Correction of a lysosomal deficiency by contact-mediated enzyme transfer after bone marrow transplantation.
Transplantation
; 56(4): 991-6, 1993 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation for treating lysosomal deficiency diseases relies on the ability of bone marrow cells to provide the missing enzyme to various tissues of the recipient. This has been shown to occur in vitro by endocytosis of enzyme secreted by bone marrow-derived cells and also by direct cell-to-cell-contact. To investigate the mechanism of enzyme replacement therapy in vivo we have used, as enzyme donors, bone marrow cells from coat color mouse mutants that secrete very low or very high levels of a lysosomal enzyme, beta-glucuronidase. Our results show that the level of beta-glucuronidase activity acquired by the tissues of recipient, enzyme-deficient mice is not related to the ability of the donor bone marrow-derived cells to secrete the missing enzyme. This finding suggests that cell-to-cell transfer of lysosomal enzymes may play an important role in the correction of lysosomal diseases by bone marrow transplantation.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Medula Óssea
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Doenças por Armazenamento dos Lisossomos
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Mutação Puntual
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Glucuronidase
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Leucócitos
Limite:
Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
1993
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Article