%0 Journal Article
%T Emerging treatment options for the mucopolysaccharidoses
%A Giugliani R
%A Federhen A
%A Silva AA
%A Bittar CM
%A de Souza CF
%A Netto CB
%A Mayer FQ
%A Baldo G
%A Matte U
%J Research and Reports in Endocrine Disorders
%D 2012
%I Dove Medical Press
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRED.S24769
%X ging treatment options for the mucopolysaccharidoses Review (930) Total Article Views Authors: Giugliani R, Federhen A, Silva AA, Bittar CM, de Souza CF, Netto CB, Mayer FQ, Baldo G, Matte U Published Date November 2012 Volume 2012:2 Pages 53 - 64 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRED.S24769 Received: 16 July 2012 Accepted: 05 September 2012 Published: 06 November 2012 Roberto Giugliani,1¨C6 Andressa Federhen,1,4 Andr¨¦ Anjos da Silva,1,5 Camila Matzenbacher Bittar,1,5 Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza,1 Cristina Brinckmann Oliveira Netto,1 Fabiana Mayer,2,7 Guilherme Baldo,1,2,8 Ursula Matte1¨C5 1Medical Genetics Service, 2Gene Therapy Center, Hospital de Cl¨ªnicas (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; 3Department of Genetics, 4Postgraduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, 5Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; 6National Institute of Population Medical Genetics (INAGEMP), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; 7Funda  o Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecu¨¢ria (FEPAGRO), Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brazil; 8Department of Biophysics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Abstract: The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of diseases arising from one of eleven different enzyme defects, each one affecting one single step of the degradation pathway of glycosamynoglycans. Several developments in the understanding of the MPS have occurred since the first clinical report about their occurrence in 1917: the nature of the storage product was recognized, a useful biomarker (mucopolysacchariduria) was developed, the enzyme defects became identified, and the gene defects were elucidated. The first successful treatment for MPS diseases was bone marrow transplantation, which was introduced for the therapy in 1980. Over the last decade, a whole new set of therapeutic approaches have become available or are currently in development to address MPS. Intravenous enzyme replacement therapy, already approved for MPS I, II, and VI, will possibly be available for MPS IVA and for MPS VII within the next few years. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy (tested in animals and already reported in a few patients) may become a tool to treat or prevent the central nervous system (CNS) manifestations which occur in several MPS. Substrate inhibition therapy using small molecules which cross the blood¨Cbrain barrier is also being tested for MPS types with CNS manifestations. In vitro studies point out that chaperones may also be of therapeutic value when the main cause is protein misfolding and retention at the endoplasmic reticulum. Stop-codon read-through strategy has been tried in preclinical studies with MPS models caused by nonsense mutations. Preclinical studies assessing gene therapy also show quite encouraging results, and this modality of treatment is now moving toward clinical development. The use of neural stem cells in MPS types which have CNS involvement is al
%K mucopolysaccharidoses
%K glycosaminoglycans
%K treatment
%K enzyme replacement therapy
%K gene therapy
%K lysosomal diseases
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