title: Enzyme replacement in a human model of mucopolysaccharidosis IVA in vitro and its biodistribution in the cartilage of wild type mice.
abstract: Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA; Morquio A syndrome) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase (GALNS), an enzyme that degrades keratan sulfate (KS). Currently no therapy for MPS IVA is available. We produced recombinant human (rh)GALNS as a potential enzyme replacement therapy for MPS IVA. Chinese hamster ovary cells stably overexpressing GALNS and sulfatase modifying factor-1 were used to produce active ( approximately 2 U/mg) and pure (>or=97%) rhGALNS. The recombinant enzyme was phosphorylated and was dose-dependently taken up by mannose-6-phosphate receptor (K(uptake) = 2.5 nM), thereby restoring enzyme activity in MPS IVA fibroblasts. In the absence of an animal model with a skeletal phenotype, we established chondrocytes isolated from two MPS IVA patients as a disease model in vitro. MPS IVA chondrocyte GALNS activity was not detectable and the cells exhibited KS storage up to 11-fold higher than unaffected chondrocytes. MPS IVA chondrocytes internalized rhGALNS into lysosomes, resulting in normalization of enzyme activity and decrease in KS storage. rhGALNS treatment also modulated gene expression, increasing expression of chondrogenic genes Collagen II, Collagen X, Aggrecan and Sox9 and decreasing abnormal expression of Collagen I. Intravenous administration of rhGALNS resulted in biodistribution throughout all layers of the heart valve and the entire thickness of the growth plate in wild-type mice. We show that enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant human GALNS results in clearance of keratan sulfate accumulation, and that such treatment ameliorates aberrant gene expression in human chondrocytes in vitro. Penetration of the therapeutic enzyme throughout poorly vascularized, but clinically relevant tissues, including growth plate cartilage and heart valve, as well as macrophages and hepatocytes in wild-type mouse, further supports development of rhGALNS as enzyme replacement therapy for MPS IVA.
authors.affiliation: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Melita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dvorak-Ewell
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wendt
authors.forename: Chuck
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hague
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Christianson
authors.forename: Vish
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koppaka
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crippen
authors.forename: Emil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kakkis
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vellard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002356:Cartilage / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002811:Chondroitinsulfatases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D056947:Enzyme Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000378:metabolism; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007632:Keratan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009085:Mucopolysaccharidosis IV / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007632:Keratan Sulfate; D002811:Chondroitinsulfatases; C102295:GALNS protein, human
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