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LNA/DNA mixmer-based antisense oligonucleotides correct alternative splicing of the SMN2 gene and restore SMN protein expression in type 1 SMA fibroblasts.


ABSTRACT: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting motor neurons, and is currently the most frequent genetic cause of infant mortality. SMA is caused by a loss-of-function mutation in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMN2 is an SMN1 paralogue, but cannot compensate for the loss of SMN1 since exon 7 in SMN2 mRNA is excluded (spliced out) due to a single C-to-T nucleotide transition in the exon 7. One of the most promising strategies to treat SMA is antisense oligonucleotide (AON)-mediated therapy. AONs are utilized to block intronic splicing silencer number 1 (ISS-N1) on intron 7 of SMN2, which causes exon 7 inclusion of the mRNA and the recovery of the expression of functional SMN protein from the endogenous SMN2 gene. We developed novel locked nucleic acid (LNA)-based antisense oligonucleotides (LNA/DNA mixmers), which efficiently induce exon 7 inclusion in SMN2 and restore the SMN protein production in SMA patient fibroblasts. The mixmers are highly specific to the targeted sequence, and showed significantly higher efficacy than an all-LNA oligonucleotide with the equivalent sequence. These data suggest that use of LNA/DNA mixmer-based AONs may be an attractive therapeutic strategy to treat SMA.

SUBMITTER: Touznik A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5473822 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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LNA/DNA mixmer-based antisense oligonucleotides correct alternative splicing of the SMN2 gene and restore SMN protein expression in type 1 SMA fibroblasts.

Touznik Aleksander A   Maruyama Rika R   Hosoki Kana K   Echigoya Yusuke Y   Yokota Toshifumi T  

Scientific reports 20170616 1


Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting motor neurons, and is currently the most frequent genetic cause of infant mortality. SMA is caused by a loss-of-function mutation in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMN2 is an SMN1 paralogue, but cannot compensate for the loss of SMN1 since exon 7 in SMN2 mRNA is excluded (spliced out) due to a single C-to-T nucleotide transition in the exon 7. One of the most promising strategies to treat SMA is antisense oligon  ...[more]

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