在变种人性化小鼠中,快速和最终治疗基尿症,并进行校正编辑
Dominique L Brooks1,2,3, Manuel J Carrasco4, Ping Qu1,2,3
1Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nature communications
|June 10, 2023
概括
基尿症 (PKU) 是一种遗传性疾病. 腺基编辑通过纠正PAH基因中的P281L变体,在小鼠模型中使氨酸水平正常化,提供了潜在的一次性治疗方法.
科学领域:
- 遗传学和遗传性疾病
- 生物技术和基因编辑
- 代谢疾病 代谢疾病
背景情况:
- 基尿症 (PKU) 是一种自体衰退性疾病,其特征是血液中的氨 (Phe) 水平因氨氧化酶 (PAH) 基因突变而升高.
- 目前PKU的治疗方法是慢性,可以控制,但不能使Phe水平正常化.
- P281L变体是PKU患者中发现的PAH基因中常见的致病变体.
研究的目的:
- 调查腺基编辑对PKU中P281LPAH基因变异的纠正的有效性.
- 评估腺基编辑作为PKU的最终治疗方法的潜力.
主要方法:
- 利用CRISPR主要编辑的肝细胞细胞系和人性化的PKU小鼠模型.
- 在体内通过脂质纳米粒子 (LNP) 传递的导向RNA使用腺基编辑 (ABE8.8 mRNA).
- 评估了P281L变体和治疗小鼠的Phe水平的纠正.
主要成果:
- 在体外和体内证明有效地纠正P281LPAH变体,使用腺因基编辑.
- 在人性化PKU小鼠中,在48小时内实现了血液Phe水平的完全和持久正常化.
- 在肝脏中成功编辑PAH基因,导致Phe水平正常化.
结论:
- 腺基编辑有效地纠正了常见的P281LPAH变体,在PKU小鼠模型中使Phe水平正常化.
- 这种方法显示出作为一个潜在的一次性,PKU患者的一个子集的最终治疗的承诺.
- 该研究提名了一种候选药物,用于进一步开发治疗基尿症.
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