| Chapter title |
PMO Delivery System Using Bubble Liposomes and Ultrasound Exposure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 13 |
| Book title |
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7374-3_13 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7373-6, 978-1-4939-7374-3
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| Authors |
Yoichi Negishi, Yuko Ishii, Kei Nirasawa, Eri Sasaki, Yoko Endo-Takahashi, Ryo Suzuki, Kazuo Maruyama |
| Abstract |
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration, caused by nonsense or frameshift mutations in the dystrophin (DMD) gene. Antisense oligonucleotides can be used to induce specific exon skipping; recently, a phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PMO) has been approved for clinical use in DMD. However, an efficient PMO delivery strategy is required to improve the therapeutic efficacy in DMD patients. We previously developed polyethylene glycol (PEG)-modified liposomes containing ultrasound contrast gas, "Bubble liposomes" (BLs), and found that the combination of BLs with ultrasound exposure is a useful gene delivery tool. Here, we describe an efficient PMO delivery strategy using the combination of BLs and ultrasound exposure to treat muscles in a DMD mouse model (mdx). This ultrasound-mediated BL technique can increase the PMO-mediated exon-skipping efficiency, leading to significantly increased dystrophin expression. Thus, the combination of BLs and ultrasound exposure may be a feasible PMO delivery method to improve therapeutic efficacy and reduce the PMO dosage for DMD treatment. |
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