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Magat J, Jones S, Baridon B, Agrawal V, Wong H, Giaramita A, Mangini L, Handyside B, Vitelli C, Parker M, Yeung N, Zhou Y, Pungor E, Slabodkin I, Gorostiza O, Aguilera A, Lo MJ, Alcozie S, Christianson TM, Tiger PM, Vincelette J, Fong S, Gil G, Hague C, Lawrence R, Wendt DJ, Lebowitz JH, Bunting S, Bullens S, Crawford BE, Roy SM, Woloszynek JC. Intracerebroventricular dosing of N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase in mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA mice reduces markers of brain lysosomal dysfunction. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102625. [PMID: 36306823 PMCID: PMC9694393 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH) deficiency. SGSH removes the sulfate from N-sulfoglucosamine residues on the nonreducing end of heparan sulfate (HS-NRE) within lysosomes. Enzyme deficiency results in accumulation of partially degraded HS within lysosomes throughout the body, leading to a progressive severe neurological disease. Enzyme replacement therapy has been proposed, but further evaluation of the treatment strategy is needed. Here, we used Chinese hamster ovary cells to produce a highly soluble and fully active recombinant human sulfamidase (rhSGSH). We discovered that rhSGSH utilizes both the CI-MPR and LRP1 receptors for uptake into patient fibroblasts. A single intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of rhSGSH in MPS IIIA mice resulted in a tissue half-life of 9 days and widespread distribution throughout the brain. Following a single ICV dose, both total HS and the MPS IIIA disease-specific HS-NRE were dramatically reduced, reaching a nadir 2 weeks post dose. The durability of effect for reduction of both substrate and protein markers of lysosomal dysfunction and a neuroimmune response lasted through the 56 days tested. Furthermore, seven weekly 148 μg doses ICV reduced those markers to near normal and produced a 99.5% reduction in HS-NRE levels. A pilot study utilizing every other week dosing in two animals supports further evaluation of less frequent dosing. Finally, our dose-response study also suggests lower doses may be efficacious. Our findings show that rhSGSH can normalize lysosomal HS storage and markers of a neuroimmune response when delivered ICV.
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- Jenna Magat
- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, California, USA,For correspondence: Josh C. Woloszynek
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Zhu L, Tan B, Dwight SS, Beahm B, Wilsey M, Crawford BE, Schweighardt B, Cook JW, Wechsler T, Mueller WF. AAV9-NGLY1 gene replacement therapy improves phenotypic and biomarker endpoints in a rat model of NGLY1 Deficiency. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2022; 27:259-271. [PMID: 36320418 PMCID: PMC9593239 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) Deficiency is a progressive, ultra-rare, autosomal recessive disorder with no approved therapy and five core clinical features: severe global developmental delay, hyperkinetic movement disorder, elevated liver transaminases, alacrima, and peripheral neuropathy. Here, we confirmed and characterized the Ngly1 -/- / rat as a relevant disease model. GS-100, a gene therapy candidate, is a recombinant, single-stranded adeno-associated virus (AAV) 9 vector designed to deliver a functional copy of the human NGLY1 gene. Using the Ngly1 -/- rat, we tested different administration routes for GS-100: intracerebroventricular (ICV), intravenous (IV), or the dual route (IV + ICV). ICV and IV + ICV administration resulted in widespread biodistribution of human NGLY1 DNA and corresponding mRNA and protein expression in CNS tissues. GS-100 delivered by ICV or IV + ICV significantly reduced levels of the substrate biomarker N-acetylglucosamine-asparagine (GlcNAc-Asn or GNA) in CSF and brain tissue compared with untreated Ngly1-/- rats. ICV and IV + ICV administration of GS-100 resulted in behavioral improvements in rotarod and rearing tests, whereas IV-only administration did not. IV + ICV did not provide additional benefit compared with ICV administration alone. These data provide evidence that GS-100 could be an effective therapy for NGLY1 Deficiency using the ICV route of administration.
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- Lei Zhu
- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Corresponding author William F. Mueller, Grace Science, LLC, 1142 Crane Street, Ste 4, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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Ellinwood NM, Valentine BN, Hess AS, Jens JK, Snella EM, Jamil M, Hostetter SJ, Jeffery ND, Smith JD, Millman ST, Parsons RL, Butt MT, Chandra S, Egeland MT, Assis AB, Nelvagal HR, Cooper JD, Nestrasil I, Mueller BA, Labounek R, Paulson A, Prill H, Liu XY, Zhou H, Lawrence R, Crawford BE, Grover A, Cherala G, Melton AC, Cherukuri A, Vuillemenot BR, Wait JC, O'Neill CA, Pinkstaff J, Kovalchin J, Zanelli E, McCullagh E. Tralesinidase alfa enzyme replacement therapy prevents disease manifestations in a canine model of mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2022; 382:277-286. [PMID: 35717448 PMCID: PMC9426762 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.122.001119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPS IIIB; Sanfilippo syndrome B; OMIM #252920) is a lethal, pediatric, neuropathic, autosomal recessive, and lysosomal storage disease with no approved therapy. Patients are deficient in the activity of N-acetyl-alpha-glucosaminidase (NAGLU; EC 3.2.150), necessary for normal lysosomal degradation of the glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfate (HS). Tralesinidase alfa (TA), a fusion protein comprised of recombinant human NAGLU and a modified human insulin-like growth factor 2, is in development as an enzyme replacement therapy that is administered via intracerebroventricular (ICV) infusion, thus circumventing the blood brain barrier. Previous studies have confirmed ICV infusion results in widespread distribution of TA throughout the brains of mice and nonhuman primates. We assessed the long-term tolerability, pharmacology, and clinical efficacy of TA in a canine model of MPS IIIB over a 20-month study. Long-term administration of TA was well tolerated as compared with administration of vehicle. TA was widely distributed across brain regions, which was confirmed in a follow-up 8-week pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic study. MPS IIIB dogs treated for up to 20 months had near-normal levels of HS and nonreducing ends of HS in cerebrospinal fluid and central nervous system (CNS) tissues. TA-treated MPS IIIB dogs performed better on cognitive tests and had improved CNS pathology and decreased cerebellar volume loss relative to vehicle-treated MPS IIIB dogs. These findings demonstrate the ability of TA to prevent or limit the biochemical, pathologic, and cognitive manifestations of canine MPS IIIB disease, thus providing support of its potential long-term tolerability and efficacy in MPS IIIB subjects.
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- N Matthew Ellinwood
- Departments of Animal Science and Veterinary Clinical Science, Iowa State University, United States
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- Departnment of Animal Science, Iowa State University, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Iowa State University, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Diagnostics and Production Animal Medicine and Department of Biomedical Science, Iowa State University, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Diagnostics and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, United States
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- The Lundquist Institute (formerly Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, United States
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- The Lundquist Institute (formerly Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, United States
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- The Lundquist Institute (formerly Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, United States
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- The Lundquist Institute (formerly Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, United States
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, United States
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, United States
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, United States
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, United States
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., United States
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- Pharmacological Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., United States
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Mueller WF, Zhu L, Tan B, Dwight S, Beahm B, Wilsey M, Wechsler T, Mak J, Cowan T, Pritchett J, Taylor E, Crawford BE. GlcNAc-Asn (GNA) is a biomarker for NGLY1 deficiency. J Biochem 2021; 171:177-186. [PMID: 34697629 PMCID: PMC8863169 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvab111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Substrate-derived biomarkers are necessary in slowly progressing monogenetic diseases caused by single-enzyme deficiencies to identify affected patients and serve as surrogate markers for therapy response. N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) deficiency is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by developmental delay, peripheral neuropathy, elevated liver transaminases, hyperkinetic movement disorder and (hypo)-alacrima. We demonstrate that N-acetylglucosamine-asparagine (GlcNAc-Asn; GNA), is the analyte most closely associated with NGLY1 deficiency, showing consistent separation in levels between patients and controls. GNA accumulation is directly linked to the absence of functional NGLY1, presenting strong potential for its use as a biomarker. In agreement, a quantitative liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry assay, developed to assess GNA from 3 to 3000 ng/ml, showed that it is conserved as a marker for loss of NGLY1 function in NGLY1-deficient cell lines, rodents (urine, cerebrospinal fluid, plasma and tissues) and patients (plasma and urine). Elevated GNA levels differentiate patients from controls, are stable over time and correlate with changes in NGLY1 activity. GNA as a biomarker has the potential to identify and validate patients with NGLY1 deficiency, act as a direct pharmacodynamic marker and serve as a potential surrogate endpoint in clinical trials.
