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SUBMITTER: Oana K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3701899 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Oana Kosuke K Oma Yoko Y Suo Satoshi S Takahashi Masanori P MP Nishino Ichizo I Takeda Shin'ichi S Ishiura Shoichi S
Scientific reports 20130101
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common muscular dystrophy in adults and as yet no cure for DM1. Here, we report the potential of manumycin A for a novel DM1 therapeutic reagent. DM1 is caused by expansion of CTG repeat. Mutant transcripts containing expanded CUG repeats lead to aberrant regulation of alternative splicing. Myotonia (delayed muscle relaxation) is the most commonly observed symptom in DM1 patients and is caused by aberrant splicing of the skeletal muscle chloride channe ...[more]