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rAAV Integration: Detection and Risk Assessment
Jing Yuan1, Irene Gil-Farina2, Raffaele Fronza2, and Laurence O. Whiteley
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Department of Toxicology, Kymera Therapeutics, Watertown, MA, USA
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ProtaGene CGT GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
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Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development, Cambridge MA, USA
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13.1 Introduction
Several attributes of recombinant adeno associated virus (rAAV) vectors contribute to the popularity of their use in invivo gene therapy (GTx). First, multiple serotypes with different tissue tropism, second, widespread infection of wild‐type AAV (wtAAV) in mammalian populations without evidence of pathogenicity and, third, they are able to express a transgene without integrating into the host cell genome (e.g. episomal). While considered to be a nonintegrating vector, data, primarily from neonatal mice, indicates that AAV can integrate and result in genotoxic effects, leading to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)[1, 2]. The human relevance of recombinant AAV vector‐induced liver tumors in neonatal mice is controversial[3]. The uncertainty of human relevance of these findings in mice and the increased interest in developing AAV GTx as a therapeutic modality has resulted in intense interest in the scientific and regulatory community as evidenced by several recent public forum that have discussed this topic: September 2021 FDA Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (CTGTAC) meeting[4], the 2021 ASGCT Policy Summit, and the November 2021 ASGCT‐FDA Liaison Meeting[5].
This chapter will: (1) review the biology of AAV integration and published lit­erature related to AAV‐associated carcinogenesis, (2) discuss study design consid­erations for assessing AAV integration in nonclinical safety studies, (3) outline
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methods for detecting and quantitating AAV integration, (4) discuss the regula­tory landscape related to AAV integration, and (5) provide perspective on human risk assessment considerations.
13.1.1 Biology of AAV Vectors as it Relates to Mechanisms of AAV Integration
wtAAV has a single‐stranded DNA genome that is flanked by inverted terminal repeat sequences (ITRs). The genome encodes two genes: the rep gene that is required for replication and packaging of the DNA and cap gene that encodes the proteins that assemble in the viral capsid. Following entry into the cell, wtAAV can be maintained as an episome in the host genome or integrated into host genome, AAVS1locus on chromosome 19was identified as a preferential integra­tion region in humans. The integration is mediated by viral Rep protein. In rAAV, the rep and cap genes are removed and replaced with the transgene expression cassette; thus, the only remaining viral genome sequences are the ITRs that are essential for packaging of the vector genome and second strand synthesis. rAAV vector genome processing toward stable transduction relies on host cellular machinery. Following AAV vector transduction, single‐stranded (ss) rAAV vector genomes are used as template to form double‐stranded (ds) linear rAAV mono­mers as the intermediates which then transform to stable double‐stranded circu­lar monomers and concatemers DNA [6]. Unlike wtAAV, rAAV DNA lacks the Rep‐mediated active integration and primarily remains in a circular concatemeric episomal form after transduction. However, AAV vectors passively integrate at low frequency into the target cell genome. rAAV integration events may happen both through nonhomologous end‐joining (NHEJ) DSB repair pathway and homologs recombination. Unlike retroviral vectors, which induce double‐stranded breaks to facilitate integration, AAV uses the spontaneous double‐strand breaks that occur during the normal cell cycle to integrate into host cell DNA.
13.1.2 Literature Review of AAV Studies in Relation to Neoplasia Development
Integration of rAAV into host cell genome has recently been reviewed and the nonclinical studies are summarized in Tables 13.1 and 13.2 [21]. Evidence of rAAV vector integration into the host genome with subsequent tumorigenesis first came from rAAV‐treated neonatal mice. Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS)VII is a lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of beta‐glucuronidase (GUSB). When MPSVII mice were intravenously injected with an AAV2 vector containing a cytomegalovirus early enhancer element and chicken beta‐actin promoter (CAG) and a human GUSB cDNA at the newborn stage (postnatal day 2),
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Table13.2  List ofstudies withrAAV administration inlarge animal species.
