A Selective Alkylating Agent for CTG Repeats in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

Autor: JuYeon Lee, Ke Li, Steven C. Zimmerman
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ACS Chemical Biology. 17:1103-1110
ISSN: 1554-8937
1554-8929
Popis: Disease intervention at the DNA level generally has been avoided because of off-target effects. Recent advances in genome editing technologies using CRISPR-Cas9 have opened a new era in DNA-targeted therapeutic approaches. However, delivery of such systems remains a major challenge. Here, we report a selective DNA-modifying small molecule that targets a disease-specific structure and mismatches involved in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). This ligand alkylates T-T mismatch-containing hairpins formed in the expanded CTG repeats (d(CTG)
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