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Sternberg AR, Martos-Rus C, Davidson RJ, Liu X, George LA. Pre-clinical evaluation of an enhanced-function factor VIII variant for durable hemophilia A gene therapy in male mice. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7193. [PMID: 39168991 PMCID: PMC11339367 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51296-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Durable factor VIII expression that normalizes hemostasis is an unrealized goal of hemophilia A adeno-associated virus-mediated gene therapy. Trials with initially normal factor VIII activity observed unexplained year-over-year declines in expression while others reported low-level, stable expression inadequate to restore normal hemostasis. Here we demonstrate that male mice recapitulate expression-level-dependent loss of factor VIII levels due to declines in vector copy number. We show that an enhanced function factor VIII variant (factor VIII-R336Q/R562Q), resistant to activated protein C-mediated inactivation, normalizes hemostasis at below-normal expression without evidence of prothrombotic risk in male hemophilia A mice. These data support that factor VIII-R336Q/R562Q may restore normal factor VIII function at low levels of expression to permit durability using low vector doses to minimize dose-dependent adeno-associated virus toxicities. This work informs the mechanism of factor VIII durability after gene transfer and supports that factor VIII-R336Q/R562Q may safely overcome current hemophilia A gene therapy limitations.
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- Anna R Sternberg
- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Division of Hematology, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Dargaud Y, Levrero M, Bailly F, Lienhart A, Zoulim F. Liver health in hemophilia in the era of gene therapy. Thromb Res 2024; 240:109064. [PMID: 38878740 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2024.109064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2024] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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Gene therapy for hemophilia is a groundbreaking treatment approach with promising results and potential to reduce the burden of the disease. However, uncertainties remain, particularly regarding the liver side effects of AAV gene therapy, which are more common in hemophilia A. Unlike some other diseases, such as spinal muscular atrophy, where the target cell for gene therapy is different from the one affected by side effects, hemophilia gene therapy operates within the same cellular domain-the hepatocyte. This overlap is challenging and requires a targeted strategy to mitigate the risks associated with liver injury, which often requires temporary immunosuppressive therapy. A comprehensive approach is essential to increase the efficacy of gene therapy and reduce the likelihood of hepatocyte damage. Key components of this strategy include a thorough pre-gene therapy assessment of liver health, careful post-gene therapy liver monitoring, and prompt therapeutic intervention for loss of transgene expression and liver injury. Collaboration between hematologists and hepatologists is essential to ensure a well-coordinated management plan for patients undergoing hemophilia gene therapy. This review addresses the critical aspect of hepatic comorbidities in patients with hemophilia, emphasizing the need to identify and address these issues prior to initiating gene therapy. It examines the known mechanisms of liver damage and emphasizes the importance of liver monitoring after gene therapy. In addition, the review draws insights from experiences with other AAV-based gene therapies, providing valuable lessons that can guide hemophilia centers in effectively managing liver damage associated with hemophilia gene therapy.
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- Yesim Dargaud
- French Reference Center for Hemophilia, Clinical Haemostasis Unit, Louis Pradel Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCLB), Lyon, France; The Lyon Hepatology Institute EVEREST, France.
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCLB), Lyon, France; Department of Hepatology, Hopital Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM, Lyon, France; INSERM Unit 1052, Lyon, France; The Lyon Hepatology Institute EVEREST, France
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- Department of Hepatology, Hopital Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM, Lyon, France; INSERM Unit 1052, Lyon, France; The Lyon Hepatology Institute EVEREST, France
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- French Reference Center for Hemophilia, Clinical Haemostasis Unit, Louis Pradel Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCLB), Lyon, France; Department of Hepatology, Hopital Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM, Lyon, France; INSERM Unit 1052, Lyon, France; The Lyon Hepatology Institute EVEREST, France
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Pierce GF, Fong S, Long BR, Kaczmarek R. Deciphering conundrums of adeno-associated virus liver-directed gene therapy: focus on hemophilia. J Thromb Haemost 2024; 22:1263-1289. [PMID: 38103734 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2023.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Adeno-associated virus gene therapy has been the subject of intensive investigation for monogenic disease gene addition therapy for more than 25 years, yet few therapies have been approved by regulatory agencies. Most have not progressed beyond phase 1/2 due to toxicity, lack of efficacy, or both. The liver is a natural target for adeno-associated virus since most serotypes have a high degree of tropism for hepatocytes due to cell surface receptors for the virus and the unique liver sinusoidal geometry facilitating high volumes of blood contact with hepatocyte cell surfaces. Recessive monogenic diseases such as hemophilia represent promising targets since the defective proteins are often synthesized in the liver and secreted into the circulation, making them easy to measure, and many do not require precise regulation. Yet, despite initiation of many disease-specific clinical trials, therapeutic windows are often nonexistent, resulting in excess toxicity and insufficient efficacy. Iterative progress built on these attempts is best illustrated by hemophilia, with the first regulatory approvals for factor IX and factor VIII gene therapies eventually achieved 25 years after the first gene therapy studies in humans. Although successful gene transfer may result in the production of sufficient transgenic protein to modify the disease, many emerging questions on durability, predictability, reliability, and variability of response have not been answered. The underlying biology accounting for these heterogeneous responses and the interplay between host and virus is the subject of intense investigation and the subject of this review.
