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LETTER doi:10.1038/nature13975 
Towards a therapy for Angelman syndrome by 
targeting a long non-coding RNA 
Linyan Meng1*, Amanda J. Ward2*, Seung Chun2, C. Frank Bennett2, Arthur L. Beaudet1 & Frank Rigo2 
Angelman syndromeis a single-gene disorder characterized by intell-ectual 
disability, developmental delay, behavioural uniqueness, speech 
impairment, seizures and ataxia1,2. It is caused bymaternal deficiency 
of the imprinted geneUBE3A, encoding an E3ubiquitin ligase3–5.All 
patients carry at least one copy of paternal UBE3A, which is intact 
but silenced by a nuclear-localized long non-coding RNA, UBE3A 
antisense transcript (UBE3A-ATS)6–8.MurineUbe3a-ATS reduction 
by either transcription termination or topoisomerase I inhibition has 
been shownto increase paternalUbe3a expression9,10.Despite a clear 
understanding of the disease-causing event in Angelman syndrome 
and the potential to harness the intact paternal allele to correct the 
disease, no gene-specific treatment exists for patients. Here we de-veloped 
a potential therapeutic intervention forAngelman syndrome 
by reducingUbe3a-ATS with antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).ASO 
treatment achieved specific reduction of Ube3a-ATS and sustained 
unsilencing of paternal Ube3a in neurons in vitro and in vivo. Par-tial 
restoration of UBE3Aprotein in an Angelmansyndromemouse 
model ameliorated some cognitive deficits associated with the dis-ease. 
Although additional studies of phenotypic correction are needed, 
wehave developed a sequence-specific and clinically feasible method 
to activate expression of the paternal Ube3a allele. 
Phosphorothioate-modified chimaeric 29-O-methoxyethyl (29-MOE) 
DNA ASOs (n5240) were designed complementary to a 113 kilobase 
pair (kb) regionofmouseUbe3a-ATS downstreamof the Snord115 clus-ter 
of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) (Fig. 1a). After nuclear hybrid-ization 
of the ASO to the target RNA, RNaseH cleaves the RNA strand 
of the ASO–RNA heteroduplex, resulting in subsequent RNA degra-dation 
by exonucleases11.Ahigh-throughput imaging screen identified 
ASOs that unsilenced the Ube3a paternal allele. Primary neurons from 
Ube3a1/YFP (PatYFP) knock-in mice12 were cultured and treated with 
ASO (15 mM, 72 h), and we determined the fold increase of paternal 
yellowfluorescent protein (YFP)-tagged UBE3A (UBE3A–YFP) signal 
inNeuN(also knownas Rbfox3)-positive cells (Fig. 1b).The non-targeting 
controlASO(CtlASO)hadno effectonfluorescence (0.9660.01) whereas 
the positive control topoisomerase I inhibitor (topotecan, 300 nM) in-creased 
fluorescence (3.6160.00). ASO A and ASO B resulted in an 
increase in paternal UBE3A–YFP fluorescence of 2.1160.02 and 2.47 
60.03, respectively (Fig. 1c).ASOsmodulatedRNAexpression in a dose-dependent 
manner with greater than 90% reduction of Ube3aYFP-ATS 
(Fig. 1d, top) within 48 h of treatment (Fig. 1d, bottom). 
Snrpn, Snord116 and Snord115 are processed from the same precur-sor 
transcript as Ube3a-ATS (Fig. 1a) and are critical genes in Prader– 
Willi Syndrome (PWS)13.Their expression was not affected by increasing 
the dose or time of ASO treatment (Fig. 1d, e). The ability to down-regulate 
Ube3a-ATS without affecting Snord116 expression can be attrib-uted 
to a fast rate of Snord116 splicing (approximately 30 min) relative 
to the length of time required for transcription of the 332 kb region be-tween 
Snord116 and the ASO-binding site (approximately 80 min) (Ex-tended 
Data Fig. 1). While Ube3a-ATS ASOs did not affect expression 
ofmature Snord116 or itsprecursor,ASOsdesigned directly to Snord116 
strongly reduced Snord116 and the entire Ube3a-ATS precursor tran-script 
(Extended Data Fig. 1). 
ASO treatment (10 mM, 24 h) specifically reduced Ube3a-ATS 
(1,000 kb) without affecting expression of five other long genes (Nrxn3, 
1,612 kb; Astn2, 1,024 kb; Pcdh15, 828 kb; Csmd1, 1,643 kb; Il1rapl1, 
1,368 kb), whereas topotecan (300 nM, 24 h), which acts by impairing 
transcription elongation14, strongly inhibited their expression (Fig. 1f). 
Primary neurons fromPatYFP mice treatedwithASO (10 mM, 72 h) or 
topotecan (300 nM, 72 h) resulted in biallelic UBE3A protein express-ion 
due to unsilencing of the paternal allele (Fig. 1g). Additionally,ASO 
treatment of primary neurons fromUbe3aKO/1 (Angelman syndrome) 
mice15 achieved 66–90%of wild-type levels ofUBE3Aprotein (Fig. 1h). 
ASO treatment (10 mM) did not affect DNA methylation at the PWS 
imprinting centre (Fig. 1i).Asequence-matchedASOthatwas rendered 
unresponsive to RNase H by complete modification with 29-MOE 
nucleotides (ASO, inactive) did not affect paternal UBE3A expression, 
indicating that reduction of the antisense transcript is required for 
paternal Ube3a unsilencing (Fig. 1g). 
Although reduction of the antisense transcript was required, addi-tional 
studies indicated that it was not sufficient for paternal Ube3a un-silencing. 
ASOscomplementary to the region of Ube3aYFP-ATS upstream 
of Ube3a (non-overlappingASOs, n515) upregulated Ube3aYFPRNA 
7.460.6 fold relative to untreated control neurons (ExtendedData Fig. 2). 
ASOscomplementary to the region ofUbe3aYFP-ATS locatedwithin the 
Ube3a gene body (overlappingASOs, n512) only upregulated Ube3aYFP 
RNA1.760.2 fold. Because bothnon-overlapping and overlappingASOs 
reduced Ube3aYFP-ATS to a similar level, a mechanism independent 
of the presence of the long non-coding RNA may have a role in Ube3a 
silencing. 
Next, we tested whether central nervous system (CNS) administra-tion 
of Ube3a-ATS ASOs unsilenced paternal Ube3a in vivo. A single 
intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of ASO was administered into 
the lateral ventricle of adult PatYFP mice. TheASOtreatment was gener-allywell 
tolerated, despite transient sedationafter surgery.No significant 
changes in body weight, expression of AIF1 (marker for microgliosis), 
or expression of GFAP (marker for astrocytosis) were observed 1 month 
after treatment (ExtendedData Fig. 3). Four weeks after treatment,ASO 
A and ASO B reduced Ube3a-ATS RNA by 60–70% and upregulated 
paternal Ube3aYFP RNA two- to five-fold in the brain and spinal cord 
(Fig. 2a). However, compared with Ube3aYFP/1 (MatYFP) mice, ASO 
treatment did not fully unsilence the paternal allele. Ube3aYFP RNA in 
ASO-treatedPatYFP mice was 30–40%of the level inMatYFP mice (Fig. 2a). 
Western blot quantification showed that UBE3A–YFP protein was 
upregulated in the cortex (8267%), hippocampus (3363%) and thor-acic 
spinal cord (73633%) in ASO-A-treated PatYFP mice compared 
with MatYFP mice (Fig. 2b). No significant downregulation of Snrpn, 
Snord116, Snord115, or the sentinel long genes was observed, including 
any Snord116 reduction in the hypothalamus (Fig. 2a, c and Extended 
Data Fig. 4). 
1Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. 2Department of Core Antisense Research, Isis Pharmaceuticals, 
Carlsbad, California 92010, USA. 
*These authors contributed equally to this work. 
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After a single ASO dose, Ube3a-ATS reduction was sustained for 16 
weeks in the CNS, and returned to basal expression by 20 weeks after 
treatment (Fig. 2d). Both theRNAand protein levels of paternalUBE3A– 
YFP were significantly higher than in PBS-treated mice at 2 to 16 weeks 
after treatment, and returned to the silenced state 20 weeks after treat-ment 
(Fig. 2d, e).No significant changes in Snrpn, Snord115 or Snord116 
expression were observed (Fig. 2d). Immunostaining on brain sections 
16 weeks after treatment further confirmed the long stability of the ASO 
and duration of paternal UBE3A protein expression (Extended Data 
95 nt 
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Fig. 5). This result is consistent with the long stability of other centrally 
administered ASOs that are chemically modified to resist intracellular 
nuclease degradation16,17. 
After ICV delivery, the ASOdisplayed widespread bilateral distribu-tion 
throughout the brain, as demonstrated by immunostaining (Fig. 3a), 
and in situ hybridization confirmed the in vivo downregulation of Ube3a- 
ATS (Fig. 3b).UBE3A–YFP proteinwas expressed inASO-positive cells 
(Fig. 3c). Increased UBE3A–YFP signal was detected in NeuN-positive 
cells throughout the brain (Fig. 3d and Extended Data Figs 6 and 7). 
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Figure 1 | Unsilencing of the Ube3a paternal 
allele by Ube3a-ATS-targeted ASOs in cultured 
mouse neurons. a, Schematic mouse Ube3a 
genomic locus. IC, imprinting centre. b, UBE3A– 
YFP fluorescence (arbitrary units (a.u.)) in ASO-treated 
primary neurons relative to untreated 
control (UTC). c, YFP fluorescent imaging of 
treated PatYFP neurons. d, Normalized mRNA 
levels in PatYFP neurons treated with increasing 
doses (top) or for increasing times (bottom). 
e, Northern blot of Snord116 expression. Snord116 
intensity relative to 5.8S ribosomal RNA is 
quantified. nt, nucleotides. f, Normalized mRNA 
levels of long genes. Topo, topotecan. g, Western 
blot (top) and reverse transcription with 
quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT– 
PCR) (bottom) from PatYFP neurons. ‘ASO, 
inactive’ is a sequence-matched RNase H inactive 
ASO. *P,0.05, two-tailed t-test, n52 per group, 
mean6absolute deviation. h, Western blot 
from wild-type (WT) or Angelman syndrome (AS) 
primary neurons. UBE3A signal intensity was 
quantified relative to a-tubulin. i, DNA 
methylation analysis of thePWSimprinting centre. 
The paternal allele was distinguished by the 
conversion of a CpG dinucleotide (CG.AA) in 
CAST.Chr7 mice. 
