ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CAPABLE OF ALTERING SPLICING OF DUX4 pre-mRNA

    公开(公告)号:US20220364086A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17621449

    申请日:2020-07-10

    IPC分类号: C12N15/113

    摘要: The present invention aims at establishing a novel therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
    An oligonucleotide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the oligonucleotide comprises an oligonucleotide of 15-30 bases consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to the region of nucleotide Nos. 502-556 or 578-612 of DUX4-fl mRNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; the 5′ and/or 3′ end of the oligonucleotide may be chemically modified; and the oligonucleotide is capable of switching the splice form of the DUX4 gene from DUX4-fl to DUX4-s. A pharmaceutical drug comprising the above oligonucleotide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g. therapeutic for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy).