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. 2019 Dec 21;21(1):94. doi: 10.3390/ijms21010094

Table 1.

Inhibitors of GSK3β with a positive effect in the pre-clinical studies of HSALR mice.

GSK3 Inhibitor Effect on the HSALR Phenotype Molecular Effects
Lithium [31]
  • Reduction of myopathy in adult mice

  • Reduction of myotonia in adult mice

  • Reduction of the grip weakness in adult mice

  • Normalization of GSK3β

  • Normalization of cyclin D3

  • Normalization of CUGBP1 activity

TDZD-8 [31]
  • Reduction of myotonia in adult mice

  • Reduction of the grip weakness in adult mice

  • Activation of myogenic satellite cells in adult muscle

  • Normalization of GSK3β

  • Normalization of cyclin D3

  • Increase of PAX-7

BIO [49]
  • Reduction of myopathy in adult mice

  • Reduction of the grip weakness in adult mice

  • Prevention of muscle pathology (myopathy and the grip weakness) in adult mice after short treatment at a young age (6 weeks)

  • Normalization of GSKβ

  • Normalization of cyclin D3

  • Normalization of CUGBP1 levels

  • Normalization of CUGBP1 activity

  • Increase of PAX-7

  • Normalization of myogenic downstream targets of CUGBP1: RBM45, LEF1, DCX and Col 4A

Tideglusib [50]
  • Reduction of myopathy in adult mice

  • Reduction of the grip weakness in adult mice

  • Reduction of the mutant CUG repeats

  • Reduction of CUG foci

  • Normalization of GSK3β

  • Normalization of myogenic downstream targets of CUGBP1, DCX and RMB45

  • Normalization of splicing (Serca1, Cypher)