title: Production of a functional human acid maltase in tobacco seeds: biochemical analysis, uptake by human GSDII cells, and in vivo studies in GAA knockout mice.
abstract: Genetic deficiency of acid alpha glucosidase (GAA) results in glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII) or Pompe's disease. To investigate whether we could generate a functional recombinant human GAA enzyme (tobrhGAA) in tobacco seeds for future enzyme replacement therapy, we subcloned the human GAA cDNA into the plant expression plasmid-pBI101 under the control of the soybean β-conglycinin seed-specific promoter and biochemically analyzed the tobrhGAA. Tobacco seeds contain the metabolic machinery that is more compatible with mammalian glycosylation-phosphorylation and processing. We found the tobrhGAA to be enzymatically active was readily taken up by GSDII fibroblasts and in white blood cells from whole blood to reverse the defect. The tobrhGAA corrected the enzyme defect in tissues at 7 days after a single dose following intraperitoneal (IP) administration in GAA knockout (GAA(-/-)) mice. Additionally, we could purify the tobrhGAA since it bound tightly to the matrix of Sephadex G100 and can be eluted by competition with maltose. These data demonstrate indirectly that the tobrhGAA is fully functional, predominantly proteolytically cleaved and contains the minimal phosphorylation and mannose-6-phosphate residues essential for biological activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA, martif02@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martiniuk
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reggi
authors.forename: Kam-Meng
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Tchou-Wong
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Rom
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Busconi
authors.forename: Corrado
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fogher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006009:Glycogen Storage Disease Type II / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: C509951:GAA protein, human; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase
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