title: Progress on gene therapy, cell therapy, and pharmacological strategies toward the treatment of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a muscle-specific, late-onset degenerative disorder whereby muscles of the eyes (causing ptosis), throat (leading to dysphagia), and limbs (causing proximal limb weakness) are mostly affected. The disease is characterized by a mutation in the poly(A)-binding protein nuclear-1 (PABPN1) gene, resulting in a short GCG expansion in the polyalanine tract of PABPN1 protein. Accumulation of filamentous intranuclear inclusions in affected skeletal muscle cells constitutes the pathological hallmark of OPMD. This review highlights the current translational research advances in the treatment of OPMD. In vitro and in vivo disease models are described. Conventional and experimental therapeutic approaches are discussed with emphasis on novel molecular therapies including the use of intrabodies, gene therapy, and myoblast transfer therapy.
authors: 1School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom.
authors: Pradeep
authors: P
authors: Harish
authors: 1School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom.
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Malerba
authors: 1School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom.
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Dickson
authors: 2Brighton Centre for Regenerative Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom.
authors: Houria
authors: H
authors: Bachtarzi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064987:Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D045586:Intranuclear Inclusion Bodies; D039141:Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D009154:Mutation; D039122:Poly(A)-Binding Protein I / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C576588:PABPN1 protein, human; D039122:Poly(A)-Binding Protein I