Sustained therapeutic benefits by transient reduction of TDP-43 using ENA-modified antisense oligonucleotides in ALS/FTD mice.
Sustained therapeutic benefits by transient reduction of TDP-43 using ENA-modified antisense oligonucleotides in ALS/FTD mice.
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10.1016/j.omtn.2023.01.006
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2023-03-14
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Nagai, Yoshitaka
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Takeuchi, Toshihide;Maeta, Kazuhiro;Ding, Xin;Oe, Yukako;Takeda, Akiko;Inoue, Mana;Nagano, Seiichi;Fujihara, Tsuyoshi;Matsuda, Seiji;Ishigaki, Shinsuke;Sahashi, Kentaro;Minakawa, Eiko N.;Mochizuki, Hideki;Neya, Masahiro;Sobue, Gen;Nagai, Yoshitaka
The abnormal aggregation of TDP-43 into cytoplasmic inclusions in affected neurons is a pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Although how TDP-43 forms cytoplasmic aggregates and causes neurodegeneration in patients with ALS/FTD remains unclear, reducing cellular TDP-43 levels is likely to prevent aggregation and to rescue neurons from TDP-43 toxicity. To address this issue, here we developed gapmer-type antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) against human TDP-43 using 2′-O,4′-C-ethylene nucleic acids (ENAs), which are modified nucleic acids with high stability, and tested the therapeutic potential of lowering TDP-43 levels using ENA-modified ASOs. We demonstrated that intracerebroventricular administration of ENA-modified ASOs into a mouse model of ALS/FTD expressing human TDP-43 results in the efficient reduction of TDP-43 levels in the brain and spinal cord. Surprisingly, a single injection of ENA-modified ASOs into TDP-43 mice led to long-lasting improvement of behavioral abnormalities and the suppression of cytoplasmic TDP-43 aggregation, even after TDP-43 levels had returned to the initial levels. Our results demonstrate that transient reduction of TDP-43 using ENA-modified ASOs leads to sustained therapeutic benefits in vivo, indicating the possibility of a disease-modifying therapy by lowering TDP-43 levels for the treatment of the TDP-43 proteinopathies, including ALS/FTD. TDP-43 plays central roles in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Takeuchi et al. demonstrate that the transient reduction of TDP-43 using gapmer-type antisense oligonucleotides suppresses cytoplasmic TDP-43 aggregation and disease phenotypes in vivo, indicating the therapeutic potential of the TDP-43-lowering approach for ALS/FTD treatment.
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