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- Glenn F Pierce
- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Research and Early Development, Novato, California, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, Research and Early Development, Novato, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana, USA; Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland
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Olveira A, Jiménez V. Hemophilia and hepatology, back to the future. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS 2024; 116:179-181. [PMID: 38450508 DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10105/2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Years ago, patients with hemophilia were often cared for because of liver issues. The use of hemoderivatives in the 1970s and 1980s, and the natural history of chronic hepatitis B and C, led to a surge of patients with cirrhosis and related complications after two or three decades. It was not until the approval of entecavir and tenofovir (2005-2008) against the B virus, and of direct-acting antiviral agents (2015) against the C virus, that a truly effective treatment became available for liver disease. Since then, patients with hemophilia disappeared from hepatology clinics and wards, apart from specific isolated problems.
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Symington E, Rangarajan S, Lester W, Madan B, Pierce GF, Raheja P, Robinson TM, Osmond D, Russell CB, Vettermann C, Agarwal SK, Li M, Wong WY, Laffan M. Long-term safety and efficacy outcomes of valoctocogene roxaparvovec gene transfer up to 6 years post-treatment. Haemophilia 2024; 30:320-330. [PMID: 38317480 DOI: 10.1111/hae.14936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Valoctocogene roxaparvovec uses an adeno-associated virus serotype 5 (AAV5) vector to transfer a factor VIII (FVIII) coding sequence to individuals with severe haemophilia A, providing bleeding protection. AIM To assess safety and efficacy of valoctocogene roxaparvovec 5-6 years post-treatment. METHODS In a phase 1/2 trial, adult male participants with severe haemophilia A (FVIII ≤1 IU/dL) without FVIII inhibitors or anti-AAV5 antibodies received valoctocogene roxaparvovec and were followed for 6 (6 × 1013 vg/kg; n = 7) and 5 (4 × 1013 vg/kg; n = 6) years. Safety, including investigation of potential associations between a malignancy and gene therapy, and efficacy are reported. RESULTS No new treatment-related safety signals emerged. During year 6, a participant in the 6 × 1013 vg/kg cohort was diagnosed with grade 2 parotid gland acinar cell carcinoma; definitive treatment was uncomplicated parotidectomy with lymph node dissection. Target enrichment sequencing of tumour and adjacent healthy tissue revealed low vector integration (8.25 × 10-5 per diploid cell). Integrations were not elevated in tumour samples, no insertions appeared to drive tumorigenesis, and no clonal expansion of integration-containing cells occurred. During all follow-ups, >90% decreases from baseline in annualised treated bleeds and FVIII infusion rates were maintained. At the end of years 6 and 5, mean FVIII activity (chromogenic assay) was 9.8 IU/dL (median, 5.6 IU/dL) and 7.6 IU/dL (median, 7.1 IU/dL) for the 6 × 1013 and 4 × 1013 vg/kg cohorts, respectively, representing proportionally smaller year-over-year declines than earlier timepoints. CONCLUSIONS Valoctocogene roxaparvovec safety and efficacy profiles remain largely unchanged; genomic investigations showed no association with a parotid tumour.
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- Emily Symington
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Haemophilia Centre Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, USA
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- Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Leavitt AD, Konkle BA, Stine KC, Visweshwar N, Harrington TJ, Giermasz A, Arkin S, Fang A, Plonski F, Yver A, Ganne F, Agathon D, Resa MDLA, Tseng LJ, Di Russo G, Cockroft BM, Cao L, Rupon J. Giroctocogene fitelparvovec gene therapy for severe hemophilia A: 104-week analysis of the phase 1/2 Alta study. Blood 2024; 143:796-806. [PMID: 37871576 PMCID: PMC10933705 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022018971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023] Open
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ABSTRACT Patients with hemophilia A require exogenous factor VIII (FVIII) or nonfactor hemostatic agents to prevent spontaneous bleeding events. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-based gene therapy is under clinical investigation to enable endogenous FVIII production. Giroctocogene fitelparvovec is a recombinant AAV serotype 6 vector containing the coding sequence for the B-domain-deleted human F8 gene. In the ongoing phase 1/2, dose-ranging Alta study, 4 sequential cohorts of male participants with severe hemophilia A received a single IV dose of giroctocogene fitelparvovec. The primary end points are safety and changes in circulating FVIII activity. Interim results up to 214 weeks after treatment for all participants are presented. Eleven participants were dosed. Increases in alanine and aspartate aminotransferases were the most common treatment-related adverse events (AEs), which resolved with corticosteroid administration. Two treatment-related serious AEs (hypotension and pyrexia) were reported in 1 participant within 6 hours of infusion and resolved within 24 hours after infusion. At the highest dose level (3 × 1013 vg/kg; n = 5), the mean circulating FVIII activity level at week 52 was 42.6% (range, 7.8%-122.3%), and at week 104 it was 25.4% (range, 0.9%-71.6%) based on a chromogenic assay. No liver masses, thrombotic events, or confirmed inhibitors were detected in any participant. These interim 104-week data suggest that giroctocogene fitelparvovec is generally well tolerated with appropriate clinical management and has the potential to provide clinically meaningful FVIII activity levels, as indicated by the low rate of bleeding events in the highest dose cohort. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT03061201.
