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- Title
The Regulation of the Disease-Causing Gene FXN.
- Authors
Dong, Yi Na; Mercado-Ayón, Elizabeth; Coulman, Jennifer; Flatley, Liam; Ngaba, Lucie Vanessa; Adeshina, Miniat W.; Lynch, David R.
- Abstract
Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused in almost all patients by expanded guanine–adenine–adenine (GAA) trinucleotide repeats within intron 1 of the FXN gene. This results in a relative deficiency of frataxin, a small nucleus-encoded mitochondrial protein crucial for iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis. Currently, there is only one medication, omaveloxolone, available for FRDA patients, and it is limited to patients 16 years of age and older. This necessitates the development of new medications. Frataxin restoration is one of the main strategies in potential treatment options as it addresses the root cause of the disease. Comprehending the control of frataxin at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and post-translational stages could offer potential therapeutic approaches for addressing the illness. This review aims to provide a general overview of the regulation of frataxin and its implications for a possible therapeutic treatment of FRDA.
- Subjects
FRIEDREICH'S ataxia; GENETIC regulation; TRINUCLEOTIDE repeats; FRATAXIN; MITOCHONDRIAL proteins
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2024, Vol 13, Issue 12, p1040
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells13121040