Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Current strategies towards therapeutic manipulation of mtDNA heteroplasmy.
Pereira, Claudia V; Moraes, Carlos T.
Afiliação
  • Pereira CV; Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
  • Moraes CT; Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA, cmoraes@med.miami.edu.
Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) ; 22(6): 991-1010, 2017 01 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27814659
ABSTRACT
Mitochondrial disease is a multifactorial disorder involving both nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Over the past 20 years, great progress was achieved in the field of gene editing which raised the possibility of partial or complete elimination of mutant mtDNA that causes disease phenotypes. Each cell contains thousands of copies of mtDNA which can be either wild-type (WT) or mutant, a condition called heteroplasmy. As there are multiple copies of mtDNA inside a cell, the percentage of mutant mtDNA can vary and a directional shift in the heteroplasmy ratio towards an increase of WT mtDNA copies would have therapeutic value. Gene editing tools have been adapted to translocate to mitochondria and were able to change heteroplasmy in a predictable manner. These include mitochondrial targeted restriction endonucleases, Zinc-finger nucleases, and TAL-effector nucleases. These procedures could also be adapted to reduce the levels of mutant mtDNA in embryos, offering an option to the controversial mitochondrial replacement techniques during in vitro fertilization. The current strategies to induce heteroplasmy shift of mtDNA and its implications will be comprehensively discussed.
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: DNA Mitocondrial / Doenças Mitocondriais / Mutação Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: DNA Mitocondrial / Doenças Mitocondriais / Mutação Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos