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En el desarrollo de una estrategia de terapia génica para la mucopolisacaridosis IV A (enfermedad de Morquio A), en el presente trabajo se evaluó la capacidad de un vector adenoasociado (AAV) para expresar el gen de la enzima sulfatasa N-acetilgalactosamina-6-sulfato (GALNS, N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase) en células HEK293, fibroblastos humanos con mucopolisacaridosis IV A y condrocitos de ratón con mucopolisacaridosis IV A. En el lisado celular, la actividad de la GALNS se incrementó entre 5 y 24 veces los valores observados en las células sin transfectar. La coexpresión con el gen del factor activador de sulfatasas 1 (SUMF1, sultatase modifiying factor 1) permitió un incremento en la actividad de la GALNS en el lisado celular de hasta 4,5 veces los valores observados en las células cotransfectadas con AAV-GALNS. La actividad de la GALNS en el medio de cultivo sólo se detectó en células cotransfectadas con AAV-SUMF1. Estos resultados constituyen evidencia valiosa sobre la posibilidad de realizar la corrección del defecto genético en la mucopolisacaridosis IV A empleando vectores AAV...
Toward the development of a gene therapy strategy for the mucopolysaccharidosis IV A (MPS IV A, Morquio A), in this work we evaluated the capability of an AAV vector to express the N-acetilgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (GALNS) gene in HEK293 cells, human mucopolysaccharidosis IV A fibroblasts and murine MPS IV A chondrocites. GALNS activity in lysated cells was increased between 5 and 24 folds compared to nontransfected cells. Also, the effect of coexpression with the sultatase modifiying factor 1 (SUMF1) was evaluated.GALNS activity was increased up to 4.5 folds in lysated cells compared to those values observed in AAV-GALNS transduced cells. Noteworthy, enzyme activity was only detected in culture media when cells were cotransfected with AAV-GALNS and AAV-SUMF1. These results represent a valuable step in the development of a gene therapy strategy for mucopolysaccharidosis IV A using AAV vectors...
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Dependovirus , Mucopolissacaridose IV , Terapia GenéticaRESUMO
Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (GALNS). Mutation screening of the GALNS was performed by genomic PCR and direct sequence analyses in 20 MPS IVA patients from Latin America. In this study, 12 different gene mutations including nine unreported ones were identified in 16 severe and four attenuated patients and accounted for 90.0% of the unrelated mutant alleles. The gene alterations were missense mutations except one insertion. Six recurrent mutations, p.A75G, p.G116S, p.G139S, p.N164T, p.R380S, and p.R386C, accounted for 5.0, 10.0, 5.0, 7.5, 5.0, and 32.5% of the unrelated mutant alleles, respectively. The p.R386C mutation was identified in all Latin American populations studied. Eleven mutations correlated with a severe form, while one mutation, p.R380S, was associated with an attenuated form. MPS IVA patients had an elevation of urine and plasma keratan sulfate (KS) concentrations compared with those of the age-matched control. KS concentrations in severe patients were higher than those in attenuated patients. These data provide evidence for extensive allelic heterogeneity and presence of a common mutation in Latin American patients. Accumulation of mutations with clinical description and KS concentration will lead us to predict clinical severity of the patient more precisely.