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- Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders and the University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- UAMS at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
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- Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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Mücke MM, Fong S, Foster GR, Lillicrap D, Miesbach W, Zeuzem S. Adeno-associated viruses for gene therapy - clinical implications and liver-related complications, a guide for hepatologists. J Hepatol 2024; 80:352-361. [PMID: 37890721 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2023.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
Abstract
Gene therapy has garnered increasing interest over recent decades. Several therapies employing gene transfer mechanisms have been developed, and, of these, adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have demonstrated viability for use with in vivo gene therapy. Several AAV-based therapeutics have received regulatory approval in the last few years including those for retinal disease, spinal muscular atrophy or aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency. Lately, with the introduction of novel liver-directed AAV vector-based therapeutics for the treatment of haemophilia A and B, gene therapy has attracted significant attention in the hepatology community, with the liver increasingly recognised as a target for gene therapy. However, the introduction of foreign DNA into hepatocytes is associated with a risk of hepatic reactions, with raised ALT (alanine aminotransferase) and AST (aspartate aminotransferase) being - so far - the most commonly reported side effects. The complete mechanisms underlying the ALT flairs remain to be determined and the long-term risks associated with these new treatments is not yet known. The liver community is increasingly being asked to support liver-directed gene therapy to mitigate potential liver associated harm. In this review, we focus on AAV vector-based gene therapy, shedding light on this promising technique and its remarkable success in haemophilia, with a special focus on hepatic complications and their management in daily clinical practice.
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- Marcus Maximilian Mücke
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Early Development, BioMarin Pharmaceutical. Inc, San Rafael, United States
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- Barts Liver Centre, Blizard Institute, QMUL, London, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Haemostaseology and Haemophilia Centre, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Jacobs R, Dogbey MD, Mnyandu N, Neves K, Barth S, Arbuthnot P, Maepa MB. AAV Immunotoxicity: Implications in Anti-HBV Gene Therapy. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2985. [PMID: 38138129 PMCID: PMC10745739 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11122985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has afflicted humankind for decades and there is still no treatment that can clear the infection. The development of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-based gene therapy for HBV infection has become important in recent years and research has made exciting leaps. Initial studies, mainly using mouse models, showed that rAAVs are non-toxic and induce minimal immune responses. However, several later studies demonstrated rAAV toxicity, which is inextricably associated with immunogenicity. This is a major setback for the progression of rAAV-based therapies toward clinical application. Research aimed at understanding the mechanisms behind rAAV immunity and toxicity has contributed significantly to the inception of approaches to overcoming these challenges. The target tissue, the features of the vector, and the vector dose are some of the determinants of AAV toxicity, with the latter being associated with the most severe adverse events. This review discusses our current understanding of rAAV immunogenicity, toxicity, and approaches to overcoming these hurdles. How this information and current knowledge about HBV biology and immunity can be harnessed in the efforts to design safe and effective anti-HBV rAAVs is discussed.
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- Ridhwaanah Jacobs
- Wits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown 2193, South Africa
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- Medical Biotechnology and Immunotherapy Research Unit, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; (M.D.D.)
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- Wits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown 2193, South Africa
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- Wits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown 2193, South Africa
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- Medical Biotechnology and Immunotherapy Research Unit, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; (M.D.D.)
