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ArticleBMC research notes2025

Optimizing the use of in vitro transcribed SGK1-mRNA as a therapeutic tool to treat female infertility.

Itishri Sahu, Fabienne Engelmann, Brian Weidensee, Harivignesh Ganesan, Sara Y Brucker, Yogesh Singh, Madhuri S Salker

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Itishri SahuDepartment of Pediatrics I-Pediatric Infectiology and Immunology, Translational Genomics and Gene Therapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, Tübingen, 72074, Germany.
Fabienne EngelmannDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, Tübingen, 72076, Germany.
Brian WeidenseeDepartment of Pediatrics I-Pediatric Infectiology and Immunology, Translational Genomics and Gene Therapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, Tübingen, 72074, Germany.
Harivignesh GanesanDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, Tübingen, 72076, Germany.
Sara Y BruckerDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, Tübingen, 72076, Germany.
Yogesh SinghDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, Tübingen, 72076, Germany.
Madhuri S SalkerDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, Tübingen, 72076, Germany. madhuri.salker@med.uni-tuebingen.de.

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Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Open access fundsMargarete von Wrangell MvW 31-7635.41/118/3
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Abstract

objectivesGene therapy has emerged as an encouraging therapeutic approach for several diseases. The use of plasmid DNA (pDNA) or viral vectors encoding proteins have yielded low efficacy in recent trials. Synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA), also known as in vitro transcribed mRNA (IVT-mRNA), is a highly potent alternative. However, the use of IVT-mRNA in reproductive conditions remains scarce. Our previous work has demonstrated the involvement of endometrial serum- and glucocorticoid kinase 1 (SGK1), where it influences pregnancy outcomes in murine models. On this basis, we investigated the expression and function of human SGK1 encoded by IVT-mRNA in vitro.

resultsWe show using flow cytometry, quantitative RT-PCR and immunoblotting, that IVT-mRNA has a superior transfection efficiency compared with pDNA. At protein level, we show that the constitutively active SGK1 variant (SGK1

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Genetic TherapyImmediate-Early ProteinsInfertility, FemaleProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA, MessengerTranscription, GeneticEndometriumFemaleHumansPregnancySerum-Glucocorticoid Regulated KinasesTransfectionImmediate-Early ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA, MessengerSerum-Glucocorticoid Regulated KinasesFertilityIVT-mRNASGK1

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PMCPMC12285141

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