Oligos targeted to trigger nonsense-mediated decay (NMD)

This paper provides some experimental support for targeting steric-blocking oligos to alter splicing and trigger nonsense-mediated decay. The paper compared uniform 2'-methoxyethyl phosphorothioate oligos with 2'-MOE phosphorothioate gapmers (steric blocking versus RNase-H competent, respectively).

Nonsense-mediated decay as a terminating mechanism for antisense oligonucleotides.
Ward AJ, Norrbom M, Chun S, Bennett CF, Rigo F.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 May 1;42(9):5871-9. doi: 10.1093/nar/gku184. Epub 2014 Mar 3.

http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/42/9/5871.long