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Moutachi D, Hyzewicz J, Roy P, Lemaitre M, Bachasson D, Amthor H, Ritvos O, Li Z, Furling D, Agbulut O, Ferry A. Treadmill running and mechanical overloading improved the strength of the plantaris muscle in the dystrophin-desmin double knockout (DKO) mouse. J Physiol 2024; 602:3641-3660. [PMID: 38980963 DOI: 10.1113/jp286425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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Limited knowledge exists regarding the chronic effect of muscular exercise on muscle function in a murine model of severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Here we determined the effects of 1 month of voluntary wheel running (WR), 1 month of enforced treadmill running (TR) and 1 month of mechanical overloading resulting from the removal of the synergic muscles (OVL) in mice lacking both dystrophin and desmin (DKO). Additionally, we examined the effect of activin receptor administration (AR). DKO mice, displaying severe muscle weakness, atrophy and greater susceptibility to contraction-induced functional loss, were exercised or treated with AR at 1 month of age and in situ force production of lower leg muscle was measured at the age of 2 months. We found that TR and OVL increased absolute maximal force and the rate of force development of the plantaris muscle in DKO mice. In contrast, those of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle remained unaffected by TR and WR. Furthermore, the effects of TR and OVL on plantaris muscle function in DKO mice closely resembled those in mdx mice, a less severe murine DMD model. AR also improved absolute maximal force and the rate of force development of the TA muscle in DKO mice. In conclusion, exercise training improved plantaris muscle weakness in severely affected dystrophic mice. Consequently, these preclinical results may contribute to fostering further investigations aimed at assessing the potential benefits of exercise for DMD patients, particularly resistance training involving a low number of intense muscle contractions. KEY POINTS: Very little is known about the effects of exercise training in a murine model of severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). One reason is that it is feared that chronic muscular exercise, particularly that involving intense muscle contractions, could exacerbate the disease. In DKO mice lacking both dystrophin and desmin, characterized by severe lower leg muscle weakness, atrophy and fragility in comparison to the less severe DMD mdx model, we found that enforced treadmill running improved absolute maximal force of the plantaris muscle, while that of tibialis anterior muscle remained unaffected by both enforced treadmill and voluntary wheel running. Furthermore, mechanical overloading, a non-physiological model of chronic resistance exercise, reversed plantaris muscle weakness. Consequently, our findings may have the potential to alleviate concerns and pave the way for exploring the prescription of endurance and resistance training as a viable therapeutic approach for the treatment of dystrophic patients. Additionally, such interventions may serve in mitigating the pathophysiological mechanisms induced by physical inactivity.
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- Dylan Moutachi
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM U974, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France
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- Integrare Research Unit UMRS951, Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, Inserm, Genethon, Evry, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM U974, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM U974, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France
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- Institute of Myology, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Neuromuscular Physiology and Evaluation Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, INSERM U1179, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, UMR CNRS 8256, Inserm ERL U1164, Biological Adaptation and Ageing, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM U974, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, UMR CNRS 8256, Inserm ERL U1164, Biological Adaptation and Ageing, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM U974, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Hamm SE, Yuan C, McQueen LF, Wallace MA, Zhang H, Arora A, Garafalo AM, McMillan RP, Lawlor MW, Prom MJ, Ott EM, Yan J, Addington AK, Morris CA, Gonzalez JP, Grange RW. Prolonged voluntary wheel running reveals unique adaptations in mdx mice treated with microdystrophin constructs ± the nNOS-binding site. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1166206. [PMID: 37435312 PMCID: PMC10330712 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1166206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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We tested the effects of prolonged voluntary wheel running on the muscle function of mdx mice treated with one of two different microdystrophin constructs. At 7 weeks of age mdx mice were injected with a single dose of AAV9-CK8-microdystrophin with (gene therapy 1, GT1) or without (gene therapy 2, GT2) the nNOS-binding domain and were assigned to one of four gene therapy treated groups: mdxRGT1 (run, GT1), mdxGT1 (no run, GT1), or mdxRGT2 (run,GT2), mdxGT2 (no run, GT2). There were two mdx untreated groups injected with excipient: mdxR (run, no gene therapy) and mdx (no run, no gene therapy). A third no treatment group, Wildtype (WT) received no injection and did not run. mdxRGT1, mdxRGT2 and mdxR performed voluntary wheel running for 52 weeks; WT and remaining mdx groups were cage active. Robust expression of microdystrophin occurred in diaphragm, quadriceps, and heart muscles of all treated mice. Dystrophic