- South African Research Chair in Cancer Biotechnology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa
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- Wits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown 2193, South Africa
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- Wits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown 2193, South Africa
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Chen Z, Herzog RW, Kaufman RJ. Cellular stress and coagulation factor production: when more is not necessarily better. J Thromb Haemost 2023; 21:3329-3341. [PMID: 37839613 PMCID: PMC10760459 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2023.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
Abstract
Remarkably, it has been 40 years since the isolation of the 2 genes involved in hemophilia A (HA) and hemophilia B (HB), encoding clotting factor (F) VIII (FVIII) and FIX, respectively. Over the years, these advances led to the development of purified recombinant protein factors that are free of contaminating viruses from human pooled plasma for hemophilia treatments, reducing the morbidity and mortality previously associated with human plasma-derived clotting factors. These discoveries also paved the way for modified factors that have increased plasma half-lives. Importantly, more recent advances have led to the development and Food and Drug Administration approval of a hepatocyte-targeted, adeno-associated viral vector-mediated gene transfer approach for HA and HB. However, major concerns regarding the durability and safety of HA gene therapy remain to be resolved. Compared with FIX, FVIII is a much larger protein that is prone to misfolding and aggregation in the endoplasmic reticulum and is poorly secreted by the mammalian cells. Due to the constraint of the packaging capacity of adeno-associated viral vector, B-domain deleted FVIII rather than the full-length protein is used for HA gene therapy. Like full-length FVIII, B-domain deleted FVIII misfolds and is inefficiently secreted. Its expression in hepatocytes activates the cellular unfolded protein response, which is deleterious for hepatocyte function and survival and has the potential to drive hepatocellular carcinoma. This review is focused on our current understanding of factors limiting FVIII secretion and the potential pathophysiological consequences upon expression in hepatocytes.
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- Zhouji Chen
- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Genetic Diseases and Aging Research, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Genetic Diseases and Aging Research, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, California, USA.
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De Wolf D, Singh K, Chuah MK, VandenDriessche T. Hemophilia Gene Therapy: The End of the Beginning? Hum Gene Ther 2023; 34:782-792. [PMID: 37672530 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2023.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Extensive preclinical research over the past 30 years has culminated in the recent regulatory approval of several gene therapy products for hemophilia. Based on the efficacy and safety data in a recently conducted phase III clinical trial, Roctavian® (valoctocogene roxaparvovec), an adeno-associated viral (AAV5) vector expressing a B domain deleted factor VIII (FVIII) complementary DNA, was approved by the European Commission and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with severe hemophilia A. In addition, Hemgenix® (etranacogene dezaparvovec) was also recently approved by the European Medicines Agency and the FDA for the treatment of patients with severe hemophilia B. This product is based on an AAV5 vector expressing a hyper-active factor IX (FIX) transgene (FIX-Padua) transgene. All AAV-based phase III clinical trials to date show a significant increase in FVIII or FIX levels in the majority of treated patients, consistent with a substantial decrease in bleeding episodes and a concomitant reduction in factor usage obviating the need for factor prophylaxis in most patients. However, significant interpatient variability remains that is not fully understood. Moreover, most patients encountered short-term asymptomatic liver inflammation that was treated by immune suppression with corticosteroids or other immune suppressants. In all phase III trials to date, FIX expression has appeared relatively more stable than FVIII, though individual patients also had prolonged FVIII expression. Whether lifelong expression of clotting factors can be realized after gene therapy requires longer follow-up studies. Further preclinical development of next-generation gene editing technologies offers new prospects for the development of a sustained cure for hemophilia, not only in adults, but ultimately in children with hemophilia too.
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- Dries De Wolf
- Department of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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D'Antiga L, Beuers U, Ronzitti G, Brunetti-Pierri N, Baumann U, Di Giorgio A, Aronson S, Hubert A, Romano R, Junge N, Bosma P, Bortolussi G, Muro AF, Soumoudronga RF, Veron P, Collaud F, Knuchel-Legendre N, Labrune P, Mingozzi F. Gene Therapy in Patients with the Crigler-Najjar Syndrome. N Engl J Med 2023; 389:620-631. [PMID: 37585628 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2214084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients with the Crigler-Najjar syndrome lack the enzyme uridine diphosphoglucuronate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1), the absence of which leads to severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia that can cause irreversible neurologic injury and death. Prolonged, daily phototherapy partially controls the jaundice, but the only definitive cure is liver transplantation. METHODS We report the results of the dose-escalation portion of a phase 1-2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of a single intravenous infusion of an adeno-associated virus serotype 8 vector encoding UGT1A1 in patients with the Crigler-Najjar syndrome that was being treated with phototherapy. Five patients received a