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ArticleScientific reports2019

Reduction of integrin alpha 4 activity through splice modulating antisense oligonucleotides.

May T Aung-Htut, Iain Comerford, Russell Johnsen, Kerrie Foyle, Sue Fletcher, Steve D Wilton

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

May T Aung-HtutCentre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6379-2303
Iain ComerfordChemokine Biology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Russell JohnsenCentre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Kerrie FoyleChemokine Biology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Sue FletcherCentre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Steve D WiltonCentre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. s.wilton@murdoch.edu.au.
Murdoch University · AUThe University of Adelaide · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With recent approvals of antisense oligonucleotides as therapeutics, there is an increasing interest in expanding the application of these compounds to many other diseases. Our laboratory focuses on developing therapeutic splice modulating antisense oligonucleotides to treat diseases potentially amendable to intervention during pre-mRNA processing, and here we report the use of oligomers to down-regulate integrin alpha 4 protein levels. Over one hundred antisense oligonucleotides were designed to induce skipping of individual exons of the ITGA4 transcript and thereby reducing protein expression. Integrin alpha 4-mediated activities were evaluated in human dermal fibroblasts and Jurkat cells, an immortalised human T lymphocyte cell line. Peptide conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino antisense oligomers targeting ITGA4 were also assessed for their effect in delaying disease progression in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mouse model of multiple sclerosis. With the promising results in ameliorating disease progression, we are optimistic that the candidate oligomer may also be applicable to many other diseases associated with integrin alpha 4 mediated inflammation. This highly specific strategy to down-regulate protein expression through interfering with normal exon selection during pre-mRNA processing should be applicable to many other gene targets that undergo splicing during expression.

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Disease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyAnimalsCell AdhesionCell MovementDermisEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalFemaleHumansIntegrinsJurkat CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA SplicingIntegrinsOligonucleotides, Antisense

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PMID31506448
PMCPMC6736852
OpenAlexW2972438726

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