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ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2020

Trans-generational epigenetic regulation associated with the amelioration of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Julie Martone, Michela Lisi, Francesco Castagnetti, Alessandro Rosa, Valerio Di Carlo, Enrique Blanco, Adriano Setti, Davide Mariani, Alessio Colantoni, Tiziana Santini and 3 more

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Julie Martone *Department of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Michela Lisi *Department of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Francesco Castagnetti *Department of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro RosaDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9999-7223
Valerio Di CarloCenter for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain.
Enrique BlancoCenter for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain.
Adriano SettiDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Davide MarianiCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
Alessio ColantoniDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Tiziana SantiniCenter for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome, Italy.
Lucia PeroneCell Culture and Cytogenetics Core, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy.
Luciano Di CroceCenter for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3488-6228
Irene BozzoniDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3485-8537
Italian Institute of Technology · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITCentre for Genomic Regulation · ESInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ESInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology · ITTelethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) IG 2019 Id. 23053ERC-2019-SyG 855923-ASTRAFondazione Telethon (Telethon Foundation) GGP16213MEIC BFU2016-75008-PParent Project ItaliaPRIN 2017 2017P352Z4Sapienza Research Call RM118164363B1D21
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exon skipping is an effective strategy for the treatment of many Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) mutations. Natural exon skipping observed in several DMD cases can help in identifying novel therapeutic tools. Here, we show a DMD study case where the lack of a splicing factor (Celf2a), which results in exon skipping and dystrophin rescue, is due to a maternally inherited trans-generational epigenetic silencing. We found that the study case and his mother express a repressive long non-coding RNA, DUXAP8, whose presence correlates with silencing of the Celf2a coding region. We also demonstrate that DUXAP8 expression is lost upon cell reprogramming and that, upon induction of iPSCs into myoblasts, Celf2a expression is recovered leading to the loss of exon skipping and loss of dystrophin synthesis. Finally, CRISPR/Cas9 inactivation of the splicing factor Celf2a was proven to ameliorate the pathological state in other DMD backgrounds establishing Celf2a ablation or inactivation as a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Indexed as

Muscular Dystrophy, DuchenneDystrophinEpigenesis, GeneticExonsHumansOligonucleotides, AntisenseDystrophinOligonucleotides, AntisenseATAC sequencingDMD Exon skippingiPSC ReprogramminglncRNAstrans-generational epigenetic inheritance

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