1. Long-term effects of systemic gene therapy in a canine model of myotubular myopathy
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Alan H. Beggs, Robert W. Grange, Ana Buj-Bello, Valerie E. Kelly, Matthew Elverman, Michael W. Lawlor, Martin K. Childers, Melissa A. Goddard, Anthony P. Marsh, Jessica M. Snyder, David L. Mack, Karine Poulard, Hui Meng, Approches génétiques intégrées et nouvelles thérapies pour les maladies rares (INTEGRARE), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne (UEVE)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Généthon, Genomics Program and Division of Genetics, Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS)-Boston Children's Hospital-The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Généthon, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Wake Forest University, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne (UEVE)-GENETHON 3-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Généthon, Evry, and École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)
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0301 basic medicine ,Pathology ,Physiology ,Myotubularin ,muscle ,Genetic enhancement ,viruses ,medicine.disease_cause ,0302 clinical medicine ,Transduction, Genetic ,Longitudinal Studies ,Respiratory system ,Adeno-associated virus ,myotubular myopathy ,Glucuronidase ,Adenosine Triphosphatases ,Neurologic Examination ,[SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology ,Dependovirus ,Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor ,gene therapy ,3. Good health ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Myopathies, Structural, Congenital ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neuromuscular disease ,Transgene ,canine ,adeno-associated virus ,Biology ,gait ,Virus ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Dogs ,Physiology (medical) ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Gait Disorders, Neurologic ,[SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics ,Muscle weakness ,Genetic Therapy ,neuromuscular disease ,medicine.disease ,NAD ,Respiration Disorders ,Disease Models, Animal ,Microscopy, Electron ,030104 developmental biology ,Mutation ,Neurology (clinical) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Introduction X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM), a devastating pediatric disease caused by the absence of the protein myotubularin, results from mutations in the MTM1 gene. While there is no cure for XLMTM, we previously reported effects of MTM1 gene therapy using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector on muscle weakness and pathology in MTM1-mutant dogs. Here, we followed 2 AAV-infused dogs over 4 years. Methods We evaluated gait, strength, respiration, neurological function, muscle pathology, AAV vector copy number (VCN), and transgene expression. Results Four years following AAV-mediated gene therapy, gait, respiratory performance, neurological function and pathology in AAV-infused XLMTM dogs remained comparable to their healthy littermate controls despite a decline in VCN and muscle strength. Conclusions AAV-mediated gene transfer of MTM1 in young XLMTM dogs results in long-term expression of myotubularin transgene with normal muscular performance and neurological function in the absence of muscle pathology. These findings support a clinical trial in patients. Muscle Nerve 56: 943–953, 2017
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- 2017