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Bioluminescence-optogenetics-mediated gene therapy in a sleep-disordered breathing mouse model.
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Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy . Sep2024, Vol. 178, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) incurs a huge individual, societal, and economic burden. Specific and selective targeting of hypoglossal motor neurons could be an effective means to treat OSA. Bioluminescent-optogenetics (BL-OG) is a novel genetic regulatory approach in which luminopsins, fusion proteins of light-generating luciferase and light-sensing ion channels, increase neuronal excitability when exposed to a suitable substrate. Here we develop and validate the feasibility of BL-OG for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Upon confirming that diet-induced obese mice represent an excellent SDB model, we employed a method of targeting the hypoglossal nucleus (12 N) by peripherally injecting retrogradely transported rAAV2/Retro. With AAV transduction, the eLMO3 protein is expressed in hypoglossal motor neurons (HMN); administration of CTZ results in production of bioluminescence that in turn activates the tethered channelrhodopsin, leading to an increase in the firing of HMN and a 2.7 ± 0.8-fold increase in phasic activity of the genioglossus muscle, a 7.6 ± 1.8-fold increase in tonic activity, and improvements in hypoventilation and apnea index without impacting sleep structure. This is therefore the first study to leverage the rAAV2/Retro vector to execute the BL-OG approach in SDB, which amplified genioglossus muscle discharge activity and increased airflow in mice after activation. This study marks the pioneering utilization of BL-OG in SDB research. [Display omitted] • Diet-induced obese (DIO) mice represent an excellent model of SDB. • Compared to rAAV2/9 and rAAV2/11, the rAAV2/Retro serotype has a higher retrograde infection efficiency. • The BL-OG approach, which was used for the first time in SDB research, has demonstrated a positive safety profile. • In virus-infected mice, CTZ administration increases muscle activity, improves hypoventilation and AI, without altering sleep structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07533322
- Volume :
- 178
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179106633
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2024.117159