Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

BETs inhibition attenuates oxidative stress and preserves muscle integrity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

  • Marco Segatto,
  • Roberta Szokoll,
  • Raffaella Fittipaldi,
  • Cinzia Bottino,
  • Lorenzo Nevi,
  • Kamel Mamchaoui,
  • Panagis Filippakopoulos,
  • Giuseppina Caretti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19839-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterised by progressive muscle degeneration. Here, the authors show that the BET protein BRD4 is increased in the muscle of DMD mouse models, and that pharmacological inhibition of BRD4 leads to reduced muscle pathology in mice, by modulating NADPH oxidase expression.​