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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2017

5 Year Expression and Neutrophil Defect Repair after Gene Therapy in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.

Christian Mueller, Gwladys Gernoux, Alisha M Gruntman, Florie Borel, Emer P Reeves, Roberto Calcedo, Farshid N Rouhani, Anthony Yachnis, Margaret Humphries, Martha Campbell-Thompson and 6 more

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16 authors.

Christian MuellerUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Gwladys GernouxUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Alisha M GruntmanUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
Florie BorelUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Emer P ReevesDepartment of Respiratory Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Roberto CalcedoGene Therapy Program, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Farshid N RouhaniUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Anthony YachnisUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Margaret HumphriesUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Martha Campbell-ThompsonUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Louis MessinaUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Jeffrey D ChulayApplied Genetic Technologies Corporation, Alachua, FL 32615, USA.
Bruce TrapnellCincinnatti Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
James M WilsonGene Therapy Program, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Noel G McElvaneyDepartment of Respiratory Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Terence R FlotteUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Electronic address: terry.flotte@umassmed.edu.

Funding

Viral Vector CoreP01HL131471 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI XUE, WEN · 2016 to 2020
$11.3M
Pulmonary Macrophage Transplantation for Pulmonary Alveolar ProteinosisR01HL118342 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI TRAPNELL, BRUCE C, TRAPNELL, BRUCE COLSTON · 2014 to 2021
$4.5M
RLDC: Molecular Pathway-Driven Diagnostics & Therapeutics for Rare Lung DiseasesU54HL127672 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI TRAPNELL, BRUCE C · 2014 to 2018
$3.7M
Preclinical &Phase I/II Trials Of AAV-AAT VectorsR01HL069877 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FLOTTE, TERENCE R. · 2003 to 2013
$3.6M
Nuclease free gene editing approaches to treat alpha-1 antitrypsin diseaseR01DK098252 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FLOTTE, TERENCE R. · 2013 to 2022
$3.0M
Phase 2 Study of rAAV1-CB-hAAT for Treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin DeficiencyR01FD003896 · FDA · APPLIED GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · PI CHULAY, JEFFREY D · 2010 to 2013
$1.0M
FDA HHS R01 FD003896NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL131471NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL069877NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118342NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL127672NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK098252
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is a monogenic disorder resulting in emphysema due principally to the unopposed effects of neutrophil elastase. We previously reported achieving plasma wild-type alpha-1 antitrypsin concentrations at 2.5%-3.8% of the purported therapeutic level at 1 year after a single intramuscular administration of recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 1 alpha-1 antitrypsin vector in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient patients. We analyzed blood and muscle for alpha-1 antitrypsin expression and immune cell response. We also assayed previously reported markers of neutrophil function known to be altered in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient patients. Here, we report sustained expression at 2.0%-2.5% of the target level from years 1-5 in these same patients without any additional recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype-1 alpha-1 antitrypsin vector administration. In addition, we observed partial correction of disease-associated neutrophil defects, including neutrophil elastase inhibition, markers of degranulation, and membrane-bound anti-neutrophil antibodies. There was also evidence of an active T regulatory cell response (similar to the 1 year data) and an exhausted cytotoxic T cell response to adeno-associated virus serotype-1 capsid. These findings suggest that muscle-based alpha-1 antitrypsin gene replacement is tolerogenic and that stable levels of M-AAT may exert beneficial neutrophil effects at lower concentrations than previously anticipated.

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Gene Expressionalpha 1-Antitrypsinalpha 1-Antitrypsin DeficiencyBiomarkersBiopsyCapsidDependovirusEpitopes, T-LymphocyteGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansImmunohistochemistryImmunophenotypingMusclesNeutrophilsTime Factorsalpha 1-AntitrypsinBiomarkersEpitopes, T-LymphocyteA1ATAATAAValpha-1 antitrypsinclinical trialexhausted T cellsgene therapyPD-1rAAVTregs

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PMCPMC5474959

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