Disclosed herein are products, methods, and uses for treating, ameliorating, delaying the progression of, and / or preventing a
disease or disorder associated with expression of an aberrant lamin A (LMNA)
gene or progerin
gene. Such
disease or disorder includes, but is not limited to, a laminopathy, progeroid syndrome,
progeria, or aging disorder resulting from the aberrant expression of LMNA or progerin. In some instances, the
progeria is Hutchinson-Gilford
progeria syndrome (HGPS). In some instances, the
disease or disorder associated with the expression of progerin is
premature aging or
natural aging including, but not limited to, atherosclerosis, alopecia,
osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease,
skin abnormalities, fat storage,
stroke,
myocardial infarction,
stroke,
heart failure,
muscle wasting,
muscle weakness,
myotonia,
skeletal muscle problems, abnormalities of the
retina, hip
weakness, abdominal
muscle weakness, joint and spinal abnormalities, lower leg weakness, shoulder weakness,
hearing loss, and / or
tissue inflammation. More particularly, disclosed herein are
RNA interference-based products, methods, and uses for inhibiting or downregulating the expression of progerin. Even more particularly, the disclosure provides
guide RNA and a
CRISPR endonuclease for inhibiting or downregulating the expression of progerin and methods of using said
guide RNA and a
CRISPR endonuclease to correct a
mutation in the LMNA
gene and inhibit or downregulate progerin expression in cells and / or in cells of a subject having a condition resulting from the expression of progerin including, but not limited to, HGPS or progeria, an HGPS-like condition affecting LMNA mutations that affect
exon 11 splicing, or a condition resulting from the expression of progerin.