UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

PABPN1 gene therapy for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Malerba, A; Klein, P; Bachtarzi, H; Jarmin, SA; Cordova, G; Ferry, A; Strings, V; ... Dickson, G; + view all (2017) PABPN1 gene therapy for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Nature Communications , 8 , Article 14848. 10.1038/ncomms14848. Green open access

[thumbnail of Klein_PABPN1 gene therapy for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy_VoR.pdf]
Preview
Text
Klein_PABPN1 gene therapy for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy_VoR.pdf - Published Version

Download (2MB) | Preview

Abstract

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant, late-onset muscle disorder characterized by ptosis, swallowing difficulties, proximal limb weakness and nuclear aggregates in skeletal muscles. OPMD is caused by a trinucleotide repeat expansion in the PABPN1 gene that results in an N-terminal expanded polyalanine tract in polyA-binding protein nuclear 1 (PABPN1). Here we show that the treatment of a mouse model of OPMD with an adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy combining complete knockdown of endogenous PABPN1 and its replacement by a wild-type PABPN1 substantially reduces the amount of insoluble aggregates, decreases muscle fibrosis, reverts muscle strength to the level of healthy muscles and normalizes the muscle transcriptome. The efficacy of the combined treatment is further confirmed in cells derived from OPMD patients. These results pave the way towards a gene replacement approach for OPMD treatment.

Type: Article
Title: PABPN1 gene therapy for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14848
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14848
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Author(s) 2017. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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 Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Structural and Molecular Biology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070547
Downloads since deposit
61Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item