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A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis
Dystrophinopathies are caused by mutations in the DMD gene. Out-of-frame deletions represent most mutational events in severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), while in-frame deletions typically lead to milder Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping convert...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466756 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11010046 |
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author | Anwar, Saeed He, Merry Lim, Kenji Rowel Q. Maruyama, Rika Yokota, Toshifumi |
author_facet | Anwar, Saeed He, Merry Lim, Kenji Rowel Q. Maruyama, Rika Yokota, Toshifumi |
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description | Dystrophinopathies are caused by mutations in the DMD gene. Out-of-frame deletions represent most mutational events in severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), while in-frame deletions typically lead to milder Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping converts an out-of-frame transcript to an in-frame one, inducing a truncated but partially functional dystrophin protein. The reading frame rule, however, has many exceptions. We thus sought to simulate clinical outcomes of exon-skipping therapies for DMD exons from clinical data of exon skip-equivalent in-frame deletions, in which the expressed quasi-dystrophins are comparable to those resulting from exon-skipping therapies. We identified a total of 1298 unique patients with exon skip-equivalent mutations in patient registries and the existing literature. We classified them into skip-equivalent deletions of each exon and statistically compared the ratio of DMD/BMD and asymptomatic individuals across the DMD gene. Our analysis identified that five exons are associated with significantly milder phenotypes than all other exons when corresponding exon skip-equivalent in-frame deletion mutations occur. Most exon skip-equivalent in-frame deletions were associated with a significantly milder phenotype compared to corresponding exon skip-amenable out-of-frame mutations. This study indicates the importance of genotype-phenotype correlation studies in the rational design of exon-skipping therapies. |
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spelling | pubmed-78309032021-01-26 A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis Anwar, Saeed He, Merry Lim, Kenji Rowel Q. Maruyama, Rika Yokota, Toshifumi J Pers Med Article Dystrophinopathies are caused by mutations in the DMD gene. Out-of-frame deletions represent most mutational events in severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), while in-frame deletions typically lead to milder Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping converts an out-of-frame transcript to an in-frame one, inducing a truncated but partially functional dystrophin protein. The reading frame rule, however, has many exceptions. We thus sought to simulate clinical outcomes of exon-skipping therapies for DMD exons from clinical data of exon skip-equivalent in-frame deletions, in which the expressed quasi-dystrophins are comparable to those resulting from exon-skipping therapies. We identified a total of 1298 unique patients with exon skip-equivalent mutations in patient registries and the existing literature. We classified them into skip-equivalent deletions of each exon and statistically compared the ratio of DMD/BMD and asymptomatic individuals across the DMD gene. Our analysis identified that five exons are associated with significantly milder phenotypes than all other exons when corresponding exon skip-equivalent in-frame deletion mutations occur. Most exon skip-equivalent in-frame deletions were associated with a significantly milder phenotype compared to corresponding exon skip-amenable out-of-frame mutations. This study indicates the importance of genotype-phenotype correlation studies in the rational design of exon-skipping therapies. MDPI 2021-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7830903/ /pubmed/33466756 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11010046 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Anwar, Saeed He, Merry Lim, Kenji Rowel Q. Maruyama, Rika Yokota, Toshifumi A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis |
title | A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis |
title_full | A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis |
title_fullStr | A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis |
title_short | A Genotype-Phenotype Correlation Study of Exon Skip-Equivalent In-Frame Deletions and Exon Skip-Amenable Out-of-Frame Deletions across the DMD Gene to Simulate the Effects of Exon-Skipping Therapies: A Meta-Analysis |
title_sort | genotype-phenotype correlation study of exon skip-equivalent in-frame deletions and exon skip-amenable out-of-frame deletions across the dmd gene to simulate the effects of exon-skipping therapies: a meta-analysis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466756 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11010046 |
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