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Marcus Davidsson

Marcus Davidsson

Postdoctoral fellow

Marcus Davidsson

Destabilizing Domains Enable Long-Term and Inert Regulation of GDNF Expression in the Brain

Author

  • Luis Quintino
  • Angrit Namislo
  • Marcus Davidsson
  • Ludivine S. Breger
  • Patrick Kavanagh
  • Martino Avallone
  • Erika Elgstrand-Wettergren
  • Christina Isaksson
  • Cecilia Lundberg

Summary, in English

Regulation of therapeutic transgene expression can increase the safety of gene therapy interventions, especially when targeting critical organs such as the brain. Although several gene expression systems have been described, none of the current systems has the required safety profile for clinical applications. Our group has previously adapted a system for novel gene regulation based on the destabilizing domain degron technology to successfully regulate glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor in the brain (GDNF-F-DD). In the present study, we used GDNF-F-DD as a proof-of-principle molecule to fully characterize DD regulation in the brain. Our results indicate that DD could be regulated in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, GDNF-F-DD could also be induced in vivo repeatedly, without loss of activity or efficacy in vivo. Finally, DD regulation was able to be sustained for 24 weeks without loss of expression or any overt toxicity. The present study shows that DD has great potential to regulate gene expression in the brain.

Department/s

  • CNS Gene Therapy
  • MultiPark: Multidisciplinary research focused on Parkinson´s disease
  • Molecular Neuromodulation
  • Neurobiology

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

29-39

Publication/Series

Molecular Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development

Volume

11

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Medical Genetics
  • Neurosciences

Keywords

  • destabilizing domains
  • GDNF
  • gene therapy
  • in vivo
  • Parkinson's disease

Status

Published

Research group

  • CNS Gene Therapy
  • Molecular Neuromodulation
  • Neurobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2329-0501