Correction of Enzyme Deficiency in Mice by Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation with Total Lymphoid Irradiation

Abstract

Enzyme deficiency was corrected in mice after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation with occurrence of graft versus host disease. beta-Glucuronidase-deficient C3H/HeJ mice were treated with total lymphoid irradiation. Normal bone marrow cells (30 X 10(6)) from BALB/c to C3H/HeJ chimeras (>90 percent circulating donor-type cells) without graft versus host disease. beta-Glucuronidase activity increases to normal levels in all chimeras as measured in the liver and in the plasma. Activity was maintained throughout an observation period of 7 months.