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ASOs resulted in paternal UBE3A unsilencing 
for 4 months. a, b, mRNA levels (a) and UBE3A– 
YFP protein (b) in cortex, hippocampus (Hippo.) 
and spinal cord (Sp. cord) 4 weeks after ICV 
injection of PBS or ASO in PatYFP mice. MatYFP 
mice are included for comparison. c, Normalized 
mRNA levels of long genes in the cortex. d, e, RNA 
levels (d) and UBE3A–YFP protein (e) in ASO-treated 
PatYFP mice 2–20 weeks after treatment. 
*P,0.05, **P,0.005, two-tailed t-test, n53–4 
per group, mean6standard error of the mean 
(s.e.m.). For western blot quantification, YFP signal 
intensity was calculated relative to a-tubulin. 
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However, paternal unsilencing was not complete compared with the 
maternal UBE3A–YFP level, consistent with the western blot analysis. 
To further increase the concentration of ASO in the brain, intrahip-pocampal 
delivery of ASO A was performed in PatYFP mice and com-plete 
unsilencing of UBE3A–YFP was observed near the injection site 
(Extended Data Fig. 8). 
Onthe basis of the ability of ASOAto upregulateUBE3A, it was cho-sen 
for assessment of phenotypic correction inAngelman syndrome mice. 
Angelman syndrome mice phenocopy the impaired motor coordina-tion 
and memory deficit observed in patients with the disease15. They 
have additional phenotypes including obesity, hypoactivity and decreased 
marble burying behaviour18–20. Sex-matchedAngelman syndrome litter-mates 
at 2–4 months of age were treated with ASO A or non-targeting 
control ASO (Ctl ASO). To determine the ability of ASO A to correct 
expression and behaviours relative to wild-type levels, a group of PBS-treatedwild- 
type mice was included. After a singleICVinjection,Angelman 
syndrome mice treated with ASO A showed reduction of Ube3a-ATS 
and partial restoration ofUBE3Aprotein in the cortex (35619%), hip-pocampus 
(35615%) and cerebellum(4767%) compared with wild-type 
mice (Fig. 4b andExtendedDataFig. 9).UBE3Aimmunofluorescence 
also showed partial restoration ofUBE3Aprotein in these brain regions 
(Fig. 4c and Extended Data Fig. 9). Four weeks after treatment, the mice 
were subjected to behavioural tests. A reversal of contextual freezing 
comparable to normal behaviour was observed in ASO-A-treated 
Angelman syndrome mice (analysis of variance (ANOVA), F(2,39)5 
5.242, P,0.01), indicating that the memory impairment was reversed 
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(Fig. 4d and Extended Data Fig. 9). However, there was no difference 
between mice treated with ASO A or Ctl ASO in open field, marble 
burying and accelerating rotarod tests (Extended Data Fig. 9). Com-plete 
phenotypic reversal may require treatment before a critical devel-opmental 
window, a longer recovery timefor rewiring of neural circuits, 
or a higher UBE3A induction level. Body weight was measured in a set 
of female mice that were injected at 3 months of age and followed for 
5 months (Fig. 4e and Extended Data Fig. 9). The obesity phenotype in 
Angelman syndrome mice was corrected 1 month after treatment, and 
body weight remained significantly decreased compared with control 
ASO-treated mice for 5 months. 
The genomic organization and regulation at the imprinting control 
centre is highly conserved betweenmouse and human.Therefore,ASO-mediated 
reduction of UBE3A-ATS is expected to restore UBE3A mes-senger 
RNA and protein in Angelman syndrome patient neurons. It is 
believed that maternal deficiency of UBE3A causes the majority of phe-notypic 
findings in Angelman syndrome, and it is reasonable to expect 
that all patients with the condition, regardless of exact genotype, would 
benefit enormously fromrestoredUBE3A expression.ASOtherapy has 
been tested for neurological diseases in non-humanprimates and human 
clinical trials via intrathecal administration, with no serious adverse 
events16,21–23. The well-tolerated delivery, broad tissue distribution and 
long duration of action indicate that ASOs may be a viable therapeutic 
strategy for CNS diseases and highlights the potential of an ASO drug 
for Angelman syndrome. 
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Figure 3 | Widespread distribution of paternal UBE3A unsilencing 
throughout the brain. a–d, Imaging of brain sections 4 weeks after treatment 
with Ctl ASO or ASO A and/or B in PatYFP mice, as labelled. a, ASO 
immunofluorescence on whole brain coronal sections. b, In situ hybridization 
of Ube3a-ATS. c, High-magnification staining of UBE3A–YFP and ASO. 
d, Immunofluorescence for ASO, UBE3A–YFP and NeuN in critical 
brain regions. MatYFP mice treated with PBS were included for 
expression comparison. 
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AcknowledgementsWethank T.Cooper for suggesting the collaboration between L.M., 
A.L.B. and IsisPharmaceuticals. L.M. thanks D. Liu, X. Jun, H. Zheng, J.Rosen, C.Spencer 
and X. Zhai for technical support and reagent sharing, and M. Costa-Mattioli, 
J. Jankowsky and Y. Elgersmafor discussions. This research was supported by funding 
from National Institutes of Health grant R01 HD037283 (A.L.B.), the Angelman 
Syndrome Foundation (A.L.B. and L.M.), andBaylor College ofMedicine Intellectual and 
Developmental Disability Research Center grant P30HD024064. 
Author Contributions L.M. and A.J.W. designed and performed experiments, 
analysed data, and wrote the paper (equal contribution). S.C. performed ASO delivery 
for Figure 2. C.F.B., A.L.B. and F.R. supervised the project. All authors discussed the 
experimental results. 
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the paper. Theauthorsdeclare competing financial interests: details are available in the 
online version of the paper. Correspondence and requests for materials should be 
addressed to A.L.B. (abeaudet@bcm.edu) or F.R. (frigo@isisph.com). 
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unsilenced paternal UBE3A and ameliorated abnormal phenotypes. 
a, Experimental schedule. m, months; wk, weeks. b, Western blot with anti- 
UBE3A in brain regions of treated mice. Quantification of UBE3A normalized 
to a-tubulin is indicated below the images. Ctl, Ctl ASO. c, UBE3A 
immunofluorescence in wild-type (WT) or Angelman syndrome (AS) mice. 
d, Contextual fear measured during the fear conditioning assay. *P,0.05, 
one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Newman–Keuls post-hoc, 
n513–15 per group. e, Growth curve of age-matched female mice. *P,0.05, 
**P,0.01 (ASO A versus Ctl ASO), two-way ANOVA of repeated 
measurements with Newman–Keuls post-hoc), n55 per group. 
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METHODS 
Animals.All the animals ofwild-type,Ube3aKO/1(ref. 15), andUbe3a1/YFP (ref. 12) 
genotypes were kept on C57BL/6 background and housed under standard condi-tions 
in a pathogen-free mouse facility. All animal procedures were performed in 
accordance with National Institutes of Health guidelines and approved by the In-stitutional 
Animal Care and UseCommittee at Baylor College of Medicine and Isis 
Pharmaceuticals. To generate Angelman syndrome mice, Ube3aKO/1 mice were 
born to mothers who carry the mutation on their paternal chromosome. Wild-type 
and Angelman syndrome littermates were housed in the same cage whenever 
possible. 
Oligonucleotide synthesis. Synthesis and purification of all chemically modified 
oligonucleotideswas performed as previously described24.The29-MOEgapmerASOs 
are 20 nucleotides in length, wherein the central gap segment comprising ten 29- 
deoxynucleotides is flanked on the 59 and 39 wings by five 29-MOEmodified nucle-otides. 
Internucleoside linkages are purely phosphorothioate (ASOB) or interspersed 
with phosphodiester (ASOA), and all cytosine residues are 59-methylcytosines.The 
RNaseHinactive ASOconsists of 20 29-MOEmodified nucleotides. The sequences 
of the ASOsare as follows: Ctl ASO(in vitro), 59-CCTTCCCTGAAGGTTCCTCC- 
39; Ctl ASO (in vivo), 59-CTCAGTAACATTGACACCAC-39 (ref. 25); ASO A, 59- 
GATCCATTTGTGTTAAGCTG-39; ASO B, 59-CCAGCCTTGTTGGATATCA 
T-39; ASO116, 59-CAGAGTTTTCACTCATTTTG-39. 
Primary neuron culture and ASO treatment. Primary cultures of hippocampal 
and cortical neurons were established as previously described8 from P0–P2 off-spring 
of wild-type C57BL/6 or Ube3a1/YFP mice. Four days after plating, half of 
the medium was replaced and the ASO (10 mM) or topotecan (300nM) was added 
to the culture medium for 72 h, unless otherwise noted. Arabinofuranosyl cytidine 
(Sigma) was used to inhibit glial proliferation. 
Immunofluorescence. Primary neurons were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde 
(PFA) for 1 h and washed in PBS. For in vivo samples, mice were anaesthetized and 
perfused with PBS and 4% PFA. Brain tissue was fixed with PFA overnight and de-hydrated 
in 30% sucrose. Coronal sections of 35 mm were prepared and stained as 
previously described9.The following antibodieswereused: anti-GFP(ab13970,Abcam, 
1:1,000), anti-NeuN (MAB377, Millipore, 1:1,000 dilution), anti-UBE3A (A300- 
352A, Bethyl Laboratories,1:500), and anti-ASO (Isis, 1:10,000)26. For the high-throughput 
in vitro ASO screen, the plates were imaged with ImageXpressUltra 
confocal system(MolecularDevice) and then further processedwith theMetaXpress 
software (Molecular Device). Typically 200–800 cells were scored per well and the 
signal intensitieswere averaged and normalized tountreated control cells. For tissue 
sections, images were taken using a confocal microscope (Leica). 
qRT–PCR. Total cellular RNA was isolated fromcultured neurons and mouse tis-sue 
using the RNeasy kit (Qiagen). For preparation of mouse tissue, samples were 
first lysed using FastPrep Lysing Matrix Tubes (MP-Biomedicals) in RLT buffer 
containing 1% b-mercaptoethanol. On-column DNase digestion was performed 
for all samples. For qRT–PCR, approximately 10 ng RNA was added to EXPRESS 
One-Step SuperScript qRT–PCR Kit (Life Technologies) with Taqman primer and 
probe sets or EXPRESSOne-Step SYBRGreenERKit (LifeTechnologies)with SYBR 
primer sets (see Extended Data Table 1 for sequences). All quantification was per-formed 
by the relative standard curve method and normalized to total RNA by 
Ribogreen or to the housekeeping genes Gapdh. 
DNA methylation analysis. Primary neuron cultures were derived from the F1 
hybrid ofCAST.chr7male and C57BL/6 female mice and treatedwith ASO(10 mM, 
72 h). Genomic DNA was then extracted and processed for bisulphite sequencing 
of the PWS imprinting centre at the Snrpn DMR1 region (Snrpn promoter and 
exon 1) as previously described8. 
