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ArticleMolecular genetics and metabolism2020

A novel Pah-exon1 deleted murine model of phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency.

Daelyn Y Richards, Shelley R Winn, Sandra Dudley, Lev Fedorov, Nicole Rimann, Beat Thöny, Cary O Harding

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Article in Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular therapy. Advances · 2026
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  5. State-of-the-art 2023 on gene therapy for phenylketonuria.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2024
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  7. Phenylketonuria.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daelyn Y RichardsDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
Shelley R WinnDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
Sandra DudleyDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
Lev FedorovTransgenic Mouse Models Core, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA.
Nicole RimannDivision of Metabolism, University Children's Hospital, Steinweissstrasse 75, Zurich CH-8032, Switzerland.
Beat ThönyDivision of Metabolism, University Children's Hospital, Steinweissstrasse 75, Zurich CH-8032, Switzerland.
Cary O HardingDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA. Electronic address: hardingc@ohsu.edu.
Oregon Health & Science University · USUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich · CH

Funding

Novel therapy for monoamine neurotransmitter deficiency in PKUR01NS080866 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI HARDING, CARY O. · 2012 to 2020
$3.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS080866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency, colloquially known as phenylketonuria (PKU), is among the most common inborn errors of metabolism and in the past decade has become a target for the development of novel therapeutics such as gene therapy. PAH deficient mouse models have been key to new treatment development, but all prior existing models natively express liver PAH polypeptide as inactive or partially active PAH monomers, which complicates the experimental assessment of protein expression following therapeutic gene, mRNA, protein, or cell transfer. The mutant PAH monomers are able to form hetero-tetramers with and inhibit the overall holoenzyme activity of wild type PAH monomers produced from a therapeutic vector. Preclinical therapeutic studies would benefit from a PKU model that completely lacks both PAH activity and protein expression in liver. In this study, we employed CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in fertilized mouse embryos to generate a novel mouse model that lacks exon 1 of the Pah gene. Mice that are homozygous for the Pah exon 1 deletion are viable, severely hyperphenylalaninemic, accurately replicate phenotypic features of untreated human classical PKU and lack any detectable liver PAH activity or protein. This model of classical PKU is ideal for further development of gene and cell biologics to treat PKU.

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AnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsDisease Models, AnimalExonsGene EditingGenetic VectorsHumansLiverMicePhenylalaninePhenylalanine HydroxylasePhenylketonuriasPhenylalaninePhenylalanine HydroxylaseCRISPR/Cas9Gene therapyKnockout mouse modelPhenylketonuria

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PMID33051130
PMCPMC8173763
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