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Disease stage determines the efficacy of treatment of a paediatric neurodegenerative disease
Author(s) -
Hassiotis Sofia,
Beard Helen,
Luck Amanda,
Trim Paul J.,
King Barbara,
Snel Marten F.,
Hopwood John J.,
Hemsley Kim M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1460-9568
pISSN - 0953-816X
DOI - 10.1111/ejn.12557
Subject(s) - astrogliosis , enzyme replacement therapy , disease , medicine , mucopolysaccharidosis , lysosomal storage disease , mucopolysaccharidosis type i , neurodegeneration , clinical trial , pathology , central nervous system
Lysosomal storage disorders are a large group of inherited metabolic conditions resulting from the deficiency of proteins involved in lysosomal catabolism, with resulting accumulation of substrates inside the cell. Two‐thirds of these disorders are associated with a neurodegenerative phenotype and, although few therapeutic options are available to patients at present, clinical trials of several treatments including lysosomal enzyme replacement are underway. Although animal studies indicate the efficacy of pre‐symptomatic treatment, it is largely unknown whether symptomatic disease‐related pathology and functional deficits are reversible. To begin to address this, we used a naturally‐occurring mouse model with Sanfilippo syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA ) to examine the effectiveness of intracisternal cerebrospinal fluid enzyme replacement in early, mid‐ and symptomatic disease stage mice. We observed a disease‐stage‐dependent treatment effect, with the most significant reductions in primary and secondary substrate accumulation, astrogliosis and protein aggregate accumulation seen in mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA mice treated very early in the disease course. Affected mice treated at a symptomatic age exhibited little change in these neuropathological markers in the time‐frame of the study. Microgliosis was refractory to treatment regardless of the age at which treatment was instigated. Although longer‐term studies are warranted, these findings indicate the importance of early intervention in this condition.

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