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Pillon NJ, Bilan PJ, Fink LN, Klip A. Cross-talk between skeletal muscle and immune cells: muscle-derived mediators and metabolic implications. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E453-65. [PMID: 23277185 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00553.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Skeletal muscles contain resident immune cell populations and their abundance and type is altered in inflammatory myopathies, endotoxemia or different types of muscle injury/insult. Within tissues, monocytes differentiate into macrophages and polarize to acquire pro- or anti-inflammatory phenotypes. Skeletal muscle macrophages play a fundamental role in repair and pathogen clearance. These events require a precisely regulated cross-talk between myofibers and immune cells, involving paracrine/autocrine and contact interactions. Skeletal muscle also undergoes continuous repair as a result of contractile activity that involves participation of myokines and anti-inflammatory input. Finally, skeletal muscle is the major site of dietary glucose disposal; therefore, muscle insulin resistance is essential to the development of whole body insulin resistance. Notably, muscle inflammation is emerging as a potential contributor to insulin resistance. Recent reports show that inflammatory macrophage numbers within muscle are elevated during obesity and that muscle cells in vitro can mount autonomous inflammatory responses under metabolic challenge. Here, we review the nature of skeletal muscle inflammation associated with muscle exercise, damage, and regeneration, endotoxin presence, and myopathies, as well as the new evidence of local inflammation arising with obesity that potentially contributes to insulin resistance.
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- Nicolas J Pillon
- Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Terrill JR, Radley-Crabb HG, Iwasaki T, Lemckert FA, Arthur PG, Grounds MD. Oxidative stress and pathology in muscular dystrophies: focus on protein thiol oxidation and dysferlinopathies. FEBS J 2013; 280:4149-64. [PMID: 23332128 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Revised: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The muscular dystrophies comprise more than 30 clinical disorders that are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle wasting and degeneration. Although the genetic basis for many of these disorders has been identified, the exact mechanism for pathogenesis generally remains unknown. It is considered that disturbed levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to the pathology of many muscular dystrophies. Reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress may cause cellular damage by directly and irreversibly damaging macromolecules such as proteins, membrane lipids and DNA; another major cellular consequence of reactive oxygen species is the reversible modification of protein thiol side chains that may affect many aspects of molecular function. Irreversible oxidative damage of protein and lipids has been widely studied in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and we have recently identified increased protein thiol oxidation in dystrophic muscles of the mdx mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This review evaluates the role of elevated oxidative stress in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other forms of muscular dystrophies, and presents new data that show significantly increased protein thiol oxidation and high levels of lipofuscin (a measure of cumulative oxidative damage) in dysferlin-deficient muscles of A/J mice at various ages. The significance of this elevated oxidative stress and high levels of reversible thiol oxidation, but minimal myofibre necrosis, is discussed in the context of the disease mechanism for dysferlinopathies, and compared with the situation for dystrophin-deficient mdx mice.
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- Jessica R Terrill
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Macrophage plasticity and the role of inflammation in skeletal muscle repair. Mediators Inflamm 2013; 2013:491497. [PMID: 23509419 PMCID: PMC3572642 DOI: 10.1155/2013/491497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Effective repair of damaged tissues and organs requires the coordinated action of several cell types, including infiltrating inflammatory cells and resident cells. Recent findings have uncovered a central role for macrophages in the repair of skeletal muscle after acute damage. If damage persists, as in skeletal muscle pathologies such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), macrophage infiltration perpetuates and leads to progressive fibrosis, thus exacerbating disease severity. Here we discuss how dynamic changes in macrophage populations and activation states in the damaged muscle tissue contribute to its efficient regeneration. We describe how ordered changes in macrophage polarization, from M1 to M2 subtypes, can differently affect muscle stem cell (satellite cell) functions. Finally, we also highlight some of the new mechanisms underlying macrophage plasticity and briefly discuss the emerging implications of lymphocytes and other inflammatory cell types in normal versus pathological muscle repair.
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Bencze M, Negroni E, Vallese D, Yacoub-Youssef H, Chaouch S, Wolff A, Aamiri A, Di Santo JP, Chazaud B, Butler-Browne G, Savino W, Mouly V, Riederer I. Proinflammatory macrophages enhance the regenerative capacity of human myoblasts by modifying their kinetics of proliferation and differentiation. Mol Ther 2012; 20:2168-79. [PMID: 23070116 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2012.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Macrophages have been shown to be essential for muscle repair by delivering trophic cues to growing skeletal muscle precursors and young fibers. Here, we investigated whether human macrophages, either proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory, coinjected with human myoblasts into regenerating muscle of Rag2(-/-) γC(-/-) immunodeficient mice, could modify in vivo the kinetics of proliferation and differentiation of the transplanted human myogenic precursors. Our results clearly show that proinflammatory macrophages improve in vivo the participation of injected myoblasts to host muscle regeneration, extending the window of proliferation, increasing migration, and delaying differentiation. Interestingly, immunostaining of transplanted proinflammatory macrophages at different time points strongly suggests that these cells are able to switch to an anti-inflammatory phenotype in vivo, which then may stimulate differentiation during muscle regeneration. Conceptually, our data provide for the first time in vivo evidence strongly suggesting that proinflammatory macrophages play a supportive role in the regulation of myoblast behavior after transplantation into preinjured muscle, and could thus potentially optimize transplantation of myogenic progenitors in the context of cell therapy.
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Hunt LC, Upadhyay A, Jazayeri JA, Tudor EM, White JD. An anti-inflammatory role for leukemia inhibitory factor receptor signaling in regenerating skeletal muscle. Histochem Cell Biol 2012; 139:13-34. [PMID: 22926285 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-1018-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Skeletal muscle regeneration in pathology and following injury requires the coordinated actions of inflammatory cells and myogenic cells to remove damaged tissue and rebuild syncytial muscle cells, respectively. Following contusion injury to muscle, the cytokine leukemia inhibitor factor (LIF) is up-regulated and knockout of Lif negatively impacts on morphometric parameters of muscle regeneration. Although it was speculated that LIF regulates muscle regeneration through direct effects on myogenic cells, the inflammatory effects of LIF have not been examined in regenerating skeletal muscle. Therefore, the expression and function of LIF was examined using the antagonist MH35-BD during specific inflammatory and myogenic stages of notexin-induced muscle regeneration in mice. LIF protein and mRNA were up-regulated in two distinct phases following intramuscular injection of notexin into tibialis anterior muscles. The first phase of LIF up-regulation coincided with the increased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines; the second phase coincided with myogenic differentiation and formation of new myotubes. Administration of the LIF receptor antagonist MH35-BD during the second phase of LIF up-regulation had no significant effects on transcript expression of genes required for myogenic differentiation or associated with inflammation; there were no significant differences in morphometric parameters of the regenerating muscle. Conversely, when MH35-BD was administered during the acute inflammatory phase, increased gene transcripts for the pro-inflammatory cytokines Tnf (Tumor necrosis factor), Il1b (Interleukin-1β) and Il6 (Interleukin-6) alongside an increase in the number of Ly6G positive neutrophils infiltrating the muscle were observed. This was followed by a reduction in Myog (Myogenin) mRNA, which is required for myogenic differentiation, and the subsequent number of myotubes formed was significantly decreased in MH35-BD-treated groups compared to sham. Thus, antagonism of the LIF receptor during the inflammatory phase of skeletal muscle regeneration appeared to induce an inflammatory response that inhibited subsequent myotube formation. We propose that the predominant role of LIF in skeletal muscle regeneration appears to be in regulating the inflammatory response rather than directly effecting myogenic cells.