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- Grace Science, LLC - Menlo Park, CA, USA 94025
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- Grace Science, LLC - Menlo Park, CA, USA 94025
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- Grace Science, LLC - Menlo Park, CA, USA 94025
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- Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA 94305
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- Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA 94305
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- Integrated Analytical Solutions, Inc. - Berkeley, CA, USA 94710
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- Integrated Analytical Solutions, Inc. - Berkeley, CA, USA 94710
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Lawrence R, Prill H, Vachali PP, Adintori EG, de Hart G, Wang RY, Burton BK, Pasquali M, Crawford BE. Characterization of disease-specific chondroitin sulfate nonreducing end accumulation in mucopolysaccharidosis IVA. Glycobiology 2021; 30:433-445. [PMID: 31897472 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwz109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Morquio syndrome type A, also known as MPS IVA, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase, a lysosomal hydrolase critical in the degradation of keratan sulfate (KS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS). The CS that accumulates in MPS IVA patients has a disease-specific nonreducing end (NRE) terminating with N-acetyl-D-galactosamine 6-sulfate, which can be specifically quantified after enzymatic depolymerization of CS polysaccharide chains. The abundance of N-acetyl-D-galactosamine 6-sulfate over other possible NRE structures is diagnostic for MPS IVA. Here, we describe an assay for the liberation and measurement of N-acetyl-D-galactosamine 6-sulfate and explore its application to MPS IVA patient samples in pilot studies examining disease detection, effects of age and treatment with enzyme-replacement therapy. This assay complements the existing urinary KS assay by quantifying CS-derived substrates, which represent a distinct biochemical aspect of MPS IVA. A more complete understanding of the disease could help to more definitively detect disease across age ranges and more completely measure the pharmacodynamic efficacy of therapies. Larger studies will be needed to clarify the potential value of this CS-derived substrate to manage disease in MPS IVA patients.
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- Roger Lawrence
- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology®, 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Division of Metabolic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Orange County, 1201 W. La Veta Ave., Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA, and
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- ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology®, 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.,University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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Babcock MC, Mikulka CR, Wang B, Chandriani S, Chandra S, Xu Y, Webster K, Feng Y, Nelvagal HR, Giaramita A, Yip BK, Lo M, Jiang X, Chao Q, Woloszynek JC, Shen Y, Bhagwat S, Sands MS, Crawford BE. Substrate reduction therapy for Krabbe disease and metachromatic leukodystrophy using a novel ceramide galactosyltransferase inhibitor. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14486. [PMID: 34262084 PMCID: PMC8280112 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93601-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Krabbe disease (KD) and metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) are caused by accumulation of the glycolipids galactosylceramide (GalCer) and sulfatide and their toxic metabolites psychosine and lysosulfatide, respectively. We discovered a potent and selective small molecule inhibitor (S202) of ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGT), the key enzyme for GalCer biosynthesis, and characterized its use as substrate reduction therapy (SRT). Treating a KD mouse model with S202 dose-dependently reduced GalCer and psychosine in the central (CNS) and peripheral (PNS) nervous systems and significantly increased lifespan. Similarly, treating an MLD mouse model decreased sulfatides and lysosulfatide levels. Interestingly, lower doses of S202 partially inhibited CGT and selectively reduced synthesis of non-hydroxylated forms of GalCer and sulfatide, which appear to be the primary source of psychosine and lysosulfatide. Higher doses of S202 more completely inhibited CGT and reduced the levels of both non-hydroxylated and hydroxylated forms of GalCer and sulfatide. Despite the significant benefits observed in murine models of KD and MLD, chronic CGT inhibition negatively impacted both the CNS and PNS of wild-type mice. Therefore, further studies are necessary to elucidate the full therapeutic potential of CGT inhibition.
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- Michael C Babcock
- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA.
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Kan SH, Elsharkawi I, Le SQ, Prill H, Mangini L, Cooper JD, Lawrence R, Sands MS, Crawford BE, Dickson PI. Biochemical evaluation of intracerebroventricular rhNAGLU-IGF2 enzyme replacement therapy in neonatal mice with Sanfilippo B syndrome. Mol Genet Metab 2021; 133:185-192. [PMID: 33839004 PMCID: PMC8195848 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (MPS IIIB, Sanfilippo syndrome type B) is caused by a deficiency in α-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU) activity, which leads to the accumulation of heparan sulfate (HS). MPS IIIB causes progressive neurological decline, with affected patients having an expected lifespan of approximately 20 years. No effective treatment is available. Recent pre-clinical studies have shown that intracerebroventricular (ICV) ERT with a fusion protein of rhNAGLU-IGF2 is a feasible treatment for MPS IIIB in both canine and mouse models. In this study, we evaluated the biochemical efficacy of a single dose of rhNAGLU-IGF2 via ICV-ERT in brain and liver tissue from Naglu-/- neonatal mice. Twelve weeks after treatment, NAGLU activity levels in brain were 0.75-fold those of controls. HS and β-hexosaminidase activity, which are elevated in MPS IIIB, decreased to normal levels. This effect persisted for at least 4 weeks after treatment. Elevated NAGLU and reduced β-hexosaminidase activity levels were detected in liver; these effects persisted for up to 4 weeks after treatment. The overall therapeutic effects of single dose ICV-ERT with rhNAGLU-IGF2 in Naglu-/- neonatal mice were long-lasting. These results suggest a potential benefit of early treatment, followed by less-frequent ICV-ERT dosing, in patients diagnosed with MPS IIIB.
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- Shih-Hsin Kan
- Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute (formally Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States of America; CHOC Research Institute, Orange, CA 92868, United States of America.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute (formally Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States of America; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States of America
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- Biology Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, United States of America
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- Biology Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute (formally Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States of America; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States of America
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- Biology Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States of America
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- Biology Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute (formally Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States of America; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States of America.
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Cavender C, Mangini L, Van Vleet JL, Corado C, McCullagh E, Gray-Edwards HL, Martin DR, Crawford BE, Lawrence R. Natural history study of glycan accumulation in large animal models of GM2 gangliosidoses. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243006. [PMID: 33259552 PMCID: PMC7707493 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
β-hexosaminidase is an enzyme responsible for the degradation of gangliosides, glycans, and other glycoconjugates containing β-linked hexosamines that enter the lysosome. GM2 gangliosidoses, such as Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff, are lysosomal storage disorders characterized by β-hexosaminidase deficiency and subsequent lysosomal accumulation of its substrate metabolites. These two diseases result in neurodegeneration and early mortality in children. A significant difference between these two disorders is the accumulation in Sandhoff disease of soluble oligosaccharide metabolites that derive from N- and O-linked glycans. In this paper we describe our results from a longitudinal biochemical study of a feline model of Sandhoff disease and an ovine model of Tay-Sachs disease to investigate the accumulation of GM2/GA2 gangliosides, a secondary biomarker for phospholipidosis, bis-(monoacylglycero)-phosphate, and soluble glycan metabolites in both tissue and fluid samples from both animal models. While both Sandhoff cats and Tay-Sachs sheep accumulated significant amounts of GM2 and GA2 gangliosides compared to age-matched unaffected controls, the Sandhoff cats having the more severe disease, accumulated larger amounts of gangliosides compared to Tay-Sachs sheep in their occipital lobes. For monitoring glycan metabolites, we developed a quantitative LC/MS assay for one of these free glycans in order to perform longitudinal analysis. The Sandhoff cats showed significant disease-related increases in this glycan in brain and in other matrices including urine which may provide a useful clinical tool for measuring disease severity and therapeutic efficacy. Finally, we observed age-dependent increasing accumulation for a number of analytes, especially in Sandhoff cats where glycosphingolipid, phospholipid, and glycan levels showed incremental increases at later time points without signs of peaking. This large animal natural history study for Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs is the first of its kind, providing insight into disease progression at the biochemical level. This report may help in the development and testing of new therapies to treat these disorders.
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- Catlyn Cavender
- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Scott-Ritchey Research Center and Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, AL, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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Grover A, Crippen-Harmon D, Nave L, Vincelette J, Wait JCM, Melton AC, Lawrence R, Brown JR, Webster KA, Yip BK, Baridon B, Vitelli C, Rigney S, Christianson TM, Tiger PMN, Lo MJ, Holtzinger J, Shaywitz AJ, Crawford BE, Fitzpatrick PA, LeBowitz JH, Bullens S, Aoyagi-Scharber M, Bunting S, O'Neill CA, Pinkstaff J, Bagri A. Translational studies of intravenous and intracerebroventricular routes of administration for CNS cellular biodistribution for BMN 250, an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of Sanfilippo type B. Drug Deliv Transl Res 2020; 10:425-439. [PMID: 31942701 PMCID: PMC7066106 DOI: 10.1007/s13346-019-00683-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
BMN 250 is being developed as enzyme replacement therapy for Sanfilippo type B, a primarily neurological rare disease, in which patients have deficient lysosomal alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU) enzyme activity. BMN 250 is taken up in target cells by the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CI-MPR, insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor), which then facilitates transit to the lysosome. BMN 250 is dosed directly into the central nervous system via the intracerebroventricular (ICV) route, and the objective of this work was to compare systemic intravenous (IV) and ICV delivery of BMN 250 to confirm the value of ICV dosing. We first assess the ability of enzyme to cross a potentially compromised blood-brain barrier in the Naglu-/- mouse model and then assess the potential for CI-MPR to be employed for receptor-mediated transport across the blood-brain barrier. In wild-type and Naglu-/- mice, CI-MPR expression in brain vasculature is high during the neonatal period but virtually absent by adolescence. In contrast, CI-MPR remains expressed through adolescence in non-affected non-human primate and human brain vasculature. Combined results from IV administration of BMN 250 in Naglu-/- mice and IV and ICV administration in healthy juvenile non-human primates suggest a limitation to therapeutic benefit from IV administration because enzyme distribution is restricted to brain vascular endothelial cells: enzyme does not reach target neuronal cells following IV administration, and pharmacological response following IV administration is likely restricted to clearance of substrate in endothelial cells. In contrast, ICV administration enables central nervous system enzyme replacement with biodistribution to target cells.
