A splice-switching oligonucleotide treatment ameliorates glycogen storage disease type 1a in mice with G6PC c.648G>T

Glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD1a) is caused by a congenital deficiency of glucose-6-phosphatase-α (G6Pase-α, encoded by G6PC), which is primarily associated with life-threatening hypoglycemia. Although strict dietary management substantially improves life expectancy, patients still experience intermittent hypoglycemia and develop hepatic complications. Emerging therapies utilizing new modalities such as adeno-associated virus and mRNA with lipid nanoparticles are under development for GSD1a but potentially require complicated glycemic management throughout life. Here, we present an oligonucleotide-based therapy to produce intact G6Pase-α from a pathogenic human variant, G6PC c.648G>T, the most prevalent variant in East Asia causing aberrant splicing of G6PC. DS-4108b, a splice-switching oligonucleotide, was designed to correct this aberrant splicing, especially in liver. We generated a mouse strain with homozygous knockin of this variant that well reflected the pathophysiology of patients with GSD1a. DS-4108b recovered hepatic G6Pase activity through splicing correction and prevented hypoglycemia and various hepatic abnormalities in the mice. Moreover, DS-4108b had long-lasting efficacy of more than 12 weeks in mice that received a single dose and had favorable pharmacokinetics and tolerability in mice and monkeys. These findings together indicate that this oligonucleotide-based therapy could provide a sustainable and curative therapeutic option under easy disease management for GSD1a patients with G6PC c.648G>T.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:133

Enthalten in:

The Journal of clinical investigation - 133(2023), 23 vom: 01. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ito, Kentaro [VerfasserIn]
Tajima, Go [VerfasserIn]
Kamisato, Chikako [VerfasserIn]
Tsumura, Miyuki [VerfasserIn]
Iwamoto, Mitsuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Sekiguchi, Yukiko [VerfasserIn]
Numata, Yukinobu [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Kyoko [VerfasserIn]
Yabe, Yoshiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Kanki, Satomi [VerfasserIn]
Fujieda, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Goto, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Sogawa, Yoshitaka [VerfasserIn]
Oitate, Masataka [VerfasserIn]
Nagase, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Tsuji, Shinnosuke [VerfasserIn]
Nishizawa, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]
Kakuta, Masayo [VerfasserIn]
Masuda, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Onishi, Yoshiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Koizumi, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Hidefumi [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Matsuo, Masafumi [VerfasserIn]
Takaishi, Kiyosumi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 3.1.3.9
Gene therapy
Genetic diseases
Glucose metabolism
Glucose-6-Phosphatase
Journal Article
Metabolism
Oligonucleotides
Therapeutics

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Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 10.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/JCI163464

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362818894