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- Liam C Hunt
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Flemington road, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Kostek MC, Nagaraju K, Pistilli E, Sali A, Lai SH, Gordon B, Chen YW. IL-6 signaling blockade increases inflammation but does not affect muscle function in the mdx mouse. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2012; 13:106. [PMID: 22716658 PMCID: PMC3522537 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background IL-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine that modulates inflammatory responses and plays critical roles in muscle maintenance and remodeling. In the mouse model (mdx) of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, IL-6 and muscle inflammation are elevated, which is believed to contribute to the chronic inflammation and failure of muscle regeneration in DMD. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of blocking IL-6 signaling on the muscle phenotype including muscle weakness and pathology in the mdx mouse. Methods A monoclonal antibody against the IL-6 receptor (IL-6r mAb) that blocks local and systemic IL-6 signaling was administered to mdx and BL-10 mice for 5 weeks and muscle function, histology, and inflammation were examined. Results IL-6r mAb treatment increased mdx muscle inflammation including total inflammation score and ICAM-1 positive lumens in muscles. There was no significant improvement in muscle strength nor muscle pathology due to IL-6r mAb treatment in mdx mice. Conclusions These results showed that instead of reducing inflammation, IL-6 signaling blockade for 5 weeks caused an increase in muscle inflammation, with no significant change in indices related to muscle regeneration and muscle function. The results suggest a potential anti-inflammatory instead of the original hypothesized pro-inflammatory role of IL-6 signaling in the mdx mice.
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- Matthew C Kostek
- Laboratory of Muscle and Translational Therapeutics, Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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Weller C, Zschüntzsch J, Makosch G, Metselaar JM, Klinker F, Klinge L, Liebetanz D, Schmidt J. Motor performance of young dystrophic mdx mice treated with long-circulating prednisolone liposomes. J Neurosci Res 2012; 90:1067-77. [PMID: 22253213 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2011] [Revised: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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For Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a common myopathy that leads to severe disability, no causal therapy is available. Glucocorticosteroids improve patients' muscle strength, but their long-term use is limited by negative side effects. Thus, pharmacological modifications of glucocorticosteroids are required to increase the efficacy by drug targeting. Liposomal encapsulation augments systemic half-life and local tissue concentrations of glucocorticosteroids and, at the same time, reduces systemic side effects. In this study, the efficacy of novel, long-circulating, polyethylene-glycol-coated liposomes encapsulating prednisolone was compared with free prednisolone in the treatment of mdx mice, a well-established animal model for DMD. Using an objective and sensitive computerized 24-hr detection system of voluntary wheel-running in single cages, we demonstrate a significant impairment of the running performance in mdx compared with black/10 control mice aged 3-6 weeks. Treatment with liposomal or free prednisolone did not improve running performance compared with saline control or empty liposomes. Histopathological parameters, including the rate of internalized nuclei and fiber size variation, and mRNA and protein expression levels of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and monocytes chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 also remained unchanged. Bioactivity in skeletal muscle of liposomal and free prednisolone was demonstrated by elevated mRNA expression of muscle ring finger protein 1 (MuRF1), a mediator of muscle atrophy, and its forkhead box transcription factors (Foxo1/3). Our data support the assessment of voluntary running to be a robust and reproducible outcome measure of skeletal muscle performance during the early disease course of mdx mice and suggest that liposomal encapsulation is not superior in treatment efficacy compared with conventional prednisolone. Our study helps to improve the future design of experimental treatment in animal models of neuromuscular diseases.
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- Charlotte Weller
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Smythe GM, White JD. Voluntary wheel running in dystrophin-deficient (mdx) mice: Relationships between exercise parameters and exacerbation of the dystrophic phenotype. PLOS CURRENTS 2011; 3:RRN1295. [PMID: 22457847 PMCID: PMC3269826 DOI: 10.1371/currents.rrn1295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Voluntary wheel running can potentially be used to exacerbate the disease phenotype in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice. While it has been established that voluntary wheel running is highly variable between individuals, the key parameters of wheel running that impact the most on muscle pathology have not been examined in detail. We conducted a 2-week test of voluntary wheel running by mdx mice and the impact of wheel running on disease pathology. There was significant individual variation in the average daily distance (ranging from 0.003 ± 0.005 km to 4.48 ± 0.96 km), culminating in a wide range (0.040 km to 67.24 km) of total cumulative distances run by individuals. There was also variation in the number and length of run/rest cycles per night, and the average running rate. Correlation analyses demonstrated that in the quadriceps muscle, a low number of high distance run/rest cycles was the most consistent indicator for increased tissue damage. The amount of rest time between running bouts was a key factor associated with gastrocnemius damage. These data emphasize the need for detailed analysis of individual running performance, consideration of the length of wheel exposure time, and the selection of appropriate muscle groups for analysis, when applying the use of voluntary wheel running to disease exacerbation and/or pre-clinical testing of the efficacy of therapeutic agents in the mdx mouse.