Northern blot.TotalRNAwas isolated fromASO-treated primary neurons (10 mM, 
72 h) byTRIzol (Life Technologies) according to themanufacturer’s protocol. Three 
micrograms total RNA was separated on an 8% polyacrylamide-7M urea gel, and 
then transferred by semi-dry transfer (12V, 30min) to GeneScreen plus hybridiza-tion 
transfer membrane (Perkin Elmer). The northern probes were 59-end labelled 
withATPGamma 32P (Perkin Elmer) usingT4 polynucleotide kinase (NewEngland 
Biolabs), and then hybridized to the membrane at 42 uC for 30min. Afterwashing 
membrane in wash buffer (23SSC containing 0.1% SDS), the membrane was ex-posed 
to a PhosphorImager and quantified. The oligonucleotide probe sequences 
used were Snord116 59-TTCCGATGAGAGTGGCGGTACAGA-39 and 5.8S rRNA 
59-TCCTGCAATTCACATTAATTCTCGCAGCTAGC-39. 
Western blot. Cultured neurons andmouse tissue were homogenized and lysed in 
RIPA buffer (Sigma-Aldrich) containing EDTA-free cOmplete Protease Inhibitor 
Cocktail (Roche). Protein concentration of the supernatant was determined by the 
DCprotein assay (Bio-Rad). Ten to fortymicrograms of protein lysate was separated 
on a precast 4–20% Bis-Tris gel (Life Technologies) and transferred by iBlot (Life 
Technologies). The following primary antibodies were diluted in Odyssey block-ing 
buffer: anti-UBE3A (611416, BD Biosciences, 1:500), anti-GFP (NB600-308, 
NovusBiologicals, 1:500), anti-b-tubulin(T9026, Sigma, 1:20,000) and anti-a-tubulin 
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(T5168, Sigma, 1:8,000). Following primary antibody incubation,membranes were 
probedwith goat anti-rabbit IRDye 680LT(LiCor) or goat anti-mouseIRDye 800CW 
(LiCor) and imaged and quantified using the LiCor Odyssey system. 
ASOin vivo administration. Lyophilized ASOs were dissolved in sterile PBS with-out 
calcium or magnesium and quantified by ultraviolet spectrometry. The ASOs 
were then diluted to the desired concentration required for dosing mice and ster-ilized 
through a 0.2 mmfilter.Micewere anaesthetizedwith2%isoflurane and placed 
in a stereotaxic frame (David Kopf Instruments). After exposing the skull, a needle 
(Hamilton, 1701 RN 10 ml micro syringe, needle 26 s/299/2) was used to penetrate 
the skull at 0.2mm posterior and 1.0mm lateral to the bregma, and lowered to a 
depth of 3.0 mm, to deliver PBS or ASO (ASO A, 700 mg; ASO B, 500 mg) at a rate 
of approximately 1 ml per 30 s. The needle was left in place for 5 min, slowly with-drawn 
and the incision was sutured. For intrahippocampal injection, the coord-inate 
of22.0mmanterior, 1.5mmlateral and22.0mmdorsal to the bregma was 
used. 
Fluorescence in situ hybridization. Tissue preparation and RNA fluorescence in 
situ hybridization (FISH) was carried out by the RNA In-Situ Hybridization Core 
at Baylor College of Medicine, as previously described9. Primers forDNAtemplate 
synthesis are 59-ATTTAGGTGACACTATAGAAGCGAAGATGAGTCAGTTT 
GGTTTT-39 and 59-TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGATTCTGAGTCTTCT 
TCCATAGC-39. The T7 promoter was used to generate the Ube3a-ATS probe. 
Behavioural tests. Three groups of age- and sex-matched littermates were gen-erated, 
andmicewere randomly assigned to each treatment group. At 2 to 4months 
of age, Angelman syndrome mice received a single 700 mg dose of non-targeting 
control ASO or ASO A.Wild-type mice injected with an equal volume of PBS were 
included as controls. Four weeks after treatment, a battery of behavioural tests was 
performed by an experimenter blind to the genotype and treatment group using a 
protocol previously described9 in the Neurobehavioural Core at Baylor College of 
Medicine. The open field and marble burying tests were performed on day 1, the 
accelerating rotarod test was performed on day 2 and 3, and the fear conditioning 
test was performed on day 4 and 5. Mice were acclimated to the test room for 
30 min before each behaviour test. 
For the open field assay each mouse was placed in the centre of a clear Plexiglas 
(40340330 cm) open-field arena (Versamax AnimalActivityMonitor,AccuScan 
Instruments) and allowed 30 min to explore. Overhead lighting was,800 lx inside 
the field, and the white noise was at ,60 dB. Mouse activity was recorded and 
quantified. 
For the marble burying test, each mouse was placed in a standard mouse cage 
containing 20 small (1.5–2 cm) clean black marbles on top of 4 inches of corn cob 
bedding, forming 4 rows of 5 columns. After a period of 30 min exploration, the 
mouse was removed fromthe cage and the number of marbles buried at least 50% 
was recorded. 
For the accelerating rotarod, the test was performed with a rotating rod system 
that rotates from 4 to 40 r.p.m. within 5 min (model 7650 Rota-rod, Ugo Basile). 
Mice were placed on the rotating rod and the time until falling off or losing balance 
(mice not walking on the rod for two consecutive turns) was recorded. For two 
consecutive days, four trials were performed per day with at least a 30 min interval 
between trials. 
For contextual fear conditioning, on the training day, each mouse was placed in 
a test chamber. After 2 min of free exploration (baseline/pre-shock freezing), the 
mouse received an auditory tone (2,800 Hz, 85 db, 30 s) followed by a foot-shock 
(0.7 mA,2 s).The training was repeated once. Themouse remained in the chamber 
for one additional min (post-shock freezing) and then was returned to the home 
cage. Twenty-four hours after training, mice were returned to the same test cham-ber 
for 5 min and tested for freezing in response to the training context (contextual 
freezing). Afterwards, the environmental settings of the test chamber were dras-tically 
altered and the mice were placed back in the modified context. They were 
allowed 3 min of free exploration, and then the auditory tone was presented for 
3 min to test the fear response to the cue (cued freezing). Freezing frequency was 
analysed with FreezeFrame software (San Diego Instruments). 
Isolation of nascent RNA. Nascent RNA was isolated using the Click-iT Nascent 
RNA Capture Kit (Life Technologies), according to the manufacturer’s protocol. 
In brief, wild-type primary neurons were incubated with 5-ethynyl uridine (EU, 
0.5mM)for 0 to 150 min at which time total RNA was isolated by TRIzol. Five mi-crograms 
total RNA was biotinylated with 0.5mM biotin azide, and 500 ng bio-tinylatedRNAwas 
precipitated on streptavidin beads.NascentEU-containingRNA 
captured on the beads was used for SuperScript VILO cDNAsynthesis (Life Tech-nologies) 
followed by qPCR. 
24. Swayze, E. E. et al. Antisense oligonucleotides containing locked nucleic acid 
improve potency but cause significant hepatotoxicity in animals. Nucleic Acids 
Res. 35, 687–700 (2007). 
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25. Lagier-Tourenne, C. et al. Targeted degradation of sense and antisense C9orf72 
RNA foci as therapy for ALS and frontotemporal degeneration. Proc. Natl Acad. 
Sci. USA 110, E4530–E4539 (2013). 
26. Butler, M., Stecker, K. & Bennett, C. F. Cellular distribution of phosphorothioate 
oligodeoxynucleotides in normal rodent tissues. Lab. Invest. 77, 379–388 
(1997). 
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ASO116 
HG 
pre 
sno 
HG 
Snrpn Ipw Ube3a 
2.0 
1.5 
1.0 
0.5 
0.0 
2.0 
1.5 
1.0 
0.5 
0.0 
ASO A ATS 
pre 
Snord116 Snord115 
Snrpn pre HG sno Ipw pre HG sno ATS Ube3a 
2.0 
1.5 
1.0 
0.5 
0.0 
Snord116 Snord115 
a 
Fold change Fold change Fold change 
Ctl ASO 
ASO A 
ASO116 
b 
UTC 0.04 μM 0.16 μM 0.63 μM 2.5 μM 10 μM 
Time of EU incubation (min) 
pre 
HG 
+ 
Snord116 splicing kinetics 
300 
200 
100 
0 
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 
Relative to t0 
Pre 
HG 
30 
Extended Data Figure 1 | ASOs targeting Snord116 reduced Ube3a-ATS 
pre-mRNA. a, Top, schematic of the ASO-binding sites and location of qRT– 
PCR primer and probe sets. Bottom, qRT–PCR from wild-type primary 
neurons treated with ASO A or ASO116 (72 h) using primer and probe sets to 
the indicated regions of Ube3a-ATS pre-mRNA and mRNA. b, Nascent 
transcripts were isolated from wild-type primary neurons incubated with 
5-ethynyl uridine (see Methods) for the indicated time. qRT–PCR for 
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pre-mRNA and mature mRNA within the Snord116 region. The red line 
indicates the 30 min delay between the appearance of pre-mRNA and mature 
mRNA. Assuming a transcription elongation rate of 4 kb min21, it would 
take RNAPII 80 min to transcribe the 332 kb distance from the last copy 
of Snord116 to the ASO-binding site. HG, host gene. n52 per group, 
mean6absolute deviation. 
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1 Ube3aYFP-ATS 
0.10 0.15 
0.5 
0 
Ube3aYFP 
Relative to UTC 
Ube3a 
Ube3a-ATS 
Overlapping 
ASOs 
Non-overlapping 
ASOs 
7.4 
1.7 
12 
8 
4 
0 
Non-overlap 
Overlap 
(n=15) 
(n=12) 
Extended Data Figure 2 | ASOs complementary to two regions of Ube3a- 
ATS differed in their ability to unsilence paternal Ube3a. PatYFP primary 
neurons were treated with ASOs that bind Ube3a-ATS 59 of Ube3a 
(non-overlap ASOs, n515) or that bind to the gene body region 
(overlap ASOs, n512) for 72 h. The level of Ube3aYFP-ATS reduction 
and Ube3aYFP upregulation was analysed by qRT–PCR and normalized to 
untreated control (UTC) neurons. Data are shown as mean6s.e.m. 
