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ArticleScientific reports2021

Duchenne muscular dystrophy cell culture models created by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and their application in drug screening.

Patricia Soblechero-Martín, Edurne Albiasu-Arteta, Aina Anton-Martinez, Laura de la Puente-Ovejero, Iker Garcia-Jimenez, Gabriela González-Iglesias, Irene Larrañaga-Aiestaran, Andrea López-Martínez, Javier Poyatos-García, Estíbaliz Ruiz-Del-Yerro and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patricia Soblechero-MartínNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7804-8763
Edurne Albiasu-ArtetaNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
Aina Anton-MartinezNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
Laura de la Puente-OvejeroNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0835-7069
Iker Garcia-JimenezNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
Gabriela González-IglesiasNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
Irene Larrañaga-AiestaranNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
Andrea López-MartínezNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4711-7495
Javier Poyatos-GarcíaLa Fe Health Research Institute, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Estíbaliz Ruiz-Del-YerroNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
Federico GonzalezPluripotent Stem Cells and Activation of Endogenous Tissue Programs for Organ Regeneration (PR Lab), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain.
Virginia Arechavala-GomezaNeuromuscular Disorders, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain. virginia.arechavalagomeza@osakidetza.eus.ORCID 0000-0001-7703-3255
BioCruces Health research Institute · ESIkerbasque · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene editing methods are an attractive therapeutic option for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and they have an immediate application in the generation of research models. To generate myoblast cultures that could be useful in in vitro drug screening, we have optimised a CRISPR/Cas9 gene edition protocol. We have successfully used it in wild type immortalised myoblasts to delete exon 52 of the dystrophin gene, modelling a common Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation; and in patient's immortalised cultures we have deleted an inhibitory microRNA target region of the utrophin UTR, leading to utrophin upregulation. We have characterised these cultures by demonstrating, respectively, inhibition of dystrophin expression and overexpression of utrophin, and evaluating the expression of myogenic factors (Myf5 and MyH3) and components of the dystrophin associated glycoprotein complex (α-sarcoglycan and β-dystroglycan). To demonstrate their use in the assessment of DMD treatments, we have performed exon skipping on the DMDΔ52-Model and have used the unedited DMD cultures/ DMD-UTRN-Model combo to assess utrophin overexpression after drug treatment. While the practical use of DMDΔ52-Model is limited to the validation to our gene editing protocol, DMD-UTRN-Model presents a possible therapeutic gene edition target as well as a useful positive control in the screening of utrophin overexpression drugs.

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3' Untranslated RegionsCells, CulturedCRISPR-Cas SystemsCytoskeletal ProteinsDrug DiscoveryDystroglycansDystrophinGene EditingHEK293 CellsHumansMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneMyoblastsMyogenic Regulatory Factor 5Primary Cell CultureSarcoglycansUtrophin3' Untranslated RegionsCytoskeletal ProteinsDystroglycansDystrophinMYF5 protein, humanMYH3 polypeptide, humanMyogenic Regulatory Factor 5SarcoglycansUtrophin

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PMID34521928
PMCPMC8440673
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