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LABORATORY INVESTIGATION
卷 100, 期 6, 页码 887-899出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/s41374-020-0406-7
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- Meiji University International Institute for Bio-Resource Research
- AMED [JP19gm0010002]
Genetic cardiomyopathy is a group of intractable cardiovascular disorders involving heterogeneous genetic contribution. This heterogeneity has hindered the development of life-saving therapies for this serious disease. Genetic mutations in dystrophin and its associated glycoproteins cause cardiomuscular dysfunction. Large animal models incorporating these genetic defects are crucial for developing effective medical treatments, such as tissue regeneration and gene therapy. In the present study, we knocked out the delta-sarcoglycan (delta-SG) gene (SGCD) in domestic pig by using a combination of efficient de novo gene editing and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Loss of delta-SG expression in the SGCD knockout pigs caused a concomitant reduction in the levels of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-SG in the cardiac and skeletal sarcolemma, resulting in systolic dysfunction, myocardial tissue degeneration, and sudden death. These animals exhibited symptoms resembling human genetic cardiomyopathy and are thus promising for use in preclinical studies of next-generation therapies. Gene delta-sarcoglycan was knocked out in pigs via gene editing and somatic cell cloning. Loss of expression led to alpha-, beta-, and gamma-sarcoglycan depletion in the cardiac and skeletal sarcolemma. Pigs exhibiting systolic dysfunction, myocardial tissue degeneration, and sudden death are promising for studying next-generation therapies for human genetic cardiomyopathy.
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