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1.2 
1.1 
1.0 
0.9 
0.8 
PBS 
ASO A 
0 1 2 3 4 
Relative to wk 0 
Time post-treatment (wk) 
25 
23 
21 
19 
17 
15 
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Body weight (g) 
Time post-treatment (wk) 
PBS1 
PBS2 
PBS3 
PBS4 
A1 
A2 
A3 
A4 
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1.1 
1.0 
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0.8 
PBS 
ASO B 
0 1 2 3 4 
Relative to wk 0 
Time post-treatment (wk) 
22 
20 
18 
16 
14 
12 
0 1 2 3 4 
Body weight (g) 
Time post-treatment (wk) 
PBS1 
PBS2 
PBS3 
PBS4 
B1 
B2 
B3 
B4 
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50 
100 
50 
0 
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PBS ASO B 
% Body weight at 
treatment 
0 
PBS ASO A 
% Body weight at 
treatment 
a b 
c d 
* 
1.5 
1.0 
0.5 
0.0 
1.5 
1.0 
0.5 
0.0 
CTX HIP SC 
Expression 
fold change 
Aif1 
CTX HIP SC 
Expression 
fold change 
Aif1 
PBS ASO A 
PBS ASO B 
Whole brain Lateral ventricle Hippocampus Cerebellum 
GFAP IHC 
PBS 
ASO A 
AIF1 IHC 
PBS 
ASO A 
2 mm 100 μm 
Extended Data Figure 3 | In vivo ASO administration was well tolerated. 
a, Left, body weight of individual wild-type C57BL/6 female mice (2 months 
old) treated with PBS or ASO measured weekly for 4 weeks after treatment. 
Right, change in body weight at each time point relative to body weight at 
time of treatment. n54 per group, mean6s.e.m. b, Per cent change in body 
weight of PatYFP mice 4 weeks after treatment relative to pre-treatment. 
n53–4, mean6s.e.m. c, Microglial activation was measured by Aif1 
qRT–PCR 4 weeks after treatment. CTX, cortex; HIP, hippocampus; SC, 
thoracic spinal cord. *P,0.05, two-tailed t-test, n53–4 per group, 
mean6s.e.m. d, Immunohistochemistry for AIF1 and GFAP on sagittal 
brain sections from wild-type C57BL/6 female mice treated with PBS or 
ASO for 2 weeks. 
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Ube3aYFP-ATS Snord116 Ube3aYFP 
100 45 
120 
90 
60 
30 
0 
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% PBS 
100 229 
300 
200 
100 
0 
% PBS 
100 99 
120 
90 
60 
30 
0 
% PBS 
Hypothalamus 
Extended Data Figure 4 | Snord116 was not reduced in the hypothalamus. qRT–PCR on RNA isolated from PatYFP mice 4 weeks after treatment with PBS or 
ASO B. 
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ASO YFP YFP/NeuN 
Cerebellum Cortex 
60 μm 
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Extended Data Figure 5 | UBE3A unsilencing persisted 4 months after treatment. ASO and YFP immunofluorescence on brain sections of cortex and 
cerebellum in PatYFP mice 4 months after treatment with ASO A. 
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Extended Data Figure 6 | UBE3A–YFP was upregulated throughout the brain. Whole-brain image of YFP fluorescence in PatYFP mice treated with PBS or ASO 
4 weeks after treatment. 
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Extended Data Figure 7 | Imaging of unsilenced UBE3A–YFP in specific 
brain regions. a–l, Immunofluorescence for ASO, UBE3A–YFP and NeuN 
4 weeks after treatment in MatYFP or PatYFP mice of the amygdala 
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(a), hippocampus CA2 and CA3 layers (b), dentate gyrus (c), striatrum 
(d), thalamus (e), hypothalamus (f), medulla (g), third ventricle (h), motor 
cortex (i), somatosensory cortex (j), auditory cortex (k) and visual cortex (l). 
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ASO YFP YFP/NeuN 
PBS 
PatYFP MatYFP 
Ctl ASO 
Intrahippocampal 
injection 
ICV 
injection 
200 μm 
Extended Data Figure 8 | Intrahippocampal injection of ASO A in PatYFP 
mice resulted in near complete unsilencing of paternal UBE3A–YFP. 
YFP immunofluorescence on brain sections from PatYFP mice treated with Ctl 
ASO, 100 mg ASO A via intrahippocampal injection, or 700 mg ASO A via ICV 
injection. A MatYFP mouse treated with PBS was included for comparison. 
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Ube3a-ATS Ube3a 
1.2 
0.9 
0.6 
0.3 
1.2 
0.9 
0.6 
0.3 
c * NS d * NS e * NS 
4000 
3000 
2000 
1000 
0 
PBS ctl ASO ASO A 
WT AS 
Total distance (cm) 
400 
300 
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100 
0 
PBS ctl ASO ASO A 
WT AS 
Vertical activity 
(beam counts) 
5000 
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PBS ctl ASO ASO A 
WT AS 
Stereotype (counts) 
300 
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Time balanced (s) 
Trials 
f g 
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WT AS 
# Marbles buried 
*** NS 
WT, PBS 
AS, Ctl ASO 
AS, ASO A 
h 
80 
60 
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20 
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post-shock cued 
% Freezing 
* 
NS 
NS 
NS 
WT, PBS AS, Ctl ASO 
AS, ASO A 
i 
40 
30 
20 
75 125 175 225 275 
Body weight (g) 
Age (days) 
Tx 
age 
200 μm 
Cortex and 
Cerebellum hippocampus 
WT + PBS 
2 wk post-treatment 
AS + Ctl ASO 
2 wk post-treatment 
AS + ASO A 
2wk post-treatment 
AS + ASO A 
8wk post-treatment 
0 
PBS ctl ASO ASO A 
WT AS 
0 
PBS ctl ASO ASO A 
WT AS 
Expression 
fold change 
Cortex 
Hippocampus 
Cerebellum 
a 
b 
Extended Data Figure 9 | ASO treatment in Angelman syndrome mice 
upregulated Ube3a. a, RNA levels of Ube3a-ATS and Ube3a were determined 
by qRT–PCR in wild-type (WT) mice treated with PBS and Angelman 
syndrome (AS) mice treated with Ctl ASO or ASO A. n52–3 per group, 
mean6s.e.m. b, UBE3A immunofluorescence on brain sections was 
performed 2 to 8 weeks after treatment. c–h, ASO treatment in adult Angelman 
syndrome mice did not reverse some disease-associated phenotypes. c, Total 
distance travelled in the open field assay. d, Vertical activity in the open 
field assay. e, Stereotype activity in the open field assay. f, Marble burying 
test. The y axis represents the number of marbles at least 50% buried. 
g, Accelerating rotarod test during eight trials. h, Post-shock and cued response 
measured during the fear conditioning assay. n513–15 per group *P,0.05, 
***P,0.001 (one-way ANOVA with Newman–Keuls post-hoc analysis). 
NS, not significant. i, Growth curve of age-matched female mice. Each line 
represents weight measurements of a single mouse over a 5-month time course 
post-injection, n55 per group. Tx age, age of mouse at time of treatment. 
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Extended Data Table 1 | qRT–PCR primer sequences 
Target Forward Sequence Reverse Sequence Probe Sequence (Taqman) 
Ube3aYFP-ATS CCAATGACTCATGATTGTCCTG GGTACCCGGGGATCCTCTAG 
Ube3aYFP TGGAGGACTAGGAAAATTGAAGATG CGCCCTTGCTCACCATG CCAAAAATGGCCCAGACACAGAAAGG 
Ube3a-ATS CCAATGACTCATGATTGTCCTG GTGATGGCCTTCAACAATCTC 
Ube3a GCACCTGTTGGAGGACTAGG GTGATGGCCTTCAACAATCTC 
Snrpn TGTGATTGTGATGAGTTCAGGAAGA ACCAGACCCAAAACCCGTTT CAAGCCAAAGAATGCAAAACAGCCAGAA 
Snord116 GGATCTATGATGATTCCCAG GGACCTCAGTTCCGATGA 
Snord116HG TGTGCTGACTTGCCCTAG GTTCGATGGAGACTCAGTTGG AAACATGCAGAGGAAATGGCCCC 
Snord116pre ATTGGTCCCACTGTAATCGG GTTCGATGGAGACTCAGTTGG AAACATGCAGAGGAAATGGCCCC 
Snord115 CTGGGTCAATGATGACAAC TTGGGCCTCAGCGTAATCC 
Snord115HG CAGCAATCCCTCTCCAGTTC AAGGTGGCATGTGAGATGAC TGTGACCATTCCTACTCTGAGCCAGTT 
Snord115pre CCATGTGACCATTCCTACTCTG AGAATTCGGCTACATCTACTTGG TGGAAAGGAAGGTAAGTGTTTGGATTAGGT 
Ipw GCTGATAACATTCACTCCCAGA GAATGAGCTGACAACCTACTCC TTGGACACCCTTGCAGAAGATGACTT 
Gapdh GGCAAATTCAACGGCACAGT GGGTCTCGCTCCTGGAAGAT AAGGCCGAGAATGGGAAGCTTGTCATC 
Pgk1 ATGTCGCTTTCCAACAAGCTG GCTCCATTGTCCAAGCAGAAT 
Nrxn3 GATGAAGACTTTGTCGAATGTGA CCGTCTGATTCCTGGCTCCGTG GACCATCCCTGTTGTACTGC 
Astn2 CAGCACCACTACAACTCTCAC TCACTCCTCCAGACGAAGTCACCA CGCAGAATCAGATGAGCCTT 
Pchd15 CGGCGAAGTCATTGGTGAA ACCAACTTGATCATTCTTTTTCTTGCCCAC GTTCTGCTTCTCTGCGACTC 
Csmd1 GCTGCCATTCTTGTTCCCT ACTTTTGGTCTTGTTCTGTGTTTGTAGAGGT TCAAATGAAGCTTGTCCATTACTG 
Il1rapl1 CTTGAAATCCTCCCTGATATGCT CCAACTGGAACATACATTGAAGATGTGGCT CCGCTTACTTTGATCTACGCA 
Aif1 TGGTCCCCCAGCCAAGA CCCACCGTGTGACATCCA AGCTATCTCCGAGCTGCCCTGATTGG 
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It is caused bymaternal deficiency of the imprinted geneUBE3A, encoding an E3ubiquitin ligase3–5.All patients carry at least one copy of paternal UBE3A, which is intact but silenced by a nuclear-localized long non-coding RNA, UBE3A antisense transcript (UBE3A-ATS)6–8.MurineUbe3a-ATS reduction by either transcription termination or topoisomerase I inhibition has been shownto increase paternalUbe3a expression9,10.Despite a clear understanding of the disease-causing event in Angelman syndrome and the potential to harness the intact paternal allele to correct the disease, no gene-specific treatment exists for patients. Here we de-veloped a potential therapeutic intervention forAngelman syndrome by reducingUbe3a-ATS with antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).ASO treatment achieved specific reduction of Ube3a-ATS and sustained unsilencing of paternal Ube3a in neurons in vitro and in vivo. Par-tial restoration of UBE3Aprotein in an Angelmansyndromemouse model ameliorated some cognitive deficits associated with the dis-ease. Although additional studies of phenotypic correction are needed, wehave developed a sequence-specific and clinically feasible method to activate expression of the paternal Ube3a allele. Phosphorothioate-modified chimaeric 29-O-methoxyethyl (29-MOE) DNA ASOs (n5240) were designed complementary to a 113 kilobase pair (kb) regionofmouseUbe3a-ATS downstreamof the Snord115 clus-ter of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) (Fig. 