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- Gayle M Smythe
- School of Community Health and Centre for Inland Health, Charles Sturt University and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne
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Alterations in the expression of leukemia inhibitory factor following exercise: comparisons between wild-type and mdx muscles. PLOS CURRENTS 2011; 3:RRN1277. [PMID: 22183053 PMCID: PMC3222879 DOI: 10.1371/currents.rrn1277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a pleiotropic cytokine, belonging to the interleukin-6 family of cytokines, that has been suggested to have positive effects on myogenesis following injury and to minimise dystrophic pathology in mdx mice. Previous reports have suggested that Lif mRNA is up-regulated in the limb and diaphragm muscles of mdx mice, in human cases of dystrophy and acutely following exercise. This study examined expression of Lif mRNA in the quadriceps muscles of mdx and wild-type mice that were either sedentary or allowed to exercise voluntarily for two weeks. RESULTS Exercise caused a decrease in Lif mRNA expression in wild-type muscle, but this was not the case in mdx muscle. Lif mRNA levels in sedentary mdx mice were similar to those in exercised wild type muscles, and in mdx mice there was no further decrease in levels following exercise. Similar down-regulation of Lif mRNA was observed in the tibialis anterior and diaphragm muscles of mdx mice at three and six weeks of age respectively, compared with wild-type controls. Transcripts for the LIF receptor (Lifr) were also down-regulated in these mdx muscles, suggesting LIF activity may be minimised in dystrophic muscle. However fluorescent immunohistochemical labeling of LIF did not correlate with transcript expression data, as LIF immunoreactivity could not be detected in wild-type muscle, where mRNA expression was high, but was present in dystrophic muscle where mRNA expression was low. This study also described the translocation of membrane proteins, including LIFR, to the nuclei of syncytial muscle cells during differentiation and fusion. In addition this study demonstrates that survival of donor myoblasts injected into dystrophic muscle was enhanced by co-administration of recombinant LIF. CONCLUSIONS This study provides new evidence to support a role for LIF in normal muscle biology in response to exercise. Although expression levels of Lif transcript in mdx muscles were not consistent with previous studies, the detection of LIF protein in mdx muscle but not wild-type muscle supports a role for LIF in dystrophy. This study also provides evidence of the differential localisation of the LIFR, and the potential for anti-inflammatory actions of LIF that promote survival of transplanted myoblasts in dystrophic muscle.*corresponding author: Jason White, Muscular Dystrophy Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; email: jasondw@unimelb.edu.au.
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Radley-Crabb HG, Fiorotto ML, Grounds MD. The different impact of a high fat diet on dystrophic mdx and control C57Bl/10 mice. PLOS CURRENTS 2011; 3:RRN1276. [PMID: 22094293 PMCID: PMC3217191 DOI: 10.1371/currents.rrn1276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The absence of functional dystrophin protein in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and dystrophic mdx mice leads to fragile myofibre membranes and cycles of myofibre necrosis and regeneration. It is proposed that both DMD patients and mdx mice have an altered metabolism and impaired energy status and that nutritional supplementation may reduce the severity of dystropathology. This research compares the in vivo responses of dystrophic mdx and normal control C57Bl/10 mice to a high protein (50%) or a high fat (16%) diet. Consumption of a high protein diet had minimal effects on the body composition or muscle morphology in both strains of mice. In contrast, differences between the strains were seen in response to the high fat diet; this response also varied between mdx mice aged <24 weeks, and mdx mice aged 24 - 40 weeks. C57Bl/10 mice demonstrated many negative side effects after consuming the high fat diet, including weight gain, increased body fat, and elevated inflammatory cytokines. In contrast, after consuming the high fat diet for 16 weeks the mdx mice (< 24 weeks) remained lean with minimal fat deposition and were resistant to changes in body composition. These results support the proposal that energy metabolism in dystrophic mdx mice is altered compared to normal C57Bl/10 mice and this enables the mdx mice to better metabolise the high fat diet and avoid fat deposition. However, older mdx mice (24 - 40-week-old), with increased energy intake, exhibited some mild adverse effects of a high fat diet but to a far lesser extent than age-matched C57Bl/10 mice. Benefits of the high fat diet on dystrophic muscles of young mice were demonstrated by the significantly increased running ability (km) of voluntarily exercised mdx mice and significantly reduced myofibre necrosis in 24-week-old sedentary mdx mice. These novel data clearly identify an 'altered' response to a high fat diet in dystrophic mdx compared to normal C57Bl/10 mice. Our data indicate that the high fat diet may better meet the energy needs of mdx mice to reduce muscle damage and improve muscle function.
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- Hannah G Radley-Crabb
- School of Anatomy and Human Biology, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia and USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Radley-Crabb H, Terrill J, Shavlakadze T, Tonkin J, Arthur P, Grounds M. A single 30 min treadmill exercise session is suitable for 'proof-of concept studies' in adult mdx mice: a comparison of the early consequences of two different treadmill protocols. Neuromuscul Disord 2011; 22:170-82. [PMID: 21835619 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The extent of muscle pathology in sedentary adult mdx mice is very low and treadmill exercise is often used to increase myofibre necrosis; however, the early events in dystrophic muscle and blood in response to treadmill exercise (leading to myofibre necrosis) are unknown. This study describes in detail two standardised protocols for the treadmill exercise of mdx mice and profiles changes in molecular and cellular events after a single 30 min treadmill session (Protocol A) or after 4 weeks of (twice weekly) treadmill exercise (Protocol B). Both treadmill protocols increased multiple markers of muscle damage. We conclude that a single 30 min treadmill exercise session is a sufficient and conveniently fast screening test and could be used in 'proof-of-concept' studies to evaluate the benefits of pre-clinical drugs in vivo. Myofibre necrosis, blood serum CK and oxidative stress (specifically the ratio of oxidised to reduced protein thiols) are reliable markers of muscle damage after exercise; many parameters demonstrated high biological variation including changes in mRNA levels for key inflammatory cytokines in muscle. The sampling (sacrifice and tissue collection) time after exercise for these parameters is critical. A more precise understanding of the changes in dystrophic muscle after exercise aims to identify biomarkers and new potential therapeutic drug targets for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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- Hannah Radley-Crabb
- School of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
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Gherardi RK. Pathogenic aspects of dermatomyositis, polymyositis and overlap myositis. Presse Med 2011; 40:e209-18. [PMID: 21376512 DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2010.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Inflammatory myopathies (IMs) often have distinct histopathologic features suggesting humorally mediated involvement of the microcirculation in dermatomyositis (DM), including early capillary deposition of the complement C5b-9 membranolytic attack complex (MAC) and secondary ischaemic changes; and CD8 T-cell-mediated and MHC1-restricted autoimmune attack of myofibers in polymyositis (PM) and inclusion body myositis. Novel insights in these specific diseases include emerging evidence that capillary loss involves whole microvascular units in DM, and that regulatory T-cells strongly protect myofibers from experimental autotoxic attack in PM. However, all IMs do not exhibit pathophysiology-relevant histopathologic features of DM or PM. Autoimmune necrotizing myopathies (AINM) occur in the absence of endomysial inflammatory cells and may be specifically associated with anti-SRP autoantibodies. Moreover, IM histopathological features may be scarce, unspecific and overlapping. Therefore, increasing attention is paid to features shared by IMs regardless of their type, relevant to the innate immune response and to non-immune mechanisms. Innate immune responses to myodamage (and/or as yet unknown stimuli), involves release of chemokines, activation of specific Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and complex Th-1, Th-17 and other cytokine interplays; it triggers DC recruitment and maturation, and is associated with type 1 IFN signature (especially in DM where type 1 IFN-producing cells called plasmacytoid DCs are mainly detected). Non-immune mechanisms mainly include endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induced in myofibers by up-regulation of MHC-class I antigens (as typically observed in PM with a diffuse pattern and in DM with perifascicular predominance). ER stress may favour autoimmune reactions but may also be associated with myofiber damage and dysfunction in the absence of lymphocytes. Overlap myositis (OM) may be associated with other connective tissue diseases and a variety of autoantibodies, such as those directed against tRNA synthetase. Myositis specific autoantibodies are mainly expressed by regenerating myofibers, that may also express MHC-1 and endogenous ligand-binding TLRs, thus drawing a picture in which the regenerating myofiber plays a central pathophysiologic role.
