Inhibition of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay may improve stop codon read-through therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Hum Mol Genet
; 32(15): 2455-2463, 2023 07 20.
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ABSTRACT
Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are genetic neuromuscular disorders that affect skeletal and cardiac muscle resulting from mutations in the dystrophin gene (DMD), coding for dystrophin protein. Read-through therapies hold great promise for the treatment of genetic diseases harboring nonsense mutations, such as DMD/BMD, as they enable a complete translation of the affected mRNA. However, to date, most read-through drugs have not achieved a cure for patients. One possible explanation for the limitation of these therapies for DMD/BMD is that they rely on the presence of mutant dystrophin mRNAs. However, the mutant mRNAs containing premature termination codons are identified by the cellular surveillance mechanism, the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) process, and are degraded. Here, we show that the combination of read-through drugs together with known NMD inhibitors have a synergistic effect on the levels of nonsense-containing mRNAs, among them the mutant dystrophin mRNA. This synergistic effect may enhance read-through therapies' efficacy and improve the current treatment for patients.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Mol Genet
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA MEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Israel