Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Gene Therapy in the Mashlool, Atp1a3(Mashl/+), Mouse Model of Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
| Autor: | Angela L McCall, Dwight D. Koeberl, Aravind Asokan, Justin S Dhindsa, Mohamad A. Mikati, Mai K. ElMallah, Arsen S. Hunanyan, Keri Wallace, Jordan Poe, Promila Pagadala, Talha Gunduz, Ram S. Puranam, Courtney Elliott, Boris Kantor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Ataxia
Genetic enhancement Mutant Hemiplegia medicine.disease_cause Mice ATP1A3 Genetics Medicine Animals Molecular Biology Adeno-associated virus Research Articles Mutation Reporter gene business.industry Alternating hemiplegia of childhood Genetic Therapy Dependovirus medicine.disease nervous system Cancer research Molecular Medicine medicine.symptom Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase business |
| Zdroj: | Hum Gene Ther |
| Popis: | Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC) is a devastating autosomal dominant disorder caused by ATP1A3 mutations, resulting in severe hemiplegia and dystonia spells, ataxia, debilitating disabilities, and premature death. Here, we determine the effects of delivering an extra copy of the normal gene in a mouse model carrying the most common mutation causing AHC in humans, the D801N mutation. We used an adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) vector expressing the human ATP1A3 gene under the control of a human Synapsin promoter. We first demonstrated that intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of this vector in wild-type mice on postnatal day 10 (P10) results in increases in ouabain-sensitive ATPase activity and in expression of reporter genes in targeted brain regions. We then tested this vector in mutant mice. Simultaneous intracisterna magna and bilateral ICV injections of this vector at P10 resulted, at P40, in reduction of inducible hemiplegia spells, improvement in balance beam test performance, and prolonged survival of treated mutant mice up to P70. Our study demonstrates, as a proof of concept, that gene therapy can induce favorable effects in a disease caused by a mutation of the gene of a protein that is, at the same time, an ATPase enzyme, a pump, and a signal transduction factor. |
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