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- Anita Grover
- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA.
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, USA
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Vera MU, Le SQ, Victoroff A, Passage MB, Brown JR, Crawford BE, Polgreen LE, Chen AH, Dickson PI. Evaluation of non-reducing end pathologic glycosaminoglycan detection method for monitoring therapeutic response to enzyme replacement therapy in human mucopolysaccharidosis I. Mol Genet Metab 2020; 129:91-97. [PMID: 31630958 PMCID: PMC7219480 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Therapeutic development and monitoring require demonstration of effects on disease phenotype. However, due to the complexity of measuring clinically-relevant effects in rare multisystem diseases, robust biomarkers are essential. For the mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), the measurement of glycosaminoglycan levels is relevant as glycosaminoglycan accumulation is the primary event that occurs due to reduced lysosomal enzyme activity. Traditional dye-based assays that measure total glycosaminoglycan levels have a high background, due to a normal, baseline glycosaminoglycan content in unaffected individuals. An assay that selectively detects the disease-specific non-reducing ends of heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans that remain undegraded due to deficiency of a specific enzyme in the catabolic pathway avoids the normal background, increasing sensitivity and specificity. We evaluated glycosaminoglycan content by dye-based and non-reducing end methods using urine, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid from MPS I human samples before and after treatment with intravenous recombinant human alpha-l-iduronidase. We found that both urine total glycosaminoglycans and serum heparan sulfate derived non-reducing end levels were markedly decreased compared to baseline after 26 weeks and 52 weeks of therapy, with a significantly greater percentage reduction in serum non-reducing end (89.8% at 26 weeks and 81.3% at 52 weeks) compared to urine total glycosaminoglycans (68.3% at 26 weeks and 62.4% at 52 weeks, p < 0.001). Unexpectedly, we also observed a decrease in non-reducing end levels in cerebrospinal fluid in all five subjects for whom samples were collected (mean 41.8% reduction, p = 0.01). The non-reducing ends in cerebrospinal fluid showed a positive correlation with serum non-reducing end levels in the subjects (r2 = 0.65, p = 0.005). Results suggest utility of the non-reducing end assay in evaluating a therapeutic response in MPS I.
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- Moin U Vera
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Lawrence R, Van Vleet JL, Mangini L, Harris A, Martin N, Clark W, Chandriani S, LeBowitz JH, Giugliani R, d'Azzo A, Yogalingam G, Crawford BE. Characterization of glycan substrates accumulating in GM1 Gangliosidosis. Mol Genet Metab Rep 2019; 21:100524. [PMID: 31720227 PMCID: PMC6838976 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2019.100524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction GM1 gangliosidosis is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by the disruption of the GLB1 gene that encodes β-galactosidase, a lysosomal hydrolase that removes β-linked galactose from the non-reducing end of glycans. Deficiency of this catabolic enzyme leads to the lysosomal accumulation of GM1 and its asialo derivative GA1 in β-galactosidase deficient patients and animal models. In addition to GM1 and GA1, there are other glycoconjugates that contain β-linked galactose whose metabolites are substrates for β-galactosidase. For example, a number of N-linked glycan structures that have galactose at their non-reducing end have been shown to accumulate in GM1 gangliosidosis patient tissues and biological fluids. Objective In this study, we attempt to fully characterize the broad array of GLB1 substrates that require GLB1 for their lysosomal turnover. Results Using tandem mass spectrometry and glycan reductive isotope labeling with data-dependent mass spectrometry, we have confirmed the accumulation of glycolipids (GM1 and GA1) and N-linked glycans with terminal beta-linked galactose. We have also discovered a novel set of core 1 and 2 O-linked glycan metabolites, many of which are part of structurally-related isobaric series that accumulate in disease. In the brain of GLB1 null mice, the levels of these glycan metabolites increased along with those of both GM1 and GA1 as a function of age. In addition to brain tissue, we found elevated levels of both N-linked and O-linked glycan metabolites in a number of peripheral tissues and in urine. Both brain and urine samples from human GM1 gangliosidosis patients exhibited large increases in steady state levels for the same glycan metabolites, demonstrating their correlation with this disease in humans as well. Conclusions Our studies illustrate that GLB1 deficiency is not purely a ganglioside accumulation disorder, but instead a broad oligosaccharidosis that include representatives of many β-linked galactose containing glycans and glycoconjugates including glycolipids, N-linked glycans, and various O-linked glycans. Accounting for all β-galactosidase substrates that accumulate when this enzyme is deficient increases our understanding of this severe disorder by identifying metabolites that may drive certain aspects of the disease and may also serve as informative disease biomarkers to fully evaluate the efficacy of future therapies.
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Key Words
- A2G2, Oxford glycan naming designation for NA2 glycan
- BMP, Bis(monoacylglycero) phosphate
- Beta-galactosidase
- Disease biomarkers
- GLB1
- GLB1, β-galactosidase
- GM1 gangliosidosis
- GRIL-LC/MS, glycan reductive isotope labeling liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
- Gal, galactose
- GlcNAc, N-acetylglucosamine
- Glycan metabolites
- Glycoanalysis
- Hex, hexose
- HexNAc, N-acetylhexosamine
- KS, keratan sulfate
- MPS, mucopolysaccharidosis
- Man, mannose
- NRE, non-reducing end
- TIC, total ion current
- XIC, extracted ion current
- dp, degree of polymerization
- m/z, mass over charge
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- Roger Lawrence
- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Medical Genetics Service, HCPA, Department of Genetics, UFRGS, and INAGEMP, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Li Y, Xu Y, Benitez BA, Nagree MS, Dearborn JT, Jiang X, Guzman MA, Woloszynek JC, Giaramita A, Yip BK, Elsbernd J, Babcock MC, Lo M, Fowler SC, Wozniak DF, Vogler CA, Medin JA, Crawford BE, Sands MS. Genetic ablation of acid ceramidase in Krabbe disease confirms the psychosine hypothesis and identifies a new therapeutic target. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:20097-20103. [PMID: 31527255 PMCID: PMC6778236 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1912108116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Infantile globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD, Krabbe disease) is a fatal demyelinating disorder caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme galactosylceramidase (GALC). GALC deficiency leads to the accumulation of the cytotoxic glycolipid, galactosylsphingosine (psychosine). Complementary evidence suggested that psychosine is synthesized via an anabolic pathway. Here, we show instead that psychosine is generated catabolically through the deacylation of galactosylceramide by acid ceramidase (ACDase). This reaction uncouples GALC deficiency from psychosine accumulation, allowing us to test the long-standing "psychosine hypothesis." We demonstrate that genetic loss of ACDase activity (Farber disease) in the GALC-deficient mouse model of human GLD (twitcher) eliminates psychosine accumulation and cures GLD. These data suggest that ACDase could be a target for substrate reduction therapy (SRT) in Krabbe patients. We show that pharmacological inhibition of ACDase activity with carmofur significantly decreases psychosine accumulation in cells from a Krabbe patient and prolongs the life span of the twitcher (Twi) mouse. Previous SRT experiments in the Twi mouse utilized l-cycloserine, which inhibits an enzyme several steps upstream of psychosine synthesis, thus altering the balance of other important lipids. Drugs that directly inhibit ACDase may have a more acceptable safety profile due to their mechanistic proximity to psychosine biogenesis. In total, these data clarify our understanding of psychosine synthesis, confirm the long-held psychosine hypothesis, and provide the impetus to discover safe and effective inhibitors of ACDase to treat Krabbe disease.
