Aghajan Mariam, Guo Shuling, Monia Brett P
Department of Antisense Drug Discovery, IONIS Pharmaceuticals, 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, 92010, CA, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1639:127-138. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7163-3_12.
Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) is a serum protease inhibitor, mainly expressed in and secreted from hepatocytes, important for regulating neutrophil elastase activity among other proteases. Various mutations in AAT cause alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a rare hereditary disorder that results in liver disease due to accumulation of AAT aggregates and lung disease from excessive neutrophil elastase activity. PiZ transgenic mice contain the human AAT genomic region harboring the most common AATD mutation, the Glu342Lys (Z) point mutation. These mice effectively recapitulate the liver disease exhibited in AATD patients, including AAT protein aggregates, hepatocyte death, and eventual liver fibrosis. Previously, we demonstrated that modified antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) can dramatically reduce Z-AAT RNA and protein levels in PiZ mice enabling inhibition, prevention, and reversal of the associated liver disease. Here, we describe in detail usage of AAT-ASOs to knock down Z-AAT in PiZ mice with a focus on preparation and in vivo delivery of ASOs, as well as detailed workflows pertaining to the analysis of Z-AAT mRNA, plasma protein, and soluble/insoluble liver protein levels following ASO administration.
α-1抗胰蛋白酶(AAT)是一种血清蛋白酶抑制剂,主要在肝细胞中表达并分泌,对调节中性粒细胞弹性蛋白酶活性以及其他蛋白酶活性很重要。AAT的各种突变会导致α-1抗胰蛋白酶缺乏症(AATD),这是一种罕见的遗传性疾病,由于AAT聚集体的积累导致肝脏疾病,以及由于中性粒细胞弹性蛋白酶活性过高导致肺部疾病。PiZ转基因小鼠含有携带最常见AATD突变即Glu342Lys(Z)点突变的人类AAT基因组区域。这些小鼠有效地重现了AATD患者所表现出的肝脏疾病,包括AAT蛋白聚集体、肝细胞死亡以及最终的肝纤维化。此前,我们证明了修饰的反义寡核苷酸(ASO)可以显著降低PiZ小鼠中Z-AAT的RNA和蛋白质水平,从而抑制、预防和逆转相关的肝脏疾病。在这里,我们详细描述了AAT-ASO在PiZ小鼠中敲低Z-AAT的用法,重点是ASO的制备和体内递送,以及与ASO给药后Z-AAT mRNA、血浆蛋白和可溶性/不可溶性肝脏蛋白水平分析相关的详细工作流程。
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