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- Romain K Gherardi
- CHU Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, centre de référence des maladies neuromusculaires Garches-Necker_Mondor-Hendaye, service d'histologie, 94010 Créteil, France.
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Nemoto H, Konno S, Sugimoto H, Nakazora H, Nomoto N, Murata M, Kitazono H, Fujioka T. Anti-TNF therapy using etanercept suppresses degenerative and inflammatory changes in skeletal muscle of older SJL/J mice. Exp Mol Pathol 2011; 90:264-70. [PMID: 21324312 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2010] [Revised: 02/06/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B and Miyoshi myopathy are characterized by muscle fiber necrosis caused by a defect in dysferlin and inflammatory changes. SJL/J mice are deficient in dysferlin and display severe inflammatory changes, most notably the presence of cytokines, which may be related to destruction of the sarcolemma. We tested the hypothesis that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) contributes to myofibril necrosis. Administration of etanercept, an agent that blocks TNF, resulted in dose-dependent reductions in inflammatory change, necrosis, and fatty/fibrous change. These findings indicate that TNF does indeed play a role in the damage to muscle in SJL/J mice and that etanercept has the potential to reduce such damage.
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- Hiroshi Nemoto
- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-17-6 Ohashi, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
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Machado RV, Mauricio AF, Taniguti APT, Ferretti R, Neto HS, Marques MJ. Eicosapentaenoic acid decreases TNF-α and protects dystrophic muscles of mdx mice from degeneration. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 232:145-50. [PMID: 21131061 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 10/09/2010] [Accepted: 10/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In dystrophin-deficient fibers of mdx mice and in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, inflammation and increased production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) contribute to myonecrosis. We examined the effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on dystrophic muscle degeneration. Mdx mice (14 days old) received EPA for 16 days. The sternomastoid, diaphragm and biceps brachii muscles were removed. Control mdx mice received vehicle. EPA decreased creatine kinase and myonecrosis and reduced the levels of TNF-α. These results suggest that EPA plays a protective role in dystrophic muscle degeneration, possibly by reducing TNF-α, and support further investigations of EPA as a potential therapy for dystrophinopathies.
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- Rafael Ventura Machado
- Departamento de Anatomia, Biologia Celular, Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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Shrestha S, Wershil B, Sarwark JF, Niewold TB, Philipp T, Pachman LM. Lesional and nonlesional skin from patients with untreated juvenile dermatomyositis displays increased numbers of mast cells and mature plasmacytoid dendritic cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 62:2813-22. [PMID: 20506305 DOI: 10.1002/art.27529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the distribution of mast cells and dendritic cell (DC) subsets in paired muscle and skin (lesional/nonlesional) from untreated children with juvenile dermatomyositis (DM). METHODS Muscle and skin biopsy samples (4 skin biopsy samples with active rash) from 7 patients with probable/definite juvenile DM were compared with muscle and skin samples from 10 healthy pediatric controls. Mast cell distribution and number were assessed by toluidine blue staining and analyzed by Student's t-test. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed to identify mature DCs, myeloid DCs (MDCs), and plasmacytoid DCs (PDCs) by using antibodies against DC-LAMP, blood dendritic cell antigen 1 (BDCA-1), and BDCA-2, respectively. Myxovirus resistance protein A (MxA) staining indicated active type I interferon (IFN) signaling; positive staining was scored semiquantitatively and analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS Both inflamed and nonlesional skin from patients with juvenile DM contained more mast cells than did skin from pediatric controls (P = 0.029), and comparable numbers of mast cells were present in lesional and nonlesional skin. Interestingly, mast cell numbers were greater in skin than in paired muscle tissue from patients with juvenile DM (P = 0.014) and were not increased in muscle from patients with juvenile DM compared with control muscle. Both muscle and skin from patients with juvenile DM showed more mature PDCs and MxA staining than did their corresponding control tissues (P < 0.05). In both muscle and skin from patients with juvenile DM and in pediatric control muscle, there were fewer MDCs than PDCs, and the distributions of MDCs and PDCs were similar in pediatric control skin samples. CONCLUSION The identification of mast cells in skin (irrespective of rash) from patients with juvenile DM, but not in paired muscle tissue, suggests that they have a specific role in juvenile DM skin pathophysiology. In skin from patients with juvenile DM, increased numbers of PDCs and increased expression of type I IFN-induced protein suggest a selective influence on T cell differentiation and subsequent effector function.
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- Sheela Shrestha
- Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, Illinois 60614-3363, USA
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Orenstein SB, Saberski ER, Klueh U, Kreutzer DL, Novitsky YW. Effects of mast cell modulation on early host response to implanted synthetic meshes. Hernia 2010; 14:511-6. [PMID: 20526725 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-010-0680-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Mast cells (MCs) and their products (e.g., histamine, serotonin, heparin, prostaglandins, cytokines, etc.) play key roles in controlling local inflammation, wound healing, and foreign body reactions in vivo. Investigation of the role of MCs in mediating local tissue responses to synthetic hernia meshes has been very limited to date. We aimed to determine the effects of MCs/MC products in mice undergoing synthetic mesh implantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Circular samples (5 mm) of heavyweight microporous polypropylene (Trelex), midweight microporous polypropylene (ProLite), lightweight macroporous polypropylene with poliglecaprone (Ultrapro), and 3-dimensional macroporous polyester (Parietex) meshes were implanted subcutaneously in C57BL/6 J mice with and without cromolyn (MC stabilizer/suppressant) treatment (50 mg/kg, daily IP). Two weeks post-implantation, all meshes were explanted and evaluated histologically using H&E and trichrome stains. RESULTS Chronic inflammation was focused around individual mesh fibers; inter-fiber inflammation and fibrosis diminished as mesh porosity increased. MC accumulation was seen at the periphery of inflammatory reactions, and in association with mesh-induced fibrosis and neovascularization. Cromolyn treatment resulted in significantly decreased fibrotic responses to all four meshes and reduced inflammation induced by Trelex, ProLite, and Parietex meshes but not Ultrapro. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that MCs play important roles in mesh-induced host tissue reactions. Blocking MC degranulation decreased early inflammation and fibrosis induced by most synthetic meshes in this study. Further evaluation and understanding of the role of MCs in mesh-induced tissue reactions will provide new therapeutic approaches to enhance the biocompatibility of surgical meshes and ultimately improve clinical outcomes in patients undergoing hernia repair with synthetic biomaterials.
