scholarly journals P-Tau and Subunit c Mitochondrial ATP Synthase Accumulation in the Central Nervous System of a Woman with Hurler–Scheie Syndrome Treated with Enzyme Replacement Therapy for 12 Years

2018 ◽  
pp. 101-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Kobayashi ◽  
Masamichi Ariga ◽  
Yohei Sato ◽  
Masako Fujiwara ◽  
Nei Fukasawa ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (23) ◽  
pp. 5829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuyo Maeda ◽  
Toshiyuki Seto ◽  
Chiho Kadono ◽  
Hideto Morimoto ◽  
Sachiho Kida ◽  
...  

Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is a rare lysosomal storage disease (LSD) involving a genetic error in iduronic acid-2-sulfatase (IDS) metabolism that leads to accumulation of glycosaminoglycans within intracellular lysosomes. The primary treatment for MPS II, enzyme replacement therapy, is not effective for central nervous system (CNS) symptoms, such as intellectual disability, because the drugs do not cross the blood–brain barrier. Recently, autophagy has been associated with LSDs. In this study, we examined the morphologic relationship between neuronal damage and autophagy in IDS knockout mice using antibodies against subunit c of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthetase and p62. Immunohistological changes suggesting autophagy, such as vacuolation, were observed in neurons, microglia, and pericytes throughout the CNS, and the numbers increased over postnatal development. Oral administration of chloroquine, which inhibits autophagy, did not suppress damage to microglia and pericytes, but greatly reduced neuronal vacuolation and eliminated neuronal cells with abnormal inclusions. Thus, decreasing autophagy appears to prevent neuronal degeneration. These results suggest that an autophagy modulator could be used in addition to conventional enzyme replacement therapy to preserve the CNS in patients with MPS II.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (17) ◽  
pp. 1933-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria R. Gigliobianco ◽  
Piera Di Martino ◽  
Siyuan Deng ◽  
Cristina Casadidio ◽  
Roberta Censi

Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs), also known as lysosomal diseases (LDs) are a group of serious genetic diseases characterized by not only the accumulation of non-catabolized compounds in the lysosomes due to the deficiency of specific enzymes which usually eliminate these compounds, but also by trafficking, calcium changes and acidification. LDs mainly affect the central nervous system (CNS), which is difficult to reach for drugs and biological molecules due to the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). While some therapies have proven highly effective in treating peripheral disorders in LD patients, they fail to overcome the BBB. Researchers have developed many strategies to circumvent this problem, for example, by creating carriers for enzyme delivery, which improve the enzyme’s half-life and the overexpression of receptors and transporters in the luminal or abluminal membranes of the BBB. This review aims to successfully examine the strategies developed during the last decade for the treatment of LDs, which mainly affect the CNS. Among the LD treatments, enzyme-replacement therapy (ERT) and gene therapy have proven effective, while nanoparticle, fusion protein, and small molecule-based therapies seem to offer considerable promise to treat the CNS pathology. This work also analyzed the challenges of the study to design new drug delivery systems for the effective treatment of LDs. Polymeric nanoparticles and liposomes are explored from their technological point of view and for the most relevant preclinical studies showing that they are excellent choices to protect active molecules and transport them through the BBB to target specific brain substrates for the treatment of LDs.


2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-427
Author(s):  
L. A. Osipova ◽  
L. M. Kuzenkova ◽  
L. S. Namazova-Baranova ◽  
A. K. Gevorkyan ◽  
T. V. Podkletnova ◽  
...  

Sanfilippo syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type III) is a lysosomal disorder caused by a defect in the catabolism of heparan sulfate. Mucopolysaccharidosis type III is the most common type of all mucopolysaccharidoses. The pathogenic basis of the disease consists of the storage of undegraded substrate in the central nervous system. Progressive cognitive decline resulting in dementia and behavioural abnormalities are the main clinical characteristics of Sanfilippo syndrome. Mucopolysaccharidosis type III may be misdiagnosed as other forms of developmental delay, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autistic spectrum disorders because of lack of somatic symptoms, presence of mild and atypical forms of the disease. Patients with Sanfilippo syndrome may have comparatively low urinary glycosaminoglycans levels resulting in false negative urinary assay. Definitive diagnosis is made by enzyme assay on leucocytes and cultured fibroblasts. There is currently no effective treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis type III, though ongoing researches of gene, substrate reduction and intrathecal enzyme replacement therapies expect getting curative method to alter devasting damage of central nervous system in near future.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Zh. G. Leviashvili ◽  
N. D. Savenkova

Hypophosphatasia (HPP) ORPHA 436 is a rare disease with an autosomal recessive/autosomal dominant mode of inheritance due to mutations in the ALPL gene mapped on chromosome 1p36.12, encoding a nonspecific tissue isoenzyme alkaline phosphate (TNSALP). Currently, there are more than 400 known mutations in the ALPL gene. HPF is characterized by variability of manifestations from a mild course with minor damage to bones and teeth to severe forms with damage to the nervous system, lungs, and kidneys. In different countries, data on the prevalence of HPP differ, the average prevalence of severe forms is ~ 3.3 cases per 1 million newborns. In Europe, the prevalence of severe forms is 1: 300000 and moderately severe 1: 63701. The prevalence of mild HPP is thought to be much higher. The expected prevalence of severe forms in the Russian Federation is 1: 100000. GPP is diagnosed in patients of any age (with manifestation in utero, in childhood, or in adulthood).HPP is an orphan disease, occurring in patients with damage to many organs and systems: bone (osteoporosis, rickets, fractures, growth retardation), lungs (hypoplasia of the lungs, respiratory failure), central nervous system (vitamin B-dependent convulsions), kidney (calciuria, nephrocalcinosis, chronic kidney disease). In the absence of timely enzyme replacement therapy for severe forms of HPP, characterized by a progressive course, the prognosis for life is unfavorable. The only effective treatment for patients is enzyme replacement therapy in combination with symptomatic therapy. The article presents the features of the phenotype and genotype, clinical forms of HPP (perinatal severe, lethal, perinatal benign, infant, pediatric, adult, and odontohypophosphatasia), methods of early diagnosis, the strategy of pathogenetic enzyme replacement therapy of severe and moderate forms in pediatric and adult patients. In the absence of a timely diagnosis, pathogenetic treatment of GFF, there is a high risk of progression with disability and death.


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