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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2015

Benefits of Neuronal Preferential Systemic Gene Therapy for Neurotransmitter Deficiency.

Ni-Chung Lee, Shin-Ichi Muramatsu, Yin-Hsiu Chien, Wen-Shin Liu, Wei-Hua Wang, Chia-Hao Cheng, Meng-Kai Hu, Pin-Wen Chen, Kai-Yuan Tzen, Barry J Byrne and 1 more

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ni-Chung LeeDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shin-Ichi MuramatsuDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan.
Yin-Hsiu ChienDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wen-Shin LiuDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Hua WangDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chia-Hao ChengDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Meng-Kai HuDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Pin-Wen ChenDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kai-Yuan TzenMolecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Barry J ByrnePowell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Wuh-Liang HwuDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University Hospital · TWNational Taiwan University · TWThe University of Tokyo · JPUniversity of Florida · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disease that impairs synthesis of dopamine and serotonin. Children with AADC deficiency exhibit severe motor, behavioral, and autonomic dysfunctions. We previously generated an IVS6+4A>T knock-in mouse model of AADC deficiency (Ddc(KI) mice) and showed that gene therapy at the neonatal stage can rescue this phenotype. In the present study, we extended this treatment to systemic therapy on young mice. After intraperitoneal injection of AADC viral vectors into 7-day-old Ddc(KI) mice, the treated mice exhibited improvements in weight gain, survival, motor function, autonomic function, and behavior. The yfAAV9/3-Syn-I-mAADC-treated mice showed greater neuronal transduction and higher brain dopamine levels than AAV9-CMV-hAADC-treated mice, whereas AAV9-CMV-hAADC-treated mice exhibited hyperactivity. Therefore, neurotransmitter-deficient animals can be rescued at a young age using systemic gene therapy, although a vector for preferential neuronal expression may be necessary to avoid hyperactivity caused by this treatment.

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Genetic TherapyAmino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsAnimalsAromatic-L-Amino-Acid DecarboxylasesBehavior, AnimalBlood PressureBrainDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalDopamineEnzyme ActivationFluorodeoxyglucose F18Gene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHeart RateImmunohistochemistryAromatic-L-Amino-Acid DecarboxylasesDopamineFluorodeoxyglucose F18Neurotransmitter Agents

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PMID26137853
PMCPMC4817920
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