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- S B Orenstein
- Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Brigitte M, Schilte C, Plonquet A, Baba-Amer Y, Henri A, Charlier C, Tajbakhsh S, Albert M, Gherardi RK, Chrétien F. Muscle resident macrophages control the immune cell reaction in a mouse model of notexin-induced myoinjury. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 62:268-79. [PMID: 20039420 DOI: 10.1002/art.27183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Skeletal muscle may be the site of a variety of poorly understood immune reactions, particularly after myofiber injury, which is typically observed in inflammatory myopathies. This study was undertaken to explore both the cell dynamics and functions of resident macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) in damaged muscle, using a mouse model of notexin-induced myoinjury to study innate immune cell reactions. METHODS The myeloid cell reaction to notexin-induced myoinjury was analyzed by microscopy and flow cytometry. Bone marrow (BM) transplantation studies were used to discriminate resident from exudate monocyte/macrophages. Functional tests included cytokine screening and an alloantigenic mixed leukocyte reaction to assess the antigen-presenting cell (APC) function. Selective resident macrophage depletion was obtained by injection of diphtheria toxin (DT) into CD11b-DT receptor-transgenic mice transplanted with DT-insensitive BM. RESULTS The connective tissue surrounding mouse muscle/fascicle tissue (the epimysium/perimysium) after deep muscle injury displayed a resident macrophage population of CD11b+F4/80+CD11c-Ly-6C-CX3CR1- cells, which concentrated first in the epimysium. These resident macrophages were being used by leukocytes as a centripetal migration pathway, and were found to selectively release 2 chemokines, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and to crucially contribute to massive recruitment of neutrophils and monocytes from the blood. Early epimysial inflammation consisted of a predominance of Ly-6C(high)CX3CR1(low)CD11c- cells that were progressively substituted by Ly-6C(low)CX3CR1(high) cells displaying an intermediate, rather than high, level of CD11c expression. These CD11c(intermediate) cells were derived from circulating CCR2+ monocytes, functionally behaved as immature APCs in the absence of alloantigenic challenge, and migrated to draining lymph nodes while acquiring the phenotype of mature DCs (CD11c+Ia+CD80+ cells, corresponding to an inflammatory DC phenotype). CONCLUSION The results in this mouse model show that resident macrophages in the muscle epimysium/perimysium orchestrate the innate immune response to myoinjury, which is linked to adaptive immunity through the formation of inflammatory DCs.
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- Madly Brigitte
- INSERM U955, Groupe Hospitalier Henri Mondor-Albert Chenevier, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 12 Val-de-Marne, Créteil, France
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Ichim TE, Alexandrescu DT, Solano F, Lara F, Campion RDN, Paris E, Woods EJ, Murphy MP, Dasanu CA, Patel AN, Marleau AM, Leal A, Riordan NH. Mesenchymal stem cells as anti-inflammatories: implications for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Cell Immunol 2010; 260:75-82. [PMID: 19917503 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 10/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal X-linked musculodegenerative condition consisting of an underlying genetic defect whose manifestation is augmented by inflammatory mechanisms. Previous treatment approaches using gene replacement, exon-skipping or allogeneic cell therapy have been relatively unsuccessful. The only intervention to mediate improvement in survival, albeit minor, is glucocorticoid treatment. Given this modality appears to function via suppression of underlying inflammation; we focus this review on the inflammatory response as a target for mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy. In contrast to other cell based therapies attempted in DMD, MSC have the advantages of (a) ability to fuse with and genetically complement dystrophic muscle; (b) possess anti-inflammatory activities; and (c) produce trophic factors that may augment activity of endogenous repair cells. We conclude by describing one practical scenario of stem cell therapy for DMD.
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Evans NP, Misyak SA, Robertson JL, Bassaganya-Riera J, Grange RW. Immune-mediated mechanisms potentially regulate the disease time-course of duchenne muscular dystrophy and provide targets for therapeutic intervention. PM R 2009; 1:755-68. [PMID: 19695529 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Revised: 04/23/2009] [Accepted: 04/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a lethal muscle-wasting disease that affects boys. Mutations in the dystrophin gene result in the absence of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) from muscle plasma membranes. In healthy muscle fibers, the DGC forms a link between the extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton to protect against contraction-induced membrane lesions and to regulate cell signaling. The absence of the DGC results in aberrant regulation of inflammatory signaling cascades. Inflammation is a key pathological characteristic of dystrophic muscle lesion formation. However, the role and regulation of this process in the disease time-course has not been sufficiently examined. The transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB has been shown to contribute to the disease process and is likely involved with increased inflammatory gene expression, including cytokines and chemokines, found in dystrophic muscle. These aberrant signaling processes may regulate the early time-course of inflammatory events that contribute to the onset of disease. This review critically evaluates the possibility that dystrophic muscle lesions in both patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and mdx mice are the result of immune-mediated mechanisms that are regulated by inflammatory signaling and also highlights new therapeutic directions.
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- Nicholas P Evans
- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0002, USA.
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Farini A, Razini P, Erratico S, Torrente Y, Meregalli M. Cell based therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. J Cell Physiol 2009; 221:526-34. [PMID: 19688776 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Mutations in the dystrophin gene cause an X-linked genetic disorder: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Stem cell therapy is an attractive method to treat DMD because a small number of cells are required to obtain a therapeutic effect. Here, we discussed about multiple types of myogenic stem cells and their possible use to treat DMD. The identification of a stem cell population providing efficient muscle regeneration is critical for the progression of cell therapy for DMD. We speculated that the most promising possibility for the treatment of DMD is a combination of different approaches, such as gene and stem cell therapy.