1a). After nuclear hybrid-ization of the ASO to the target RNA, RNaseH cleaves the RNA strand of the ASO–RNA heteroduplex, resulting in subsequent RNA degra-dation by exonucleases11.Ahigh-throughput imaging screen identified ASOs that unsilenced the Ube3a paternal allele. Primary neurons from Ube3a1/YFP (PatYFP) knock-in mice12 were cultured and treated with ASO (15 mM, 72 h), and we determined the fold increase of paternal yellowfluorescent protein (YFP)-tagged UBE3A (UBE3A–YFP) signal inNeuN(also knownas Rbfox3)-positive cells (Fig. 1b).The non-targeting controlASO(CtlASO)hadno effectonfluorescence (0.9660.01) whereas the positive control topoisomerase I inhibitor (topotecan, 300 nM) in-creased fluorescence (3.6160.00). ASO A and ASO B resulted in an increase in paternal UBE3A–YFP fluorescence of 2.1160.02 and 2.47 60.03, respectively (Fig. 1c).ASOsmodulatedRNAexpression in a dose-dependent manner with greater than 90% reduction of Ube3aYFP-ATS (Fig. 1d, top) within 48 h of treatment (Fig. 1d, bottom). Snrpn, Snord116 and Snord115 are processed from the same precur-sor transcript as Ube3a-ATS (Fig. 1a) and are critical genes in Prader– Willi Syndrome (PWS)13.Their expression was not affected by increasing the dose or time of ASO treatment (Fig. 1d, e). The ability to down-regulate Ube3a-ATS without affecting Snord116 expression can be attrib-uted to a fast rate of Snord116 splicing (approximately 30 min) relative to the length of time required for transcription of the 332 kb region be-tween Snord116 and the ASO-binding site (approximately 80 min) (Ex-tended Data Fig. 1). While Ube3a-ATS ASOs did not affect expression ofmature Snord116 or itsprecursor,ASOsdesigned directly to Snord116 strongly reduced Snord116 and the entire Ube3a-ATS precursor tran-script (Extended Data Fig. 1). ASO treatment (10 mM, 24 h) specifically reduced Ube3a-ATS (1,000 kb) without affecting expression of five other long genes (Nrxn3, 1,612 kb; Astn2, 1,024 kb; Pcdh15, 828 kb; Csmd1, 1,643 kb; Il1rapl1, 1,368 kb), whereas topotecan (300 nM, 24 h), which acts by impairing transcription elongation14, strongly inhibited their expression (Fig. 1f). Primary neurons fromPatYFP mice treatedwithASO (10 mM, 72 h) or topotecan (300 nM, 72 h) resulted in biallelic UBE3A protein express-ion due to unsilencing of the paternal allele (Fig. 1g). Additionally,ASO treatment of primary neurons fromUbe3aKO/1 (Angelman syndrome) mice15 achieved 66–90%of wild-type levels ofUBE3Aprotein (Fig. 1h). ASO treatment (10 mM) did not affect DNA methylation at the PWS imprinting centre (Fig. 1i).Asequence-matchedASOthatwas rendered unresponsive to RNase H by complete modification with 29-MOE nucleotides (ASO, inactive) did not affect paternal UBE3A expression, indicating that reduction of the antisense transcript is required for paternal Ube3a unsilencing (Fig. 1g). Although reduction of the antisense transcript was required, addi-tional studies indicated that it was not sufficient for paternal Ube3a un-silencing. ASOscomplementary to the region of Ube3aYFP-ATS upstream of Ube3a (non-overlappingASOs, n515) upregulated Ube3aYFPRNA 7.460.6 fold relative to untreated control neurons (ExtendedData Fig. 2). ASOscomplementary to the region ofUbe3aYFP-ATS locatedwithin the Ube3a gene body (overlappingASOs, n512) only upregulated Ube3aYFP RNA1.760.2 fold. Because bothnon-overlapping and overlappingASOs reduced Ube3aYFP-ATS to a similar level, a mechanism independent of the presence of the long non-coding RNA may have a role in Ube3a silencing. Next, we tested whether central nervous system (CNS) administra-tion of Ube3a-ATS ASOs unsilenced paternal Ube3a in vivo. A single intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of ASO was administered into the lateral ventricle of adult PatYFP mice. TheASOtreatment was gener-allywell tolerated, despite transient sedationafter surgery.No significant changes in body weight, expression of AIF1 (marker for microgliosis), or expression of GFAP (marker for astrocytosis) were observed 1 month after treatment (ExtendedData Fig. 3). Four weeks after treatment,ASO A and ASO B reduced Ube3a-ATS RNA by 60–70% and upregulated paternal Ube3aYFP RNA two- to five-fold in the brain and spinal cord (Fig. 2a). However, compared with Ube3aYFP/1 (MatYFP) mice, ASO treatment did not fully unsilence the paternal allele. Ube3aYFP RNA in ASO-treatedPatYFP mice was 30–40%of the level inMatYFP mice (Fig. 2a). Western blot quantification showed that UBE3A–YFP protein was upregulated in the cortex (8267%), hippocampus (3363%) and thor-acic spinal cord (73633%) in ASO-A-treated PatYFP mice compared with MatYFP mice (Fig. 2b). No significant downregulation of Snrpn, Snord116, Snord115, or the sentinel long genes was observed, including any Snord116 reduction in the hypothalamus (Fig. 2a, c and Extended Data Fig. 4). 1Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. 2Department of Core Antisense Research, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California 92010, USA. *These authors contributed equally to this work. 0 0 MO N T H 2 0 1 4 | VO L 0 0 0 | N AT U R E | 1 ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 2. Ctl ASO Topotecan ASO A ASO B 592401 592483 Topotecan c Ctl ASO ASO C ASO B Topotecan UTC ASO A A5S92O4 B01 Topotecan 641788 1.5 1.0 0.5 h AS WT 10 1 0.1 10 1 0.1 Ctl Methylation (%) 4 3 2 1 After a single ASO dose, Ube3a-ATS reduction was sustained for 16 weeks in the CNS, and returned to basal expression by 20 weeks after treatment (Fig. 2d). Both theRNAand protein levels of paternalUBE3A– YFP were significantly higher than in PBS-treated mice at 2 to 16 weeks after treatment, and returned to the silenced state 20 weeks after treat-ment (Fig. 2d, e).No significant changes in Snrpn, Snord115 or Snord116 expression were observed (Fig. 2d). Immunostaining on brain sections 16 weeks after treatment further confirmed the long stability of the ASO and duration of paternal UBE3A protein expression (Extended Data 95 nt 98 kDa ASO A ASO B ASO A 1.0 0.5 PBS ASO A ASO B PBS 98 kDa Fig. 5). This result is consistent with the long stability of other centrally administered ASOs that are chemically modified to resist intracellular nuclease degradation16,17. After ICV delivery, the ASOdisplayed widespread bilateral distribu-tion throughout the brain, as demonstrated by immunostaining (Fig. 3a), and in situ hybridization confirmed the in vivo downregulation of Ube3a- ATS (Fig. 3b).UBE3A–YFP proteinwas expressed inASO-positive cells (Fig. 3c). Increased UBE3A–YFP signal was detected in NeuN-positive cells throughout the brain (Fig. 3d and Extended Data Figs 6 and 7). 0 48 96 158 nt 51 kDa e Ube3a Ipw Ube3a-ATS Snord116 Snord115 Snrpn ASOs (n = 240) ASO B UTC Ctl ASO Ctl ASO ASO ASO, inactive Topotecan IC a b U exons 113 kb 0 UTC ASO A ASO B Topo Fold change Paternal UBE3A–YFP Maternal UBE3A β-Tubulin Ube3aYFP-ATS qRT–PCR * * 0 f g 0.06 ±.01 UBE3A α-Tubulin 0.66 ±.04 0.90 ±.04 1.00 ±.08 Nrxn3 Astn2 Pchd15 Csmd1 Il1rapl1 51 kDa Snord116 5.8S rRNA Ube3aYFP-ATS Ube3aYFP Snrpn Snord116 Snord115 d 0 48 96 0.01 0 48 96 0 48 96 Treatment time (h) 0.01 40 400 4000 Expression fold change Expression fold change Ctl 40 4000 40 4000 1 100 Treatment dose (nM) 200 μm i ASO A Pat Mat ASO B 0 10 20 80 90 100 30 YFP 0 0 80 160 240 Relative fluorescence (a.u.) ASOs screened 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 Topotecan ASO B ASO A Ctl ASO Figure 1 | Unsilencing of the Ube3a paternal allele by Ube3a-ATS-targeted ASOs in cultured mouse neurons. a, Schematic mouse Ube3a genomic locus. IC, imprinting centre. b, UBE3A– YFP fluorescence (arbitrary units (a.u.)) in ASO-treated primary neurons relative to untreated control (UTC). c, YFP fluorescent imaging of treated PatYFP neurons. d, Normalized mRNA levels in PatYFP neurons treated with increasing doses (top) or for increasing times (bottom). e, Northern blot of Snord116 expression. Snord116 intensity relative to 5.8S ribosomal RNA is quantified. nt, nucleotides. f, Normalized mRNA levels of long genes. Topo, topotecan. g, Western blot (top) and reverse transcription with quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT– PCR) (bottom) from PatYFP neurons. ‘ASO, inactive’ is a sequence-matched RNase H inactive ASO. *P,0.05, two-tailed t-test, n52 per group, mean6absolute deviation. h, Western blot from wild-type (WT) or Angelman syndrome (AS) primary neurons. UBE3A signal intensity was quantified relative to a-tubulin. i, DNA methylation analysis of thePWSimprinting centre. The paternal allele was distinguished by the conversion of a CpG dinucleotide (CG.AA) in CAST.Chr7 mice. 98 kDa Ube3aYFP-ATS 98 kDa 51 kDa Cortex Hippocampus Spinal cord MatYFP PatYFP MatYFP PatYFP MatYFP PatYFP ASO A PBS PBS Cortex Spinal cord ** ** ** ** * ** * ** 10 1 0.1 0 4 8 12 16 20 a b ** ** ** ** MatYFP, PBS PatYFP, ASO A PatYFP, ASO B Ube3aYFP-ATS fold change Ube3aYFP fold change Snrpn fold change Snord116 fold change Snord115 fold change Cortex Hippo. Sp. cord 1.0 0.5 0.0 Astn2 Pchd15 Nrxn3 Csmd1 Il1rapl1 c Fold change PBS ASO A d ** ** ** ** Time after treatment (weeks) 10 1 Cortex Hippocampus Spinal cord ASO B weeks YFP e α-Tubulin Expression fold change PBS 2 4 8 16 20 ASO B PBS 2 4 8 16 20 ASO B PBS 2 4 8 16 20 ** ** ** ** 0.1 0 4 8 12 16 20 Ube3aYFP Snrpn Snord116 Snord115 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 15 10 5 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 