ArticlePLoS genetics2016
Dose-Dependent Regulation of Alternative Splicing by MBNL Proteins Reveals Biomarkers for Myotonic Dystrophy.
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Trial Readiness and Endpoint Assessment in Pediatric Myotonic Dystrophy Extension
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81 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Changes in RNA splicing as a surrogate endpoint for myotonic dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) clinical trials.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2026Review
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- MBNL proteins in health, disease, and therapeutic applications.Nucleic acids research · 2026Review
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- Myotonic dystrophy type 1: clinical diversity, molecular insights and therapeutic perspectives.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
- Transcriptome alterations underlying metabolic dysfunction and liver disease in myotonic dystrophy type 1.Human molecular genetics · 2025Article
- Differential pathology and susceptibility to MBNL loss across muscles in myotonic dystrophy mouse models.JCI insight · 2025Article
- Repeat length as a key determinant for disease severity and antisense oligonucleotide activity in myotonic dystrophy type 1.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025Article
- circARHGAP10 as a candidate biomarker and therapeutic target in myotonic dystrophy type 1.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025Article
- Promoter-targeted small RNA duplexes increase MBNL1 transcription and mitigate myotonic dystrophy-associated spliceopathy.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- Autism-related traits in myotonic dystrophy type 1 model mice are due to MBNL sequestration and RNA mis-splicing of autism-risk genes.Nature neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Alternative splicing is a regulated process that results in expression of specific mRNA and protein isoforms. Alternative splicing factors determine the relative abundance of each isoform. Here we focus on MBNL1, a splicing factor misregulated in the disease myotonic dystrophy. By altering the concentration of MBNL1 in cells across a broad dynamic range, we show that different splicing events require different amounts of MBNL1 for half-maximal response, and respond more or less steeply to MBNL1. Motifs around MBNL1 exon 5 were studied to assess how cis-elements mediate the MBNL1 dose-dependent splicing response. A framework was developed to estimate MBNL concentration using splicing responses alone, validated in the cell-based model, and applied to myotonic dystrophy patient muscle. Using this framework, we evaluated the ability of individual and combinations of splicing events to predict functional MBNL concentration in human biopsies, as well as their performance as biomarkers to assay mild, moderate, and severe cases of DM.
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