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- Andrea Farini
- Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Neurological Science, Centro Dino Ferrari, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena, Italy
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Evans NP, Call JA, Bassaganya-Riera J, Robertson JL, Grange RW. Green tea extract decreases muscle pathology and NF-kappaB immunostaining in regenerating muscle fibers of mdx mice. Clin Nutr 2009; 29:391-8. [PMID: 19897286 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2009] [Revised: 08/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a debilitating genetic disorder characterized by severe muscle wasting and early death in afflicted boys. The primary cause of this disease is mutations in the dystrophin gene resulting in massive muscle degeneration and inflammation. The purpose of this study was to determine if dystrophic muscle pathology and inflammation were decreased by pre-natal and early dietary intervention with green tea extract. METHODS Mdx breeder mice and pups were fed diets containing 0.25% or 0.5% green tea extract and compared to untreated mdx and C57BL/6J mice. Serum creatine kinase was assessed as a systemic indicator of muscle damage. Quantitative histopathological and immunohistochemical techniques were used to determine muscle pathology, macrophage infiltration, and NF-kappaB localization. RESULTS Early treatment of mdx mice with green tea extract significantly decreased serum creatine kinase by approximately 85% at age 42 days (P< or =0.05). In these mice, the area of normal fiber morphology was increased by as much as approximately 32% (P< or =0.05). The primary histopathological change was a approximately 21% decrease in the area of regenerating fibers (P< or =0.05). NF-kappaB staining in regenerating muscle fibers was also significantly decreased in green tea extract-treated mdx mice when compared to untreated mdx mice (P< or =0.05). CONCLUSION Early treatment with green tea extract decreases dystrophic muscle pathology potentially by regulating NF-kappaB activity in regenerating muscle fibers.
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MESH Headings
- Aging
- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use
- Antioxidants/pharmacology
- Antioxidants/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers/blood
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/blood
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/pathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/prevention & control
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Necrosis/pathology
- Necrosis/prevention & control
- Phytotherapy
- Plant Extracts/pharmacology
- Plant Extracts/therapeutic use
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- Random Allocation
- Regeneration/drug effects
- Tea/chemistry
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- Nicholas P Evans
- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 338 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
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Use of pifithrin to inhibit p53-mediated signalling of TNF in dystrophic muscles of mdx mice. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 337:119-31. [PMID: 19859789 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0291-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF) plays a major role in exacerbating necrosis of dystrophic muscle; however, the precise molecular mechanism underlying this effect of TNF is unknown. This study investigates the role that p53 plays in TNF-mediated necrosis of dystrophic myofibres by inhibiting p53 using pifithrin-alpha and three pifithrin-beta analogues. Tissue culture studies using C2C12 myoblasts established that pifithrin-alpha was toxic to differentiating myoblasts at concentrations greater than 10 muM. While non-toxic concentrations of pifithrin-alpha did not prevent the TNF-mediated inhibition of myoblast differentiation, Western blots indicated that nuclear levels of p53 were higher in TNF-treated myoblasts indicating that TNF does elevate p53. In contrast, in vivo studies in adult mdx mice showed that pifithrin-alpha significantly reduced myofibre necrosis that resulted from voluntary wheel running over 48 h. These results support the hypothesis that p53 plays some role in TNF-mediated necrosis of dystrophic muscle and present a potential new target for therapeutic interventions.
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Spurney CF, Gordish-Dressman H, Guerron AD, Sali A, Pandey GS, Rawat R, Van Der Meulen JH, Cha HJ, Pistilli EE, Partridge TA, Hoffman EP, Nagaraju K. Preclinical drug trials in the mdx mouse: assessment of reliable and sensitive outcome measures. Muscle Nerve 2009; 39:591-602. [PMID: 19260102 DOI: 10.1002/mus.21211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The availability of animal models for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has led to extensive preclinical research on potential therapeutics. Few studies have focused on reliability and sensitivity of endpoints for mdx mouse drug trials. Therefore, we sought to compare a wide variety of reported and novel endpoint measures in exercised mdx and normal control mice at 10, 20, and 40 weeks of age. Statistical analysis as well as power calculations for expected effect sizes in mdx preclinical drug trials across different ages showed that body weight, normalized grip strength, horizontal activity, rest time, cardiac function measurements, blood pressure, total central/peripheral nuclei per fiber, and serum creatine kinase are the most effective measurements for detecting drug-induced changes. These data provide an experimental basis upon which standardization of preclinical drug testing can be developed. Muscle Nerve, 2008.
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- Christopher F Spurney
- Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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Gayraud-Morel B, Chrétien F, Tajbakhsh S. Skeletal muscle as a paradigm for regenerative biology and medicine. Regen Med 2009; 4:293-319. [PMID: 19317647 DOI: 10.2217/17460751.4.2.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Tissue development and regeneration share common features, since modules of regulatory pathways and transcription factors that are crucial for prenatal development are redeployed for tissue reconstruction after trauma. Regenerative medicine has therefore gained important insights through the study of developmental and regenerative biology. Moreover, diverse experimental models have been used to investigate the regeneration process in different tissues and organs. Paradoxically, little is known regarding the relative contribution of stem cells with respect to the supporting tissue during tissue regeneration. Particular attention will be given to mouse models using distinct injury paradigms to investigate the regenerative biology of skeletal muscle. An understanding of the response of stem and parenchymal cells is crucial for the development of clinical strategies to combat the normal decline in tissue performance during aging or its reconstitution after trauma and during disease. This review addresses these issues, focusing on muscle regeneration and how different factors, including genes, cells and the environment, impinge on this process.
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- Barbara Gayraud-Morel
- Stem Cells & Development, Department of Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute, CNRS URA 2578, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Landisch RM, Kosir AM, Nelson SA, Baltgalvis KA, Lowe DA. Adaptive and nonadaptive responses to voluntary wheel running by mdx mice. Muscle Nerve 2008; 38:1290-303. [PMID: 18816601 DOI: 10.1002/mus.21141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which hindlimb muscles of mdx mice adapt to a voluntary endurance type of exercise. mdx and C57BL mice engaged in 8 weeks of wheel running or maintained normal cage activities. Beneficial adaptations that occurred in mdx mice included changes in muscle mass, fiber size, and fiber types based on myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform expression. These adaptations occurred without increases in fiber central nuclei and embryonic MHC expression. An undesirable outcome, however, was that muscle mitochondrial enzyme activities did not improve with exercise in mdx mice as they did in C57BL mice. Cellular remodeling of dystrophic muscle following exercise has not been studied adequately. In this study we found that some, but not all, of the expected adaptations occurred in mdx mouse muscle. We must better understand these (non)adaptations in order to inform individuals with DMD about the benefits of exercise.