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- Yedda Li
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada
- Pediatrics and Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226
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- Department of Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA 94949
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110;
- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Chen JC, Luu AR, Wise N, Angelis RD, Agrawal V, Mangini L, Vincelette J, Handyside B, Sterling H, Lo MJ, Wong H, Galicia N, Pacheco G, Van Vleet J, Giaramita A, Fong S, Roy SM, Hague C, Lawrence R, Bullens S, Christianson TM, d'Azzo A, Crawford BE, Bunting S, LeBowitz JH, Yogalingam G. Intracerebroventricular enzyme replacement therapy with β-galactosidase reverses brain pathologies due to GM1 gangliosidosis in mice. J Biol Chem 2019; 295:13532-13555. [PMID: 31481471 PMCID: PMC7521651 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Autosomal recessive mutations in the galactosidase β1 (GLB1) gene cause lysosomal β-gal deficiency, resulting in accumulation of galactose-containing substrates and onset of the progressive and fatal neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease, GM1 gangliosidosis. Here, an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) approach in fibroblasts from GM1 gangliosidosis patients with recombinant human β-gal (rhβ-gal) produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells enabled direct and precise rhβ-gal delivery to acidified lysosomes. A single, low dose (3 nm) of rhβ-gal was sufficient for normalizing β-gal activity and mediating substrate clearance for several weeks. We found that rhβ-gal uptake by the fibroblasts is dose-dependent and saturable and can be competitively inhibited by mannose 6-phosphate, suggesting cation-independent, mannose 6-phosphate receptor–mediated endocytosis from the cell surface. A single intracerebroventricularly (ICV) administered dose of rhβ-gal (100 μg) resulted in broad bilateral biodistribution of rhβ-gal to critical regions of pathology in a mouse model of GM1 gangliosidosis. Weekly ICV dosing of rhβ-gal for 8 weeks substantially reduced brain levels of ganglioside and oligosaccharide substrates and reversed well-established secondary neuropathology. Of note, unlike with the ERT approach, chronic lentivirus-mediated GLB1 overexpression in the GM1 gangliosidosis patient fibroblasts caused accumulation of a prelysosomal pool of β-gal, resulting in activation of the unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum stress. This outcome was unsurprising in light of our in vitro biophysical findings for rhβ-gal, which include pH-dependent and concentration-dependent stability and dynamic self-association. Collectively, our results highlight that ICV-ERT is an effective therapeutic intervention for managing GM1 gangliosidosis potentially more safely than with gene therapy approaches.
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- Joseph C Chen
- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Process Sciences, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Department of Genetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, California 94949.
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Prill H, Luu A, Yip B, Holtzinger J, Lo MJ, Christianson TM, Yogalingam G, Aoyagi-Scharber M, LeBowitz JH, Crawford BE, Lawrence R. Differential Uptake of NAGLU-IGF2 and Unmodified NAGLU in Cellular Models of Sanfilippo Syndrome Type B. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2019; 14:56-63. [PMID: 31309128 PMCID: PMC6606967 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Sanfilippo syndrome type B, or mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (MPS IIIB), is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of α-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU). Deficiency in NAGLU disrupts the lysosomal turnover of heparan sulfate (HS), which results in the abnormal accumulation of partially degraded HS in cells and tissues. BMN 250 (NAGLU-insulin-like growth factor 2 [IGF2]) is a recombinant fusion protein developed as an investigational enzyme replacement therapy for MPS IIIB. The IGF2 peptide on BMN 250 promotes enhanced targeting of the enzyme to lysosomes through its interaction with the mannose 6-phosphate receptor. The focus of these studies was to further characterize the ability of NAGLU-IGF2 to clear accumulated HS compared to unmodified NAGLU in primary cellular models of MPS IIIB. Here, we establish distinct primary cell models of MPS IIIB with HS accumulation. These cellular models revealed distinct NAGLU uptake characteristics that depend on the duration of exposure. We found that with sustained exposure, NAGLU uptake and HS clearance occurred independent of known lysosomal targeting signals. In contrast, under conditions of limited exposure duration, NAGLU-IGF2 was taken up more rapidly than the unmodified NAGLU into MPS IIIB primary fibroblasts, astrocytes, and cortical neurons, where it efficiently degraded accumulated HS. These studies illustrate the importance of using physiologically relevant conditions in the evaluation of enzyme replacement therapies in cellular models.
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- Heather Prill
- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949, USA
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Yogalingam G, Luu AR, Prill H, Lo MJ, Yip B, Holtzinger J, Christianson T, Aoyagi-Scharber M, Lawrence R, Crawford BE, LeBowitz JH. BMN 250, a fusion of lysosomal alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase with IGF2, exhibits different patterns of cellular uptake into critical cell types of Sanfilippo syndrome B disease pathogenesis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0207836. [PMID: 30657762 PMCID: PMC6338363 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Sanfilippo syndrome type B (Sanfilippo B; Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB) occurs due to genetic deficiency of lysosomal alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU) and subsequent lysosomal accumulation of heparan sulfate (HS), which coincides with devastating neurodegenerative disease. Because NAGLU expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells is not mannose-6-phosphorylated, we developed an insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2)-tagged NAGLU molecule (BMN 250; tralesinidase alfa) that binds avidly to the IGF2 / cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CI-MPR) for glycosylation independent lysosomal targeting. BMN 250 is currently being developed as an investigational enzyme replacement therapy for Sanfilippo B. Here we distinguish two cellular uptake mechanisms by which BMN 250 is targeted to lysosomes. In normal rodent-derived neurons and astrocytes, the majority of BMN250 uptake over 24 hours reaches saturation, which can be competitively inhibited with IGF2, suggestive of CI-MPR-mediated uptake. Kuptake, defined as the concentration of enzyme at half-maximal uptake, is 5 nM and 3 nM in neurons and astrocytes, with a maximal uptake capacity (Vmax) corresponding to 764 nmol/hr/mg and 5380 nmol/hr/mg, respectively. Similar to neurons and astrocytes, BMN 250 uptake in Sanfilippo B patient fibroblasts is predominantly CI-MPR-mediated, resulting in augmentation of NAGLU activity with doses of enzyme that fall well below the Kuptake (5 nM), which are sufficient to prevent HS accumulation. In contrast, uptake of the untagged recombinant human NAGLU (rhNAGLU) enzyme in neurons, astrocytes and fibroblasts is negligible at the same doses tested. In microglia, receptor-independent uptake, defined as enzyme uptake resistant to competition with excess IGF2, results in appreciable lysosomal delivery of BMN 250 and rhNAGLU (Vmax = 12,336 nmol/hr/mg and 5469 nmol/hr/mg, respectively). These results suggest that while receptor-independent mechanisms exist for lysosomal targeting of rhNAGLU in microglia, BMN 250, by its IGF2 tag moiety, confers increased CI-MPR-mediated lysosomal targeting to neurons and astrocytes, two additional critical cell types of Sanfilippo B disease pathogenesis.
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- Gouri Yogalingam
- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA, United States of America
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Swanson HE, Heckel BR, Bass CD, Bass TD, Dawkins JM, Horton JC, Luo D, Snow WM, Walbridge SB, Crawford BE, Gan K, Micherdzinska AM, Huffer C, Markoff DM, Mumm HP, Nico JS, Sarsour M, Sharapov EI, Zhumabekova V. Experimental upper bound and theoretical expectations for parity-violating neutron spin rotation in 4He. Phys Rev C 2019; 100:10.1103/PhysRevC.100.015204. [PMID: 35005330 PMCID: PMC8739807 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.100.015204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neutron spin rotation is expected from quark-quark weak interactions in the standard model, which induce weak interactions among nucleons that violate parity. We present the results from an experiment searching for the effect of parity violation via the spin rotation of polarized neutrons in a liquid 4He medium. The value for the neutron spin rotation angle per unit length in 4He, d ϕ / d z = [ + 2.1 ± 8.3 (stat.) - 0.2 + 2.9 (sys.) ] × 10 - 7 rad/m, is consistent with zero. The result agrees with the best current theoretical estimates of the size of nucleon-nucleon weak amplitudes from other experiments and with the expectations from recent theoretical approaches to weak nucleon-nucleon interactions. In this paper we review the theoretical status of parity violation in then → + 4He system and discuss details of the data analysis leading to the quoted result. Analysis tools are presented that quantify systematic uncertainties in this measurement and that are expected to be essential for future measurements.
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- H E Swanson
- University of Washington and Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Box 354290, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- University of Washington and Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Box 354290, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- LeMoyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road, Syracuse, New York 13214, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Gettysburg College, 300 North Washington Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, USA
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- The George Washington University, 2121 I Street N.W., Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- The George Washington University, 2121 I Street N.W., Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- North Carolina State University, 2401 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- North Carolina Central University/TUNL, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Georgia State University, 29 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-4106, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Avenue 71, 050038 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Aoyagi-Scharber M, Crippen-Harmon D, Lawrence R, Vincelette J, Yogalingam G, Prill H, Yip BK, Baridon B, Vitelli C, Lee A, Gorostiza O, Adintori EG, Minto WC, Van Vleet JL, Yates B, Rigney S, Christianson TM, Tiger PMN, Lo MJ, Holtzinger J, Fitzpatrick PA, LeBowitz JH, Bullens S, Crawford BE, Bunting S. Clearance of Heparan Sulfate and Attenuation of CNS Pathology by Intracerebroventricular BMN 250 in Sanfilippo Type B Mice. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2017; 6:43-53. [PMID: 28664165 PMCID: PMC5480280 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2017.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Sanfilippo syndrome type B (mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB), caused by inherited deficiency of α-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU), required for lysosomal degradation of heparan sulfate (HS), is a pediatric neurodegenerative disorder with no approved treatment. Intracerebroventricular (ICV) delivery of a modified recombinant NAGLU, consisting of human NAGLU fused with insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) for enhanced lysosomal targeting, was previously shown to result in marked enzyme uptake and clearance of HS storage in the Naglu−/− mouse brain. To further evaluate regional, cell type-specific, and dose-dependent biodistribution of NAGLU-IGF2 (BMN 250) and its effects on biochemical and histological pathology, Naglu−/− mice were treated with 1–100 μg ICV doses (four times over 2 weeks). 1 day after the last dose, BMN 250 (100 μg doses) resulted in above-normal NAGLU activity levels, broad biodistribution, and uptake in all cell types, with NAGLU predominantly localized to neurons in the Naglu−/− mouse brain. This led to complete clearance of disease-specific HS and reduction of secondary lysosomal defects and neuropathology across various brain regions lasting for at least 28 days after the last dose. The substantial brain uptake of NAGLU attainable by this highest ICV dosage was required for nearly complete attenuation of disease-driven storage accumulations and neuropathology throughout the Naglu−/− mouse brain.