single infusion of the gene construct (GNT0003): two received 2×1012 vector genomes (vg) per kilogram of body weight, and three received 5×1012 vg per kilogram. The primary end points were measures of safety and efficacy; efficacy was defined as a serum bilirubin level of 300 μmol per liter or lower measured at 17 weeks, 1 week after discontinuation of phototherapy. RESULTS No serious adverse events were reported. The most common adverse events were headache and alterations in liver-enzyme levels. Alanine aminotransferase increased to levels above the upper limit of the normal range in four patients, a finding potentially related to an immune response against the infused vector; these patients were treated with a course of glucocorticoids. By week 16, serum bilirubin levels in patients who received the lower dose of GNT0003 exceeded 300 μmol per liter. The patients who received the higher dose had bilirubin levels below 300 μmol per liter in the absence of phototherapy at the end of follow-up (mean [±SD] baseline bilirubin level, 351±56 μmol per liter; mean level at the final follow-up visit [week 78 in two patients and week 80 in the other], 149±33 μmol per liter). CONCLUSIONS No serious adverse events were reported in patients treated with the gene-therapy vector GNT0003 in this small study. Patients who received the higher dose had a decrease in bilirubin levels and were not receiving phototherapy at least 78 weeks after vector administration. (Funded by Genethon and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03466463.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Lorenzo D'Antiga
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Ulrich Beuers
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Giuseppe Ronzitti
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Nicola Brunetti-Pierri
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Ulrich Baumann
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Angelo Di Giorgio
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Sem Aronson
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Aurelie Hubert
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Roberta Romano
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Norman Junge
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Piter Bosma
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Giulia Bortolussi
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Andrés F Muro
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Ravaka F Soumoudronga
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Philippe Veron
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Fanny Collaud
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Nathalie Knuchel-Legendre
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Philippe Labrune
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
| | - Federico Mingozzi
- From Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (L.D., A.D.G.), Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program (N.B.-P.), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples (N.B.-P., R.R.), Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli (N.B.-P.), and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste (G.B., A.F.M.) - all in Italy; Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (U. Beuers, S.A., P.B.); Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951 (G.R., F.C., F.M.) and Genethon (G.R., R.F.S., P.V., F.C., N.K.-L., F.M.), Evry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Rares, Maladies Héréditaires du Métabolisme Hépatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart (A.H., P.L.), and Université Paris-Saclay and INSERM Unité 1195, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (A.H., P.L.) - all in France; the Division for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann, N.J.); and Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia (F.M.)
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Handyside B, Ismail AM, Zhang L, Yates B, Xie L, Sihn CR, Murphy R, Bouwman T, Kim CK, De Angelis R, Karim OA, McIntosh NL, Doss MX, Shroff S, Pungor E, Bhat VS, Bullens S, Bunting S, Fong S. Vector genome loss and epigenetic modifications mediate decline in transgene expression of AAV5 vectors produced in mammalian and insect cells. Mol Ther 2022; 30:3570-3586. [PMID: 36348622 PMCID: PMC9734079 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors are often produced in HEK293 or Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf)-based cell lines. We compared expression profiles of "oversized" (∼5,000 bp) and "standard-sized" (4,600 bp) rAAV5-human α1-antitrypsin (rAAV5-hA1AT) vectors manufactured in HEK293 or Sf cells and investigated molecular mechanisms mediating expression decline. C57BL/6 mice received 6 × 1013 vg/kg of vector, and blood and liver samples were collected through week 57. For all vectors, peak expression (weeks 12-24) declined by 50% to week 57. For Sf- and HEK293-produced oversized vectors, serum hA1AT was initially comparable, but in weeks 12-57, Sf vectors provided significantly higher expression. For HEK293 oversized vectors, liver genomes decreased continuously through week 57 and significantly correlated with A1AT protein. In RNA-sequencing analysis, HEK293 vector-treated mice had significantly higher inflammatory responses in liver at 12 weeks compared with Sf vector- and vehicle-treated mice. Thus, HEK293 vector genome loss led to decreased transgene protein. For Sf-produced vectors, genomes did not decrease from peak expression. Instead, vector genome accessibility significantly decreased from peak to week 57 and correlated with transgene RNA. Vector DNA interactions with active histone marks (H3K27ac/H3K4me3) were significantly reduced from peak to week 57, suggesting that epigenetic regulation impacts transgene expression of Sf-produced vectors.
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- Britta Handyside
- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA
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- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA,Corresponding author: Sylvia Fong, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 105 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, USA.
