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Journal of Virology, December 2005, p. 14793-14803, Vol. 79, No. 23
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.23.14793-14803.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of Adeno-Associated Virus Genomes Isolated from Human Tissues

Bruce C. Schnepp,{dagger} Ryan L. Jensen,{dagger} Chun-Liang Chen, Philip R. Johnson,{dagger} and K. Reed Clark*

Center for Gene Therapy, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Columbus Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205

Received 20 June 2005/ Accepted 7 September 2005

Infection with wild-type adeno-associated virus (AAV) is common in humans, but very little is known about the in vivo biology of AAV. On a molecular level, it has been shown in cultured cells that AAV integrates in a site-specific manner on human chromosome 19, but this has never been demonstrated directly in infected human tissues. To that end, we tested 175 tissue samples for the presence of AAV DNA, and when present, examined the specific form of the viral DNA. AAV was detected in 7 of 101 tonsil-adenoid samples and in 2 of 74 other tissue samples (spleen and lung). In these nine samples, we were unable to detect AAV integration in the AAVS1 locus using a sensitive PCR assay designed to amplify specific viral-cellular DNA junctions. Additionally, we used a second complementary assay, linear amplification-mediated-PCR (LAM-PCR) to widen our search for integration events. Analysis of individual LAM-PCR products revealed that the AAV genomes were arranged predominantly in a head-to-tail array, with deletions and extensive rearrangements in the inverted terminal repeat sequences. A single AAV-cellular junction was identified from a tonsil sample and it mapped to a highly repetitive satellite DNA element on chromosome 1. Given these data, we entertained the possibility that instead of integrated forms, AAV genomes were present as extrachromosomal forms. We used a novel amplification assay (linear rolling-circle amplification) to show that the majority of wild-type AAV DNA existed as circular double-stranded episomes in our tissues. Thus, following naturally acquired infection, AAV DNA can persist mainly as circular episomes in human tissues. These findings are consistent with the circular episomal forms of recombinant AAV vectors that have been isolated and characterized from in vivo transduced tissues.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Columbus Children's Hospital, Room WA 3012, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205. Phone: (614) 722-2739. Fax: (614) 722-3273. E-mail: clarkr{at}ccri.net.

{dagger} Present address: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Journal of Virology, December 2005, p. 14793-14803, Vol. 79, No. 23
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.23.14793-14803.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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