muscle pathology was high in diaphragms of non-treated mdx and mdxR mice and improved in all treated groups. Endurance capacity was rescued by both voluntary wheel running and gene therapy alone, but their combination was most beneficial. All treated groups increased in vivo plantarflexor torque over both mdx and mdxR mice. mdx and mdxR mice displayed ∼3-fold lower diaphragm force and power compared to WT values. Treated groups demonstrated partial improvements in diaphragm force and power, with mdxRGT2 mice experiencing the greatest improvement at ∼60% of WT values. Evaluation of oxidative red quadriceps fibers revealed the greatest improvements in mitochondrial respiration in mdxRGT1 mice, reaching WT levels. Interestingly, mdxGT2 mice displayed diaphragm mitochondrial respiration values similar to WT but mdxRGT2 animals showed relative decreases compared to the no run group. Collectively, these data demonstrate that either microdystrophin construct combined with voluntary wheel running increased in vivo maximal muscle strength, power, and endurance. However, these data also highlighted important differences between the two microdystrophin constructs. GT1, with the nNOS-binding site, improved more markers of exercise-driven adaptations in metabolic enzyme activity of limb muscles, while GT2, without the nNOS-binding site, demonstrated greater protection of diaphragm strength after chronic voluntary endurance exercise but decreased mitochondrial respiration in the context of running.
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- S. E. Hamm
- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin and Diverge Translational Science Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin and Diverge Translational Science Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin and Diverge Translational Science Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Solid Biosciences, Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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Alix JJP, Plesia M, Hool SA, Coldicott I, Kendall CA, Shaw PJ, Mead RJ, Day JC. Fibre optic Raman spectroscopy for the evaluation of disease state in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an assessment using the mdx model and human muscle. Muscle Nerve 2022; 66:362-369. [PMID: 35762576 PMCID: PMC9541045 DOI: 10.1002/mus.27671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Introduction/Aims Raman spectroscopy is an emerging technique for the evaluation of muscle disease. In this study we evaluate the ability of in vivo intramuscular Raman spectroscopy to detect the effects of voluntary running in the mdx model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We also compare mdx data with muscle spectra from human DMD patients. Methods Thirty 90‐day‐old mdx mice were randomly allocated to an exercised group (48‐hour access to a running wheel) and an unexercised group (n = 15 per group). In vivo Raman spectra were collected from both gastrocnemius muscles and histopathological assessment subsequently performed. Raman data were analyzed using principal component analysis–fed linear discriminant analysis (PCA‐LDA). Exercised and unexercised mdx muscle spectra were compared with human DMD samples using cosine similarity. Results Exercised mice ran an average of 6.5 km over 48 hours, which induced a significant increase in muscle necrosis (P = .03). PCA‐LDA scores were significantly different between the exercised and unexercised groups (P < .0001) and correlated significantly with distance run (P = .01). Raman spectra from exercised mice more closely resembled human spectra than those from unexercised mice. Discussion Raman spectroscopy provides a readout of the biochemical alterations in muscle in both the mdx mouse and human DMD muscle.
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- James J P Alix
- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.,Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.,Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.,Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield
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- Interface Analysis Centre, School of Physics, University of Bristol
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Effects of Low-Intensity and Long-Term Aerobic Exercise on the Psoas Muscle of mdx Mice: An Experimental Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094483. [PMID: 35562874 PMCID: PMC9105402 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a muscle disease characterized by the absence of the protein dystrophin, which causes a loss of sarcolemma integrity, determining recurrent muscle injuries, decrease in muscle function, and progressive degeneration. Currently, there is a need for therapeutic treatments to improve the quality of life of DMD patients. Here, we investigated the effects of a low-intensity aerobic training (37 sessions) on satellite cells, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator (PGC)-1α protein (PGC-1α), and different types of fibers of the psoas muscle from mdx mice (DMD experimental model). Wildtype and mdx mice were randomly divided into sedentary and trained groups (n = 24). Trained animals were subjected to 37 sessions of low-intensity running on a motorized treadmill. Subsequently, the psoas muscle was excised and analyzed by immunofluorescence for dystrophin, satellite cells, myosin heavy chain (MHC), and PGC-1α content. The minimal Feret’s diameters of the fibers were measured, and light microscopy was applied to observe general morphological features of the muscles. The training (37 sessions) improved morphological features in muscles from mdx mice and caused an increase in the number of quiescent/activated satellite cells. It also increased the content of PGC-1α in the mdx group. We concluded that low-intensity aerobic exercise (37 sessions) was able to reverse deleterious changes determined by DMD.