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Pierce GF, Mattis AN. Transient expression of factor VIII and a chronic high-fat diet induces ER stress and late hepatocyte oncogenesis. Mol Ther 2022; 30:3510-3512. [PMID: 36423626 PMCID: PMC9734076 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Glenn F. Pierce
- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, QC, Canada,Corresponding author: Glenn F. Pierce, World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- Department of Pathology and Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Kapelanski-Lamoureux A, Chen Z, Gao ZH, Deng R, Lazaris A, Lebeaupin C, Giles L, Malhotra J, Yong J, Zou C, de Jong YP, Metrakos P, Herzog RW, Kaufman RJ. Ectopic clotting factor VIII expression and misfolding in hepatocytes as a cause for hepatocellular carcinoma. Mol Ther 2022; 30:3542-3551. [PMID: 36242517 PMCID: PMC9734080 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Hemophilia A gene therapy targets hepatocytes to express B domain deleted (BDD) clotting factor VIII (FVIII) to permit viral encapsidation. Since BDD is prone to misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and ER protein misfolding in hepatocytes followed by high-fat diet (HFD) can cause hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we studied how FVIII misfolding impacts HCC development using hepatocyte DNA delivery to express three proteins from the same parental vector: (1) well-folded cytosolic dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR); (2) BDD-FVIII, which is prone to misfolding in the ER; and (3) N6-FVIII, which folds more efficiently than BDD-FVIII. One week after DNA delivery, when FVIII expression was undetectable, mice were fed HFD for 65 weeks. Remarkably, all mice that received BDD-FVIII vector developed liver tumors, whereas only 58% of mice that received N6 and no mice that received DHFR vector developed liver tumors, suggesting that the degree of protein misfolding in the ER increases predisposition to HCC in the context of an HFD and in the absence of viral transduction. Our findings raise concerns of ectopic BDD-FVIII expression in hepatocytes in the clinic, which poses risks independent of viral vector integration. Limited expression per hepatocyte and/or use of proteins that avoid misfolding may enhance safety.
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- Audrey Kapelanski-Lamoureux
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Genetic Disorders and Aging Research, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada,Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Genetic Disorders and Aging Research, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Genetic Disorders and Aging Research, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Genetic Disorders and Aging Research, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Surgery, McGill University; Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Degenerative Diseases Program, Center for Genetic Disorders and Aging Research, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA,Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA,Corresponding author: Randal J. Kaufman, Degenerative Diseases Program, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Butterfield JSS, Yamada K, Bertolini TB, Syed F, Kumar SRP, Li X, Arisa S, Piñeros AR, Tapia A, Rogers CA, Li N, Rana J, Biswas M, Terhorst C, Kaufman RJ, de Jong YP, Herzog RW. IL-15 blockade and rapamycin rescue multifactorial loss of factor VIII from AAV-transduced hepatocytes in hemophilia A mice. Mol Ther 2022; 30:3552-3569. [PMID: 35821634 PMCID: PMC9734025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Hepatic adeno-associated viral (AAV) gene transfer has the potential to cure the X-linked bleeding disorder hemophilia A. However, declining therapeutic coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) expression has plagued clinical trials. To assess the mechanistic underpinnings of this loss of FVIII expression, we developed a hemophilia A mouse model that shares key features observed in clinical trials. Following liver-directed AAV8 gene transfer in the presence of rapamycin, initial FVIII protein expression declines over time in the absence of antibody formation. Surprisingly, loss of FVIII protein production occurs despite persistence of transgene and mRNA, suggesting a translational shutdown rather than a loss of transduced hepatocytes. Some of the animals develop ER stress, which may be linked to hepatic inflammatory cytokine expression. FVIII protein expression is preserved by interleukin-15/interleukin-15 receptor blockade, which suppresses CD8+ T and natural killer cell responses. Interestingly, mice with initial FVIII levels >100% of normal had diminishing expression while still under immune suppression. Taken together, our findings of interanimal variability of the response, and the ability of the immune system to shut down transgene expression without utilizing cytolytic or antibody-mediated mechanisms, illustrate the challenges associated with FVIII gene transfer. Our protocols based upon cytokine blockade should help to maintain efficient FVIII expression.
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- John S S Butterfield
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32607, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Center for Genetic Disorders and Aging Research, Samford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Sun K, Liao MZ. Clinical Pharmacology Considerations on Recombinant Adeno‐Associated Virus–Based Gene Therapy. J Clin Pharmacol 2022; 62 Suppl 2:S79-S94. [DOI: 10.1002/jcph.2141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- Kefeng Sun
- Takeda Development Center Americas Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Genentech Inc. South San Francisco California USA
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Brunetti-Pierri N. Liver gene therapy: The magic bullet for the sick lung. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2022; 26:72-73. [PMID: 35782595 PMCID: PMC9207603 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nicola Brunetti-Pierri
- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.,Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy.,Scuola Superiore Meridionale, School for Advanced Studies, Naples, Italy
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Young mice administered adult doses of AAV5-hFVIII-SQ achieve therapeutic factor VIII expression into adulthood. MOLECULAR THERAPY - METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2022; 26:519-531. [PMID: 36092364 PMCID: PMC9440360 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Valoctocogene roxaparvovec (AAV5-hFVIII-SQ) gene transfer provided reduced bleeding for adult clinical trial participants with severe hemophilia A. However, pediatric outcomes are unknown. Using a mouse model of hemophilia A, we investigated the effect of vector dose and age at treatment on transgene production and persistence. We dosed AAV5-hFVIII-SQ to neonatal and adult mice based on body weight or at a fixed dose and assessed human factor VIII-SQ variant (hFVIII-SQ) expression through 16 weeks. AAV5-hFVIII-SQ dosed per body weight in neonatal mice did not result in meaningful plasma hFVIII-SQ protein levels in adulthood. When treated with the same total vector genomes per mouse as adult mice, neonates maintained hFVIII-SQ expression into adulthood, although plasma levels were 3- to 4-fold lower versus mice dosed as adults. Mice <1 week old initially exhibited high hFVIII-SQ plasma levels and maintained meaningful levels into adulthood, despite a partial decline potentially due to age-related body mass and blood volume increases. Spatial transduction patterns differed between mice dosed as neonates versus adults. No features of hepatotoxicity or endoplasmic reticulum stress were observed with dosing at any age. These data suggest that young mice require the same total vector genomes as adult mice to sustain hFVIII-SQ plasma levels.