Publication Species
Nowrouzi
NHP WT
etal.[22]
Gil Farina
NHP WT
etal.[3]
Mattar
NHP WT
etal.[23]
Spronck
NHP WT etal. 2020[24]
Sullivan
NHP WT etal.[25]
Niemeyer
Dog Hemophilia etal. 2009[26]
Nguyen,
Dog Hemophilia Everett etal.[27]
Batty
Dog Hemophilia etal.[28], Batty etal.[29]
Disease model
18
n=
n= 6
6
n=
12
n=
n= 12
B
4
n=
A n= 9
A n= 8
AAV vector; route
AAV‐RSV‐ LEA29Y
AAV1 or AAV8 IV or IM
AAV5‐hPBGD (IV)
AAV‐hFIX AAV8 or AAV5 (umbilical
vein) AAV5‐hFIX
(IV)
AAV5‐hFVIII (IV)
AAV2‐CMV‐ cFIX (IM)
AAV2‐(Apoe)4/ hAAT‐cFIX (IV)
AAV‐TBG‐ cFVIII
AAV‐hAAT‐ cFVIII
AAV8 or AAV9 (PV or IV)
AAV‐TTR‐ cFVIII
AAV2, 6, 8 PV
AAV dose (vg/kg)
12
5
× 10
13
× 10
1
13
5 × 10
1.4–
1.9
× 10
11
5
× 10
12
5 × 10 2 × 1013
13
9 × 10
13
× 10
2
13
6 × 10
1.1 × 10 to
3.4 × 10
13
1 × 10
13
2 × 10
13
4 × 10
12
6 × 10
to
2.7 × 10
Time of treatment
Adult 1.2–2.8 yr
Adult 1 mo
In utero 11–71mo
13
Adult 6 mo
Adult 13 and
12
Juvenile/ Adult
12
5.5–12
mo
Juvenile/ Adult
5 mo–4 yr
Juvenile/
13
Adult 6 mo–2 yr
Duration of F/U
26 wk (6 mo)
8
yr
2–10 yr
8–12 yr
Source: Sabatino etal.[21]/Elsevier/Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
long‐term transgene expression, GUSB activity, and phenotypic correction were achieved. A number of long‐lived rAAV‐treated MPSVII mice developed HCC and angiosarcomas over a year after treatment [30]. A follow‐up study in newborn
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MPSVII with intravenous injection of the same AAV2 vector confirmed HCC development in in both normal and MPSVII mice 13months after dosing. In addi­tion, this study detected rAAV integrations in the tumor tissue. All of the inte­grants were rearranged such that the GUSB cDNA was deleted[1]. This set of neonatal mice studies provided the main evidence on integration and tumorigen­esis risk of AAV therapy.
Several additional studies reported liver tumorigenesis following rAAV admin­istration in mice. However, the relevance of AAV integration as the primary event is questionable, especially in adult mice. The confounding factors, such as transgene expression[9, 12], genetic background in certain mouse strains[13], or pretreatment in study mice that predispose to tumor risk maybe the primary cause of tumor formation in many cases. The tumorigenesis findings related to AAV integration are considered age‐specific to neonatal mice (PND1‐2)[1, 30] and, in some cases, mouse strain specific to those sensitive to tumor formation. This argu­ment has been supported by several studies in juvenile and adult animals where administration of AAV either failed to induce tumorigenesis in rodents[8, 13, 31], or the frequency of liver tumors in AAV‐treated animals was comparable with an average frequency of spontaneous liver tumors in C57BL/6mice (0–10%). A sum­mary of AAV integration studies in rodents is listed in Table 13.1. Neonatal‐ specific HCC in AAV‐treated mice can be explained by the fact that the neonatal liver contains proliferating hepatocytes, which may lead to a high frequency of rAAV integrations at the sites of DNA strand break, thus has an intrinsic suscep­tibility to tumor formation. This hypothesis is supported by the findings that AAV administration in adult mice can lead to HCC in the context of chronic liver dis­ease, a state that induces hepatocyte proliferation[19].
HCC related to AAV administration has not been identified in large animals nor human. AAV integration and clonal expansion have been observed in hemophilia dogs following treatment with a variety of AAV serotypes. No tumor formation has been observed following more than 10 years observation[18, 26, 27, 32, 33]. In a long‐term study of AAV gene therapy with hemophilia A dogs[34], two dogs treated with AAV vectors expressing canine factor VIII (AAV‐cFVIII) and fol­lowed for up to 10 years had vector integration in host genome and clonal expan­sion. Integration events were enriched in or near genes involved in cell growth. Most of the integration recovered lacked transgene sequence and showed vector deletion and rearrangement, a phenomenon observed with many AAV integration events. None of the dogs with clonal expansions showed evidence of tumors or altered liver function revealed by liver enzyme levels and serum alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP), a clinical biomarker for HCC. However, in another long‐term study with hemophilia A dogs treated with AAV‐cFVIII, while the genome integration was confirmed as rare events, no clonal expansion cells and tumors were detected after 8–12 years follow‐up[28]. The discrepancy may be related to different methods
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and genome annotation is used for integration analysis. This highlights the complexity of data analysis and methodological challenges in identifying the rare integration events and clonal expansion.
