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MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 26, Issue -, Pages 413-426Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.08.001
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- LAL-D Aware (USA)
- AE LALD (Spain)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (USA)
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LAL-D is a rare genetic disease and gene replacement therapy may be a promising treatment option based on recent clinical studies.
Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D) presents as one of two rare autosomal recessive diseases: Wolman disease (WD), a severe disorder presenting in infancy characterized by absent or very low LAL activity, and cholesteryl ester storage disease (CESD), a less severe, later onset disease form. Recent clinical studies have shown efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy for both forms of LAL-D; however, no gene therapy approach has yet been developed for clinical use. Here, we show that rscAAVrh74.miniCMV.LIPA gene therapy can significantly improve disease symptoms in the Lipa-/- mouse model of liver and spleen triglyceride and cholesterol levels, and serum expression of markers of liver damage. Measures of liver inflammation and fibrosis were also reduced. Treatment of young adult mice was more effective than treatment of neonates, and enzyme activity was elevated in serum, consistent with possible bystander effects. These results demonstrate that adeno associated virus (AAV)-mediated LIPA genereplacement therapy may be a viable option to treat patients with LAL-D, particularly patients with CESD.
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