| Literature DB >> 7878038 |
N Cartier1, J Lopez, P Moullier, F Rocchiccioli, M O Rolland, P Jorge, J Mosser, J L Mandel, P F Bougnères, O Danos.
Abstract
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a lethal demyelinating disease of the brain, is caused by mutations of a gene encoding an ATP-binding transporter, called ALDP, localized in the peroxisomal membrane. It is associated with a defective oxidation of very-long-chain fatty acids, leading to their accumulation in many tissues. This study reports that the retroviral-mediated transfer of the ALD cDNA restored very-long-chain fatty acid oxidation in ALD fibroblasts in vitro following abundant expression and appropriate targeting of the vector-encoded ALDP in peroxisomes. The same method may be used in hematopoietic cells as a further step of a gene therapy approach of ALD.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7878038 PMCID: PMC42582 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.5.1674
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205