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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2024

Preventing acute neurotoxicity of CNS therapeutic oligonucleotides with the addition of Ca

Rachael Miller, Joseph Paquette, Alexandra Barker, Ellen Sapp, Nicholas McHugh, Brianna Bramato, Nozomi Yamada, Julia Alterman, Dimas Echeveria, Ken Yamada and 5 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Rachael MillerRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Joseph PaquetteRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Alexandra BarkerRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Ellen SappMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, 114 16 Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Nicholas McHughRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Brianna BramatoRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Nozomi YamadaRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Julia AltermanRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Dimas EcheveriaRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Ken YamadaRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Jonathan WattsRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Christelle AnacletDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95618, USA.
Marian DiFigliaMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, 114 16 Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Anastasia KhvorovaRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Neil AroninRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.

Funding

Advancing RNA Therapeutics for Huntington’s DiseaseU01NS114098 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ARONIN, NEIL · 2020 to 2024
$6.7M
Expanding the chemical diversity of therapeutic oligonucleotides to treat neurodegenerative disordersR01NS104022 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ANASTASIA KHVOROVA · 2017 to 2026
$6.0M
Chemical engineering of therapeutic RNAs for extrahepatic deliveryR35GM131839 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ANASTASIA KHVOROVA · 2019 to 2026
$3.1M
Selective Editing of the Mutant Huntingtin GeneR01NS106245 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ARONIN, NEIL · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
Mid-Scale RNA Synthesis, Purification and Quality Control SystemS10OD020012 · OD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KHVOROVA, ANASTASIA · 2015 to 2015
$563k
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131839NIH HHS S10 OD020012NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104022NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS106245NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS114098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligonucleotide therapeutics (ASOs and siRNAs) have been explored for modulation of gene expression in the central nervous system (CNS), with several drugs approved and many in clinical evaluation. Administration of highly concentrated oligonucleotides to the CNS can induce acute neurotoxicity. We demonstrate that delivery of concentrated oligonucleotides to the CSF in awake mice induces acute toxicity, observable within seconds of injection. Electroencephalography and electromyography in awake mice demonstrated seizures. Using ion chromatography, we show that siRNAs can tightly bind Ca

Indexed as

brain deliveryCNS therapeuticsgenetic diseasesHuntington’s diseaseMT: Oligonucleotides: Therapies and Applicationsneurological disordersoligonucleotide-based therapiesoligonucleotidesRNAi

Identifiers

PMID39554992
PMCPMC11567125

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