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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2023

Exon 44 skipping in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: NS-089/NCNP-02, a dual-targeting antisense oligonucleotide.

Naoki Watanabe, Yuichiro Tone, Tetsuya Nagata, Satoru Masuda, Takashi Saito, Norio Motohashi, Kazuchika Takagaki, Yoshitsugu Aoki, Shin'ichi Takeda

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Naoki WatanabeDiscovery Research Laboratories in Tsukuba, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Yuichiro ToneDiscovery Research Laboratories in Tsukuba, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Tetsuya NagataDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoru MasudaDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi SaitoDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Norio MotohashiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuchika TakagakiDiscovery Research Laboratories in Tsukuba, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Yoshitsugu AokiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Shin'ichi TakedaDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry · JPNippon Shinyaku (Japan) · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exon-skipping therapy mediated by antisense oligonucleotides is expected to provide a therapeutic option for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Antisense oligonucleotides for exon skipping reported so far target a single continuous sequence in or around the target exon. In the present study, we investigated antisense oligonucleotides for exon 44 skipping (applicable to approximately 6% of all Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients) to improve activity by using a novel antisense oligonucleotide design incorporating two connected sequences. Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers targeting two separate sequences in exon 44 were created to target two splicing regulators in exon 44 simultaneously, and their exon 44 skipping was measured. NS-089/NCNP-02 showed the highest skipping activity among the oligomers. NS-089/NCNP-02 also induced exon 44 skipping and dystrophin protein expression in cells from a Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient to whom exon 44 skipping is applicable. We also assessed the

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antisense oligonucleotideantisense therapeuticsdual-targetingDuchenne muscular dystrophydystrophinexon 44exon skippingmorpholinoMT: Oligonucleotides: Therapies and ApplicationsNS-089/NCNP-02splice modulation

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PMID37854955
PMCPMC10579524
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