Wasala, NB;
Shin, J-H;
Lai, Y;
Yue, Y;
Montanaro, F;
Duan, D;
(2018)
Cardiac-Specific Expression of ΔH2-R15 Mini-Dystrophin Normalized All Electrocardiogram Abnormalities and the End-Diastolic Volume in a 23-Month-Old Mouse Model of Duchenne Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
Human Gene Therapy
, 29
(7)
pp. 737-748.
10.1089/hum.2017.144.
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Abstract
Heart disease is a major health threat for Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy patients and carriers. Expression of a 6-8 kb mini-dystrophin gene in the heart holds promise to change the disease course dramatically. However, the mini-dystrophin gene cannot be easily studied with adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene delivery because the size of the minigene exceeds AAV packaging capacity. Cardiac protection of the ΔH2-R19 minigene was previously studied using the cardiac-specific transgenic approach. Although this minigene fully normalized skeletal muscle force, it only partially corrected electrocardiogram and heart hemodynamics in dystrophin-null mdx mice that had moderate cardiomyopathy. This study evaluated the ΔH2-R15 minigene using the same transgenic approach in mdx mice that had more severe cardiomyopathy. In contrast to the ΔH2-R19 minigene, the ΔH2-R15 minigene carries dystrophin spectrin-like repeats 16 to 19 (R16-19), a region that has been suggested to protect the heart in clinical studies. Cardiac expression of the ΔH2-R15 minigene normalized all aberrant electrocardiogram changes and improved hemodynamics. Importantly, it corrected the end-diastolic volume, an important diastolic parameter not rescued by ΔH2-R19 mini-dystrophin. It is concluded that that ΔH2-R15 mini-dystrophin is a superior candidate gene for heart protection. This finding has important implications in the design of the mini/micro-dystrophin gene for Duchenne cardiomyopathy therapy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cardiac-Specific Expression of ΔH2-R15 Mini-Dystrophin Normalized All Electrocardiogram Abnormalities and the End-Diastolic Volume in a 23-Month-Old Mouse Model of Duchenne Dilated Cardiomyopathy |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1089/hum.2017.144 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/hum.2017.144 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | DMD, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, dystrophin, mini-dystrophin, spectrin-like repeat |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049264 |
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