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- Mika Aoyagi-Scharber
- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- Research, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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Snow WM, Anderson E, Barrón-Palos L, Bass CD, Bass TD, Crawford BE, Crawford C, Dawkins JM, Esposito D, Fry J, Gardiner H, Gan K, Haddock C, Heckel BR, Holley AT, Horton JC, Huffer C, Lieffers J, Luo D, Maldonado-Velázquez M, Markoff DM, Micherdzinska AM, Mumm HP, Nico JS, Sarsour M, Santra S, Sharapov EI, Swanson HE, Walbridge SB, Zhumabekova V. A slow neutron polarimeter for the measurement of parity-odd neutron rotary power. Rev Sci Instrum 2015; 86:055101. [PMID: 26026552 DOI: 10.1063/1.4919412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We present the design, description, calibration procedure, and an analysis of systematic effects for an apparatus designed to measure the rotation of the plane of polarization of a transversely polarized slow neutron beam as it passes through unpolarized matter. This device is the neutron optical equivalent of a crossed polarizer/analyzer pair familiar from light optics. This apparatus has been used to search for parity violation in the interaction of polarized slow neutrons in matter. Given the brightness of existing slow neutron sources, this apparatus is capable of measuring a neutron rotary power of dϕ/dz = 1 × 10(-7) rad/m.
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- W M Snow
- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, D.F. 04510, México
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- LeMoyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road, Syracuse, New York 13214, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Gettysburg College, 300 North Washington Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, USA
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- University of Kentucky, 177 Chem.-Phys. Building, 505 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- The George Washington University, 2121 I Street N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20052, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- University of Washington/Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Box 354290, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Tennessee Tech University, 1 William L. Jones Drive, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- North Carolina State University, 2401 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 600 South Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, D.F. 04510, México
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- North Carolina Central University/Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Georgia State University, 29 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-4106, USA
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- University of Washington/Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Box 354290, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Indiana University and Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Ave. 71, 050038 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Kan SH, Aoyagi-Scharber M, Le SQ, Vincelette J, Ohmi K, Bullens S, Wendt DJ, Christianson TM, Tiger PMN, Brown JR, Lawrence R, Yip BK, Holtzinger J, Bagri A, Crippen-Harmon D, Vondrak KN, Chen Z, Hague CM, Woloszynek JC, Cheung DS, Webster KA, Adintori EG, Lo MJ, Wong W, Fitzpatrick PA, LeBowitz JH, Crawford BE, Bunting S, Dickson PI, Neufeld EF. Delivery of an enzyme-IGFII fusion protein to the mouse brain is therapeutic for mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:14870-5. [PMID: 25267636 PMCID: PMC4205671 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416660111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPS IIIB, Sanfilippo syndrome type B) is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by profound intellectual disability, dementia, and a lifespan of about two decades. The cause is mutation in the gene encoding α-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU), deficiency of NAGLU, and accumulation of heparan sulfate. Impediments to enzyme replacement therapy are the absence of mannose 6-phosphate on recombinant human NAGLU and the blood-brain barrier. To overcome the first impediment, a fusion protein of recombinant NAGLU and a fragment of insulin-like growth factor II (IGFII) was prepared for endocytosis by the mannose 6-phosphate/IGFII receptor. To bypass the blood-brain barrier, the fusion protein ("enzyme") in artificial cerebrospinal fluid ("vehicle") was administered intracerebroventricularly to the brain of adult MPS IIIB mice, four times over 2 wk. The brains were analyzed 1-28 d later and compared with brains of MPS IIIB mice that received vehicle alone or control (heterozygous) mice that received vehicle. There was marked uptake of the administered enzyme in many parts of the brain, where it persisted with a half-life of approximately 10 d. Heparan sulfate, and especially disease-specific heparan sulfate, was reduced to control level. A number of secondary accumulations in neurons [β-hexosaminidase, LAMP1(lysosome-associated membrane protein 1), SCMAS (subunit c of mitochondrial ATP synthase), glypican 5, β-amyloid, P-tau] were reduced almost to control level. CD68, a microglial protein, was reduced halfway. A large amount of enzyme also appeared in liver cells, where it reduced heparan sulfate and β-hexosaminidase accumulation to control levels. These results suggest the feasibility of enzyme replacement therapy for MPS IIIB.
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- Shih-Hsin Kan
- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Analytical Chemistry, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502
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- Analytical Chemistry, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949; and
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- Analytical Chemistry, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502;
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) result from attenuation or loss of enzyme activities required for lysosomal degradation of the glycosaminoglycans, hyaluronan, heparan sulfate, chondroitin/dermatan sulfate, and keratan sulfate. This review provides a summary of glycan biomarkers that have been used to characterize animal models of MPS, for diagnosis of patients, and for monitoring therapy based on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and enzyme replacement therapy. Recent advances have focused on the non-reducing terminus of the glycosaminoglycans that accumulate as biomarkers, using a combination of enzymatic digestion with bacterial enzymes followed by quantitative liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. These new methods provide a simple, rapid diagnostic strategy that can be applied to samples of urine, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, cultured cells and dried blood spots from newborn infants. Analysis of the non-reducing end glycans provides a method for monitoring enzyme replacement and substrate reduction therapies and serves as a discovery tool for uncovering novel biomarkers and new forms of mucopolysaccharidoses.
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- Roger Lawrence
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Genetic Disease Screening Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Akiyama K, Shimada Y, Higuchi T, Ohtsu M, Nakauchi H, Kobayashi H, Fukuda T, Ida H, Eto Y, Crawford BE, Brown JR, Ohashi T. Enzyme augmentation therapy enhances the therapeutic efficacy of bone marrow transplantation in mucopolysaccharidosis type II mice. Mol Genet Metab 2014; 111:139-46. [PMID: 24100247 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2013.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Before the availability of an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II), patients were treated by bone marrow transplantation (BMT). However, the effectiveness of BMT for MPS II was equivocal, particularly at addressing the CNS manifestations. To study this further, we subjected a murine model of MPS II to BMT and evaluated the effect at correcting the biochemical and pathological aberrations in the viscera and CNS. Our results indicated that BMT reduced the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in a variety of visceral organs, but not in the CNS. With the availability of an approved ERT for MPS II, we investigated and compared the relative merits of the two strategies either as a mono or combination therapy. We showed that the combination of BMT and ERT was additive at reducing tissue levels of GAGs in the heart, kidney and lung. Moreover, ERT conferred greater efficacy if the immunological response against the infused recombinant enzyme was low. Finally, we showed that pathologic GAGs might potentially represent a sensitive biomarker to monitor the therapeutic efficacy of therapies for MPS II.
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- Kazumasa Akiyama
- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Neurological Disorders, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Heldermon CD, Qin EY, Ohlemiller KK, Herzog ED, Brown JR, Vogler C, Hou W, Orrock JL, Crawford BE, Sands MS. Disease correction by combined neonatal intracranial AAV and systemic lentiviral gene therapy in Sanfilippo Syndrome type B mice. Gene Ther 2013; 20:913-21. [PMID: 23535899 PMCID: PMC3701029 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2013.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPS IIIB) or Sanfilippo Syndrome type B is a lysosomal storage disease resulting from the deficiency of N-acetyl glucosaminidase (NAGLU) activity. We previously showed that intracranial adeno-associated virus (AAV) -based gene therapy results in partial improvements of several aspects of the disease. In an attempt to further correct the disease, MPS IIIB mice were treated at 2–4 days of age with intracranial AAV2/5-NAGLU (IC-AAV), intravenous lentiviral-NAGLU (IV-LENTI) or the combination of both (BOTH). The BOTH group had the most complete biochemical and histological improvements of any treatment group. Compared to untreated MPS IIIB animals, all treatments resulted in significant improvements in motor function (rotarod) and hearing (auditory-evoked brainstem response). In addition, each treatment group had a significantly increased median life span compared to the untreated group (322 days). The combination arm had the greatest increase (612 days), followed by IC-AAV (463 days) and IV-LENTI (358 days). Finally, the BOTH group had nearly normal circadian rhythm measures with improvement in time to activity onset. In summary, targeting both the systemic and central nervous system disease of MPS IIIB early in life appears to be the most efficacious approach for this inherited metabolic disorder.
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- C D Heldermon
- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Lawrence R, Brown JR, Lorey F, Dickson PI, Crawford BE, Esko JD. WITHDRAWN: Glycan-based biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses. Dis Markers 2013:47V3HJ5045281T41. [PMID: 23396297 DOI: 10.3233/dma-130970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ahead of Print article withdrawn by publisher. At request of the authors, this article will be published in the journal Cancer Biomarkers (ISSN 1574-0153).
