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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
Golden retriever muscular dystrophy arises from a mutation in the acceptor splice site of intron 6 of the dystrophin gene. Skipping of exon 7 disrupts the mRNA reading frame and results in premature termination of translation. We are using this animal model to evaluate treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including gene repair induced by chimeric oligonucleotides. After injection of golden retriever muscular dystrophy (GRMD) muscle with a chimeric oligonucleotide to repair the lesion, immunostaining revealed a modest increase in the number of dystrophin-positive fibres at the injection sites. Dystrophin gene transcripts containing exon 7 were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, suggesting that low levels of splice site correction may have occurred. However, DNA sequencing of these apparently normal dystrophin gene transcripts revealed that the first five bases of exon 7 were missing. It will be important to be aware of this phenomenon with respect to further gene correction studies in the canine model.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
239-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Dystrophin, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Frameshift Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Oligonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-RNA Splice Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11297938-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Cryptic splicing involving the splice site mutation in the canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Perth, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't