Protein Information

Name IKBKAP
Synonyms DYS; ELP1; FD; IKAP; IKBKAP; IKI 3; IKI3; IKK complex associated protein…

Compound Information

Name kinetin
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Reference List

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14709595 Slaugenhaupt SA, Mull J, Leyne M, Cuajungco MP, Gill SP, Hims MM, Quintero F, Axelrod FB, Gusella JF: Rescue of a human mRNA splicing defect by the plant cytokinin kinetin. . Hum Mol Genet. 2004 Feb 15;13(4):429-36. Epub 2004 Jan 6.

Further, kinetin should be explored as a treatment for increasing the level of normal IKAP in FD, and for other splicing disorders that may share a similar mechanism.
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19033881 Gold-von Simson G, Goldberg JD, Rolnitzky LM, Mull J, Leyne M, Voustianiouk A, Slaugenhaupt SA, Axelrod FB: Kinetin in familial dysautonomia carriers: implications for a new therapeutic strategy targeting mRNA splicing. Pediatr Res. 2009 Mar;65(3):341-6.

Kinetin increases IKBKAP mRNA and protein expression in FD cell lines.
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17206408 Hims MM, Ibrahim EC, Leyne M, Mull J, Liu L, Lazaro C, Shetty RS, Gill S, Gusella JF, Reed R, Slaugenhaupt SA: Therapeutic potential and mechanism of kinetin as a treatment for the human splicing disease familial dysautonomia. J Mol Med. 2007 Feb;85(2):149-61. Epub 2007 Jan 6.

In this study, we demonstrate that treatment of FD lymphoblast cell lines with kinetin increases IKBKAP mRNA and IKAP protein to normal levels.
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19693009 Lee G, Papapetrou EP, Kim H, Chambers SM, Tomishima MJ, Fasano CA, Ganat YM, Menon J, Shimizu F, Viale A, Tabar V, Sadelain M, Studer L: Modelling pathogenesis and treatment of familial dysautonomia using patient-specific iPSCs. Nature. 2009 Sep 17;461(7262):402-6. Epub 2009 Aug 19.


Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a rare but fatal peripheral neuropathy, caused by a point mutation in the IKBKAP gene involved in transcriptional elongation.
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