Treatment of tristetraproline (TTP) related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to TTP
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1. A method of upregulating a function of and/or the expression of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro comprising:
- contacting said cells or tissues with at least one antisense oligonucleotide 12 to 30 nucleotides in length wherein said at least one oligonucleotide has at least 90% sequence identity to a reverse complement of a polynucleotide comprising 12 to 30 nucleotides within nucleotides 1 to 970 of SEQ ID NO;
3, 1 to 1117 of SEQ ID NO;
4 and 1 to 297 of SEQ ID NO;
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thereby upregulating a function of and/or the expression of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Tristetraproline (TTP), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Tristetraproline (TTP). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of TTP.
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1. A method of upregulating a function of and/or the expression of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro comprising:
contacting said cells or tissues with at least one antisense oligonucleotide 12 to 30 nucleotides in length wherein said at least one oligonucleotide has at least 90% sequence identity to a reverse complement of a polynucleotide comprising 12 to 30 nucleotides within nucleotides 1 to 970 of SEQ ID NO;
3, 1 to 1117 of SEQ ID NO;
4 and 1 to 297 of SEQ ID NO;
5;
thereby upregulating a function of and/or the expression of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro.- View Dependent Claims (12)
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2. A method of upregulating a function of and/or the expression of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro comprising:
contacting said cells or tissues with at least one antisense oligonucleotide 12 to 30 nucleotides in length wherein said at least one oligonucleotide has at least 90% sequence identity to a reverse complement of a natural antisense of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide;
thereby upregulating function of and/or the expression of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vim or in vitro.
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3. A method of upregulating a function of and/or the expression of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro comprising:
contacting said cells or tissues with at least one antisense oligonucleotide 12 to 30 nucleotides in length wherein said oligonucleotide has at least 90% sequence complementarily to a natural antisense polynucleotide of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide;
thereby upregulating a function of and/or the expression of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro.
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4. A method of upregulating a function of and/or the expression of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro comprising:
contacting said cells or tissues with at least one antisense oligonucleotide that specifically targets a region of a natural antisense polynucleotide of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide;
thereby upregulating a function of and/or the expression of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide in patient cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro.- View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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13. A method of upregulating a function of and/or the expression of a Tristetraproline (TTP) gene in mammalian cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro comprising:
contacting said cells or tissues with at least one short interfering RNA (siRNA) oligonucleotide 19 to 30 nucleotides in length, said at least one siRNA oligonucleotide being specific for a non-overlapping region of a natural antisense polynucleotide of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide, wherein said at least one siRNA oligonucleotide has at least 90% sequence complementarily to said natural antisense polynucleotide of the Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide; and
, upregulating a function of and/or the expression of Tristetraproline (TTP) in mammalian cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro.- View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of upregulating a function of and/or the expression of Tristetraproline (TTP) in mammalian cells or tissues in vivo or in vitro comprising:
contacting said cells or tissues with at least one antisense oligonucleotide of about 10 to 30 nucleotides in length specific for noncoding and/or coding sequences of a natural antisense strand of a Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide wherein said at least one antisense oligonucleotide has at least 90% sequence identity to at least one nucleotide sequence set forth as SEQ. ID NO;
1, or an RNA transcribed from the TTP polynucleotide and, upregulating the function and/or expression of the Tristetraproline (TTP) in mammalian cells or tissues in vim or in vitro.
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16. A method of preventing or treating a disease associated with at least one Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide and/or at least one encoded product thereof, comprising:
administering to a patient a therapeutically effective dose of at least one antisense oligonucleotide of 10 to 30 nucleotides in length that binds and specifically hybridizes to a natural antisense sequence of said at least one Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS;
3, 4 and 5 and upregulates expression of said at least one Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide;
thereby treating the disease associated with the at least one Tristetraproline (TTP) polynucleotide and/or at least one encoded product thereof wherein the disease is selected from tristetraprolin-deficiency syndrome.
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