62 results about "Terminal Repeats" patented technology

The disclosure relates to nanoparticles comprising a surface-exposed immune cell binding moiety, a transposable element comprising a gene sequence flanked by inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), a nucleic acid encoding a transposase with specificity for the ITRs, and an mRNA encoding a first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or T-cell receptor (TCR). Methods are also described for treating a disease or disorder by administering such nanoparticles to a subject in need thereof.

Provided herein are composition comprising a) a first recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vector genome comprising a first expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to nucleic acid sequence comprising a 5' portion of an otoferlin gene, wherein the first expression cassette is flanked by inverted terminal repeats (ITRs); and b) a second rAAV vector genome comprising a second expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence comprising a 3' portion of an otoferlin gene, wherein the second expression cassette is flanked by ITRs, and wherein the composition can comprise about 4E10-9E13 vg / mL, optionally about about 4.1E10- 4.1E12 total vg or about 8.1E10-8.1E12 total vg and the use of these compositions to treat hearing loss in a subject.

In some aspects, cardiac-specific expression cassettes are provided herein. In some aspects, provided herein is an expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a gene product for therapy of a heart disease, wherein the polynucleotide sequence is operably linked to promoter (e.g., a cardiac-specific promoter), and optionally an enhancer (e.g., a cardiac-specific enhancer). In some aspects, the disclosure provides recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) virions, comprising a capsid protein and a viral genome comprising an expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a therapeutic gene product, e.g., dwarf open reading frame (DWORF) polypeptide, operably linked to a promoter, the expression cassette flanked by inverted terminal repeats. The disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating or preventing heart disease.

The invention relates to the field of biological medicine, and particularly discloses a regulatory element combination for driving nucleic acid expression based on ITR-enhancer and application of the regulatory element combination. The regulatory element combination for driving nucleic acid expression based on an ITR-enhancer comprises at least one inverted terminal repeat (ITR) and at least one enhancer, the regulatory element combination is delivered through an AAV vector. The invention also provides a recombinant nucleic acid molecule for improving specific delivery of the target gene. The recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprises the regulatory element combination, an exogenous target gene and polyadenylic acid. The AAV vector provided by the invention can be used for driving the expression of a target gene without the action of a traditional promoter, and has the advantages of enhancer tissue specificity, short sequence (50-100bp), pathological microenvironment response and the like, thereby breaking through the capacity, targeting and dynamic limitation of the traditional AAV vector, improving the DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid) carrying capacity of the AAV vector, and simultaneously improving the expression of the target gene. The tissue and spatio-temporal expression specificity of a target gene is realized.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medicines, and discloses application of an adeno-associated virus vector in preparation of medicines for preventing and treating RSV infection and / or diseases caused by RSV. According to the invention, a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector is adopted for the first time to construct a medicine for preventing and treating RSV infection or diseases caused by RSV infection, and based on this, the invention provides a nucleic acid molecule which comprises: (a1) a first region which comprises a first adeno-associated virus inverted terminal repeat sequence, and (a2) a second region which comprises a second adeno-associated virus inverted terminal repeat sequence; and (a2) a second region comprising a gene encoding a respiratory syncytial virus antigen; the recombinant adeno-associated virus containing the nucleic acid molecule can generate better humoral immune effect and cellular immune effect, has a certain serum neutralization effect on strains of A and B subtypes of RSV, and particularly, when the antigen is a fusion protein of the respiratory syncytial virus or a fusion protein mutant of the respiratory syncytial virus, the recombinant adeno-associated virus has a certain serum neutralization effect on the strains of A and B subtypes of the RSV. The recombinant adenovirus vector containing the nucleic acid molecule can successfully realize the expression of the F protein before RSV fusion.

The present invention relates to Split-Intron Final Self-Inactivating (SIN) retroviral vectors which comprises a viral major splice donor (mSD) comprising mutations, a mouse mammary tumor vector long terminal repeat (MMTV-LTR) or a Type B leukemogenic virus long terminal repeat (TBLV-LTR), a eukaryotic splice acceptor (eSA), and a eukaryotic splice donor (eSD). Furthermore, the invention relation to the use and methods of uses of such vectors in gene therapy.

