Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Small molecule splicing modifiers with systemic HTT-lowering activity

  • Anuradha Bhattacharyya,
  • Christopher R. Trotta,
  • Jana Narasimhan,
  • Kari J. Wiedinger,
  • Wencheng Li,
  • Kerstin A. Effenberger,
  • Matthew G. Woll,
  • Minakshi B. Jani,
  • Nicole Risher,
  • Shirley Yeh,
  • Yaofeng Cheng,
  • Nadiya Sydorenko,
  • Young-Choon Moon,
  • Gary M. Karp,
  • Marla Weetall,
  • Amal Dakka,
  • Vijayalakshmi Gabbeta,
  • Nikolai A. Naryshkin,
  • Jason D. Graci,
  • Thomas Tripodi,
  • Amber Southwell,
  • Michael Hayden,
  • Joseph M. Colacino,
  • Stuart W. Peltz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27157-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Here the authors describe the discovery of a class of small molecule splicing modifiers which are orally bioavailable, cross the blood-brain barrier, and lower levels of huntingtin in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease (HD).