scholarly journals Viral gene therapy for paediatric neurological diseases: progress to clinical reality

Author(s):  
Riccardo Privolizzi ◽  
Wing Sum Chu ◽  
Maha Tijani ◽  
Joanne Ng
Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
Julen Rodríguez-Castejón ◽  
Ana Alarcia-Lacalle ◽  
Itziar Gómez-Aguado ◽  
Mónica Vicente-Pascual ◽  
María Ángeles Solinís Aspiazu ◽  
...  

Fabry disease (FD) is a monogenic X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme α-Galactosidase A (α-Gal A). It is a good candidate to be treated with gene therapy, in which moderately low levels of enzyme activity should be sufficient for clinical efficacy. In the present work we have evaluated the efficacy of a non-viral vector based on solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) to increase α-Gal A activity in an FD mouse model after intravenous administration. The SLN-based vector incremented α-Gal A activity to about 10%, 15%, 20% and 14% of the levels of the wild-type in liver, spleen, heart and kidney, respectively. In addition, the SLN-based vector significantly increased α-Gal A activity with respect to the naked pDNA used as a control in plasma, heart and kidney. The administration of a dose per week for three weeks was more effective than a single-dose administration. Administration of the SLN-based vector did not increase liver transaminases, indicative of a lack of toxicity. Additional studies are necessary to optimize the efficacy of the system; however, these results reinforce the potential of lipid-based nanocarriers to treat FD by gene therapy.


Author(s):  
Hyung‐Ok Lee ◽  
Christiana O. Salami ◽  
Dolan Sondhi ◽  
Stephen M. Kaminsky ◽  
Ronald G. Crystal ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1422-1429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry M Shayakhmetov ◽  
Nelson C Di Paolo ◽  
Karen L Mossman

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (22) ◽  
pp. 12104-12115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Men ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Xueyan Zhang ◽  
Rong Huang ◽  
Guonian Zhu ◽  
...  

Liposome–protamine complex delivered VSVMP mRNA efficiently inhibits C26 colon carcinoma with safety, providing an alternative strategy for non-viral gene therapy.


2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Fricker

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junghae Ko ◽  
Haejung Jun ◽  
Hyesook Chung ◽  
Changshin Yoon ◽  
Taekyoon Kim ◽  
...  

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