PatYFP, PBS ** 1.0 ±.2 5.1 ±.8 7.1 ±1 5.6 ±.3 2.1 ±1 0.7 ±.4 1.0 ±.3 3.4 ±.2 2.6 ±.3 3.0 ±.3 2.3 ±.3 0.9 ±.5 1.0 ±.2 3.5 ±.3 3.9 ±.4 4.8 ±.7 1.9 ±.4 0.7 ±.1 ** 98 kDa 51 kDa PBS PBS ASO B ASO A YFP α-Tubulin PBS PBS ASO B ASO B ASO A UBE3A–YFP 1.00 ±.18 0.20 ±.04 0.82 ±.07 0.47 ±.07 1.00 ±.14 0.12 ±.01 0.33 ±.03 0.27 ±.01 1.00 ±.18 0.15 ±.02 0.73 ±.33 0.68 ±.19 UBE3A Figure 2 | Asingle administration ofUbe3a-ATS ASOs resulted in paternal UBE3A unsilencing for 4 months. a, b, mRNA levels (a) and UBE3A– YFP protein (b) in cortex, hippocampus (Hippo.) and spinal cord (Sp. cord) 4 weeks after ICV injection of PBS or ASO in PatYFP mice. MatYFP mice are included for comparison. c, Normalized mRNA levels of long genes in the cortex. d, e, RNA levels (d) and UBE3A–YFP protein (e) in ASO-treated PatYFP mice 2–20 weeks after treatment. *P,0.05, **P,0.005, two-tailed t-test, n53–4 per group, mean6standard error of the mean (s.e.m.). For western blot quantification, YFP signal intensity was calculated relative to a-tubulin. RESEARCH LETTER 2 | N AT U R E | VO L 0 0 0 | 0 0 MO N T H 2 0 1 4 ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 3. b Cortex Hippocampus PBS ASO A PBS ASO A Cortex and hippocampus Cerebellum a However, paternal unsilencing was not complete compared with the maternal UBE3A–YFP level, consistent with the western blot analysis. To further increase the concentration of ASO in the brain, intrahip-pocampal delivery of ASO A was performed in PatYFP mice and com-plete unsilencing of UBE3A–YFP was observed near the injection site (Extended Data Fig. 8). Onthe basis of the ability of ASOAto upregulateUBE3A, it was cho-sen for assessment of phenotypic correction inAngelman syndrome mice. Angelman syndrome mice phenocopy the impaired motor coordina-tion and memory deficit observed in patients with the disease15. They have additional phenotypes including obesity, hypoactivity and decreased marble burying behaviour18–20. Sex-matchedAngelman syndrome litter-mates at 2–4 months of age were treated with ASO A or non-targeting control ASO (Ctl ASO). To determine the ability of ASO A to correct expression and behaviours relative to wild-type levels, a group of PBS-treatedwild- type mice was included. After a singleICVinjection,Angelman syndrome mice treated with ASO A showed reduction of Ube3a-ATS and partial restoration ofUBE3Aprotein in the cortex (35619%), hip-pocampus (35615%) and cerebellum(4767%) compared with wild-type mice (Fig. 4b andExtendedDataFig. 9).UBE3Aimmunofluorescence also showed partial restoration ofUBE3Aprotein in these brain regions (Fig. 4c and Extended Data Fig. 9). Four weeks after treatment, the mice were subjected to behavioural tests. A reversal of contextual freezing comparable to normal behaviour was observed in ASO-A-treated Angelman syndrome mice (analysis of variance (ANOVA), F(2,39)5 5.242, P,0.01), indicating that the memory impairment was reversed LETTER RESEARCH (Fig. 4d and Extended Data Fig. 9). However, there was no difference between mice treated with ASO A or Ctl ASO in open field, marble burying and accelerating rotarod tests (Extended Data Fig. 9). Com-plete phenotypic reversal may require treatment before a critical devel-opmental window, a longer recovery timefor rewiring of neural circuits, or a higher UBE3A induction level. Body weight was measured in a set of female mice that were injected at 3 months of age and followed for 5 months (Fig. 4e and Extended Data Fig. 9). The obesity phenotype in Angelman syndrome mice was corrected 1 month after treatment, and body weight remained significantly decreased compared with control ASO-treated mice for 5 months. The genomic organization and regulation at the imprinting control centre is highly conserved betweenmouse and human.Therefore,ASO-mediated reduction of UBE3A-ATS is expected to restore UBE3A mes-senger RNA and protein in Angelman syndrome patient neurons. It is believed that maternal deficiency of UBE3A causes the majority of phe-notypic findings in Angelman syndrome, and it is reasonable to expect that all patients with the condition, regardless of exact genotype, would benefit enormously fromrestoredUBE3A expression.ASOtherapy has been tested for neurological diseases in non-humanprimates and human clinical trials via intrathecal administration, with no serious adverse events16,21–23. The well-tolerated delivery, broad tissue distribution and long duration of action indicate that ASOs may be a viable therapeutic strategy for CNS diseases and highlights the potential of an ASO drug for Angelman syndrome. ASO YFP PBS PatYFP MatYFP ASO B ASO A Ctl ASO YFP/NeuN ASO YFP d c CA1 pyramidal neurons Cerebellum Purkinjie neurons YFP/NeuN Ube3a-ATS YFP ASO/YFP PBS ASO B ASO/YFP YFP 50 μm 50 μm 200 μm 200 μm Figure 3 | Widespread distribution of paternal UBE3A unsilencing throughout the brain. a–d, Imaging of brain sections 4 weeks after treatment with Ctl ASO or ASO A and/or B in PatYFP mice, as labelled. a, ASO immunofluorescence on whole brain coronal sections. b, In situ hybridization of Ube3a-ATS. c, High-magnification staining of UBE3A–YFP and ASO. d, Immunofluorescence for ASO, UBE3A–YFP and NeuN in critical brain regions. MatYFP mice treated with PBS were included for expression comparison. 0 0 MO N T H 2 0 1 4 | VO L 0 0 0 | N AT U R E | 3 ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
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This research was supported by funding from National Institutes of Health grant R01 HD037283 (A.L.B.), the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (A.L.B. and L.M.), andBaylor College ofMedicine Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research Center grant P30HD024064. Author Contributions L.M. and A.J.W. designed and performed experiments, analysed data, and wrote the paper (equal contribution). S.C. performed ASO delivery for Figure 2. C.F.B., A.L.B. and F.R. supervised the project. All authors discussed the experimental results. Author Information Reprints and permissions information is available at www.nature.com/reprints. Readers are welcome to comment on the online version of the paper. Theauthorsdeclare competing financial interests: details are available in the online version of the paper. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to A.L.B. (abeaudet@bcm.edu) or F.R. (frigo@isisph.com). WT, PBS AS, Ctl ASO AS, ASO A d e Pre-shock Contextual Cortex and Cerebellum hippocampus WT + PBS AS + Ctl ASO AS + ASO A c 200 μm 98 kDa 51 kDa b WT AS Ctl ASO α-Tubulin 1.00 ±.07 UBE3A 0.05 ±.01 0.35 ±.19 1.00 ±.03 0.11 ±.04 0.35 ±.15 1.00 ±.03 0.23 ±.03 0.47 ±.07 Cortex WT AS PBS Ctl ASO WT AS PBS Ctl ASO 0 Freezing (%) WT, PBS AS, Ctl ASO AS, ASO A * * a 4 wk Injection (2–4 m old) Behaviour Expression Weigh 1 wk 20 0 1 3 4 5 Body weight (g) Time after treatment (months) Figure 4 | ASO administration in adult Angelman syndrome mice unsilenced paternal UBE3A and ameliorated abnormal phenotypes. a, Experimental schedule. m, months; wk, weeks. b, Western blot with anti- UBE3A in brain regions of treated mice. Quantification of UBE3A normalized to a-tubulin is indicated below the images. Ctl, Ctl ASO. c, UBE3A immunofluorescence in wild-type (WT) or Angelman syndrome (AS) mice. d, Contextual fear measured during the fear conditioning assay. *P,0.05, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Newman–Keuls post-hoc, n513–15 per group. e, Growth curve of age-matched female mice. *P,0.05, **P,0.01 (ASO A versus Ctl ASO), two-way ANOVA of repeated measurements with Newman–Keuls post-hoc), n55 per group. 4 | N AT U R E | VO L 0 0 0 | 0 0 M O N T H 2 0 1 4 ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 5. METHODS Animals.All the animals ofwild-type,Ube3aKO/1(ref. 15), andUbe3a1/YFP (ref. 12) genotypes were kept on C57BL/6 background and housed under standard condi-tions in a pathogen-free mouse facility. All animal procedures were performed in accordance with National Institutes of Health guidelines and approved by the In-stitutional Animal Care and UseCommittee at Baylor College of Medicine and Isis Pharmaceuticals. To generate Angelman syndrome mice, Ube3aKO/1 mice were born to mothers who carry the mutation on their paternal chromosome. Wild-type and Angelman syndrome littermates were housed in the same cage whenever possible. Oligonucleotide synthesis. Synthesis and purification of all chemically modified oligonucleotideswas performed as previously described24.The29-MOEgapmerASOs are 20 nucleotides in length, wherein the central gap segment comprising ten 29- deoxynucleotides is flanked on the 59 and 39 wings by five 29-MOEmodified nucle-otides. Internucleoside linkages are purely phosphorothioate (ASOB) or interspersed with phosphodiester (ASOA), and all cytosine residues are 59-methylcytosines.The RNaseHinactive ASOconsists of 20 29-MOEmodified nucleotides. The sequences of the ASOsare as follows: Ctl ASO(in vitro), 59-CCTTCCCTGAAGGTTCCTCC- 39; Ctl ASO (in vivo), 59-CTCAGTAACATTGACACCAC-39 (ref. 25); ASO A, 59- GATCCATTTGTGTTAAGCTG-39; ASO B, 59-CCAGCCTTGTTGGATATCA T-39; ASO116, 59-CAGAGTTTTCACTCATTTTG-39. Primary neuron culture and ASO treatment. Primary cultures of hippocampal and cortical neurons were established as previously described8 from P0–P2 off-spring of wild-type C57BL/6 or Ube3a1/YFP mice. Four days after plating, half of the medium was replaced and the ASO (10 mM) or topotecan (300nM) was