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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2024

Molecular therapy and nucleic acid adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy delivering combinations of two growth-associated genes to MPS IVA mice.

Estera Rintz, Betul Celik, Nidhi Fnu, Angélica María Herreño-Pachón, Shaukat Khan, Eliana Benincore-Flórez, Shunji Tomatsu

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2024. 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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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Advances in Therapies for Mucopolysaccharidoses.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026
    Review
  3. Recent advances in mucopolysaccharidosis IVA treatment.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025
    Review
  4. Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
    Article
  5. Identification of Surrogate Biomarkers for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Lentiviral Vector-MediatedHuman gene therapy · 2024
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7 authors.

Estera RintzNemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
Betul CelikNemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
Nidhi FnuNemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
Angélica María Herreño-PachónNemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
Shaukat KhanNemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
Eliana Benincore-FlórezNemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
Shunji TomatsuNemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (MPS IVA) is caused by a deficiency of the galactosamine (N-acetyl)-6-sulfatase (GALNS) enzyme responsible for the degradation of specific glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The progressive accumulation of GAGs leads to various skeletal abnormalities (short stature, hypoplasia, tracheal obstruction) and several symptoms in other organs. To date, no treatment is effective for patients with bone abnormalities. To improve bone pathology, we propose a novel combination treatment with the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors expressing GALNS enzyme and a natriuretic peptide C (CNP; NPPC gene) as a growth-promoting agent for MPS IVA. In this study, an MPS IVA mouse model was treated with an AAV vector expressing GALNS combined with another AAV vector expressing NPPC gene, followed for 12 weeks. After the combination therapy, bone growth in mice was induced with increased enzyme activity in tissues (bone, liver, heart, lung) and plasma. Moreover, there were significant changes in bone morphology in CNP-treated mice with increased CNP activity in plasma. Delivering combinations of CNP and GALNS gene therapies enhanced bone growth in MPS IVA mice more than in GALNS gene therapy alone. Enzyme expression therapy alone fails to reach the bone growth region; our results indicate that combining it with CNP offers a potential alternative.

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AAV vectorsbone growthC-type natriuretic peptideGALNS enzymegene therapylysosomal storage disorderMorqio AMT: Delivery Strategiesmucopolysaccharidosis type IVAskeletal dysplasia

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PMID38831899
PMCPMC11145352

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