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Sharpe M, Beswick L, Kefalas P. Using analogue data to substantiate long-term durability of gene therapies: a narrative review. Regen Med 2022; 17:767-782. [PMID: 35815392 DOI: 10.2217/rme-2021-0159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The number of gene therapies in clinical trials and moving toward licensure is increasing. Most gene therapies are designed to achieve long-term effects, but at licensure the data to support claims of long-term durability are often limited, as long-term monitoring studies are often part of post-approval commitments by companies. Health technology assessors must therefore assess the potential for the long-term durability of a product and the potential cost-effectiveness based on the data available. The authors explored the benefit of strengthening the ability to infer durability of effect using analogue category data. Different analogue categories were assessed for the potential to substantiate claims of sustainability of effect for gene therapies by leveraging biological plausibility arguments. The authors propose a pathway for identifying potential analogues. Such a pathway should help establish plausible or theoretical long-term outcomes that can be considered in value assessments of gene therapies.
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Interindividual variability in transgene mRNA and protein production following adeno-associated virus gene therapy for hemophilia A. Nat Med 2022; 28:789-797. [PMID: 35411075 PMCID: PMC9018415 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01751-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Factor VIII gene transfer with a single intravenous infusion of valoctocogene roxaparvovec (AAV5-hFVIII-SQ) has demonstrated clinical benefits lasting 5 years to date in people with severe hemophilia A. Molecular mechanisms underlying sustained AAV5-hFVIII-SQ-derived FVIII expression have not been studied in humans. In a substudy of the phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT02576795), liver biopsy samples were collected 2.6–4.1 years after gene transfer from five participants. Primary objectives were to examine effects on liver histopathology, determine the transduction pattern and percentage of hepatocytes transduced with AAV5-hFVIII-SQ genomes, characterize and quantify episomal forms of vector DNA and quantify transgene expression (hFVIII-SQ RNA and hFVIII-SQ protein). Histopathology revealed no dysplasia, architectural distortion, fibrosis or chronic inflammation, and no endoplasmic reticulum stress was detected in hepatocytes expressing hFVIII-SQ protein. Hepatocytes stained positive for vector genomes, showing a trend for more cells transduced with higher doses. Molecular analysis demonstrated the presence of full-length, inverted terminal repeat-fused, circular episomal genomes, which are associated with long-term expression. Interindividual differences in transgene expression were noted despite similar successful transduction, possibly influenced by host-mediated post-transduction mechanisms of vector transcription, hFVIII-SQ protein translation and secretion. Overall, these results demonstrate persistent episomal vector structures following AAV5-hFVIII-SQ administration and begin to elucidate potential mechanisms mediating interindividual variability. The analysis of liver biopsy samples after AAV gene therapy for hemophilia A reveals normal histology and long-term persistence of the episomal vector, and identifies potential factors contributing to interindividual variability of transgene expression.
