Leber'scongenitalamaurosis(LCA)andrecentgenetherapyadvancementfortreatinginheritedretinopathieswereextensiveliteraturereviewedusingMEDLINE,PubMedandEMBASE.Adeno-associatedviralvectorswerethemostutilisedvectorsforoculargenetherapy.Conephotoreceptorcellsmightuseanalternatepathwaywhichwasnotreliantoftheretinalpigmentepithelium(RPE)derivedretinoidisomerohydrolase(RPE65)toaccessthe11-cisretinaldehydechromophore.Researcheffortsdedicatedontheprogressionofagene-basedtherapyforthetreatmentofLCA2.Suchgenetherapyapproacheswereextremelysuccessfulincanine,porcineandrodentLCA2models.TherecombinantAAV2.hRPE65v2adenoassociatedvectorcontainedtheRPE65cDNAandwasreplicationdeficient.ItsinvitroinjectionintargetcellsinducedRPE65proteinproduction.Thegenetherapytrialsthatweresofarconductedforinheritedretinopathieshavegeneratedpromisingresults.PhaseIclinicaltrialstocureLCAandchoroideremiademonstratedthatadeno-associatedviralvectorscontainingRPEgenesandphotoreceptorsrespectively,couldbesuccessfullyadministeredtoinheritedretinopathypatients.AphaseIIItrialispresentlyongoingandifsuccessful,itwillleadthewaytoadditionalgenetherapyattemptstocuremonogenic,inheritedretinopathies.
