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ArticleGene therapy2023

Enhanced expression of the human Survival motor neuron 1 gene from a codon-optimised cDNA transgene in vitro and in vivo.

Neda A M Nafchi, Ellie M Chilcott, Sharon Brown, Heidi R Fuller, Melissa Bowerman, Rafael J Yáñez-Muñoz

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Article in Gene therapy, 2023. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neda A M Nafchi *AGCTlab.org, Centre of Gene and Cell Therapy, Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences and the Environment, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0714-7403
Ellie M Chilcott *AGCTlab.org, Centre of Gene and Cell Therapy, Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences and the Environment, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK.
Sharon BrownSchool of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9671-7054
Heidi R FullerSchool of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
Melissa BowermanWolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease, TORCH Building, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, SY10 7AG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3579-6403
Rafael J Yáñez-MuñozAGCTlab.org, Centre of Gene and Cell Therapy, Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences and the Environment, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK. rafael.yanez@royalholloway.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-7113-1938
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital · GBRoyal Holloway University of London · GB

Funding

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH) V5018SMA Trust (Spinal Muscular Atrophy Trust) UK SMA Research ConsortiumSpinal Muscular Atrophy Trust (SMA Trust) UK SMA Research Consortium
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease particularly characterised by degeneration of ventral motor neurons. Survival motor neuron (SMN) 1 gene mutations cause SMA, and gene addition strategies to replace the faulty SMN1 copy are a therapeutic option. We have developed a novel, codon-optimised hSMN1 transgene and produced integration-proficient and integration-deficient lentiviral vectors with cytomegalovirus (CMV), human synapsin (hSYN) or human phosphoglycerate kinase (hPGK) promoters to determine the optimal expression cassette configuration. Integrating, CMV-driven and codon-optimised hSMN1 lentiviral vectors resulted in the highest production of functional SMN protein in vitro. Integration-deficient lentiviral vectors also led to significant expression of the optimised transgene and are expected to be safer than integrating vectors. Lentiviral delivery in culture led to activation of the DNA damage response, in particular elevating levels of phosphorylated ataxia telangiectasia mutated (pATM) and γH2AX, but the optimised hSMN1 transgene showed some protective effects. Neonatal delivery of adeno-associated viral vector (AAV9) vector encoding the optimised transgene to the Smn

Indexed as

Cytomegalovirus InfectionsMuscular Atrophy, SpinalSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDNA, ComplementaryHumansInfant, NewbornMiceMotor NeuronsTranscription FactorsTransgenesDNA, ComplementarySurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinTranscription Factors

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PMID37322133
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