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Ozelo MC, Mahlangu J, Pasi KJ, Giermasz A, Leavitt AD, Laffan M, Symington E, Quon DV, Wang JD, Peerlinck K, Pipe SW, Madan B, Key NS, Pierce GF, O'Mahony B, Kaczmarek R, Henshaw J, Lawal A, Jayaram K, Huang M, Yang X, Wong WY, Kim B. Valoctocogene Roxaparvovec Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A. N Engl J Med 2022; 386:1013-1025. [PMID: 35294811 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2113708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 81.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Valoctocogene roxaparvovec (AAV5-hFVIII-SQ) is an adeno-associated virus 5 (AAV5)-based gene-therapy vector containing a coagulation factor VIII complementary DNA driven by a liver-selective promoter. The efficacy and safety of the therapy were previously evaluated in men with severe hemophilia A in a phase 1-2 dose-escalation study. METHODS We conducted an open-label, single-group, multicenter, phase 3 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of valoctocogene roxaparvovec in men with severe hemophilia A, defined as a factor VIII level of 1 IU per deciliter or lower. Participants who were at least 18 years of age and did not have preexisting anti-AAV5 antibodies or a history of development of factor VIII inhibitors and who had been receiving prophylaxis with factor VIII concentrate received a single infusion of 6×1013 vector genomes of valoctocogene roxaparvovec per kilogram of body weight. The primary end point was the change from baseline in factor VIII activity (measured with a chromogenic substrate assay) during weeks 49 through 52 after infusion. Secondary end points included the change in annualized factor VIII concentrate use and bleeding rates. Safety was assessed as adverse events and laboratory test results. RESULTS Overall, 134 participants received an infusion and completed more than 51 weeks of follow-up. Among the 132 human immunodeficiency virus-negative participants, the mean factor VIII activity level at weeks 49 through 52 had increased by 41.9 IU per deciliter (95% confidence interval [CI], 34.1 to 49.7; P<0.001; median change, 22.9 IU per deciliter; interquartile range, 10.9 to 61.3). Among the 112 participants enrolled from a prospective noninterventional study, the mean annualized rates of factor VIII concentrate use and treated bleeding after week 4 had decreased after infusion by 98.6% and 83.8%, respectively (P<0.001 for both comparisons). All the participants had at least one adverse event; 22 of 134 (16.4%) reported serious adverse events. Elevations in alanine aminotransferase levels occurred in 115 of 134 participants (85.8%) and were managed with immune suppressants. The other most common adverse events were headache (38.1%), nausea (37.3%), and elevations in aspartate aminotransferase levels (35.1%). No development of factor VIII inhibitors or thrombosis occurred in any of the participants. CONCLUSIONS In patients with severe hemophilia A, valoctocogene roxaparvovec treatment provided endogenous factor VIII production and significantly reduced bleeding and factor VIII concentrate use relative to factor VIII prophylaxis. (Funded by BioMarin Pharmaceutical; GENEr8-1 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03370913.).
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- Margareth C Ozelo
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Johnny Mahlangu
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - K John Pasi
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Adam Giermasz
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Andrew D Leavitt
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Michael Laffan
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Emily Symington
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Doris V Quon
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Jiaan-Der Wang
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Kathelijne Peerlinck
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Steven W Pipe
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Bella Madan
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Nigel S Key
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Glenn F Pierce
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Brian O'Mahony
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Radoslaw Kaczmarek
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Joshua Henshaw
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Adebayo Lawal
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
| | - Kala Jayaram
- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
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- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
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- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
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- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
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- From Hemocentro UNICAMP, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (M.C.O.); the Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS, Johannesburg (J.M.); Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (K.J.P.), the Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London (M.L.), and Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (B.M.), London, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge (E.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Hemophilia Treatment Center, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (A.G.), the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (A.D.L.), the Orthopedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Los Angeles (D.V.Q.), independent consultant, La Jolla (G.F.P.), and BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato (J.H., A.L., K.J., M.H., X.Y., W.Y.W., B.K.) - all in California; the Center for Rare Disease and Hemophilia, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (J.-D.W.); the Department of Vascular Medicine and Hemostasis and Hemophilia Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (K.P.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S.W.P.); the UNC Blood Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.S.K.); the Irish Haemophilia Society and Trinity College, Dublin (B.O.); the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI-Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis (R.K.); and the Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland (R.K.)
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Novel Coagulation Factor VIII Gene Therapy in a Mouse Model of Hemophilia A by Lipid-Coated Fe 3O 4 Nanoparticles. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9091116. [PMID: 34572302 PMCID: PMC8464966 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9091116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Hemophilia A is a bleeding disease caused by loss of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) function. Although prophylactic FVIII infusion prevents abnormal bleeding, disability and joint damage in hemophilia patients are common. The cost of treatment is among the highest for a single disease, and the adverse effects of repeated infusion are still an issue that has not been addressed. In this study, we established a nonviral gene therapy strategy to treat FVIII knockout (FVIII KO) mice. A novel gene therapy approach was developed using dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine formulated with iron oxide (DPPC-Fe3O4) to carry the B-domain-deleted (BDD)-FVIII plasmid, which was delivered into the FVIII KO mice via tail vein injection. Here, a liver-specific albumin promoter-driven BDD-FVIII plasmid was constructed, and the binding ability of circular DNA was confirmed to be more stable than that of linear DNA when combined with DPPC-Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The FVIII KO mice that received the DPPC-Fe3O4 plasmid complex were assessed by staining the ferric ion of DPPC-Fe3O4 nanoparticles with Prussian blue in liver tissue. The bleeding of the FVIII KO mice was improved in a few weeks, as shown by assessing the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). Furthermore, no liver toxicity, thromboses, deaths, or persistent changes after nonviral gene therapy were found, as shown by serum liver indices and histopathology. The results suggest that this novel gene therapy can successfully improve hemostasis disorder in FVIII KO mice and might be a promising approach to treating hemophilia A patients in clinical settings.
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