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- Rachel M Landisch
- Program in Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Cerri DG, Rodrigues LC, Stowell SR, Araujo DD, Coelho MC, Oliveira SR, Bizario JCS, Cummings RD, Dias-Baruffi M, Costa MCR. Degeneration of dystrophic or injured skeletal muscles induces high expression of Galectin-1. Glycobiology 2008; 18:842-50. [PMID: 18723690 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Muscle degenerative diseases such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy are incurable and treatment options are still restrained. Understanding the mechanisms and factors responsible for muscle degeneration and regeneration will facilitate the development of novel therapeutics. Several recent studies have demonstrated that Galectin-1 (Gal-1), a carbohydrate-binding protein, induces myoblast differentiation and fusion in vitro, suggesting a potential role for this mammalian lectin in muscle regenerative processes in vivo. However, the expression and localization of Gal-1 in vivo during muscle injury and repair are unclear. We report the expression and localization of Gal-1 during degenerative-regenerative processes in vivo using two models of muscular dystrophy and muscle injury. Gal-1 expression increased significantly during muscle degeneration in the murine mdx and in the canine Golden Retriever Muscular Dystrophy animal models. Compulsory exercise of mdx mouse, which intensifies degeneration, also resulted in sustained Gal-1 levels. Furthermore, muscle injury of wild-type C57BL/6 mice, induced by BaCl(2) treatment, also resulted in a marked increase in Gal-1 levels. Increased Gal-1 levels appeared to localize both inside and outside the muscle fibers with significant extracellular Gal-1 colocalized with infiltrating CD45(+) leukocytes. By contrast, regenerating muscle tissue showed a marked decrease in Gal-1 to baseline levels. These results demonstrate significant regulation of Gal-1 expression in vivo and suggest a potential role for Gal-1 in muscle homeostasis and repair.
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- Daniel G Cerri
- Muscular Dystrophy Research Center (AADM/UNAERP), School of Medicine, University of Ribeirão Preto, 14096-900 Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil
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De Luca A, Nico B, Rolland JF, Cozzoli A, Burdi R, Mangieri D, Giannuzzi V, Liantonio A, Cippone V, De Bellis M, Nicchia GP, Camerino GM, Frigeri A, Svelto M, Camerino DC. Gentamicin treatment in exercised mdx mice: Identification of dystrophin-sensitive pathways and evaluation of efficacy in work-loaded dystrophic muscle. Neurobiol Dis 2008; 32:243-53. [PMID: 18694830 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Revised: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 07/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Aminoglycosides force read through of premature stop codon mutations and introduce new mutation-specific gene-corrective strategies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A chronic treatment with gentamicin (32 mg/kg/daily i.p., 8-12 weeks) was performed in exercised mdx mice with the dual aim to clarify the dependence on dystrophin of the functional, biochemical and histological alterations present in dystrophic muscle and to verify the long term efficiency of small molecule gene-corrective strategies in work-loaded dystrophic muscle. The treatment counteracted the exercise-induced impairment of in vivo forelimb strength after 6-8 weeks. We observed an increase in dystrophin expression level in all the fibers, although lower than that observed in normal fibers, and found a concomitant recovery of aquaporin-4 at sarcolemma. A significant reduction in centronucleated fibers, in the area of necrosis and in the percentage of nuclear factor-kB-positive nuclei was observed in gastrocnemious muscle of treated animals. Plasma creatine kinase was reduced by 70%. Ex vivo, gentamicin restored membrane ionic conductance in mdx diaphragm and limb muscle fibers. No effects were observed on the altered calcium homeostasis and sarcolemmal calcium permeability, detected by electrophysiological and microspectrofluorimetric approaches. Thus, the maintenance of a partial level of dystrophin is sufficient to reinforce sarcolemmal stability, reducing leakiness, inflammation and fiber damage, while correction of altered calcium homeostasis needs greater expression of dystrophin or direct interventions on the channels involved.
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- Annamaria De Luca
- Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacobiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bari, Italy.
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Meregalli M, Farini A, Torrente Y. Combining stem cells and exon skipping strategy to treat muscular dystrophy. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2008; 8:1051-61. [DOI: 10.1517/14712598.8.8.1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Grounds MD, Radley HG, Gebski BL, Bogoyevitch MA, Shavlakadze T. IMPLICATIONS OF CROSS-TALK BETWEEN TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR AND INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 SIGNALLING IN SKELETAL MUSCLE. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2008; 35:846-51. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04868.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Côt́e CH, Tremblay MH, Duchesne E, Lapoite BM. Inflammation-induced leukocyte accumulation in injured skeletal muscle: Role of mast cells. Muscle Nerve 2008; 37:754-63. [DOI: 10.1002/mus.20998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Grounds MD, Radley HG, Lynch GS, Nagaraju K, De Luca A. Towards developing standard operating procedures for pre-clinical testing in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurobiol Dis 2008; 31:1-19. [PMID: 18499465 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2008] [Revised: 03/20/2008] [Accepted: 03/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This review discusses various issues to consider when developing standard operating procedures for pre-clinical studies in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The review describes and evaluates a wide range of techniques used to measure parameters of muscle pathology in mdx mice and identifies some basic techniques that might comprise standardised approaches for evaluation. While the central aim is to provide a basis for the development of standardised procedures to evaluate efficacy of a drug or a therapeutic strategy, a further aim is to gain insight into pathophysiological mechanisms in order to identify other therapeutic targets. The desired outcome is to enable easier and more rigorous comparison of pre-clinical data from different laboratories around the world, in order to accelerate identification of the best pre-clinical therapies in the mdx mouse that will fast-track translation into effective clinical treatments for DMD.
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- Miranda D Grounds
- School of Anatomy and Human Biology, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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Marques MJ, Ventura Machado R, Minatel E, Santo Neto H. Disodium cromoglycate protects dystrophin-deficient muscle fibers from leakiness. Muscle Nerve 2008; 37:61-7. [PMID: 17724738 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In dystrophin-deficient fibers of mdx mice and in Duchenne dystrophy, the lack of dystrophin leads to sarcolemma breakdown and muscle degeneration. We verified that cromolyn, a mast-cell stabilizer agent, stabilized dystrophic muscle fibers using Evans blue dye as a marker of sarcolemma leakiness. Mdx mice (n=8; 14 days of age) received daily intraperitoneal injections of cromolyn (50 mg/kg body weight) for 15 days. Untreated mdx mice (n=8) were injected with saline. Cryostat cross-sections of the sternomastoid, tibialis anterior, and diaphragm muscles were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Cromolyn dramatically reduced Evans blue dye-positive fibers in all muscles (P<0.05; Student's t-test) and led to a significant increase in the percentage of fibers with peripheral nuclei. This study supports the protective effects of cromolyn in dystrophic muscles and further indicates its action against muscle fiber leakiness in muscles that are differently affected by the lack of dystrophin.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anti-Asthmatic Agents/pharmacology
- Anti-Asthmatic Agents/therapeutic use
- Cell Membrane Permeability/drug effects
- Cell Membrane Permeability/physiology
- Cromolyn Sodium/pharmacology
- Cromolyn Sodium/therapeutic use
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dystrophin/deficiency
- Dystrophin/genetics
- Female
- Ion Channels/drug effects
- Ion Channels/genetics
- Ion Channels/metabolism
- Ions/metabolism
- Male
- Mast Cells/drug effects
- Mast Cells/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/drug therapy
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/pathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/drug therapy
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/pathology
- Sarcolemma/drug effects
- Sarcolemma/genetics
- Sarcolemma/metabolism
- Treatment Outcome
- Water-Electrolyte Balance/drug effects
- Water-Electrolyte Balance/genetics
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- Maria Julia Marques
- Departamento de Anatomia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil.