The invention relates to a rep plasmid comprising at least one adeno-associated virus replication protein coding sequence encoding at least one functional rep protein, at least one polyadenylation signal sequence downstream the adeno-associated virus replication protein coding sequence, and a minimal element comprising one or more rep-binding elements downstream the polyadenylation signal sequence. In another aspect, the invention provides a transgene plasmid comprising a CMVie promotor, a transgene, SV40 PolyA, a 5' and a 3' inverted terminal repeats derived from J01901.1 AAV2; wherein the transgene plasmid is selected from one of the following: a conventional single-stranded genome recombinant adeno-associated virus, or a self-complementary genome recombinant adeno-associated virus.

Herein is reported a method for producing a recombinant adeno-associated viral particle preparation (rAAVp), the method comprising the steps of culturing a mammalian cell comprising an expression cassette directed against: a non-adeno-associated viral gene interposed between two AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), and thereby producing the rAAVp; an adeno-associated virus rep gene; an adeno-associated virus cap gene; an adeno-associated virus E1A gene; an adeno-associated virus E1B gene; an adeno-associated virus E2A gene; an adeno-associated virus E4orf6; and an adeno-associated virus VA RNA gene, wherein the culturing is carried out at a pH value in the range of pH 7.4 to pH 7.6 and including a terminal value. The yield of the rAAVp produced by the culture performed at a pH value in the range of pH 7.4 to pH 7.6 and including a terminal value is higher than the yield of the rAAVp produced by the culture performed at a pH value in the range of pH 7.0 to pH 7.2 and including a terminal value, and the yield of the rAAVp produced by the culture performed at a pH value in the range of pH 7.4 to pH 7.6 and including a terminal value is lower than the yield of the rAAVp produced by the culture performed at a pH value in the range of pH 7.0 to pH 7.2. And the rAAVp produced by the culture at a pH value in the range of pH 7.4 to pH 7.6 and including an endvalue has a higher percentage of intact particles than the rAAVp produced by the culture at a pH value in the range of pH 7.0 to pH 7.2 and including an endvalue.

Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions for treating Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) associated diseases. The compositions include a protein having a zinc finger domain capable of binding a sequence within an HTLV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR). Further provided are methods of treating HTLV-1 associated diseases in a subject in need thereof. The methods include administering to the subject the protein including the zinc finger domain, or a nucleic acid encoding the protein.

Provided is a promoter having high activity in an activated T-cell. The promoter comprises, from 5′-end to 3′-end, a CMV enhancer, an IFNγ promoter, and a long terminal repeat sequence from human T-cell leukemia virus that are connected in sequence. The promoter exhibits greater activity in an activated immune cell than the existing promoters and is low in activity or inactive in other non-immune cells.

The invention belongs to the technical field of in-vitro diagnosis, and particularly relates to an anti-mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody, a mycoplasma pneumoniae detection quality control product and a preparation method and application of the mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody and the mycoplasma pneumoniae detection quality control product. The invention provides an anti-mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody which comprises a light chain variable region and a heavy chain variable region, and the light chain variable region and the heavy chain variable region are specifically combined with a C-terminal immunodominance region of mycoplasma pneumoniae P1 protein. Wherein the C-terminal repeat region of the mycoplasma pneumoniae P1 protein is a core immunogenicity region, has high conservative property and strong immunogenicity, can induce a host to generate a specific IgM antibody in the early stage of infection, and is an ideal antibody target. The anti-mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody is obtained by screening through a phage display technology, has high affinity and high specificity, can effectively recognize the C-terminal immunodominance region of the mycoplasma pneumoniae P1 protein, and provides a reliable detection tool for early diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumoniae.

To provide adeno-associated variants, formulations and methods for pulmonary delivery.SOLUTION: The present disclosure provides variant AAV capsid proteins that confer tropism for lung cells, as well as recombinant adeno-associated viruses comprising the variant AAVs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and their use in the delivery of heterologous nucleic acids to lung cells for the treatment of lung disorders. (ii) nucleic acids comprising, from 5 ' to 3 ', (a) AAV2 terminal repeats, (b) a promoter, (c) a nucleotide sequence encoding a human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) or a biologically active truncated CFTR lacking amino acids 708 to 759 of the human CFTR sequence, (d) a poly-adenylation sequence, and (e) AAV2 terminal repeats.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The invention relates to circular DNA molecule for rescuing recombinant adenoviruses comprising a recombinant adenoviral genome with two inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) flanking the genome ends, wherein at least one of the ITRs is associated with a target sequence adjacent to a PAM sequence, wherein the target sequence is configured for generating an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease-mediated DNA double strand break at the external end of or in close proximity outside the external end of the respective ITR, preferably within less than about 15 nucleotides. The invention also relates to a kit and a method for rescuing recombinant adenoviruses comprising or using a circular DNA molecule as described herein.