added to the culture medium for 72 h, unless otherwise noted. Arabinofuranosyl cytidine (Sigma) was used to inhibit glial proliferation. Immunofluorescence. Primary neurons were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) for 1 h and washed in PBS. For in vivo samples, mice were anaesthetized and perfused with PBS and 4% PFA. Brain tissue was fixed with PFA overnight and de-hydrated in 30% sucrose. Coronal sections of 35 mm were prepared and stained as previously described9.The following antibodieswereused: anti-GFP(ab13970,Abcam, 1:1,000), anti-NeuN (MAB377, Millipore, 1:1,000 dilution), anti-UBE3A (A300- 352A, Bethyl Laboratories,1:500), and anti-ASO (Isis, 1:10,000)26. For the high-throughput in vitro ASO screen, the plates were imaged with ImageXpressUltra confocal system(MolecularDevice) and then further processedwith theMetaXpress software (Molecular Device). Typically 200–800 cells were scored per well and the signal intensitieswere averaged and normalized tountreated control cells. For tissue sections, images were taken using a confocal microscope (Leica). qRT–PCR. Total cellular RNA was isolated fromcultured neurons and mouse tis-sue using the RNeasy kit (Qiagen). For preparation of mouse tissue, samples were first lysed using FastPrep Lysing Matrix Tubes (MP-Biomedicals) in RLT buffer containing 1% b-mercaptoethanol. On-column DNase digestion was performed for all samples. For qRT–PCR, approximately 10 ng RNA was added to EXPRESS One-Step SuperScript qRT–PCR Kit (Life Technologies) with Taqman primer and probe sets or EXPRESSOne-Step SYBRGreenERKit (LifeTechnologies)with SYBR primer sets (see Extended Data Table 1 for sequences). All quantification was per-formed by the relative standard curve method and normalized to total RNA by Ribogreen or to the housekeeping genes Gapdh. DNA methylation analysis. Primary neuron cultures were derived from the F1 hybrid ofCAST.chr7male and C57BL/6 female mice and treatedwith ASO(10 mM, 72 h). Genomic DNA was then extracted and processed for bisulphite sequencing of the PWS imprinting centre at the Snrpn DMR1 region (Snrpn promoter and exon 1) as previously described8. Northern blot.TotalRNAwas isolated fromASO-treated primary neurons (10 mM, 72 h) byTRIzol (Life Technologies) according to themanufacturer’s protocol. Three micrograms total RNA was separated on an 8% polyacrylamide-7M urea gel, and then transferred by semi-dry transfer (12V, 30min) to GeneScreen plus hybridiza-tion transfer membrane (Perkin Elmer). The northern probes were 59-end labelled withATPGamma 32P (Perkin Elmer) usingT4 polynucleotide kinase (NewEngland Biolabs), and then hybridized to the membrane at 42 uC for 30min. Afterwashing membrane in wash buffer (23SSC containing 0.1% SDS), the membrane was ex-posed to a PhosphorImager and quantified. The oligonucleotide probe sequences used were Snord116 59-TTCCGATGAGAGTGGCGGTACAGA-39 and 5.8S rRNA 59-TCCTGCAATTCACATTAATTCTCGCAGCTAGC-39. Western blot. Cultured neurons andmouse tissue were homogenized and lysed in RIPA buffer (Sigma-Aldrich) containing EDTA-free cOmplete Protease Inhibitor Cocktail (Roche). Protein concentration of the supernatant was determined by the DCprotein assay (Bio-Rad). Ten to fortymicrograms of protein lysate was separated on a precast 4–20% Bis-Tris gel (Life Technologies) and transferred by iBlot (Life Technologies). The following primary antibodies were diluted in Odyssey block-ing buffer: anti-UBE3A (611416, BD Biosciences, 1:500), anti-GFP (NB600-308, NovusBiologicals, 1:500), anti-b-tubulin(T9026, Sigma, 1:20,000) and anti-a-tubulin LETTER RESEARCH (T5168, Sigma, 1:8,000). Following primary antibody incubation,membranes were probedwith goat anti-rabbit IRDye 680LT(LiCor) or goat anti-mouseIRDye 800CW (LiCor) and imaged and quantified using the LiCor Odyssey system. ASOin vivo administration. Lyophilized ASOs were dissolved in sterile PBS with-out calcium or magnesium and quantified by ultraviolet spectrometry. The ASOs were then diluted to the desired concentration required for dosing mice and ster-ilized through a 0.2 mmfilter.Micewere anaesthetizedwith2%isoflurane and placed in a stereotaxic frame (David Kopf Instruments). After exposing the skull, a needle (Hamilton, 1701 RN 10 ml micro syringe, needle 26 s/299/2) was used to penetrate the skull at 0.2mm posterior and 1.0mm lateral to the bregma, and lowered to a depth of 3.0 mm, to deliver PBS or ASO (ASO A, 700 mg; ASO B, 500 mg) at a rate of approximately 1 ml per 30 s. The needle was left in place for 5 min, slowly with-drawn and the incision was sutured. For intrahippocampal injection, the coord-inate of22.0mmanterior, 1.5mmlateral and22.0mmdorsal to the bregma was used. Fluorescence in situ hybridization. Tissue preparation and RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was carried out by the RNA In-Situ Hybridization Core at Baylor College of Medicine, as previously described9. Primers forDNAtemplate synthesis are 59-ATTTAGGTGACACTATAGAAGCGAAGATGAGTCAGTTT GGTTTT-39 and 59-TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGATTCTGAGTCTTCT TCCATAGC-39. The T7 promoter was used to generate the Ube3a-ATS probe. Behavioural tests. Three groups of age- and sex-matched littermates were gen-erated, andmicewere randomly assigned to each treatment group. At 2 to 4months of age, Angelman syndrome mice received a single 700 mg dose of non-targeting control ASO or ASO A.Wild-type mice injected with an equal volume of PBS were included as controls. Four weeks after treatment, a battery of behavioural tests was performed by an experimenter blind to the genotype and treatment group using a protocol previously described9 in the Neurobehavioural Core at Baylor College of Medicine. The open field and marble burying tests were performed on day 1, the accelerating rotarod test was performed on day 2 and 3, and the fear conditioning test was performed on day 4 and 5. Mice were acclimated to the test room for 30 min before each behaviour test. For the open field assay each mouse was placed in the centre of a clear Plexiglas (40340330 cm) open-field arena (Versamax AnimalActivityMonitor,AccuScan Instruments) and allowed 30 min to explore. Overhead lighting was,800 lx inside the field, and the white noise was at ,60 dB. Mouse activity was recorded and quantified. For the marble burying test, each mouse was placed in a standard mouse cage containing 20 small (1.5–2 cm) clean black marbles on top of 4 inches of corn cob bedding, forming 4 rows of 5 columns. After a period of 30 min exploration, the mouse was removed fromthe cage and the number of marbles buried at least 50% was recorded. For the accelerating rotarod, the test was performed with a rotating rod system that rotates from 4 to 40 r.p.m. within 5 min (model 7650 Rota-rod, Ugo Basile). Mice were placed on the rotating rod and the time until falling off or losing balance (mice not walking on the rod for two consecutive turns) was recorded. For two consecutive days, four trials were performed per day with at least a 30 min interval between trials. For contextual fear conditioning, on the training day, each mouse was placed in a test chamber. After 2 min of free exploration (baseline/pre-shock freezing), the mouse received an auditory tone (2,800 Hz, 85 db, 30 s) followed by a foot-shock (0.7 mA,2 s).The training was repeated once. Themouse remained in the chamber for one additional min (post-shock freezing) and then was returned to the home cage. Twenty-four hours after training, mice were returned to the same test cham-ber for 5 min and tested for freezing in response to the training context (contextual freezing). Afterwards, the environmental settings of the test chamber were dras-tically altered and the mice were placed back in the modified context. They were allowed 3 min of free exploration, and then the auditory tone was presented for 3 min to test the fear response to the cue (cued freezing). Freezing frequency was analysed with FreezeFrame software (San Diego Instruments). Isolation of nascent RNA. Nascent RNA was isolated using the Click-iT Nascent RNA Capture Kit (Life Technologies), according to the manufacturer’s protocol. In brief, wild-type primary neurons were incubated with 5-ethynyl uridine (EU, 0.5mM)for 0 to 150 min at which time total RNA was isolated by TRIzol. Five mi-crograms total RNA was biotinylated with 0.5mM biotin azide, and 500 ng bio-tinylatedRNAwas precipitated on streptavidin beads.NascentEU-containingRNA captured on the beads was used for SuperScript VILO cDNAsynthesis (Life Tech-nologies) followed by qPCR. 24. Swayze, E. E. et al. Antisense oligonucleotides containing locked nucleic acid improve potency but cause significant hepatotoxicity in animals. Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 687–700 (2007). ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 6. 25. Lagier-Tourenne, C. et al. Targeted degradation of sense and antisense C9orf72 RNA foci as therapy for ALS and frontotemporal degeneration. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 110, E4530–E4539 (2013). 26. Butler, M., Stecker, K. & Bennett, C. F. Cellular distribution of phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides in normal rodent tissues. Lab. Invest. 