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Baumann CW, Lindsay A, Sidky SR, Ervasti JM, Warren GL, Lowe DA. Contraction-Induced Loss of Plasmalemmal Electrophysiological Function Is Dependent on the Dystrophin Glycoprotein Complex. Front Physiol 2021; 12:757121. [PMID: 34764884 PMCID: PMC8576390 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.757121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Weakness and atrophy are key features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Dystrophin is one of the many proteins within the dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) that maintains plasmalemmal integrity and cellular homeostasis. The dystrophin-deficient mdx mouse is also predisposed to weakness, particularly when subjected to eccentric (ECC) contractions due to electrophysiological dysfunction of the plasmalemma. Here, we determined if maintenance of plasmalemmal excitability during and after a bout of ECC contractions is dependent on intact and functional DGCs rather than, solely, dystrophin expression. Wild-type (WT) and dystrophic mice (mdx, mL172H and Sgcb-/- mimicking Duchenne, Becker and Limb-girdle Type 2E muscular dystrophies, respectively) with varying levels of dystrophin and DGC functionality performed 50 maximal ECC contractions with simultaneous torque and electromyographic measurements (M-wave root-mean-square, M-wave RMS). ECC contractions caused all mouse lines to lose torque (p<0.001); however, deficits were greater in dystrophic mouse lines compared to WT mice (p<0.001). Loss of ECC torque did not correspond to a reduction in M-wave RMS in WT mice (p=0.080), while deficits in M-wave RMS exceeded 50% in all dystrophic mouse lines (p≤0.007). Moreover, reductions in ECC torque and M-wave RMS were greater in mdx mice compared to mL172H mice (p≤0.042). No differences were observed between mdx and Sgcb-/- mice (p≥0.337). Regression analysis revealed ≥98% of the variance in ECC torque loss could be explained by the variance in M-wave RMS in dystrophic mouse lines (p<0.001) but not within WT mice (R 2=0.211; p=0.155). By comparing mouse lines that had varying amounts and functionality of dystrophin and other DGC proteins, we observed that (1) when all DGCs are intact, plasmalemmal action potential generation and conduction is maintained, (2) deficiency of the DGC protein β-sarcoglycan is as disruptive to plasmalemmal excitability as is dystrophin deficiency and, (3) some functionally intact DGCs are better than none. Our results highlight the significant role of the DGC plays in maintaining plasmalemmal excitability and that a collective synergism (via each DGC protein) is required for this complex to function properly during ECC contractions.
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- Cory W. Baumann
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States
- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Phelps M, Yablonka-Reuveni Z. Female Outperformance in Voluntary Running Persists in Dystrophin-Null and Klotho-Overexpressing Mice. J Neuromuscul Dis 2021; 8:S271-S281. [PMID: 34275905 DOI: 10.3233/jnd-210703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a degenerative muscle disease that results from impairment of the dystrophin gene. The disease causes progressive loss in muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVE The anti-aging protein, α-klotho, has been implicated in the regulation of muscle regeneration. We previously discovered that mice harboring reduced α-klotho levels exhibited a decline in muscle strength and running endurance. METHOD To investigate the ability of α-klotho to improve overall endurance in a dystrophin null murine model, we examined the voluntary wheel running performance of dystrophin-null, mdx4cv mice overexpressing an α-klotho transgene. RESULTS As expected, compared to wild type, both male and female dystrophic mice exhibited reduced running ability that was characterized by shorter running duration and longer periods of rest between cycles of activity. While our results did not detect an improvement in running performance with α-klotho overexpression, we identified distinct differences in the running patterns between females and males from all mouse strains analyzed (i.e., mdx4cv, mdx4cv overexpressing α-klotho, α-klotho overexpressing, α-klotho hypomorph, and wild type). For all strains, male mice displayed significantly reduced voluntary running ability compared to females. Further analysis of the mdx4cv strains demonstrated that male mice ran for shorter lengths of time and took longer breaks. However, we did not identify gender-associated differences in the actual speed at which mdx4cv mice ran. CONCLUSION Our data suggest key differences in the running capabilities of female and male mice, which are of particular relevance to studies of dystrophin-null mice.