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- Roger Lawrence
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Bush KT, Crawford BE, Garner OB, Nigam KB, Esko JD, Nigam SK. N-sulfation of heparan sulfate regulates early branching events in the developing mammary gland. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:42064-70. [PMID: 23060443 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.423327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Branching morphogenesis, a fundamental process in the development of epithelial organs (e.g. breast, kidney, lung, salivary gland, prostate, pancreas), is in part dependent on sulfation of heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Proper sulfation is mediated by biosynthetic enzymes, including exostosin-2 (Ext2), N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferases and heparan sulfate O-sulfotransferases. Recent conditional knockouts indicate that whereas primary branching is dependent on heparan sulfate, other stages are dependent upon selective addition of N-sulfate and/or 2-O sulfation (Crawford, B .E., Garner, O. B., Bishop, J. R., Zhang, D. Y., Bush, K. T., Nigam, S. K., and Esko, J. D. (2010) PLoS One 5, e10691; Garner, O .B., Bush, K. T., Nigam, S .K., Yamaguchi, Y., Xu, D., Esko, J. D., and Nigam, S. K. (2011) Dev. Biol. 355, 394-403). Here, we analyzed the effect of deleting both Ndst2 and Ndst1. Whereas deletion of Ndst1 has no major effect on primary or secondary branching, deletion of Ndst2 appears to result in a mild increase in branching. When both genes were deleted, ductal growth was variably diminished (likely due to variable Cre-recombinase activity), but an overabundance of branched structures was evident irrespective of the extent of gland growth or postnatal age. "Hyperbranching" is an unusual phenotype. The effects on N-sulfation and growth factor binding were confirmed biochemically. The results indicate that N-sulfation or a factor requiring N-sulfation regulates primary and secondary branching events in the developing mammary gland. Together with previous work, the data indicate that different stages of ductal branching and lobuloalveolar formation are regulated by distinct sets of heparan sulfate biosynthetic enzymes in an appropriate growth factor context.
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- Kevin T Bush
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Dickson PI, Ellinwood NM, Brown JR, Witt RG, Le SQ, Passage MB, Vera MU, Crawford BE. Specific antibody titer alters the effectiveness of intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy in canine mucopolysaccharidosis I. Mol Genet Metab 2012; 106:68-72. [PMID: 22402327 PMCID: PMC3336016 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy is an experimental option to treat central nervous system disease due to lysosomal storage. Previous work shows that MPS I dogs receiving enzyme replacement with recombinant human alpha-l-iduronidase into the cisterna magna showed normal brain glycosaminoglycan (GAG) storage after three or four doses. We analyzed MPS I dogs that received intrathecal enzyme in a previous study using an assay that detects only pathologic GAG (pGAG). To quantify pGAG in MPS I, the assay measures only those GAG which display terminal iduronic acid residues on their non-reducing ends. Mean cortical brain pGAG in six untreated MPS I dogs was 60.9±5.93 pmol/mg wet weight, and was 3.83±2.64 in eight normal or unaffected carrier animals (p<0.001). Intrathecal enzyme replacement significantly reduced pGAG storage in all treated animals. Dogs with low anti-iduronidase antibody titers showed normalization or near-normalization of pGAG in the brain (mean 8.17±6.17, n=7), while in dogs with higher titers, pGAG was reduced but not normal (mean 21.9±6.02, n=4). Intrathecal enzyme therapy also led to a mean 69% reduction in cerebrospinal fluid pGAG (from 83.8±26.3 to 27.2±12.3 pmol/ml CSF). The effect was measurable one month after each dose and did not differ with antibody titer. Prevention of the immune response to enzyme may improve the efficacy of intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy for brain disease due to MPS I.
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- Patricia I. Dickson
- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 90502
- Corresp: Patricia I. Dickson, M.D., Division of Medical Genetics, Los Angeles Biomedical Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 W. Carson Street, HH1, Torrance, CA 90502, Phone (310) 781-1399, Fax (310) 782-2999,
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- Department of Animal Science and the Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 90502
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 90502
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- Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 90502
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Esko JD, Lawrence R, Lamanna WC, AL-Mafraji K, Boons GJ, Dierks T, Brown JR, Crawford BE. Diagnosis and monitoring of mucopolysaccharidoses using disease‐specific non‐reducing end carbohydrate biomarkers. FASEB J 2012. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.472.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jeffrey D. Esko
- Department of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaSan Diego, La JollaCA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaSan Diego, La JollaCA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaSan Diego, La JollaCA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research CenterUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research CenterUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGA
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- Biochemie IUniversitaet Bielefeld33615 BielefeldGermany
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Bai X, Nguyen T, Brown J, Glass CA, Duron S, Bhagwat SS, Crawford BE. Abstract 2934: Novel approach for treating neural crest derived tumors: Selective inhibition of ganglioside biosynthesis with small molecules. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2011-2934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Neural crest derived tumors express high levels of a unique class of lipid linked glycan known as gangliosides. Gangliosides are involved in growth factor signaling by regulating complexes in lipid rafts. Genetic studies show that through aberrant expression of gangliosides, these tumors acquire aggressive growth properties. Prior to this research, the only ganglioside inhibitors identified were non-specific and broadly blocked virtually all glycolipid classes. These non-specific glycolipid inhibitors demonstrated anti-cancer activity in animal models of neural crest tumors. However, due to substantial off-target dose-limiting toxicity from lack of specificity for the ganglioside sub-class, they effectively cannot be used in humans for cancer treatment. Selective inhibition of gangliosides without affecting other glycan classes could potentially avoid these problems and provide an effective treatment for neural crest and other ganglioside-dependent tumors. To identify the first known selective inhibitors of gangliosides, we developed a novel molecular screening strategy for identifying selective small-molecule ganglioside inhibitors. This platform identified the first drug-like selective inhibitors of gangliosides. ZP10395, a lead compound, selectively and dose-dependently reduces gangliosides in multiple tumor cell lines and is 10-15 fold more potent than the existing non-specific inhibitors. Importantly, it does not inhibit other glycolipid classes associated with dose-limiting toxicity. Administering ZP10395 to a mouse xenograph melanoma model significantly reduced ganglioside production and slowed tumor growth in the presence of a reduced T-cell response. These results demonstrate the potential utility of specific ganglioside inhibitors for treating ganglioside dependent tumors.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 2934. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-2934
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- Xiaomei Bai
- 1Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA
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- 1Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA
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Gamal WL, Abdel Khalek MS, Crawford BE, Kandil EH. Hoarseness due to a thyroid mass. Symptomatic thyroid schwannoma. Neth J Med 2011; 69:39-40. [PMID: 21325701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- W L Gamal
- Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Abdel Khalek MS, Ibrahim WG, Crawford BE, Kandil EH. Euthyroid enlargement of the thyroid gland. Plasmacytoma in thyroid. Neth J Med 2010; 68:424-429. [PMID: 21209471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- M S Abdel Khalek
- Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Malinowska M, Wilkinson FL, Langford-Smith KJ, Langford-Smith A, Brown JR, Crawford BE, Vanier MT, Grynkiewicz G, Wynn RF, Wraith JE, Wegrzyn G, Bigger BW. Genistein improves neuropathology and corrects behaviour in a mouse model of neurodegenerative metabolic disease. PLoS One 2010; 5:e14192. [PMID: 21152017 PMCID: PMC2995736 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Neurodegenerative metabolic disorders such as mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (MPSIIIB or Sanfilippo disease) accumulate undegraded substrates in the brain and are often unresponsive to enzyme replacement treatments due to the impermeability of the blood brain barrier to enzyme. MPSIIIB is characterised by behavioural difficulties, cognitive and later motor decline, with death in the second decade of life. Most of these neurodegenerative lysosomal storage diseases lack effective treatments. We recently described significant reductions of accumulated heparan sulphate substrate in liver of a mouse model of MPSIIIB using the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein. Methodology/Principal Findings We report here that high doses of genistein aglycone, given continuously over a 9 month period to MPSIIIB mice, significantly reduce lysosomal storage, heparan sulphate substrate and neuroinflammation in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, resulting in correction of the behavioural defects observed. Improvements in synaptic vesicle protein expression and secondary storage in the cerebral cortex were also observed. Conclusions/Significance Genistein may prove useful as a substrate reduction agent to delay clinical onset of MPSIIIB and, due to its multimodal action, may provide a treatment adjunct for several other neurodegenerative metabolic diseases.
