Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Endogenous bioluminescent reporters reveal a sustained increase in utrophin gene expression upon EZH2 and ERK1/2 inhibition

  • Hannah J. Gleneadie,
  • Beatriz Fernandez-Ruiz,
  • Alessandro Sardini,
  • Mathew Van de Pette,
  • Andrew Dimond,
  • Rab K. Prinjha,
  • James McGinty,
  • Paul M. W. French,
  • Hakan Bagci,
  • Matthias Merkenschlager,
  • Amanda G. Fisher

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04666-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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With the long-term goal of finding therapeutic options for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a mouse model enabling simultaneous visualisation of Dmd and Utrn is described and inhibitors of PRC2 and ERK1/2 identified to increase utrophin expression.