Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Dual mRNA therapy restores metabolic function in long-term studies in mice with propionic acidemia

  • Lei Jiang,
  • Ji-Sun Park,
  • Ling Yin,
  • Rodrigo Laureano,
  • Eric Jacquinet,
  • Jinsong Yang,
  • Shi Liang,
  • Andrea Frassetto,
  • Jenny Zhuo,
  • Xinhua Yan,
  • Xuling Zhu,
  • Steven Fortucci,
  • Kara Hoar,
  • Cosmin Mihai,
  • Christopher Tunkey,
  • Vlad Presnyak,
  • Kerry E. Benenato,
  • Christine M. Lukacs,
  • Paolo G. V. Martini,
  • Lin T. Guey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19156-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Propionic acidemia is a serious pediatric inherited disorder with no effective treatments. Here the authors demonstrate that delivering dual mRNAs as an enzyme replacement approach can be used as an effective therapy in a mouse model of propionic acidemia, with potential applicability to chronically administer multiple mRNAs in other genetic disorders.