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AAV-mediated gene therapy for galactosialidosis: A long-term safety and efficacy study.


ABSTRACT: AAV-mediated gene therapy holds promise for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs), some of which are already in clinical trials. Yet, ultra-rare subtypes of LSDs, such as some glycoproteinoses, have lagged. Here, we report on a long-term safety and efficacy preclinical study conducted in the murine model of galactosialidosis, a glycoproteinosis caused by a deficiency of protective protein/cathepsin A (PPCA). One-month-old Ctsa -/- mice were injected intravenously with a high dose of a self-complementary AAV2/8 vector expressing human CTSA in the liver. Treated mice, examined up to 12 months post injection, appeared grossly indistinguishable from their wild-type littermates. Sustained expression of scAAV2/8-CTSA in the liver resulted in the release of the therapeutic precursor protein in circulation and its widespread uptake by cells in visceral organs and the brain. Increased cathepsin A activity resolved lysosomal vacuolation throughout the affected organs and sialyl-oligosacchariduria. No signs of hyperplasia or inflammation were detected in the liver up to a year of age. Clinical chemistry panels, blood cell counts, and T cell immune responses were normal in all treated animals. These results warrant a close consideration of this gene therapy approach for the treatment of galactosialidosis, an orphan disease with no cure in sight.

SUBMITTER: Hu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640647 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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