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SUBMITTER: Jones K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4491770 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Karlie K Wei Christina C Schoser Benedikt B Meola Giovanni G Timchenko Nikolai N Timchenko Lubov L
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150615 26
Myotonic dystrophies type 1 (DM1) and type 2 (DM2) are neuromuscular diseases, caused by accumulation of CUG and CCUG RNAs in toxic aggregates. Here we report that the increased stability of the mutant RNAs in both types of DM is caused by deficiency of RNA helicase p68. We have identified p68 by studying CCUG-binding proteins associated with degradation of the mutant CCUG repeats. Protein levels of p68 are reduced in DM1 and DM2 biopsied skeletal muscle. Delivery of p68 in DM1/2 cells causes de ...[more]