Gene and cell therapy approaches for familial hypercholesterolemia: An update

N Parsamanesh, O Kooshkaki, H Siami, RD Santos… - Drug discovery today, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug discovery today, 2023Elsevier
Highlights•FH is a common inherited autosomal codominant disorder.•Homozygous FH
patients usually have a poor response to traditional lipid-lowering therapy.•We reviewed the
role of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to correct FH-causing abnormalities.Familial
hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common autosomal codominant hereditary illness marked by
the heightened risk of early atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and high blood levels of
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). FH patients can have homozygous or …
Highlights
  • FH is a common inherited autosomal codominant disorder.
  • Homozygous FH patients usually have a poor response to traditional lipid-lowering therapy.
  • We reviewed the role of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to correct FH-causing abnormalities.
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common autosomal codominant hereditary illness marked by the heightened risk of early atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and high blood levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). FH patients can have homozygous or heterozygous variants. This condition has been linked to variations in the genes for the LDL receptor (LDLR), apolipoprotein B, proprotein convertase subtilisin/Kexin 9 (PCSK9), and LDLR adaptor protein 1. Drugs such as statins, ezetimibe, and PCSK9 inhibitors are currently widely available, allowing for the theoretical normalization of plasma LDL-C levels mostly in patients with heterozygous FH. However, homozygous FH patients usually have a poor response to traditional lipid-lowering therapy and may have a poor prognosis at a young age. LDL apheresis and novel pharmacological therapies such as microsomal transfer protein inhibitors or anti-angiopoietin-like protein 3 monoclonal antibodies are extremely expensive and unavailable in most regions of the world. Therefore, the unmet need persists for these patients. In this review, we discuss the numerous gene delivery, gene editing, and stem cell manipulation techniques used in this study to correct FH-causing LDLR gene variations in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo. Finally, we looked at a variety of studies that corrected genetic defects that caused FH using the ground-breaking clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) gene editing technology.
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