The invention relates to circular DNA molecule for rescuing recombinant adenoviruses comprising a recombinant adenoviral genome with two inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) flanking the genome ends, wherein at least one of the ITRs is associated with a target sequence adjacent to a PAM sequence, wherein the target sequence is configured for generating an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease-mediated DNA double strand break at the external end of or in close proximity outside the external end of the respective ITR, preferably within less than about 15 nucleotides. The invention also relates to a kit and a method for rescuing recombinant adenoviruses comprising or using a circular DNA molecule as described herein.

To provide a method for propagating a gene transfer vector of a completely deleted adenovirus base which delivers a gene harmful or toxic to an eukaryotic cell which is packaged without a helper virus.SOLUTION: A method includes: (a) providing an adenovirus packaging cell strain; (b) transfecting a completely deleted adenovirus vector module including at least one or more DNA insert, which includes both adenovirus inverted terminal repeats, a package signal and a gene sequence encoding target protein but does not include an adenovirus structural gene, into a cell strain by a construct of the completely deleted adenovirus vector module; and (c) transfecting a subset of an adenovirus late gene including L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, E2A and E4 and a replication-deficient cyclic package expression plasmid having the package signal into the cell strain.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Provided are gene therapy vectors designated MEV-GTVs, which are MEVs that contain an ITR-containing plasmid (also referred to as a minigene plasmid) that comprises Inverted Terminal Repeats (ITRs), such as viral ITRs, and nucleic acid encoding a product of interest, and optionally regulatory sequences. The ITRs serve to circularize the minigene plasmid. The plasmids do not contain additional viral components, so that resulting DNA is not encapsulated in a viral capsid or envelop and is not replicated by viral genes. The plasmids can be inserted into bacterial plasmids for propagation.

Provided are methods for treating an ocular neovascular disease in an individual by reducing Auction of central subfoveal thickness (CST) or central retinal thickness (CRT), comprising administering a unit dose of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) particles to an eye of the individual, wherein the rAAV particles comprise: a) a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least about 95% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35 and Ranked by AAV2 inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), and b) an AAV2 capsid protein comprising an amino acid sequence LGETTRP (SEQ ID NO: 14) inserted between positions 587 and 588 of the capsid protein, wherein the amino acid residue numbering corresponds to an AAV2 VP1 capsid protein.

The invention discloses a vector system for packaging a recombinant poxvirus, the vector system comprises a first plasmid, a second plasmid, a third plasmid, a fourth plasmid and a fifth plasmid which respectively carry five sections which are sequentially segmented on the basis of a full-length genome of the poxvirus, the fifth plasmid carries a reverse terminal repeat (RITR) fragment and an LITR fragment of the genome of the poxvirus, and the RITR fragment and the LITR fragment are sequentially segmented on the basis of the full-length genome of the poxvirus. The two ends of each plasmid are provided with overlapping fragments which are subjected to homologous recombination with adjacent plasmids, the 5'end of the first plasmid is adjacent to the 3 'end of the fifth plasmid, and the 3' end of the fourth plasmid is adjacent to the 5 'end of the fifth plasmid. The invention also discloses a method for packaging a recombinant poxvirus by using the recombinant poxvirus vector system and application of the recombinant poxvirus vector system in preparation of a poxvirus vector vaccine, and the recombinant poxvirus has the effects of large loading capacity and strong immune excitation effect.

