ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2011
Bone marrow transplantation augments the effect of brain- and spinal cord-directed adeno-associated virus 2/5 gene therapy by altering inflammation in the murine model of globoid-cell leukodystrophy.
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- Preclinical studies in Krabbe disease: A model for the investigation of novel combination therapies for lysosomal storage diseases.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023Review
- Neuroscience and actometry: An example of the benefits of the precise measurement of behavior.Brain research bulletin · 2022Review
- Krabbe disease: A personal perspective and hypothesis.BioImpacts : BI · 2022Review
- A neglected neurodegenerative disease: Adult-onset globoid cell leukodystrophy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Improved Brain Pathology and Progressive Peripheral Neuropathy in a 15 Year Old Survivor of Infantile Krabbe Disease Treated With Umbilical Cord Transplantation.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Article
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- Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Krabbe Disease.International journal of neonatal screening · 2021Review
- An EngineeredInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Waning efficacy in a long-term AAV-mediated gene therapy study in the murine model of Krabbe disease.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2021Article
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Abstract
Globoid-cell leukodystrophy (GLD) is an inherited demyelinating disease caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme galactosylceramidase (GALC). A previous study in the murine model of GLD (twitcher) demonstrated a dramatic synergy between CNS-directed adeno-associated virus 2/5 (AAV2/5) gene therapy and myeloreductive bone marrow transplantation (BMT). However, the mechanism by which these two disparate therapeutic approaches synergize is not clear. In addition, the therapeutic efficacy may have been limited since the CNS-directed gene therapy was restricted to the forebrain and thalamus. In the current study, intrathecal and intracerebellar injections were added to the therapeutic regimen and the mechanism of synergy between BMT and gene therapy was determined. Although AAV2/5 alone provided supraphysiological levels of GALC activity and reduced psychosine levels in both the brain and spinal cord, it significantly increased CNS inflammation. Bone marrow transplantation alone provided essentially no GALC activity to the CNS and did not reduce psychosine levels. When AAV2/5 is combined with BMT, there are sustained improvements in motor function and the median life span is increased to 123 d (range, 92-282 d) compared with 41 d in the untreated twitcher mice. Interestingly, addition of BMT virtually eliminates both the disease and AAV2/5-associated inflammatory response. These data suggest that the efficacy of AAV2/5-mediated gene therapy is limited by the associated inflammatory response and BMT synergizes with AAV2/5 by modulating inflammation.
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