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Integrity and Stability of PTC Bearing CFTR mRNA and Relevance to Future Modulator Therapies in Cystic Fibrosis.

ABSTRACT: Major advances have recently been made in the development and application of CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) mutation class-specific modulator therapies, but to date, there are no approved modulators for Class I mutations, i.e., those introducing a premature termination codon (PTC) into the CFTR mRNA. Such mutations induce nonsense-mediated decay (NMD), a cellular quality control mechanism that reduces the quantity of PTC bearing mRNAs, presumably to avoid translation of potentially deleterious truncated CFTR proteins. The NMD-mediated reduction of PTC-CFTR mRNA molecules reduces the efficacy of one of the most promising approaches to treatment of such mutations, namely, PTC readthrough therapy, using molecules that induce the incorporation of near-cognate amino acids at the PTC codon, thereby enabling translation of a full-length protein. In this study, we measure the effect of three different PTC mutations on the abundance, integrity, and stability of respective CFTR mRNAs, using CFTR specific RT-qPCR-based assays. Altogether, our data suggest that optimized rescue of PTC mutations has to take into account (1) the different steady-state levels of the CFTR mRNA associated with each specific PTC mutation; (2) differences in abundance between the 3' and 5' regions of CFTR mRNA, even following PTC readthrough or NMD inhibition; and (3) variable effects on CFTR mRNA stability for each specific PTC mutation.

SUBMITTER: Clarke LA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8621375 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR is a chloride channel responsible for ion flow across epithelial surfaces of lung, sinuses, pancreas, intestine, and liver. Researchers have grouped CFTR genetic mutations into various protein defects: reduced protein synthesis (class 1 mutations), abnormal protein folding and maturation (class 2 mutation), and abnormal gating (class 3 mutation). These mutations usually present as severe forms of CF due to complete absence of CFTR at cell surfaces. Milder forms (eg, protein maturation and conductance defects, classes 4-6) present as less severe forms of CF related to the presence of CFTR at the cell surface. Differences in severity are directly due to CFTR function which is based on the severity of CFTR mutation. This knowledge has proven useful for designing therapy for individual mutations and mutation classes. The discovery and US Food and Drug Administration approval of Kalydeco® (ivacaftor) in early 2011 marked the beginning of a new era of therapies that are focused on improving defective CFTR protein function. However, due to its specificity for the G551D mutation, ivacaftor only benefit?5% of CF patients. Approximately 50% of CF patients have two copies of the F508Del mutation, while other CF patients carry only one copy of this gene. More recently, Orkambi®, a two compound medication composed of lumacaftor and ivacaftor, has provided the foundation necessary to further build on molecular concepts of: correction of trafficking, potentiation, and amplification of defective CFTR. These new concepts will form the basis of future CF therapies and extend CFTR treatment to almost 50% of CF patients. Evolving knowledge of the molecular mechanisms responsible for defective CFTR has prompted new research focused on "repair" of each phase of CFTR expression and function, thus creating a new class of combination "CFTR correctors" referred to as "triplet CFTR compounds." This article will review how patients can be selected and treated with these newer agents that are based on specific mutations. In the future, many CF practitioners have expectations that initiation of treatment for CF patients will occur simply by use of biomarkers of CFTR expression (eg, sweat chloride, nasal potential difference, rectal organoids) rather than testing for specific mutations. As continued research identifies biomarkers with greater specificity and which predict clinical response, therapies can potentially be tailored to individual responses.

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Integrity and Stability of PTC Bearing CFTR mRNA and Relevance to Future Modulator Therapies in Cystic Fibrosis.

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