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ArticleScientific reports2024

Successful skipping of abnormal pseudoexon by antisense oligonucleotides in vitro for a patient with beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration.

Mamiko Yamada, Kazuhiro Maeta, Hisato Suzuki, Ryo Kurosawa, Toshiki Takenouchi, Tomonari Awaya, Masahiko Ajiro, Atsuko Takeuchi, Hisahide Nishio, Masatoshi Hagiwara and 3 more

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mamiko Yamada *Center for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuhiro Maeta *KNC Department of Nucleic Acid Drug Discovery, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan.
Hisato SuzukiCenter for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryo KurosawaDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Toshiki TakenouchiDepartment of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomonari AwayaDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Masahiko AjiroDivision of Cancer RNA Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsuko TakeuchiFaculty of Health Sciences, Kobe Tokiwa University, Kobe, Japan.
Hisahide NishioFaculty of Rehabilitation, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan.
Masatoshi HagiwaraDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Fuyuki MiyaCenter for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. fmiya@keio.jp.
Masafumi MatsuoFaculty of Health Sciences, Kobe Tokiwa University, Kobe, Japan. matsuo@kobe-u.ac.jp.
Kenjiro KosakiCenter for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Keio University · JPKyoto University · JPKobe Gakuin University · JPKobe Tokiwa University · JP

Funding

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows 22J23899Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP23ek0109672JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists 21K15873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic variants in WDR45 on chromosome Xp11 cause neurodegenerative disorder beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN). Currently, there is no effective therapy for BPAN. Here we report a 17-year-old female patient with BPAN and show that antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) was effective in vitro. The patient had developmental delay and later showed extrapyramidal signs since the age of 15 years. MRI findings showed iron deposition in the globus pallidus and substantia nigra on T2 MRI. Whole genome sequencing and RNA sequencing revealed generation of pseudoexon due to inclusion of intronic sequences triggered by an intronic variant that is remote from the exon-intron junction: WDR45 (OMIM #300526) chrX(GRCh37):g.48935143G > C, (NM_007075.4:c.235 + 159C > G). We recapitulated the exonization of intron sequences by a mini-gene assay and further sought antisense oligonucleotide that induce pseudoexon skipping using our recently developed, a dual fluorescent splicing reporter system that encodes two fluorescent proteins, mCherry, a transfection marker designed to facilitate evaluation of exon skipping and split eGFP, a splicing reaction marker. The results showed that the 24-base ASO was the strongest inducer of pseudoexon skipping. Our data presented here have provided supportive evidence for in vivo preclinical studies.

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Oligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA SplicingAdolescentCarrier ProteinsExonsFemaleHumansMutationCarrier ProteinsOligonucleotides, AntisenseWDR45 protein, human

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PMID38499569
PMCPMC10948761
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