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- Michael Phelps
- Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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Sadler KJ, Gatta PAD, Naim T, Wallace MA, Lee A, Zaw T, Lindsay A, Chung RS, Bello L, Pegoraro E, Lamon S, Lynch GS, Russell AP. Striated muscle activator of Rho signalling (STARS) overexpression in the mdx mouse enhances muscle functional capacity and regulates the actin cytoskeleton and oxidative phosphorylation pathways. Exp Physiol 2021; 106:1597-1611. [PMID: 33963617 DOI: 10.1113/ep089253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Striated muscle activator of rho signalling (STARS) is an actin-binding protein that regulates transcriptional pathways controlling muscle function, growth and myogenesis, processes that are impaired in dystrophic muscle: what is the regulation of the STARS pathway in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)? What is the main finding and its importance? Members of the STARS signalling pathway are reduced in the quadriceps of patients with DMD and in mouse models of muscular dystrophy. Overexpression of STARS in the dystrophic deficient mdx mouse model increased maximal isometric specific force and upregulated members of the actin cytoskeleton and oxidative phosphorylation pathways. Regulating STARS may be a therapeutic approach to enhance muscle health. ABSTRACT Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterised by impaired cytoskeleton organisation, cytosolic calcium handling, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. This results in progressive muscle damage, wasting and weakness and premature death. The striated muscle activator of rho signalling (STARS) is an actin-binding protein that activates the myocardin-related transcription factor-A (MRTFA)/serum response factor (SRF) transcriptional pathway, a pathway regulating cytoskeletal structure and muscle function, growth and repair. We investigated the regulation of the STARS pathway in the quadriceps muscle from patients with DMD and in the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle from the dystrophin-deficient mdx and dko (utrophin and dystrophin null) mice. Protein levels of STARS, SRF and RHOA were reduced in patients with DMD. STARS, SRF and MRTFA mRNA levels were also decreased in DMD muscle, while Stars mRNA levels were decreased in the mdx mice and Srf and Mrtfa mRNAs decreased in the dko mice. Overexpressing human STARS (hSTARS) in the TA muscles of mdx mice increased maximal isometric specific force by 13% (P < 0.05). This was not associated with changes in muscle mass, fibre cross-sectional area, fibre type, centralised nuclei or collagen deposition. Proteomics screening followed by pathway enrichment analysis identified that hSTARS overexpression resulted in 31 upregulated and 22 downregulated proteins belonging to the actin cytoskeleton and oxidative phosphorylation pathways. These pathways are impaired in dystrophic muscle and regulate processes that are vital for muscle function. Increasing the STARS protein in dystrophic muscle improves muscle force production, potentially via synergistic regulation of cytoskeletal structure and energy production.
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- Kate J Sadler
- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Centre for Muscle Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Neurosciences, ERN Neuromuscular Center, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, ERN Neuromuscular Center, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Centre for Muscle Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Beneficial Role of Exercise in the Modulation of mdx Muscle Plastic Remodeling and Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10040558. [PMID: 33916762 PMCID: PMC8066278 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10040558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive progressive lethal disorder caused by the lack of dystrophin, which determines myofibers mechanical instability, oxidative stress, inflammation, and susceptibility to contraction-induced injuries. Unfortunately, at present, there is no efficient therapy for DMD. Beyond several promising gene- and stem cells-based strategies under investigation, physical activity may represent a valid noninvasive therapeutic approach to slow down the progression of the pathology. However, ethical issues, the limited number of studies in humans and the lack of consistency of the investigated training interventions generate loss of consensus regarding their efficacy, leaving exercise prescription still questionable. By an accurate analysis of data about the effects of different protocol of exercise on muscles of mdx mice, the most widely-used pre-clinical model for DMD research, we found that low intensity exercise, especially in the form of low speed treadmill running, likely represents the most suitable exercise modality associated to beneficial effects on mdx muscle. This protocol of training reduces muscle oxidative stress, inflammation, and fibrosis process, and enhances muscle functionality, muscle regeneration, and hypertrophy. These conclusions can guide the design of appropriate studies on human, thereby providing new insights to translational therapeutic application of exercise to DMD patients.
