Abstract
Lysosomal diseases comprise a group of inherited disorders resulting from defects of lysosomal enzymes and their cofactors, and in many of them the nervous system is affected. Recently, enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant lysosomal enzymes has been clinically available for several lysosomal diseases. Such enzyme replacement therapies can improve non-neurological disorders but is not effective for neurological ones. In this review, we discuss the molecular pathologies of lysosomal diseases from the protein structural aspect, current enzyme replacement therapies, and attempts to develop enzyme replacement therapies effective for lysosomal diseases associated with neurological disorders, i.e., production of enzymes, brain-specific delivery and incorporation of lysosomal enzymes into cells.
Keywords: Lysosomal enzyme, lysosomal disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Sandhoff disease, Fabry disease, protein structure, enzyme replacement therapy, drug delivery
CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets
Title: Molecular Pathologies of and Enzyme Replacement Therapies for Lysosomal Diseases
Volume: 5 Issue: 4
Author(s): Hitoshi Sakuraba, Makoto Sawada, Fumiko Matsuzawa, Sei-ichi Aikawa, Yasunori Chiba, Yoshifumi Jigami and Kohji Itoh
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Keywords: Lysosomal enzyme, lysosomal disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Sandhoff disease, Fabry disease, protein structure, enzyme replacement therapy, drug delivery
Abstract: Lysosomal diseases comprise a group of inherited disorders resulting from defects of lysosomal enzymes and their cofactors, and in many of them the nervous system is affected. Recently, enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant lysosomal enzymes has been clinically available for several lysosomal diseases. Such enzyme replacement therapies can improve non-neurological disorders but is not effective for neurological ones. In this review, we discuss the molecular pathologies of lysosomal diseases from the protein structural aspect, current enzyme replacement therapies, and attempts to develop enzyme replacement therapies effective for lysosomal diseases associated with neurological disorders, i.e., production of enzymes, brain-specific delivery and incorporation of lysosomal enzymes into cells.
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Sakuraba Hitoshi, Sawada Makoto, Matsuzawa Fumiko, Aikawa Sei-ichi, Chiba Yasunori, Jigami Yoshifumi and Itoh Kohji, Molecular Pathologies of and Enzyme Replacement Therapies for Lysosomal Diseases, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 2006; 5 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152706777950738
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152706777950738 |
Print ISSN 1871-5273 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1996-3181 |
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