 years old) AAV1-hSyn-hM4Di-IRES-AcGFP Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex DCZ (100 μg/kg, i.m.) DCZ (2–3 ul, 100 nM, localized microinfusions in the caudate or the mediodorsal thalamus)
Roseboom, et al., 2021 Rhesus macaque (5, female & male, ~2.19 years old) AAV5-hSyn-HA.hM4Di Central amygdala (bilateral) Clozapine (0.030.1mg/kg, i.m.)
Upright et al, 2021 * Rhesus macaque (2 males, 8 years old) (1) CAV2-Cre
(2) AAV5-hSyn-DIO-hM3Dq.mCherry
(1) Nucleus basalis of Meynert
(2) Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
DCZ (0.1mg/kg, i.m.)
&

The numbers indicate which of vectors were injected in each region

*

Indicates studies published only as conference proceedings

Abbreviations: DCZ, deschloroclozapine, Dox, doxycycline, CNO, clozapine

Notes: HiRet is also known as FuG-B2, NeuRet is also known as FuG-C