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- Marcelina Malinowska
- Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Stem Cell Research Group, Biomedicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Stem Cell Research Group, Biomedicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Stem Cell Research Group, Biomedicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Stem Cell Research Group, Biomedicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Zacharon Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Zacharon Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unit 820, Lyon University, Lyon, France
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Genetic Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Stem Cell Research Group, Biomedicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Crawford BE, Garner OB, Bishop JR, Zhang DY, Bush KT, Nigam SK, Esko JD. Loss of the heparan sulfate sulfotransferase, Ndst1, in mammary epithelial cells selectively blocks lobuloalveolar development in mice. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10691. [PMID: 20502530 PMCID: PMC2872662 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2010] [Accepted: 04/26/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Considerable evidence indicates that heparan sulfate is essential for the development of tissues consisting of branching ducts and tubules. However, there are few examples where specific sulfate residues regulate a specific stage in the formation of such tissues. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We examined the role of heparan sulfation in mammary gland branching morphogenesis, lactation and lobuloalveolar development by inactivation of heparan sulfate GlcNAc N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase genes (Ndst) in mammary epithelial cells using the Cre-loxP system. Ndst1 deficiency resulted in an overall reduction in glucosamine N-sulfation and decreased binding of FGF to mammary epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo. Mammary epithelia lacking Ndst1 underwent branching morphogenesis, filling the gland with ductal tissue by sexual maturity to the same extent as wildtype epithelia. However, lobuloalveolar expansion did not occur in Ndst1-deficient animals, resulting in insufficient milk production to nurture newly born pups. Lactational differentiation of isolated mammary epithelial cells occurred appropriately via stat5 activation, further supporting the notion that the lack of milk production was due to lack of expansion of the lobuloalveoli. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE These findings demonstrate a selective, highly penetrant, cell autonomous effect of Ndst1-mediated sulfation on lobuloalveolar development.
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- Brett E. Crawford
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Glycans, the carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins, proteoglycans, and glycolipids, represent a relatively unexploited area for drug development compared with other macromolecules. This review describes the major classes of glycans synthesized by animal cells, their mode of assembly, and available inhibitors for blocking their biosynthesis and function. Many of these agents have proven useful for studying the biological activities of glycans in isolated cells, during embryological development, and in physiology. Some are being used to develop drugs for treating metabolic disorders, cancer, and infection, suggesting that glycans are excellent targets for future drug development.
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Johnson CE, Crawford BE, Stavridis M, Ten Dam G, Wat AL, Rushton G, Ward CM, Wilson V, van Kuppevelt TH, Esko JD, Smith A, Gallagher JT, Merry CLR. Essential alterations of heparan sulfate during the differentiation of embryonic stem cells to Sox1-enhanced green fluorescent protein-expressing neural progenitor cells. Stem Cells 2007; 25:1913-23. [PMID: 17464092 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Embryonic stem (ES) cells can be cultured in conditions that either maintain pluripotency or allow differentiation to the three embryonic germ layers. Heparan sulfate (HS), a highly polymorphic glycosaminoglycan, is a critical cell surface coreceptor in embryogenesis, and in this paper we describe its structural transition from an unusually low-sulfated variant in ES cells to a more highly sulfated form in fluorescence-activated cell sorting-purified neural progenitor cells. The characteristic domain structure of HS was retained during this transformation. However, qualitative variations in surface sulfation patterns between ES and differentiated cells were revealed using HS epitope-specific antibodies and the HS-binding growth factor fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2). Expression profiles of the HS modification enzymes indicated that both "early" (N-sulfotransferases) and "late" (6O- and 3O-sulfotransferases) sulfotransferases contributed to the alterations in sulfation patterning. An HS-null ES line was used to demonstrate the necessity for HS in neural differentiation. HS is a coreceptor for many of the protein effectors implicated in pluripotency and differentiation (e.g., members of the FGF family, bone morphogenic proteins, and fibronectin). We suggest that the stage-specific activities of these proteins are finely regulated by dynamic changes in sulfation motifs in HS chains. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.
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- Claire E Johnson
- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research UK, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Elson-Schwab L, Garner OB, Schuksz M, Crawford BE, Esko JD, Tor Y. Guanidinylated neomycin delivers large, bioactive cargo into cells through a heparan sulfate-dependent pathway. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:13585-91. [PMID: 17311923 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700463200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Facilitating the uptake of molecules into living cells is of substantial interest for basic research and drug delivery applications. Arginine-rich peptides have been shown to facilitate uptake of high molecular mass cargos into cells, but the mechanism of uptake is complex and may involve multiple receptors. In this report, we show that a derivative of the aminoglycoside antibiotic neomycin, in which all of the ammonium groups have been converted into guanidinium groups, can carry large (>300 kDa) bioactive molecules across cell membranes. Delivery occurs at nanomolar transporter concentrations and under these conditions depends entirely on cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Conjugation of guanidinoneomycin to the plant toxin saporin, a ribosome-inactivating agent, results in proteoglycan-dependent cell toxicity. In contrast, an arginine-rich peptide shows both heparan sulfate-dependent and -independent cellular uptake. The high selectivity of guanidinoneomycin for heparan sulfate suggests the possibility of exploiting differences in proteoglycan compositions to target delivery to different cell types.
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- Lev Elson-Schwab
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Cellular, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Previous work suggests that cell surface heparan sulfate acts as a receptor for the Apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Using Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants defective in heparan sulfate biosynthesis, we show that heparan sulfate is necessary and sufficient for infectivity. Further, we demonstrate that the parasite requires N sulfation of heparan sulfate initiated by N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase-1, but 2-O sulfation and 6-O sulfation appear to be dispensable. In order to study the role of heparan sulfate in other cell types, we created a conditional allele for N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase-1 by using Cre-loxP technology. Mammary tumor cells lacking N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase-1 exhibited reduced toxoplasma infectivity like Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants. Surprisingly, heparin, chemically modified heparinoids, and monoclonal antibodies to heparan sulfate had no effect on toxoplasma infection. T. gondii attachment and invasion were unchanged in N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase-1-inactivated cells as well, but replication was reduced. Thus, heparan sulfate does not appear to function as a receptor for T. gondii but instead facilitates parasite replication postinvasion.
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- Joseph R Bishop
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
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Mitchell GE, Furman WI, Lychagin EV, Muzichka AY, Nekhaev GV, Strelkov AV, Sharapov EI, Shvetsov VN, Chernuhin YI, Levakov BG, Litvin VI, Lyzhin AE, Magda EP, Crawford BE, Stephenson SL, Howell CR, Tornow W. Direct nn-Scattering Measurement With the Pulsed Reactor YAGUAR. J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol 2005; 110:225-30. [PMID: 27308126 PMCID: PMC4849601 DOI: 10.6028/jres.110.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2004] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Although crucial for resolving the issue of charge symmetry in the nuclear force, direct measurement of nn-scattering by colliding free neutrons has never been performed. At present the Russian pulsed reactor YAGUAR is the best neutron source for performing such a measurement. It has a through channel where the neutron moderator is installed. The neutrons are counted by a neutron detector located 12 m from the reactor. In preliminary experiments an instantaneous value of 1.1 × 10(18)/cm(2)s was obtained for the thermal neutron flux density. The experiment will be performed by the DIANNA Collaboration as International Science & Technology Center (ISTC) project No. 2286.
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- G E Mitchell
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, USA 27695-8202
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia
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- Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia
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- Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia
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- Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia
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- Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia
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- Gettysburg College, Box 405, Gettysburg PA, USA 17325
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- Duke University and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham NC, USA 27708-0308
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- Duke University and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham NC, USA 27708-0308
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Johnson CE, Stavridis MP, Crawford BE, Wilson VA, Esko JD, Smith AG, Gallagher JT, Merry CL. The differentiation of ES cells into neuroectodermal precursors is associated with an increase in the levels and sulfation of heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Int J Exp Pathol 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0959-9673.2004.390aa.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME, OMIM 133700, 133701) results from mutations in EXT1 and EXT2, genes encoding the copolymerase responsible for heparan sulfate (HS) biosynthesis. Members of this multigene family share the ability to transfer N-acetylglucosamine to a variety of oligosaccharide acceptors. EXT1 and EXT2 encode the copolymerase, whereas the roles of the other EXT family members (EXTL1, L2, and L3) are less clearly defined. Here, we provide an overview of HME, the EXT family of proteins, and possible models for the relationship of altered HS biosynthesis to the ectopic bone growth characteristic of the disease.
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- Beverly M Zak
- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0687, USA
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Bai X, Zhou D, Brown JR, Crawford BE, Hennet T, Esko JD. Biosynthesis of the linkage region of glycosaminoglycans: cloning and activity of galactosyltransferase II, the sixth member of the beta 1,3-galactosyltransferase family (beta 3GalT6). J Biol Chem 2001; 276:48189-95. [PMID: 11551958 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107339200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A family of five beta1,3-galactosyltransferases has been characterized that catalyze the formation of Galbeta1,3GlcNAcbeta and Galbeta1,3GalNAcbeta linkages present in glycoproteins and glycolipids (beta3GalT1, -2, -3, -4, and -5). We now report a new member of the family (beta3GalT6), involved in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis. The human and mouse genes were located on chromosomes 1p36.3 and 4E2, respectively, and homologs are found in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. Unlike other members of the family, beta3GalT6 showed a broad mRNA expression pattern by Northern blot analysis. Although a high degree of homology across several subdomains exists among other members of the beta3-galactosyltransferase family, recombinant enzyme did not utilize glucosamine- or galactosamine-containing acceptors. Instead, the enzyme transferred galactose from UDP-galactose to acceptors containing a terminal beta-linked galactose residue. This product, Galbeta1,3Galbeta is found in the linkage region of heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate (GlcAbeta1,3Galbeta1,3Galbeta1,4Xylbeta-O-Ser), indicating that beta3GalT6 is the so-called galactosyltransferase II involved in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis. Its identity was confirmed in vivo by siRNA-mediated inhibition of glycosaminoglycan synthesis in HeLa S3 cells. Its localization in the medial Golgi indicates that this is the major site for assembly of the linkage region.
