Cell-mediated exon skipping normalizes dystrophin expression and muscle function in a new mouse model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Cell Therapy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Exon Skipping Mesoangioblast Regenerative Medicine

Journal

EMBO molecular medicine
ISSN: 1757-4684
Titre abrégé: EMBO Mol Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101487380

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 27 02 2023
accepted: 22 01 2024
revised: 12 01 2024
medline: 5 3 2024
pubmed: 5 3 2024
entrez: 4 3 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Cell therapy for muscular dystrophy has met with limited success, mainly due to the poor engraftment of donor cells, especially in fibrotic muscle at an advanced stage of the disease. We developed a cell-mediated exon skipping that exploits the multinucleated nature of myofibers to achieve cross-correction of resident, dystrophic nuclei by the U7 small nuclear RNA engineered to skip exon 51 of the dystrophin gene. We observed that co-culture of genetically corrected human DMD myogenic cells (but not of WT cells) with their dystrophic counterparts at a ratio of either 1:10 or 1:30 leads to dystrophin production at a level several folds higher than what predicted by simple dilution. This is due to diffusion of U7 snRNA to neighbouring dystrophic resident nuclei. When transplanted into NSG-mdx-Δ51mice carrying a mutation of exon 51, genetically corrected human myogenic cells produce dystrophin at much higher level than WT cells, well in the therapeutic range, and lead to force recovery even with an engraftment of only 3-5%. This level of dystrophin production is an important step towards clinical efficacy for cell therapy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38438561
doi: 10.1038/s44321-024-00031-3
pii: 10.1038/s44321-024-00031-3
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : UKRI | Medical Research Council (MRC)
ID : MR/P016006/1
Organisme : UKRI | Medical Research Council (MRC)
ID : MR/S015116/1
Organisme : Wellcome Trust (WT)
ID : HICF 107572
Organisme : Duchenne Parent Project
ID : ERC-2019-ADG 884952

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Francesco Galli (F)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. francessco.galli@manchester.ac.uk.

Laricia Bragg (L)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Maira Rossi (M)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Daisy Proietti (D)

Institue of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neurosciences. Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, Milan, Italy.

Laura Perani (L)

Institue of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neurosciences. Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, Milan, Italy.

Marco Bagicaluppi (M)

Institue of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neurosciences. Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, Milan, Italy.

Rossana Tonlorenzi (R)

Institue of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neurosciences. Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, Milan, Italy.

Tendai Sibanda (T)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Miriam Caffarini (M)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Avraneel Talapatra (A)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Sabrina Santoleri (S)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Mirella Meregalli (M)

Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Centro Dino Ferrari, 20122, Milan, Italy.

Beatriz Bano-Otalora (B)

Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Anne Bigot (A)

Institut de Myologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6 UM76, Univ. Paris 6/U974, UMR7215, CNRS, Pitié-Salpétrière-INSERM, UMRS 974, Paris, France.

Irene Bozzoni (I)

Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Center for Life Nano- & Neuro-Science@Sapienza of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 00161, Rome, Italy.

Chiara Bonini (C)

Experimental Hematology Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20133, Milan, Italy.

Vincent Mouly (V)

Institut de Myologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6 UM76, Univ. Paris 6/U974, UMR7215, CNRS, Pitié-Salpétrière-INSERM, UMRS 974, Paris, France.

Yvan Torrente (Y)

Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Centro Dino Ferrari, 20122, Milan, Italy.

Giulio Cossu (G)

Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. giulio.cossu@manchester.ac.uk.
Institue of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neurosciences. Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, Milan, Italy. giulio.cossu@manchester.ac.uk.
Experimental and Clinical Research Center. Charité Medical Faculty and Max Delbrück Center 13125 Berlin, Berlin, Germany. giulio.cossu@manchester.ac.uk.

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