A recombinant AAV (rAAV) suitable for use in treating adult onset neurodegeneration caused by granulin (GRN) haploinsufficiency, such as progranulin (PGRN)-related frontotemporal dementia (FTD), is provided. The rAAV comprises (a) an adeno-associated virus 1 capsid, and (b) a vector genome packaged in the AAV capsid, said vector genome comprising AAV inverted terminal repeats, a coding sequence for human progranulin, and regulatory sequences which direct expression of the progranulin. Also provided are a method for treating a human patient with PGRN-FTD and other adult onset neurodegeneration caused by granulin (GRN) haploinsufficiencies, comprising delivering to the central nervous system (CNS) a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) having an adeno-associated virus 1 (AAV1) capsid, said rAAV further comprising a vector genome packaged in the AAV capsid, said vector genome comprising AAV inverted terminal repeats, a coding sequence for human progranulin, and regulatory sequences which direct expression of the progranulin.

The present invention relates to a novel retroviral vector comprising a 5'long terminal repeat (LTR), a primer binding site, a heterologous intron, a transgene insertion site and a 3 'LTR wherein the heterologous intron is located immediately downstream of the 5' LTR. This vector has high titer productivity and is particularly suitable for gene therapy.

Herein is reported a method for producing recombinant adeno-associated viral particle preparation (rAAVp) comprising the step of cultivating a mammalian cell comprising expression cassettes for a non-adeno-associated viral gene, which is interspaced between two AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), an adeno-associated virus rep gene, an adeno-associated virus cap gene, an adeno-associated virus E1A gene, an adeno-associated virus E1B gene, an adeno-associated virus E2A gene, an adeno-associated virus E4orf6 and an adeno-associated virus VA RNA gene, and thereby producing the rAAVp, wherein the cultivating is at a pH value in the range of and including pH 7.4 to pH 7.6. The yield of the rAAVp produced by the cultivating at a pH value in the range of and including pH 7.4 to pH 7.6 is higher than the yield of a rAAVp produced by a cultivating at a pH value in the range of and including pH 7.0 to pH 7.2 and the rAAVp produced by the cultivating at a pH value in the range of and including pH 7.4 to pH 7.6 has a higher percentage of full particles than a rAAVp produced by a cultivating at a pH value in the range of and including pH 7.0 to pH 7.2.

A herpes virus vector is provided with both transcriptional and translational control. Within various embodiments the herpes virus vector is based upon a modified herpes virus and has both ICP27 and ICP34.5 under control of a CEA promoter and miRNA-124 / 143, respectively, and deletion of at least one copy of terminal repeat long region is provided to increase safety without sacrificing efficacy. The herpes virus vector can also incorporate a virus-expressed cytokine cassette encoding IL-12, IL-15 / IL-15RA under the control of CXCR4 promoter.

The invention relates to the technical field of biological medicine, in particular to an endogenous long-terminal repeat nucleotide sequence and application thereof, and the nucleotide sequence comprises a nucleotide sequence in SEQ ID No.1, a nucleotide sequence in SEQ ID No.2, a nucleotide sequence in SEQ ID No.3 and a nucleotide sequence in SEQ ID No.4. A nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No.2; a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 4; a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No.5; the derived nucleic acids are obtained by replacing and / or adding and / or deleting one or more basic groups of the nucleic acid sequences of SEQ ID No.1, SEQ ID No.2, SEQ ID No.4 and SEQ ID No.5; a nucleic acid sequence which can be hybridized with the nucleic acid sequences of SEQ ID No.1, SEQ ID No.2, SEQ ID No.4 and SEQ ID No.5 under highly rigorous conditions; the immunogenic nucleic acid sequence has more than 90% of homology with the nucleic acid sequences of SEQ ID No.1, SEQ ID No.2, SEQ ID No.4 and SEQ ID No.5, and the length of the immunogenic nucleic acid sequence is more than 20bp, or the nucleic acid sequence has the function of coding immunogenic polypeptide. The nucleic acid sequence provided by the invention has good practical application value through knowledge processing such as in-situ detection of spatial omics, continuous monitoring of in-vivo imaging, optimization analysis of intelligent calculation and the like.

The present invention provides an effective vaccine for Marek's disease, which may be prepared using a recombinant Marek's Disease Virus (MDV), strain CVI988, having been transformed with a foreign DNA construct that includes a long terminal repeat sequence of a reticuloendotheliosis virus. This safe viral agent elicits a highly protective immune response in a chicken against virulent MDV challenge without causing a significant degree of pathogenicity. Suitable formulations of the vaccine for use in chickens include an effective immunization dosage of this novel viral agent, along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.