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- X Bai
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0687, USA
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Wilson SC, Crawford BE, Neitzschman HR. Radiology case of the month. Mother's bone. Fibroma due to rejected allograft bone in a malunited clavicle. J La State Med Soc 2001; 153:491-492. [PMID: 18350706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- S C Wilson
- Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Cheung PK, McCormick C, Crawford BE, Esko JD, Tufaro F, Duncan G. Etiological point mutations in the hereditary multiple exostoses gene EXT1: a functional analysis of heparan sulfate polymerase activity. Am J Hum Genet 2001; 69:55-66. [PMID: 11391482 PMCID: PMC1226048 DOI: 10.1086/321278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2001] [Accepted: 05/09/2001] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME), a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by multiple cartilaginous tumors, is caused by mutations in members of the EXT gene family, EXT1 or EXT2. The corresponding gene products, exostosin-1 (EXT1) and exostosin-2 (EXT2), are type II transmembrane glycoproteins which form a Golgi-localized heterooligomeric complex that catalyzes the polymerization of heparan sulfate (HS). Although the majority of the etiological mutations in EXT are splice-site, frameshift, or nonsense mutations that result in premature termination, 12 missense mutations have also been identified. Furthermore, two of the reported etiological missense mutations (G339D and R340C) have been previously shown to abrogate HS biosynthesis (McCormick et al. 1998). Here, a functional assay that detects HS expression on the cell surface of an EXT1-deficient cell line was used to test the remaining missense mutant exostosin proteins for their ability to rescue HS biosynthesis in vivo. Our results show that EXT1 mutants bearing six of these missense mutations (D164H, R280G/S, and R340S/H/L) are also defective in HS expression, but surprisingly, four (Q27K, N316S, A486V, and P496L) are phenotypically indistinguishable from wild-type EXT1. Three of these four "active" mutations affect amino acids that are not conserved among vertebrates and invertebrates, whereas all of the HS-biosynthesis null mutations affect only conserved amino acids. Further, substitution or deletion of each of these four residues does not abrogate HS biosynthesis. Taken together, these results indicate that several of the reported etiological mutant EXT forms retain the ability to synthesize and express HS on the cell surface. The corresponding missense mutations may therefore represent rare genetic polymorphisms in the EXT1 gene or may interfere with as yet undefined functions of EXT1 that are involved in HME pathogenesis.
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- Peter K. Cheung
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Program, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Program, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Program, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Program, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Program, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Program, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Crawford BE, Olson SK, Esko JD, Pinhal MA. Cloning, Golgi localization, and enzyme activity of the full-length heparin/heparan sulfate-glucuronic acid C5-epimerase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:21538-43. [PMID: 11279150 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100880200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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While studying the cellular localization and activity of enzymes involved in heparan sulfate biosynthesis, we discovered that the published sequence for the glucuronic acid C5-epimerase responsible for the interconversion of d-glucuronic acid and l-iduronic acid residues encodes a truncated protein. Genome analysis and 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends was used to clone the full-length cDNA from a mouse mastocytoma cell line. The extended cDNA encodes for an additional 174 amino acids at the amino terminus of the protein. The murine sequence is 95% identical to the human epimerase identified from genomic sequences and fits with the general size and structure of the gene from Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. Full-length epimerase is predicted to have a type II transmembrane topology with a 17-amino acid transmembrane domain and an 11-amino acid cytoplasmic tail. An assay with increased sensitivity was devised that detects enzyme activity in extracts prepared from cultured cells and in recombinant proteins. Unlike other enzymes involved in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis, the addition of a c-myc tag or green fluorescent protein to the highly conserved COOH-terminal portion of the protein inhibits its activity. The amino-terminally truncated epimerase does not localize to any cellular compartment, whereas the full-length enzyme is in the Golgi, where heparan sulfate synthesis is thought to occur.
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- B E Crawford
- Department of Cellular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0687, USA
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OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE Only two cases of primary intracranial myxomas have been described previously in the literature: one patient had a primary intracranial myxoma in the pituitary fossa, and the other patient's myxoma was located in the posterior fossa. CLINICAL PRESENTATION A rare case of primary myxoma of the temporal bone in a 17-year-old boy is described. The patient presented with a history of progressive left-sided hearing loss and increasing headaches of a few months' duration. INTERVENTION An initial draining procedure in the left ear revealed extant mucous material, and further investigation showed a large calcified lesion involving the petrous and temporal bones and filling the middle fossa. At surgery, a large mucoid-appearing tumor was removed. The tumor pathology revealed a primary myxoma with bone and meningeal involvement. No clinical or histopathological evidence that it was a metastatic lesion was found. CONCLUSION The features of myxomas on computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging, the histopathology, and surgical considerations are discussed.
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- R J Osterdock
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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In this paper, I report a rare, low-grade malignant tumor, solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm of the pancreas (SPENP). I also discuss and review 157 previously reported cases. Unlike other malignant tumors of the pancreas, this neoplasm is typically found in young women, does not have metastases, and is amenable to cure after complete surgical resection. I discuss clinical features, diagnostic procedures, and differential diagnosis. Fine-needle aspiration can be effective in obtaining a preoperative diagnosis of SPENP, since the tumor has characteristic cytologic features. Also, use of clinical data, ultrasonography studies, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, arteriography, and cytologic findings in the preoperative workup are important in obtaining an accurate diagnosis. Although potentially curable, late metastases and current inability to predict aggressive behavior by some tumors require lengthy follow-up.
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- B E Crawford
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699, USA
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Szymanski JJ, Snow WM, Bowman JD, Cain B, Crawford BE, Delheij PP, Hartman RD, Haseyama T, Keith CD, Knudson JN, Komives A, Leuschner M, Lowie LY, Masaike A, Matsuda Y, Mitchell GE, Penttilä SI, Postma H, Rich D, Roberson NR, Seestrom SJ, Sharapov EI, Stephenson SL, Yen YF, Yuan VW. Observation of a large parity nonconserving analyzing power in Xe. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1996; 53:R2576-R2580. [PMID: 9971310 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.53.r2576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Frankle CM, Bowman JD, Crawford BE, Delheij PP, Gould CR, Haase DG, Knudson JN, Mitchell GE, Patterson SS, Penttilä SI, Popov YP, Roberson NR, Seestrom SJ, Sharapov EI, Yen YF, Yoo SH, Yuan VW, Zhu X. Neutron resonance spectroscopy of 113In and 115In. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1993; 48:1601-1608. [PMID: 9969001 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.48.1601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Crawford BE, Abramovitch K. Radiographic imaging of metastatic breast carcinoma to the maxilla: report of a case. J Gt Houst Dent Soc 1990; 61:10-2. [PMID: 2164401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Goode RK, Crawford BE, Callihan MD, Neville BW. Oral melanoacanthoma. Review of the literature and report of ten cases. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1983; 56:622-8. [PMID: 6581460 DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(83)90080-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Melanoacanthoma is a simultaneous benign proliferation of two cell types--the keratinocyte and the melanocyte. It is a rare lesion; only twenty cases have been reported on skin and three cases intraorally. This article reports a series of ten cases of intraoral melanoacanthoma. Significant clinical differences exist between skin and mucosal lesions. Whereas the skin lesions occur almost exclusively in white persons and in an older population, the mucosal melanoacanthoma occurs in a much younger population, is seen almost exclusively among blacks, and is frequently associated with a history of trauma or irritation which precedes the rapid development of the lesion. Several cases have resolved with incomplete removal. It is conjectured that this lesion may represent a reactive phenomenon on oral mucosa rather than neoplasia.
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The peripheral ameloblastoma is a rare tumor of the oral cavity, of which relatively few well-documented cases have been reported. A 54-year-old Caucasian male was found to have such a lesion in the posterior maxilla. The origin, histological appearance, and surgical treatment of this lesion is discussed. Histologically, the peripheral ameloblastoma is indistinguishable from the basal cell carcinoma, the occurrence of which is controversial in the oral cavity.
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Two small carcinomas of the colon were examined, one an intramucosal carcinoma and the other a small carcinoma invading the submucosa. Serial sections did not reveal any adenomatous hyperplasia or polyps in the vicinity. The colonoscopist must be aware of the potential clinical importance of any small mucosal excrescence. Although several studies have indicated that most colonic carcinomas develop from an adenomatous polyp, some carcinomas apparently arise de novo. Further study of the epidemiologic, etiologic, and prognostic factors relating to these apparently uncommon lesions is indicated.
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