Additional integration studies have been performed in large animals, including nonhuman primates, and animals have been followed up for extended years after various AAV treatments (Table13.2). The integration is confirmed to be rare event and integration sites (IS) are random across the host genome with no clustering of integration. One nonhuman primate (NHP) study delivered a self‐complementary (sc) AAV5 and AAV8 with a LP1‐driven‐human factor IX (hFIX) transgene (scAAV‐LP1‐hFIXco) to late‐gestation fetuses or adult animals through a single intravenous injection[23]. Sustained clinically relevant levels of hFIX with liver‐ specific expression were observed without any clinical concerns four to six years after AAV administration. However long‐term genotoxicity evaluation in NHP remained to be determined.
AAV integration data in patients is generally lacking as patient liver biopsies are not readily accessible. However, several different AAV serotypes (AAV1, AAV2, AAV5, AAV8, and AAV9) have been or are currently being used in clinical trials (including children) and no increase of cancer of any type has been reported [31, 35–37]. In a study investigating the potential of AAV therapy‐induced tumori­genesis in humans, patients participating in an AAV2/5 gene therapy trial for acute intermitted porphyria provided liver biopsies for analysis[3]. In a context of low transduction levels, the study confirmed that AAV integration is both low in frequency and random in nature, with no clustered IS near genes that had been previously implicated in the mouse studies. Another study followed a small num­ber of hemophilia B patients up to 15 years after liver‐directed AAV2‐FIX gene transfer and found no evidence of tumor formation as assessed by liver transami­nase values, serum α‐fetoprotein, and liver ultrasound[38]. Finally, FDA‐approved AAV therapies, such as Luxturna and Zolgensma, have not reported preneoplastic proliferative lesions after multiple years of posttreatment follow‐up.
In general, it is believed that the strong promoters, such CAG or TBG promot­ers, likely drive the read through after genome integration and trigger the nearby proto‐oncogene expression that leads to HCC development[2]. This hypothesis has been challenged by a few liver targeting AAV therapies with strong promoters, such as Zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy‐type 1 (SMA1), where the vectors contain a strong CBA promoter and have been administrated at a high dose of
14
vg/kg to infants less than two years of age with rapid liver growth. Tumor
2
× 10 or neoplastic changes have not been identified in any of the hemophilia dogs that were dosed as juveniles (1.5–10months of age) and with the vectors containing the CBA promoter, suggesting that the combination of a strong promoter and liver growth/cell proliferation do not necessarily contribute to enhanced neoplastic risk in nonrodents when treated with an AAV gene therapy vector.
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Similar to AAV GTx vectors, there is little evidence that natural infection with wtAAV in humans is associated with neoplasia. Infection of wtAAV, mainly AAV2, is frequent in the human population. However, there is no clear evidence of wtAAV integration leading to neoplasia in humans. Insertion analyses of the liver tumors identified AAV host genome integration in less than 10% of the sub­jects with HCC[39–41]. AAV integrants were found in both tumors and non‐ tumor tissue, and in some cases, the integration rates were higher in the non‐tumor tissues than in the tumors[39]. AAV was also detected with a similar frequency in malignant and benign tumors. Thus, the concurrence of AAV infection and inte­gration and HCC does not support a pathogenic role for wtAAV infection in the HCC patients. While some of the IS were identified to be in the genes related to cancer development, those genes are also the recurrent targets by tumorigenic hepatitis B virus (HBV) integration[42], hypothesizing that HBV infection could be the main driver for malignant tumor, and wtAAV integration could be bystand­ers in HCC development. Consistent with the notion, non‐clonal AAV2insertions distributed throughout the genome in non‐tumor samples, and AAV integration were only enriched in cancer genes in the malignant tumor cell.
13.2 Review of Regulatory Guidance and Discussion Points that Are Raised on AAV Carcinogenesis
Four classes of viruses have been used as GTx vectors that are considered episo­mal vectors (AAV, adenovirus, poxvirus, and herpes simplex) because they do not need to integrate into host cell genomes to produce their transgene[43]. This is in contrast to retroviral vectors (gamma retroviruses and lentiviruses) that need to integrate into the host cell genome to express their transgene. Amongst all these vectors used as GTx vectors, only vectors derived from gamma retroviruses have been definitively linked to insertional mutagenesis, leading to neoplasia in humans[44].
Because AAV does integrate at low frequency, the risks of AAV vector genotox­icity and carcinogenicity from insertional mutagenesis remain an ongoing con­cern by health authorities even though FDA and EMA guidance documents consider AAV vectors as non‐integrating[43, 45–48]. However, both agencies dis­cuss research publications by Donsante and coworkers that described the induc­tion of HCC, associated with AAV vector DNA integration, in mice that were treated with AAV as neonates and imply that this should be considered in safety evaluations[1, 7].
Based on review of regulatory document of approved AAV gene therapies (Glybera, Luxturna, and Zolgensma), both EMA and FDA have acknowledged