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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Mucopolysaccharidosis VII, a classical lysosomal storage disease, is caused by deficiency of the enzyme beta-glucuronidase. Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations are severe with accumulations of storage vacuoles in all cell types. Intraventricular gene transfer can lead to transduction of the ependyma, with production and secretion of beta-glucuronidase into the cerebral spinal fluid and underlying cortex resulting in reversal of disease pathology restricted to the periventricular areas. We tested if systemic hyperosmolality would increase the distribution of beta-glucuronidase in brain parenchyma after intraventricular virus injection. Mice were administered mannitol, intraperitoneally, 20 days after gene transfer and 1 day prior to sacrifice. Mannitol-induced systemic hyperosmolality caused a marked penetration of beta-glucuronidase into the brain parenchyma. If mannitol was administered at the time of the intraventricular injection of virus, there was penetration of vector across the ependymal cell layer, with infection of cells in the subependymal region. This also resulted in increased beta-glucuronidase activity throughout the brain. Sections of brains from beta-glucuronidase-deficient mice showed correction of cellular pathology in the subependymal region plus cortical structures away from the ventricular wall. These data indicate that virus-mediated gene transfer to the brain via the ventricles, coupled with systemic mannitol administration, can lead to extensive CNS distribution of beta-glucuronidase with concomitant correction of the storage defect. Our findings have positive therapeutic implications for the treatment of CNS disorders with gene transfer vectors and recombinant proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-4886
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Ependyma, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Fluid Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Glucuronidase, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Injections, Intraventricular, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Mannitol, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Mucopolysaccharidosis VII, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10630195-Water-Electrolyte Balance
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Systemic hyperosmolality improves beta-glucuronidase distribution and pathology in murine MPS VII brain following intraventricular gene transfer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't