Project description:MECP2 duplication syndrome, a childhood neurological disorder characterized by autism, intellectual disability, motor dysfunction, anxiety and epilepsy, is caused by a duplication on chromosome Xq28 spanning the MECP2 gene that results in doubling of MeCP2 levels. MECP2 overexpression in mice causes neurobehavioral and electroencephalographic defects similar to those of human patients, but the gross anatomy of the brain remains unaffected. We hypothesized that MECP2 duplication syndrome would be reversible and tested two methods to restore MeCP2 levels to normal: conditional genetic recombination and antisense oligonucleotide therapy. Both approaches rescued molecular, physiological and behavioral features of adult symptomatic mice. Antisense therapy also restored normal MeCP2 levels in lymphoblastoid cells from MECP2 duplication patients, in a dose-dependent manner. Our data indicate that antisense oligonucleotides could provide a viable therapeutic approach for human MECP2 duplication syndrome as well as other disorders involving copy number gains.
Project description:MECP2 duplication syndrome, a childhood neurological disorder characterized by autism, intellectual disability, motor dysfunction, anxiety and epilepsy, is caused by a duplication on chromosome Xq28 spanning the MECP2 gene that results in doubling of MeCP2 levels. MECP2 overexpression in mice causes neurobehavioral and electroencephalographic defects similar to those of human patients, but the gross anatomy of the brain remains unaffected. We hypothesized that MECP2 duplication syndrome would be reversible and tested two methods to restore MeCP2 levels to normal: conditional genetic recombination and antisense oligonucleotide therapy. Both approaches rescued molecular, physiological and behavioral features of adult symptomatic mice. Antisense therapy also restored normal MeCP2 levels in lymphoblastoid cells from MECP2 duplication patients, in a dose-dependent manner. Our data indicate that antisense oligonucleotides could provide a viable therapeutic approach for human MECP2 duplication syndrome as well as other disorders involving copy number gains.
Project description:MECP2 duplication syndrome, a childhood neurological disorder characterized by autism, intellectual disability, motor dysfunction, anxiety and epilepsy, is caused by a duplication on chromosome Xq28 spanning the MECP2 gene that results in doubling of MeCP2 levels. MECP2 overexpression in mice causes neurobehavioral and electroencephalographic defects similar to those of human patients, but the gross anatomy of the brain remains unaffected. We hypothesized that MECP2 duplication syndrome would be reversible and tested two methods to restore MeCP2 levels to normal: conditional genetic recombination and antisense oligonucleotide therapy. Both approaches rescued molecular, physiological and behavioral features of adult symptomatic mice. Antisense therapy also restored normal MeCP2 levels in lymphoblastoid cells from MECP2 duplication patients, in a dose-dependent manner. Our data indicate that antisense oligonucleotides could provide a viable therapeutic approach for human MECP2 duplication syndrome as well as other disorders involving copy number gains.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mouse liver comparing control, scrambled-oligonucleotides (Cont)-treated mice with Perilipin 2-antisense oligonucleotides (Plin2-ASO)-treated mice. C57BL/6 mice on a high-fat diet were treated with oligonucleotides in vivo. The goal was to determine the effects of Plin2 down-regulation in the liver on global gene expression. Two-condition experiment, control oligonucleotides vs. Plin2-antisense oligonucleotides. Biological replicates: 4 control replicates, 4 Plin2-ASO replicates.
Project description:HIPSTR is a conserved lncRNA that is transcribed antisense to TFAP2A gene. Unlike previously reported antisense lncRNAs, HIPSTR expression does not correlate with the expression of its antisense counterpart. HIPSTR depletion in HEK293 and H1BP cells predominantly affects genes involved in early organismal development and cell differentiation. H1BP cells were transfected with antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting HIPSTR (ASO #0, ASO #1 or ASO #2) or control scrambled ASO (ASO CTL); transfections with each targeting ASO were done in duplicate, transfections with control ASO were done in triplicate.
Project description:HIPSTR is a conserved lncRNA that is transcribed antisense to TFAP2A gene. Unlike previously reported antisense lncRNAs, HIPSTR expression does not correlate with the expression of its antisense counterpart. HIPSTR depletion in HEK293 and H1BP cells predominantly affects genes involved in early organismal development and cell differentiation. HEK293 cells were transfected with antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting HIPSTR (ASO #1 or ASO #2) or control scrambled ASO (ASO CTL); transfection with each ASO was done in triplicate.
Project description:Analysis of wig-1 pathways via suppression of Wig-1 by antisense oligonucleotides Total RNA obtained from mouse brain subjected to antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) treatement compared to PBS (control), and negative control ASO brain treatment.