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Radley HG, Davies MJ, Grounds MD. Reduced muscle necrosis and long-term benefits in dystrophic mdx mice after cV1q (blockade of TNF) treatment. Neuromuscul Disord 2008; 18:227-38. [PMID: 18207402 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2007] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 11/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is a potent inflammatory cytokine that appears to exacerbate damage of dystrophic muscle in vivo. The monoclonal murine specific antibody cV1q that specifically neutralises murine TNF demonstrated significant anti-inflammatory effects in dystrophic mdx mice. cV1q administration protected dystrophic skeletal myofibres against necrosis in both young and adult mdx mice and in adult mdx mice subjected to 48 h voluntary wheel exercise. Long-term studies (up to 90 days) in voluntarily exercised mdx mice showed beneficial effects of cV1q treatment with reduced histological evidence of myofibre damage and a striking decrease in serum creatine kinase levels. However, in the absence of exercise long-term cV1q treatment did not reduce necrosis or background pathology in mdx mice. An additional measure of well-being in the cV1q treated mice was that they ran significantly more than control mdx mice.
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- Hannah G Radley
- School of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia, Anatomy and Human Biology, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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Pierno S, Nico B, Burdi R, Liantonio A, Didonna MP, Cippone V, Fraysse B, Rolland JF, Mangieri D, Andreetta F, Ferro P, Camerino C, Zallone A, Confalonieri P, De Luca A. Role of tumour necrosis factor alpha, but not of cyclo-oxygenase-2-derived eicosanoids, on functional and morphological indices of dystrophic progression in mdx mice: a pharmacological approach. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2007; 33:344-59. [PMID: 17493014 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2007.00798.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The role of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha or cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) eicosanoids in dystrophinopathies has been evaluated by chronically treating (4-8 weeks) adult dystrophic mdx mice with the anti-TNF-alpha etanercept (0.5 mg/kg) or the COX-2 inhibitor meloxicam (0.2 mg/kg). Throughout the treatment period the mdx mice underwent a protocol of exercise on treadmill in order to worsen the pathology progression; gastrocnemious muscles from exercised mdx mice showed an intense staining for TNF-alpha by immunohistochemistry. In vivo, etanercept, but not meloxicam, contrasted the exercise-induced forelimb force drop. Electrophysiological recordings ex vivo, showed that etanercept counteracted the decrease in chloride channel function (gCl), a functional index of myofibre damage, in both diaphragm and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle, meloxicam being effective only in EDL muscle. None of the drugs ameliorated calcium homeostasis detected by electrophysiology and/or spectrofluorimetry. Etanercept, more than meloxicam, effectively reduced plasma creatine kinase (CK). Etanercept-treated muscles showed a reduction of connective tissue area and of pro-fibrotic cytokine TGF-beta1 vs. untreated ones; however, the histological profile was weakly ameliorated. In order to better evaluate the impact of etanercept treatment on histology, a 4-week treatment was performed on 2-week-old mdx mice, so to match the first spontaneous degeneration cycle. The histology profile of gastrocnemious was significantly improved with a reduction of degenerating area; however, CK levels were only slightly lower. The present results support a key role of TNF-alpha, but not of COX-2 products, in different phases of dystrophic progression. Anti-TNF-alpha drugs may be useful in combined therapies for Duchenne patients.
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- S Pierno
- Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacobiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Radley HG, De Luca A, Lynch GS, Grounds MD. Duchenne muscular dystrophy: focus on pharmaceutical and nutritional interventions. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 39:469-77. [PMID: 17137828 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2006] [Revised: 09/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a lethal X-linked muscle disease resulting from a defect in the muscle membrane protein dystrophin. The absence of dystrophin leads to muscle membrane fragility, muscle death (necrosis) and eventual replacement of skeletal muscle by fat and fibrous connective tissue. Extensive muscle wasting and respiratory failure results in premature death often by the early 20s. This short review evaluates drug and nutritional interventions designed to reduce the severity of muscular dystrophy, while awaiting the outcome of research into therapies to correct the fundamental gene defect. Combinations of dietary supplementation with amino-acids such as creatine, specific anti-inflammatory drugs and perhaps drugs that target ion channels might have immediate realistic clinical benefits although rigorous research is required to determine optimal combinations of such interventions.
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- H G Radley
- School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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Hodgetts S, Radley H, Davies M, Grounds MD. Reduced necrosis of dystrophic muscle by depletion of host neutrophils, or blocking TNFalpha function with Etanercept in mdx mice. Neuromuscul Disord 2006; 16:591-602. [PMID: 16935507 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2006] [Revised: 06/22/2006] [Accepted: 06/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Necrosis of skeletal muscle fibres in the lethal childhood myopathy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy results from deficiency of the cell membrane associated protein, dystrophin. We test the hypothesis in dystrophin-deficient mice, that the initial sarcolemmal breakdown resulting from dystrophin deficiency is exacerbated by inflammatory cells, specifically neutrophils, and that cytokines, specifically Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFalpha), contribute to myofibre necrosis. Antibody depletion of host neutrophils resulted in a delayed and significantly reduced amount of skeletal muscle breakdown in young dystrophic mdx mice. A more striking and prolonged protective effect was seen after pharmacological blockade of TNFalpha bioactivity using Etanercept. The extent of exercise induced myofibre necrosis in adult mdx mice after voluntarily wheel exercise was also reduced after Etanercept administration. These data show a clear role for neutrophils and TNFalpha in necrosis of dystrophic mdx muscle in vivo. Etanercept is a highly specific anti-inflammatory drug, widely used clinically, and potential application to muscular dystrophies is suggested by this reduced breakdown of mdx skeletal muscle.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies/immunology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Down-Regulation/drug effects
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Dystrophin/deficiency
- Etanercept
- Female
- Immunoglobulin G/pharmacology
- Immunoglobulin G/therapeutic use
- Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
- Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use
- Inflammation/drug therapy
- Inflammation/physiopathology
- Inflammation/prevention & control
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/immunology
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/drug therapy
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/immunology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/physiopathology
- Necrosis/drug therapy
- Necrosis/physiopathology
- Necrosis/prevention & control
- Neutrophils/drug effects
- Neutrophils/immunology
- Physical Conditioning, Animal/adverse effects
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/therapeutic use
- Treatment Outcome
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Stuart Hodgetts
- School of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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