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GENE THERAPY
卷 28, 期 7-8, 页码 402-412出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41434-021-00225-1
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- NIH [2R01HD05268211A1, OT2 OD023854, R01HL128970, R01HL138932]
- AHA [19CDA34660245]
Dysfunction in tongue muscles can lead to various conditions, and current treatments are often insufficient. Gene therapy targeting the tongue motor system offers promising strategies for treating lingual disorders, including correcting pathology in genetic neuromuscular disorders and treating impaired muscle activation using viral-driven approaches. Further research and development in this area could lead to significant advancements in treating neuromuscular diseases.
Dysfunction and/or reduced activity in the tongue muscles contributes to conditions such as dysphagia, dysarthria, and sleep disordered breathing. Current treatments are often inadequate, and the tongue is a readily accessible target for therapeutic gene delivery. In this regard, gene therapy specifically targeting the tongue motor system offers two general strategies for treating lingual disorders. First, correcting tongue myofiber and/or hypoglossal (XII) motoneuron pathology in genetic neuromuscular disorders may be readily achieved by intralingual delivery of viral vectors. The retrograde movement of viral vectors such as adeno-associated virus (AAV) enables targeted distribution to XII motoneurons via intralingual viral delivery. Second, conditions with impaired or reduced tongue muscle activation can potentially be treated using viral-driven chemo- or optogenetic approaches to activate or inhibit XII motoneurons and/or tongue myofibers. Further considerations that are highly relevant to lingual gene therapy include (1) the diversity of the motoneurons which control the tongue, (2) the patterns of XII nerve branching, and (3) the complexity of tongue muscle anatomy and biomechanics. Preclinical studies show considerable promise for lingual directed gene therapy in neuromuscular disease, but the potential of such approaches is largely untapped.
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