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Hamm SE, Fathalikhani DD, Bukovec KE, Addington AK, Zhang H, Perry JB, McMillan RP, Lawlor MW, Prom MJ, Vanden Avond MA, Kumar SN, Coleman KE, Dupont JB, Mack DL, Brown DA, Morris CA, Gonzalez JP, Grange RW. Voluntary wheel running complements microdystrophin gene therapy to improve muscle function in mdx mice. MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2021; 21:144-160. [PMID: 33850950 PMCID: PMC8020351 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2021.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that voluntary wheel running would complement microdystrophin gene therapy to improve muscle function in young mdx mice, a model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. mdx mice injected with a single dose of AAV9-CK8-microdystrophin or vehicle at age 7 weeks were assigned to three groups: mdxRGT (run, gene therapy), mdxGT (no run, gene therapy), or mdx (no run, no gene therapy). Wild-type (WT) mice were assigned to WTR (run) and WT (no run) groups. WTR and mdxRGT performed voluntary wheel running for 21 weeks; remaining groups were cage active. Robust expression of microdystrophin occurred in heart and limb muscles of treated mice. mdxRGT versus mdxGT mice showed increased microdystrophin in quadriceps but decreased levels in diaphragm. mdx final treadmill fatigue time was depressed compared to all groups, improved in mdxGT, and highest in mdxRGT. Both weekly running distance (km) and final treadmill fatigue time for mdxRGT and WTR were similar. Remarkably, mdxRGT diaphragm power was only rescued to 60% of WT, suggesting a negative impact of running. However, potential changes in fiber type distribution in mdxRGT diaphragms could indicate an adaptation to trade power for endurance. Post-treatment in vivo maximal plantar flexor torque relative to baseline values was greater for mdxGT and mdxRGT versus all other groups. Mitochondrial respiration rates from red quadriceps fibers were significantly improved in mdxGT animals, but the greatest bioenergetic benefit was observed in the mdxRGT group. Additional assessments revealed partial to full functional restoration in mdxGT and mdxRGT muscles relative to WT. These data demonstrate that voluntary wheel running combined with microdystrophin gene therapy in young mdx mice improved whole-body performance, affected muscle function differentially, mitigated energetic deficits, but also revealed some detrimental effects of exercise. With microdystrophin gene therapy currently in clinical trials, these data may help us understand the potential impact of exercise in treated patients.
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- Shelby E Hamm
- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute Imaging Core, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Powell Gene Therapy Center Toxicology Core, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Translational Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases, INSERM UMR1089, IRS2 Nantes Biotech, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44200, France
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.,Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98107, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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Hiroux C, Dalle S, Koppo K, Hespel P. Voluntary exercise does not improve muscular properties or functional capacity during C26-induced cancer cachexia in mice. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2021; 42:169-181. [PMID: 33606189 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-021-09599-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Exercise training is considered as a potential intervention to counteract muscle degeneration in cancer cachexia. However, evidence to support such intervention is equivocal. Therefore, we investigated the effect of exercise training, i.e. voluntary wheel running, on muscle wasting, functional capacity, fiber type composition and vascularization during experimental cancer cachexia in mice. Balb/c mice were injected with PBS (CON) or C26 colon carcinoma cells to induce cancer cachexia (C26). Mice had free access to a running wheel in their home cage (CONEX and C26EX, n = 8-9) or were sedentary (CONS and C26S, n = 8-9). Mice were sacrificed 18 days upon tumor cell injection. Immunohistochemical analyes were performed on m. gastrocnemius and quadriceps, and ex vivo contractile properties were assessed in m. soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL). Compared with CON, C26 mice exhibited body weight loss (~ 20 %), muscle atrophy (~ 25 %), reduced grip strength (~ 25 %), and lower twitch and tetanic force (~ 20 %) production in EDL but not in m. soleus. Furthermore, muscle of C26 mice were characterizd by a slow-to-fast fiber type shift (type IIx fibers: +57 %) and increased capillary density (~ 30 %). In C26 mice, wheel running affect neither body weight loss, nor muscle atrophy or functional capacity, nor inhibited tumor growth. However, wheel running induced a type IIb to type IIa fiber shift in m. quadriceps from both CON and C26, but not in m. gastrocnemius. Wheel running does not exacerbate muscular degeneration in cachexic mice, but, when voluntary, is insufficient to improve the muscle phenotype.