77, 379–388 (1997). RESEARCH LETTER ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 7. ASO116 HG pre sno HG Snrpn Ipw Ube3a 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 ASO A ATS pre Snord116 Snord115 Snrpn pre HG sno Ipw pre HG sno ATS Ube3a 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Snord116 Snord115 a Fold change Fold change Fold change Ctl ASO ASO A ASO116 b UTC 0.04 μM 0.16 μM 0.63 μM 2.5 μM 10 μM Time of EU incubation (min) pre HG + Snord116 splicing kinetics 300 200 100 0 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 Relative to t0 Pre HG 30 Extended Data Figure 1 | ASOs targeting Snord116 reduced Ube3a-ATS pre-mRNA. a, Top, schematic of the ASO-binding sites and location of qRT– PCR primer and probe sets. Bottom, qRT–PCR from wild-type primary neurons treated with ASO A or ASO116 (72 h) using primer and probe sets to the indicated regions of Ube3a-ATS pre-mRNA and mRNA. b, Nascent transcripts were isolated from wild-type primary neurons incubated with 5-ethynyl uridine (see Methods) for the indicated time. qRT–PCR for LETTER RESEARCH pre-mRNA and mature mRNA within the Snord116 region. The red line indicates the 30 min delay between the appearance of pre-mRNA and mature mRNA. Assuming a transcription elongation rate of 4 kb min21, it would take RNAPII 80 min to transcribe the 332 kb distance from the last copy of Snord116 to the ASO-binding site. HG, host gene. n52 per group, mean6absolute deviation. ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 8. RESEARCH LETTER 1 Ube3aYFP-ATS 0.10 0.15 0.5 0 Ube3aYFP Relative to UTC Ube3a Ube3a-ATS Overlapping ASOs Non-overlapping ASOs 7.4 1.7 12 8 4 0 Non-overlap Overlap (n=15) (n=12) Extended Data Figure 2 | ASOs complementary to two regions of Ube3a- ATS differed in their ability to unsilence paternal Ube3a. PatYFP primary neurons were treated with ASOs that bind Ube3a-ATS 59 of Ube3a (non-overlap ASOs, n515) or that bind to the gene body region (overlap ASOs, n512) for 72 h. The level of Ube3aYFP-ATS reduction and Ube3aYFP upregulation was analysed by qRT–PCR and normalized to untreated control (UTC) neurons. Data are shown as mean6s.e.m. ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 9. 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 PBS ASO A 0 1 2 3 4 Relative to wk 0 Time post-treatment (wk) 25 23 21 19 17 15 0 1 2 3 4 Body weight (g) Time post-treatment (wk) PBS1 PBS2 PBS3 PBS4 A1 A2 A3 A4 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 PBS ASO B 0 1 2 3 4 Relative to wk 0 Time post-treatment (wk) 22 20 18 16 14 12 0 1 2 3 4 Body weight (g) Time post-treatment (wk) PBS1 PBS2 PBS3 PBS4 B1 B2 B3 B4 100 50 100 50 0 LETTER RESEARCH PBS ASO B % Body weight at treatment 0 PBS ASO A % Body weight at treatment a b c d * 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 CTX HIP SC Expression fold change Aif1 CTX HIP SC Expression fold change Aif1 PBS ASO A PBS ASO B Whole brain Lateral ventricle Hippocampus Cerebellum GFAP IHC PBS ASO A AIF1 IHC PBS ASO A 2 mm 100 μm Extended Data Figure 3 | In vivo ASO administration was well tolerated. a, Left, body weight of individual wild-type C57BL/6 female mice (2 months old) treated with PBS or ASO measured weekly for 4 weeks after treatment. Right, change in body weight at each time point relative to body weight at time of treatment. n54 per group, mean6s.e.m. b, Per cent change in body weight of PatYFP mice 4 weeks after treatment relative to pre-treatment. n53–4, mean6s.e.m. c, Microglial activation was measured by Aif1 qRT–PCR 4 weeks after treatment. CTX, cortex; HIP, hippocampus; SC, thoracic spinal cord. *P,0.05, two-tailed t-test, n53–4 per group, mean6s.e.m. d, Immunohistochemistry for AIF1 and GFAP on sagittal brain sections from wild-type C57BL/6 female mice treated with PBS or ASO for 2 weeks. ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 10. Ube3aYFP-ATS Snord116 Ube3aYFP 100 45 120 90 60 30 0 RESEARCH LETTER % PBS 100 229 300 200 100 0 % PBS 100 99 120 90 60 30 0 % PBS Hypothalamus Extended Data Figure 4 | Snord116 was not reduced in the hypothalamus. qRT–PCR on RNA isolated from PatYFP mice 4 weeks after treatment with PBS or ASO B. ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 11. ASO YFP YFP/NeuN Cerebellum Cortex 60 μm LETTER RESEARCH Extended Data Figure 5 | UBE3A unsilencing persisted 4 months after treatment. ASO and YFP immunofluorescence on brain sections of cortex and cerebellum in PatYFP mice 4 months after treatment with ASO A. ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 12. RESEARCH LETTER Extended Data Figure 6 | UBE3A–YFP was upregulated throughout the brain. Whole-brain image of YFP fluorescence in PatYFP mice treated with PBS or ASO 4 weeks after treatment. ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 13. Extended Data Figure 7 | Imaging of unsilenced UBE3A–YFP in specific brain regions. a–l, Immunofluorescence for ASO, UBE3A–YFP and NeuN 4 weeks after treatment in MatYFP or PatYFP mice of the amygdala LETTER RESEARCH (a), hippocampus CA2 and CA3 layers (b), dentate gyrus (c), striatrum (d), thalamus (e), hypothalamus (f), medulla (g), third ventricle (h), motor cortex (i), somatosensory cortex (j), auditory cortex (k) and visual cortex (l). ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 14. ASO YFP YFP/NeuN PBS PatYFP MatYFP Ctl ASO Intrahippocampal injection ICV injection 200 μm Extended Data Figure 8 | Intrahippocampal injection of ASO A in PatYFP mice resulted in near complete unsilencing of paternal UBE3A–YFP. YFP immunofluorescence on brain sections from PatYFP mice treated with Ctl ASO, 100 mg ASO A via intrahippocampal injection, or 700 mg ASO A via ICV injection. A MatYFP mouse treated with PBS was included for comparison. RESEARCH LETTER ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 15. Ube3a-ATS Ube3a 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.3 c * NS d * NS e * NS 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 PBS ctl ASO ASO A WT AS Total distance (cm) 400 300 200 100 0 PBS ctl ASO ASO A WT AS Vertical activity (beam counts) 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 LETTER RESEARCH PBS ctl ASO ASO A WT AS Stereotype (counts) 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Time balanced (s) Trials f g 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 PBS ctl ASO ASO A WT AS # Marbles buried *** NS WT, PBS AS, Ctl ASO AS, ASO A h 80 60 40 20 0 post-shock cued % Freezing * NS NS NS WT, PBS AS, Ctl ASO AS, ASO A i 40 30 20 75 125 175 225 275 Body weight (g) Age (days) Tx age 200 μm Cortex and Cerebellum hippocampus WT + PBS 2 wk post-treatment AS + Ctl ASO 2 wk post-treatment AS + ASO A 2wk post-treatment AS + ASO A 8wk post-treatment 0 PBS ctl ASO ASO A WT AS 0 PBS ctl ASO ASO A WT AS Expression fold change Cortex Hippocampus Cerebellum a b Extended Data Figure 9 | ASO treatment in Angelman syndrome mice upregulated Ube3a. a, RNA levels of Ube3a-ATS and Ube3a were determined by qRT–PCR in wild-type (WT) mice treated with PBS and Angelman syndrome (AS) mice treated with Ctl ASO or ASO A. n52–3 per group, mean6s.e.m. b, UBE3A immunofluorescence on brain sections was performed 2 to 8 weeks after treatment. c–h, ASO treatment in adult Angelman syndrome mice did not reverse some disease-associated phenotypes. c, Total distance travelled in the open field assay. d, Vertical activity in the open field assay. e, Stereotype activity in the open field assay. f, Marble burying test. The y axis represents the number of marbles at least 50% buried. g, Accelerating rotarod test during eight trials. h, Post-shock and cued response measured during the fear conditioning assay. n513–15 per group *P,0.05, ***P,0.001 (one-way ANOVA with Newman–Keuls post-hoc analysis). NS, not significant. i, Growth curve of age-matched female mice. Each line represents weight measurements of a single mouse over a 5-month time course post-injection, n55 per group. Tx age, age of mouse at time of treatment. ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
  • 16. RESEARCH LETTER Extended Data Table 1 | qRT–PCR primer sequences Target Forward Sequence Reverse Sequence Probe Sequence (Taqman) Ube3aYFP-ATS CCAATGACTCATGATTGTCCTG GGTACCCGGGGATCCTCTAG Ube3aYFP TGGAGGACTAGGAAAATTGAAGATG CGCCCTTGCTCACCATG CCAAAAATGGCCCAGACACAGAAAGG Ube3a-ATS CCAATGACTCATGATTGTCCTG GTGATGGCCTTCAACAATCTC Ube3a GCACCTGTTGGAGGACTAGG GTGATGGCCTTCAACAATCTC Snrpn TGTGATTGTGATGAGTTCAGGAAGA ACCAGACCCAAAACCCGTTT CAAGCCAAAGAATGCAAAACAGCCAGAA Snord116 GGATCTATGATGATTCCCAG GGACCTCAGTTCCGATGA Snord116HG TGTGCTGACTTGCCCTAG GTTCGATGGAGACTCAGTTGG AAACATGCAGAGGAAATGGCCCC Snord116pre ATTGGTCCCACTGTAATCGG GTTCGATGGAGACTCAGTTGG AAACATGCAGAGGAAATGGCCCC Snord115 CTGGGTCAATGATGACAAC TTGGGCCTCAGCGTAATCC Snord115HG CAGCAATCCCTCTCCAGTTC AAGGTGGCATGTGAGATGAC TGTGACCATTCCTACTCTGAGCCAGTT Snord115pre CCATGTGACCATTCCTACTCTG AGAATTCGGCTACATCTACTTGG TGGAAAGGAAGGTAAGTGTTTGGATTAGGT Ipw GCTGATAACATTCACTCCCAGA GAATGAGCTGACAACCTACTCC TTGGACACCCTTGCAGAAGATGACTT Gapdh GGCAAATTCAACGGCACAGT GGGTCTCGCTCCTGGAAGAT AAGGCCGAGAATGGGAAGCTTGTCATC Pgk1 ATGTCGCTTTCCAACAAGCTG GCTCCATTGTCCAAGCAGAAT Nrxn3 GATGAAGACTTTGTCGAATGTGA CCGTCTGATTCCTGGCTCCGTG GACCATCCCTGTTGTACTGC Astn2 CAGCACCACTACAACTCTCAC TCACTCCTCCAGACGAAGTCACCA CGCAGAATCAGATGAGCCTT Pchd15 CGGCGAAGTCATTGGTGAA ACCAACTTGATCATTCTTTTTCTTGCCCAC GTTCTGCTTCTCTGCGACTC Csmd1 GCTGCCATTCTTGTTCCCT ACTTTTGGTCTTGTTCTGTGTTTGTAGAGGT TCAAATGAAGCTTGTCCATTACTG Il1rapl1 CTTGAAATCCTCCCTGATATGCT CCAACTGGAACATACATTGAAGATGTGGCT CCGCTTACTTTGATCTACGCA Aif1 TGGTCCCCCAGCCAAGA CCCACCGTGTGACATCCA AGCTATCTCCGAGCTGCCCTGATTGG ©2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved