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    Mol Ther. 2012 Jul;20(7):1454-61. doi: 10.1038/mt.2012.64. Epub 2012 Apr 3.

    Lentivector transduction improves outcomes over transplantation of human HSCs alone in NOD/SCID/Fabry mice.

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    University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    Abstract

    Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of α-galactosidase A (α-gal A) activity that results in progressive globotriaosylceramide (Gb(3)) deposition. We created a fully congenic nonobese diabetic (NOD)/severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)/Fabry murine line to facilitate the in vivo assessment of human cell-directed therapies for Fabry disease. This pure line was generated after 11 generations of backcrosses and was found, as expected, to have a reduced immune compartment and background α-gal A activity. Next, we transplanted normal human CD34(+) cells transduced with a control (lentiviral vector-enhanced green fluorescent protein (LV-eGFP)) or a therapeutic bicistronic LV (LV-α-gal A/internal ribosome entry site (IRES)/hCD25). While both experimental groups showed similar engraftment levels, only the therapeutic group displayed a significant increase in plasma α-gal A activity. Gb(3) quantification at 12 weeks revealed metabolic correction in the spleen, lung, and liver for both groups. Importantly, only in the therapeutically-transduced cohort was a significant Gb(3) reduction found in the heart and kidney, key target organs for the amelioration of Fabry disease in humans.

    PMID:
    22472949
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC3393855
    [Available on 2013/7/1]

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