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Welcome to the splice age: antisense oligonucleotide–mediated exon skipping gains wider applicability
Elizabeth M. McNally, Eugene J. Wyatt
Elizabeth M. McNally, Eugene J. Wyatt
Published April 1, 2016; First published March 21, 2016
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2016;126(4):1236-1238. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI86799.
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Welcome to the splice age: antisense oligonucleotide–mediated exon skipping gains wider applicability

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Exon skipping uses antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to alter transcript splicing for the purpose of rescuing or modulating protein expression. In this issue of the JCI, Lee and colleagues developed and evaluated an ASO-dependent method for treating certain molecularly defined diseases associated with alterations in lamin A/C (LMNA) splicing. Exon skipping by ASOs is gaining traction as a therapeutic strategy, and the use of ASOs is now being applied to bypass mutations and generate modified but functional proteins for an array of genetic disorders.

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Elizabeth M. McNally, Eugene J. Wyatt

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Figure 1

A schematic of the LMNA gene, which spans approximately 25 kbp on chromosome 1 and encodes lamin A and lamin C.

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A schematic of the LMNA gene, which spans approximately 25 kbp on chromo...
(A) Lamin A and lamin C are produced from a single gene through alternative splicing. (B) Laminopathies result from mutations that alter lamin A processing. ASOs were designed to target exon 11 to shift the ratio of lamin A–encoding mRNA to lamin C–encoding mRNA. This strategy would treat laminopathies due to mutations in exon 11 and 12. Exons 1–12 are shown.
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