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Carnosol, a diterpene present in rosemary, increases ELP1 levels in familial dysautonomia patient-derived cells and healthy adults: a possible therapy for FD

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HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
卷 31, 期 20, 页码 3521-3538

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac133

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  1. Familial Dysautonomia NOW Foundation (FD NOW)
  2. Eric Alterman Foundation for FD Cure

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Recent research has focused on developing therapies for familial dysautonomia (FD) that facilitate the production of correct transcripts in cells and individuals with the FD-causing mutation. The study found that carnosol, a compound in rosemary, can increase the presence of correct transcripts in FD patient-derived fibroblasts by upregulating gene transcription and correcting splicing errors. Carnosol treatment also elevates the levels of two RNA-binding proteins, which promote the inclusion of specific sequences in the transcripts. These findings support the need for expedited clinical studies on the impact of carnosol on the FD patient population.
Recent research on familial dysautonomia (FD) has focused on the development of therapeutics that facilitate the production of the correctly spliced, exon 20-containing, transcript in cells and individuals bearing the splice-altering, FD-causing mutation in the elongator acetyltransferase complex subunit I (ELP1) gene. We report here the ability of carnosol, a diterpene present in plant species of the Lamiaceae family, including rosemary, to enhance the cellular presence of the correctly spliced ELP1 transcript in FD patient-derived fibroblasts by upregulating transcription of the ELP1 gene and correcting the aberrant splicing of the ELP1 transcript. Carnosol treatment also elevates the level of the RNA binding motif protein 24 (RBM24) and RNA binding motif protein 38 (RBM38) proteins, two multifunctional RNA-binding proteins. Transfection-mediated expression of either of these RNA binding motif (RBMs) facilitates the inclusion of exon 20 sequence into the transcript generated from a minigene-bearing ELP1 genomic sequence containing the FD-causing mutation. Suppression of the carnosol-mediated induction of either of these RBMs, using targeting siRNAs, limited the carnosol-mediated inclusion of the ELP1 exon 20 sequence. Carnosol treatment of FD patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells facilitates the inclusion of exon 20 into the ELP1 transcript. The increased levels of the ELP1 and RBM38 transcripts and the alternative splicing of the sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) transcript, a sentinel for exon 20 inclusion in the FD-derived ELP1 transcript, are observed in RNA isolated from whole blood of healthy adults following the ingestion of carnosol-containing rosemary extract. These findings and the excellent safety profile of rosemary together justify an expedited clinical study of the impact of carnosol on the FD patient population.

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