Center for Fetal Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 13;12(1):4291. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24443-8.
In utero base editing has the potential to correct disease-causing mutations before the onset of pathology. Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS-IH, Hurler syndrome) is a lysosomal storage disease (LSD) affecting multiple organs, often leading to early postnatal cardiopulmonary demise. We assessed in utero adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) delivery of an adenine base editor (ABE) targeting the Idua G→A (W392X) mutation in the MPS-IH mouse, corresponding to the common IDUA G→A (W402X) mutation in MPS-IH patients. Here we show efficient long-term W392X correction in hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes and low-level editing in the brain. In utero editing was associated with improved survival and amelioration of metabolic, musculoskeletal, and cardiac disease. This proof-of-concept study demonstrates the possibility of efficiently performing therapeutic base editing in multiple organs before birth via a clinically relevant delivery mechanism, highlighting the potential of this approach for MPS-IH and other genetic diseases.
子宫内碱基编辑有可能在病理学出现之前纠正致病突变。黏多糖贮积症 I 型(MPS-IH,Hurler 综合征)是一种影响多个器官的溶酶体贮积症(LSD),常导致新生儿期心肺功能丧失。我们评估了腺相关病毒血清型 9(AAV9)在 MPS-IH 小鼠中的传递,该病毒携带针对 Idua G→A(W392X)突变的腺嘌呤碱基编辑器(ABE),该突变对应于 MPS-IH 患者中常见的 IDUA G→A(W402X)突变。在这里,我们展示了在肝细胞和心肌细胞中进行高效的长期 W392X 校正,以及在大脑中进行低水平编辑。子宫内编辑与提高生存率以及改善代谢、肌肉骨骼和心脏疾病有关。这项概念验证研究表明,通过临床相关的传递机制,在出生前在多个器官中高效进行治疗性碱基编辑是可能的,这突出了该方法在 MPS-IH 和其他遗传疾病中的潜力。