Long-term correction of Sandhoff disease following intravenous delivery of rAAV9 to mouse neonates

G(M2) gangliosidoses are severe neurodegenerative disorders resulting from a deficiency in β-hexosaminidase A activity and lacking effective therapies. Using a Sandhoff disease (SD) mouse model (Hexb(-/-)) of the G(M2) gangliosidoses, we tested the potential of systemically delivered adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9) expressing Hexb cDNA to correct the neurological phenotype. Neonatal or adult SD and normal mice were intravenously injected with AAV9-HexB or -LacZ and monitored for serum β-hexosaminidase activity, motor function, and survival. Brain G(M2) ganglioside, β-hexosaminidase activity, and inflammation were assessed at experimental week 43, or an earlier humane end point. SD mice injected with AAV9-LacZ died by 17 weeks of age, whereas all neonatal AAV9-HexB-treated SD mice survived until 43 weeks (P < 0.0001) with only three exhibiting neurological dysfunction. SD mice treated as adults with AAV9-HexB died between 17 and 35 weeks. Neonatal SD-HexB-treated mice had a significant increase in brain β-hexosaminidase activity, and a reduction in G(M2) ganglioside storage and neuroinflammation compared to adult SD-HexB- and SD-LacZ-treated groups. However, at 43 weeks, 8 of 10 neonatal-HexB injected control and SD mice exhibited liver or lung tumors. This study demonstrates the potential for long-term correction of SD and other G(M2) gangliosidoses through early rAAV9 based systemic gene therapy..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Molecular therapy - 23(2015), 3, Seite 414

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Walia, Jagdeep S [VerfasserIn]
Altaleb, Naderah [Sonstige Person]
Bello, Alexander [Sonstige Person]
Kruck, Christa [Sonstige Person]
LaFave, Matthew C [Sonstige Person]
Varshney, Gaurav K [Sonstige Person]
Burgess, Shawn M [Sonstige Person]
Chowdhury, Biswajit [Sonstige Person]
Hurlbut, David [Sonstige Person]
Hemming, Richard [Sonstige Person]
Kobinger, Gary P [Sonstige Person]
Triggs-Raine, Barbara [Sonstige Person]

Links:

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Themen:

Beta-Hexosaminidase beta Chain - genetics
Beta-Hexosaminidase beta Chain - metabolism
Brain - enzymology
Brain - pathology
Dependovirus - genetics
G(M2) Ganglioside - metabolism
Genetic Therapy - methods
Genetic Vectors - administration & dosage
Genetic Vectors - adverse effects
Inflammation - genetics
Inflammation - mortality
Inflammation - pathology
Inflammation - therapy
Liver Neoplasms - etiology
Liver Neoplasms - pathology
Lung Neoplasms - etiology
Lung Neoplasms - pathology
Lysosomes - enzymology
Lysosomes - pathology
Motor Activity - genetics
Sandhoff Disease - genetics
Sandhoff Disease - mortality
Sandhoff Disease - pathology
Sandhoff Disease - therapy

doi:

10.1038/mt.2014.240

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1960930532