期刊
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 593, 期 -, 页码 35-39出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.01.027
关键词
Astrocyte; Serotype; Cortex; Rat; Optogenetics; Channelrhodopsin-2
资金
- Wallace Coulter Foundation BME SEED grant-Florida International University (FIU)
- Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) from the University Graduate School at FIU
Optogenetics is a modern technique that can be used for gene delivery in non-neuronal cell types, including astrocytes. In the rat brain, AAV serotype 8 has been shown to exhibit the most promising transduction patterns in astrocytes, which is important for the future application of optogenetics.
Optogenetics is a modern technique which has been recently expanded to non-neuronal cell types, e.g., astrocytes, and involves targeted gene delivery of light-sensitive ion channels like Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2). Optogenetic regulation of astrocytic activity can be used for therapeutic intervention of several neurological disorders. Astrocytic gene delivery, viz adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors, have proven to be robust, time-, and cost-efficient contrary to the generation of transgenic animal models. When transducing astrocytes with an AAV vector, it is imperative to perform a serotype evaluation of the AAV vector due to variability in serotype transduction efficiency depending on species, target region and construct length. Rats have been a very successful animal model for studying a variety of brain disorders, from which ChR2-based intervention of astrocytes will benefit. However, the most efficient AAV capsid serotype targeting astrocytes for ChR2 expression in the in vivo rat brain cortex has not been characterized. To address this, we have evaluated AAV serotypes 1, 5, and 8 of the vector AAV-GFAPhChR2(H134)-mCherry targeting astrocytes in the rat brain neocortex. Results show that serotype 8 exhibits promising transduction patterns, as it has demonstrated the highest tangential and radial viral spread in the rat brain. Our research will facilitate translational research for future applications of optogenetics involving the transduction of rat brain cortical astrocytes. (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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