Maretina Marianna, Il'ina Arina, Egorova Anna, Glotov Andrey, Kiselev Anton
Department of Genomic Medicine Named after V.S. Baranov, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, Mendeleevskaya Line 3, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Embankment 7-9, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Biomedicines. 2023 Nov 16;11(11):3071. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11113071.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease caused by mutations in the gene. Existing therapies demonstrate positive results on SMA patients but still might be ameliorated in efficacy and price. In the presented study we designed antisense oligonucleotides (AONs), targeting intronic splicing silencer sites, some were modified with 2'-O-methyl, others with LNA. The AONs have been extensively tested in different concentrations, both individually and combined, in order to effectively target the ISS-N1 and A+100G splicing silencer regions in intron 7 of the gene. By treating SMA-cultured fibroblasts with certain AONs, we discovered a remarkable increase in the levels of full-length transcripts and the number of nuclear gems. This increase was observed to be dose-dependent and reached levels comparable to those found in healthy cells. When added to cells together, most of the tested molecules showed a remarkable synergistic effect in correcting splicing. Through our research, we have discovered that the impact of oligonucleotides is greatly influenced by their length, sequence, and pattern of modification.
脊髓性肌萎缩症(SMA)是一种由该基因的突变引起的毁灭性神经退行性疾病。现有疗法对SMA患者显示出积极效果,但在疗效和价格方面仍可能有待改善。在本研究中,我们设计了针对内含子剪接沉默子位点的反义寡核苷酸(AON),其中一些用2'-O-甲基修饰,另一些用锁核酸(LNA)修饰。为了有效靶向该基因第7内含子中的ISS-N1和A+100G剪接沉默子区域,这些AON已在不同浓度下单独和联合进行了广泛测试。通过用某些AON处理SMA培养的成纤维细胞,我们发现全长转录本水平和核仁小体数量显著增加。观察到这种增加是剂量依赖性的,并且达到了与健康细胞中发现的水平相当的程度。当一起添加到细胞中时,大多数测试分子在纠正剪接方面显示出显著的协同效应。通过我们的研究,我们发现寡核苷酸的作用受到其长度、序列和修饰模式的极大影响。