The invention relates to a rep plasmid comprising at least one adeno-associated virus replication protein coding sequence encoding at least one functional rep protein, at least one polyadenylation signal sequence downstream the adeno-associated virus replication protein coding sequence, and a minimal element comprising one or more rep-binding elements downstream the polyadenylation signal sequence In another aspect, the invention provides a transgene plasmid comprising a CMVie promotor, a transgene, SV40 Poly A, a 5' and a 3' inverted terminal repeats derived from J01901.1 AAV2; wherein the transgene plasmid is selected from one of the following: a conventional single-stranded genome recombinant adeno-associated virus, or a self-complementary genome recombinant adeno-associated virus.

According to various aspects of this disclosure, the present disclosure relates to a method for treating or reducing pulmonary inflammation and / or pulmonary fibrosis in a subject in need thereof comprising intramuscularly administering to the subject a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector. In some aspects, the rAAV vector comprises a vector genome and an AAV capsid (e.g., an AAV1 serotype). In some aspects, the vector genome comprises AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) flanking an expression construct comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) or functional fragment thereof operably linked to a ubiquitous promoter.

To provide a gene therapy for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C.SOLUTION: The disclosure relates to gene therapy vectors, such as AAV vectors, comprising a polynucleotide encoding γ-sarcoglycan (SGCG), and to methods of using such gene therapy vectors to treat subjects suffering from a muscular dystrophy, e.g., limb-girdle dystrophy type 2C (LGMD2C). Provided in one aspect is a method of treating γ-sarcoglycanopathy in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, the rAAV vector comprising a gene expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding γ-sarcoglycan under transcriptional control of a promoter, where the cassette is flanked by one or more AAV inverted terminal repeats.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using pharmaceutical compositions comprising effective dosages of an adenoviral-based biological delivery and expression system for use in the treatment or prevention of osteoarthritis in human or mammalian joints by long-term inducible gene expression of human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in synovial cells, comprising a helper-dependent adenoviral vector containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding for human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), left and right inverted terminal repeats (L ITR and R ITR), the adenoviral packaging signal and non-viral, non-coding stuffer nucleic acid sequences, wherein the expression of the human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene within synovial cells is regulated by an inflammation-sensitive promoter.

A recombinant AAV (rAAV) suitable for use in treating adult onset neurodegeneration caused by granulin (GRN) haploinsufficiency, such as progranulin (PGRN)-related frontotemporal dementia (FTD), is provided. The rAAV comprises (a) an adeno-associated virus 1 capsid, and (b) a vector genome packaged in the AAV capsid, said vector genome comprising AAV inverted terminal repeats, a coding sequence for human progranulin, and regulatory sequences which direct expression of the progranulin. Also provided are a method for treating a human patient with PGRN-FTD and other adult onset neurodegeneration caused by granulin (GRN) haploinsufficiencies, comprising delivering to the central nervous system (CNS) a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) having an adeno-associated virus 1 (AAV1) capsid, said rAAV further comprising a vector genome packaged in the AAV capsid, said vector genome comprising AAV inverted terminal repeats, a coding sequence for human progranulin, and regulatory sequences which direct expression of the progranulin.

The invention discloses a circular single-stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule containing an inverted repeat terminal sequence and application of the circular single-stranded DNA molecule, and relates to the technical field of biology. The annular single-stranded DNA provided by the invention can comprise two gene expression cassettes, which can be the same gene or different genes. When two same genes are inserted, the problem of wrong packaging or empty packaging is avoided no matter whether the capsid packaging is forward packaging or reverse packaging. When two different genes are inserted, the two genes can be packaged in the same capsid, so that the effect of expressing two proteins by one dose of medicine is realized. Therefore, the traditional AAV three-plasmid system can be simplified, and the wrong packaging rate of the traditional AAV three-plasmid system is reduced, so that the AAV drug yield is improved; meanwhile, pollution of non-target genes can be effectively avoided, and potential viruses of an AAV three-plasmid system are removed; and two exogenous genes can be carried at the same time for gene expression, so that wide application of the AAV vector in the field of gene therapy is promoted.