Comparisons of Infant and Adult Mice Reveal Age Effects for Liver Depot Gene Therapy in Pompe Disease

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Title: Comparisons of Infant and Adult Mice Reveal Age Effects for Liver Depot Gene Therapy in Pompe Disease
Authors: Sang-oh Han, Songtao Li, Angela McCall, Benjamin Arnson, Jeffrey I. Everitt, Haoyue Zhang, Sarah P. Young, Mai K. ElMallah, Dwight D. Koeberl
Source: Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, Vol 17, Iss , Pp 133-142 (2020)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Genetics
LCC:Cytology
Subject Terms: Pompe disease, glycogen storage disease, adeno-associated virus vector, infantile, Genetics, QH426-470, Cytology, QH573-671
More Details: Pompe disease is caused by the deficiency of lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA). It is expected that gene therapy to replace GAA with adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors will be less effective early in life because of the rapid loss of vector genomes. AAV2/8-LSPhGAA (3 × 1010 vector genomes [vg]/mouse) was administered to infant (2-week-old) or adult (2-month-old) GAA knockout mice. AAV vector transduction in adult mice significantly corrected GAA deficiency in the heart (p 50 weeks. However, in infant mice, the same treatment only partially corrected GAA deficiency in the heart (p < 0.05), diaphragm (p < 0.05), and quadriceps (p < 0.05). The clearance of glycogen was much more efficient in adult mice compared with infant mice. Improved wire hang test latency was observed for treated adults (p < 0.05), but not for infant mice. Abnormal ventilation was corrected in both infant and adult mice. Vector-treated female mice demonstrated functional improvement, despite a lower degree of biochemical correction compared with male mice. The relative vector dose for infants was approximately 3-fold higher than adults, when normalized to body weight at the time of vector administration. Given these data, the dose requirement to achieve similar efficacy will be higher for the treatment of young patients.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2329-0501
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2329050119301457; https://doaj.org/toc/2329-0501
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2019.11.020
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/c420a65b4c434febb94fb8a86044fc55
Accession Number: edsdoj.420a65b4c434febb94fb8a86044fc55
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23290501
DOI:10.1016/j.omtm.2019.11.020
Published in:Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development
Language:English