title: Restoration of arylsulphatase B activity in human mucopolysaccharidosis-type-VI fibroblasts by retroviral-vector-mediated gene transfer.
abstract: The Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type VI; MPS VI) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by deficiency of the enzyme arylsulphatase B (ASB). A human ASB cDNA has been subcloned into the retroviral vector pXT1 containing the bacterial neomycin-resistance gene and an internal thymidine kinase promoter for transcription of the inserted gene. Replication defective retrovirus was generated by transfecting the construct into the amphotropic packaging cell line PA317. Human MPS VI fibroblasts infected with recombinant retrovirus integrated the provirus into their genome and expressed retrovirus-encoded ASB mRNAs. In infected fibroblasts the level of ASB was up to 36-fold higher than in normal fibroblasts. Biosynthesis and processing of ASB in infected MPS VI fibroblasts was accomplished as in normal fibroblasts, and mature, enzymically active, ASB accumulated in dense lysosomes, indicating that the ASB deficiency in MPS VI fibroblasts was corrected by the retroviral gene transfer.
authors.affiliation: Biochemie II, Universität Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rommerskirch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Modaressi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von Figura
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D002803:Chondro-4-Sulfatase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000201:enzymology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D009087:Mucopolysaccharidosis VI / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D002803:Chondro-4-Sulfatase