Recent therapeutic approaches to cystathionine beta-synthase-deficient homocystinuria

Tomas Majtan, Viktor Kožich, Warren D. Kruger

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Abstract

Cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS)-deficient homocystinuria (HCU) is the most common inborn error of sulfur amino acid metabolism. The pyridoxine non-responsive form of the disease manifests itself by massively increasing plasma and tissue concentrations of homocysteine, a toxic intermediate of methionine metabolism that is thought to be the major cause of clinical complications including skeletal deformities, connective tissue defects, thromboembolism and cognitive impairment. The current standard of care involves significant dietary interventions that, despite being effective, often adversely affect quality of life of HCU patients, leading to poor adherence to therapy and inadequate biochemical control with clinical complications. In recent years, the unmet need for better therapeutic options has resulted in development of novel enzyme and gene therapies and exploration of pharmacological approaches to rescue CBS folding defects caused by missense pathogenic mutations. Here, we review scientific evidence and current state of affairs in development of recent approaches to treat HCU.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)264-278
Number of pages15
JournalBritish Journal of Pharmacology
Volume180
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2023

Keywords

  • chaperones
  • cystathionine beta-synthase
  • enzyme therapy
  • gene therapy
  • homocystinuria
  • pegtibatinase
  • proteasome inhibitors

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