Neonatal gene therapy achieves sustained disease rescue of maple syrup urine disease in mice

Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare inborn error of metabolism, which is currently treated with life-long low-protein diet that can be challenging to maintain. Here the authors develop an AAV8-directed gene therapy providing sustainable disease rescue in a mouse model of MSUD.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clément Pontoizeau, Marcelo Simon-Sola, Clovis Gaborit, Vincent Nguyen, Irina Rotaru, Nolan Tual, Pasqualina Colella, Muriel Girard, Maria-Grazia Biferi, Jean-Baptiste Arnoux, Agnès Rötig, Chris Ottolenghi, Pascale de Lonlay, Federico Mingozzi, Marina Cavazzana, Manuel Schiff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30880-w