PMID- 33864373 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220307 LR - 20220307 IS - 1460-2083 (Electronic) IS - 0964-6906 (Print) IS - 0964-6906 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 12 DP - 2021 Jun 9 TI - Modeling muscle regeneration in RNA toxicity mice. PG - 1111-1130 LID - 10.1093/hmg/ddab108 [doi] AB - RNA toxicity underlies the pathogenesis of disorders such as myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Muscular dystrophy is a key element of the pathology of DM1. The means by which RNA toxicity causes muscular dystrophy in DM1 is unclear. Here, we have used the DM200 mouse model of RNA toxicity due to the expression of a mutant DMPK 3'UTR mRNA to model the effects of RNA toxicity on muscle regeneration. Using a BaCl2-induced damage model, we find that RNA toxicity leads to decreased expression of PAX7, and decreased numbers of satellite cells, the stem cells of adult skeletal muscle (also known as MuSCs). This is associated with a delay in regenerative response, a lack of muscle fiber maturation and an inability to maintain a normal number of satellite cells. Repeated muscle damage also elicited key aspects of muscular dystrophy, including fat droplet deposition and increased fibrosis, and the results represent one of the first times to model these classic markers of dystrophic changes in the skeletal muscles of a mouse model of RNA toxicity. Using a ligand-conjugated antisense (LICA) oligonucleotide ASO targeting DMPK sequences for the first time in a mouse model of RNA toxicity in DM1, we find that treatment with IONIS 877864, which targets the DMPK 3'UTR mRNA, is efficacious in correcting the defects in regenerative response and the reductions in satellite cell numbers caused by RNA toxicity. These results demonstrate the possibilities for therapeutic interventions to mitigate the muscular dystrophy associated with RNA toxicity in DM1. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Yadava, Ramesh S AU - Yadava RS AD - Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. FAU - Mandal, Mahua AU - Mandal M AD - Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. FAU - Giese, Jack M AU - Giese JM AD - Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. FAU - Rigo, Frank AU - Rigo F AD - Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, CA 90210, USA. FAU - Bennett, C Frank AU - Bennett CF AD - Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, CA 90210, USA. FAU - Mahadevan, Mani S AU - Mahadevan MS AD - Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 AR071170/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Hum Mol Genet JT - Human molecular genetics JID - 9208958 RN - 0 (DMPK protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides, Antisense) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Myotonin-Protein Kinase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Muscle Development/*genetics MH - Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development/metabolism/pathology MH - Myotonic Dystrophy/*genetics/pathology MH - Myotonin-Protein Kinase/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics MH - Oligonucleotides, Antisense/*pharmacology MH - RNA/*genetics/toxicity MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Regeneration/genetics PMC - PMC8188403 EDAT- 2021/04/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/08 06:00 PMCR- 2021/04/16 CRDT- 2021/04/17 08:33 PHST- 2021/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/17 08:33 [entrez] PHST- 2021/04/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 6230870 [pii] AID - ddab108 [pii] AID - 10.1093/hmg/ddab108 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Jun 9;30(12):1111-1130. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab108.