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ArticleJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2017

An Investigational RNAi Therapeutic Targeting Glycolate Oxidase Reduces Oxalate Production in Models of Primary Hyperoxaluria.

Abigail Liebow, Xingsheng Li, Timothy Racie, Julia Hettinger, Brian R Bettencourt, Nader Najafian, Patrick Haslett, Kevin Fitzgerald, Ross P Holmes, David Erbe and 2 more

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Article in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 199 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abigail LiebowAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and aliebow@alnylam.com.
Xingsheng LiDepartment of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Timothy RacieAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
Julia HettingerAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
Brian R BettencourtAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
Nader NajafianAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
Patrick HaslettAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
Kevin FitzgeraldAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
Ross P HolmesDepartment of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
David ErbeAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
William QuerbesAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Departments of Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
John KnightDepartment of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UAB-UCSD O'Brien Core Center for Acute Kidney Injury ResearchP30DK079337 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI AGARWAL, ANUPAM · 2008 to 2022
$18.3M
Mitochondrial Metabolism in Primary HyperoxaluriaR01DK054468 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HOLMES, ROSS P · 1999 to 2017
$4.1M
Hydroxproline Catabolism and HyperoxaluriaR01DK083527 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HOLMES, ROSS P, LOWTHER, W TODD · 2010 to 2012
$753k
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079337NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054468NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083527
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), an inherited rare disease of glyoxylate metabolism, arises from mutations in the enzyme alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase. The resulting deficiency in this enzyme leads to abnormally high oxalate production resulting in calcium oxalate crystal formation and deposition in the kidney and many other tissues, with systemic oxalosis and ESRD being a common outcome. Although a small subset of patients manages the disease with vitamin B6 treatments, the only effective treatment for most is a combined liver-kidney transplant, which requires life-long immune suppression and carries significant mortality risk. In this report, we discuss the development of ALN-GO1, an investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic targeting glycolate oxidase, to deplete the substrate for oxalate synthesis. Subcutaneous administration of ALN-GO1 resulted in potent, dose-dependent, and durable silencing of the mRNA encoding glycolate oxidase and increased serum glycolate concentrations in wild-type mice, rats, and nonhuman primates. ALN-GO1 also increased urinary glycolate concentrations in normal nonhuman primates and in a genetic mouse model of PH1. Notably, ALN-GO1 reduced urinary oxalate concentration up to 50% after a single dose in the genetic mouse model of PH1, and up to 98% after multiple doses in a rat model of hyperoxaluria. These data demonstrate the ability of ALN-GO1 to reduce oxalate production in preclinical models of PH1 across multiple species and provide a clear rationale for clinical trials with this compound.

Indexed as

Alcohol OxidoreductasesRNAi TherapeuticsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene SilencingHyperoxaluria, PrimaryLiverMaleMiceOxalatesPrimatesRatsRNA, MessengerAlcohol Oxidoreductasesglycollate oxidaseOxalatesRNA, Messengerend-stage renal diseaseoxalateprimary hyperoxaluria type IRNAi therapeuticssiRNA

Identifiers

PMID27432743
PMCPMC5280024
OpenAlexW2496344419

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