Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

AAV2/9-mediated silencing of PMP22 prevents the development of pathological features in a rat model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1 A

  • Benoit Gautier,
  • Helene Hajjar,
  • Sylvia Soares,
  • Jade Berthelot,
  • Marie Deck,
  • Scarlette Abbou,
  • Graham Campbell,
  • Maria Ceprian,
  • Sergio Gonzalez,
  • Claire-Maëlle Fovet,
  • Vlad Schütza,
  • Antoine Jouvenel,
  • Cyril Rivat,
  • Michel Zerah,
  • Virginie François,
  • Caroline Le Guiner,
  • Patrick Aubourg,
  • Robert Fledrich,
  • Nicolas Tricaud

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22593-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1 A (CMT1A) results from PMP22 gene duplication and is characterized by peripheral nerve myelination deficits. Here, the authors prevent the development of pathological features in a rat model of CMT1A through the local delivery of AAV2/9 expressing shRNAs against PMP22.