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Novel Exon-Skipping Therapeutic Approach for the DMD Gene Based on Asymptomatic Deletions of Exon 49.

Mario Abaji, Svetlana Gorokhova, Nathalie Da Silva, Tiffany Busa, Maude Grelet, Chantal Missirian, Sabine Sigaudy, Nicole Philip, France Leturcq, Nicolas Lévy and 2 more

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Article in Genes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mario AbajiMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1562-2024
Svetlana GorokhovaMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.
Nathalie Da SilvaMMG, INSERM, Aix Marseille University, 13385 Marseille, France.
Tiffany BusaMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.
Maude GreletCentre Hospitalier Inter-Communal Toulon-La Seyne, Medical Genetics Unit, Sainte Musse Hospital, 83100 Toulon, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6532-9147
Chantal MissirianMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.
Sabine SigaudyMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.
Nicole PhilipMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.
France LeturcqDepartment of Medical Genetics, APHP Centre Université Paris Cité Cochin Hospital, 75014 Paris, France.
Nicolas LévyMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.
Martin KrahnMedical Genetics Department, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children's Hospital, 13005 Marseille, France.
Marc BartoliMMG, INSERM, Aix Marseille University, 13385 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3339-9858
Inserm · FRCentre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon-La Seyne-sur-Mer · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exon skipping is a promising therapeutic approach. One important condition for this approach is that the exon-skipped form of the gene can at least partially perform the required function and lead to improvement of the phenotype. It is therefore critical to identify the exons that can be skipped without a significant deleterious effect on the protein function. Pathogenic variants in the DMD gene are responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We report for the first time a deletion of the in-frame exon 49 associated with a strikingly normal muscular phenotype. Based on this observation, and on previously known therapeutic approaches using exon skipping in DMD for other single exons, we aimed to extend the clinical use of exon skipping for patients carrying truncating mutations in exon 49. We first determined the precise genomic position of the exon 49 deletion in our patients. We then demonstrated the feasibility of skipping exon 49 using an in vitro AON (antisense oligonucleotide) approach in human myotubes carrying a truncating pathogenic variant as well as in healthy ones. This work is a proof of concept aiming to expand exon-skipping approaches for DMD exon 49.

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DystrophinMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneExonsHumansMuscle Fibers, SkeletalOligonucleotides, AntisenseDystrophinOligonucleotides, AntisenseAONdeletionDMDexon skippinggeneticsmuscular dystrophymyopathypathological mechanismstherapy

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PMID35886062
PMCPMC9323532
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