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Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volume 62, 2022

Fragile X Syndrome: Lessons Learned and What New Treatment Avenues Are on the Horizon

Abstract

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability and the leading single-gene form of autism spectrum disorder, encompassing cognitive, behavioral, and physical forms of clinical involvement. FXS is caused by large expansions of a noncoding CGG repeat (>200 repeats) in the gene, at which point the gene is generally silenced. Absence of protein (FMRP), important for synaptic development and maintenance, gives rise to the neurodevelopmental disorder. There is, at present, no therapeutic approach that directly reverses the loss of FMRP; however, there is an increasing number of potential treatments that target the pathways dysregulated in FXS, including those that address the enhanced activity of the mGluR5 pathway and deficits in GABA pathways. Based on studies of targeted therapeutics to date, the prospects are good for one or more effective therapies for FXS in the near future.

Keyword(s): autism, CGG repeat, FMR1, FMRP, FXAND
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Fragile X Syndrome: Lessons Learned and What New Treatment Avenues Are on the Horizon
Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 62, 365 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-052120-090147
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