Hexose enhances oligonucleotide delivery and exon skipping in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice.
Hexose enhances oligonucleotide delivery and exon skipping in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice.
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己糖增强肌营养不良蛋白缺陷 mdx 小鼠的寡核苷酸递送和外显子跳跃
DOI:
10.1038/ncomms10981
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发表时间:
2016-03-11
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Yin H
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作者:
Han G;Gu B;Cao L;Gao X;Wang Q;Seow Y;Zhang N;Wood MJ;Yin H
Carbohydrate-based infusion solutions are widely used in the clinic. Here we show that co-administration of phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMOs) with glucose enhances exon-skipping activity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)mdxmice. We identify a glucose–fructose (GF) formulation that potentiates PMO activity, completely corrects aberrantDmdtranscripts, restores dystrophin levels in skeletal muscles and achieves functional rescue without detectable toxicity. This activity is attributed to enhancement of GF-mediated PMO uptake in the muscle. We demonstrate that PMO cellular uptake is energy dependent, and that ATP from GF metabolism contributes to enhanced cellular uptake of PMO in the muscle. Collectively, we show that GF potentiates PMO activity by replenishing cellular energy stores under energy-deficient conditions inmdxmice. Our findings provide mechanistic insight into hexose-mediated oligonucleotide delivery and have important implications for the development of DMD exon-skipping therapy.