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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2016

Morpholino-mediated Knockdown of DUX4 Toward Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Therapeutics.

Jennifer Cj Chen, Oliver D King, Yuanfan Zhang, Nicholas P Clayton, Carrie Spencer, Bruce M Wentworth, Charles P Emerson, Kathryn R Wagner

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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81 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer Cj ChenDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Oliver D KingDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Yuanfan ZhangThe Hugo W. Moser Research Institute, Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Nicholas P ClaytonSanofi Genzyme, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Carrie SpencerDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Bruce M WentworthSanofi Genzyme, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Charles P EmersonDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Kathryn R WagnerThe Hugo W. Moser Research Institute, Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USSanofi (United States) · USJohns Hopkins University · USKennedy Krieger Institute · US

Funding

Myogenesis Studies for FSHD BiomarkersU54HD060848 · NICHD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI EMERSON, CHARLES P. · 2008 to 2017
$16.1M
Translational Neuroscience CoreU54HD079123 · NICHD · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI FATEMI, S. ALI, SCHLAGGAR, BRADLEY L · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
A Novel Xenograft Mouse Model of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular DystrophyR21NS079529 · NINDS · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI WAGNER, KATHRYN R. · 2012 to 2013
$440k
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD060848NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD079123NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS079529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Derepression of DUX4 in skeletal muscle has emerged as a likely cause of pathology in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Here we report on the use of antisense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotides to suppress DUX4 expression and function in FSHD myotubes and xenografts. The most effective was phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotide FM10, which targets the polyadenylation signal of DUX4. FM10 had no significant cell toxicity, and RNA-seq analyses of FSHD and control myotubes revealed that FM10 down-regulated many transcriptional targets of DUX4, without overt off-target effects. Electroporation of FM10 into FSHD patient muscle xenografts in mice also down-regulated DUX4 and DUX4 targets. These findings demonstrate the potential of antisense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotides as an FSHD therapeutic option.

Indexed as

Gene SilencingGenetic TherapyAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression ProfilingGene Knockdown TechniquesGene TargetingHeterograftsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMiceMorpholinosMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle, SkeletalMuscular Dystrophy, FacioscapulohumeralDUX4L1 protein, humanHomeodomain ProteinsMorpholinos

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PMID27378237
PMCPMC5023379
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