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- Charlotte Hiroux
- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, box 1500, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, box 1500, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, box 1500, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, box 1500, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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Pedrazzani PS, Araújo TOP, Sigoli E, da Silva IR, da Roza DL, Chesca DL, Rassier DE, Cornachione AS. Twenty-one days of low-intensity eccentric training improve morphological characteristics and function of soleus muscles of mdx mice. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3579. [PMID: 33574358 PMCID: PMC7878734 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79168-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by the absence of the protein dystrophin, which leads to muscle weakness, progressive degeneration, and eventually death due to respiratory failure. Low-intensity eccentric training (LIET) has been used as a rehabilitation method in skeletal muscles after disuse. Recently, LIET has also been used for rehabilitating dystrophic muscles, but its effects are still unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 21 days of LIET in dystrophic soleus muscle. Thirty-six male mdx mice were randomized into six groups (n = 6/each): mdx sedentary group; mdx training group-3 days; mdx training group-21 days; wild-type sedentary group; wild-type training group-3 days and wild-type training group-21 days. After the training sessions, animals were euthanized, and fragments of soleus muscles were removed for immunofluorescence and histological analyses, and measurements of active force and Ca2+ sensitivity of the contractile apparatus. Muscles of the mdx training group-21 days showed an improvement in morphological characteristics and an increase of active force when compared to the sedentary mdx group. The results show that LIET can improve the functionality of dystrophic soleus muscle in mice.
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- Paulo S Pedrazzani
- Department of Physiological Science, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Science, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Science, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Science, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behaviour, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Physiological Science, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil.
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Cabelka CA, Baumann CW, Lindsay A, Norton A, Blixt NC, Le G, Warren GL, Mansky KC, Novotny SA, Lowe DA. Tissue selective effects of bazedoxifene on the musculoskeletal system in female mice. J Endocrinol 2021; 248:181-191. [PMID: 33295882 PMCID: PMC7933086 DOI: 10.1530/joe-20-0391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The actions of selective estrogen receptor modulators are tissue dependent. The primary objective of the current study was to determine the tissue selective effects of bazedoxifene (BZA) on the musculoskeletal system of ovariectomized (OVX) female mice, focusing on the strengths of muscle-bone pairs in the lower hindlimb. Treatment with BZA after ovariectomy (OVX+BZA) did not prevent body or fat mass gains (P < 0.05). In vivo plantarflexor muscle isometric torque was not affected by treatment with BZA (P = 0.522). Soleus muscle peak isometric, concentric and eccentric tetanic force production were greater in OVX+BZA mice compared to OVX+E2 mice (P ≤ 0.048) with no effect on maximal isometric specific force (P = 0.228). Tibia from OVX+BZA mice had greater cortical cross-sectional area and moment of inertia than OVX mice treated with placebo (P < 0.001), but there was no impact of BZA treatment on cortical bone mineral density, cortical thickness, tibial bone ultimate load or stiffness (P ≥ 0.086). Overall, these results indicate that BZA may be an estrogen receptor agonist in skeletal muscle, as it has previously been shown in bone, providing minor benefits to the musculoskeletal system.
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- Christine A. Cabelka
- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Department of Physical Therapy, The College of St. Scholastica; 940 Woodland Ave, Suite 210, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota; 420 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota; School of Dentistry, Room 16-146 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota; 6-160 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St.SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Georgia State University; P.O. Box 4019, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota; School of Dentistry, Room 16-146 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, 200 University Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Wasilewska E, Małgorzewicz S, Sobierajska-Rek A, Jabłońska-Brudło J, Górska L, Śledzińska K, Bautembach-Minkowska J, Wierzba J. Transition from Childhood to Adulthood in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 56:medicina56090426. [PMID: 32846887 PMCID: PMC7557675 DOI: 10.3390/medicina56090426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Recently, progress has been observed in the knowledge about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), which is a severe and commonly diagnosed genetic myopathy in childhood, historically resulting in early death. Currently, there are a lot of methods available to improve the clinical course of DMD and extend patients’ life expectancy to more than 30 years of age. The key issue for DMD patients is the period between 16–18 years of age, which is described as a transition from pediatric- to adult-oriented healthcare. Adolescents and adults with DMD have highly complex healthcare needs associated with long-term steroid usage, orthopedic, ventilation, cardiac, and gastrointestinal problems. The current paper provides a comprehensive overview of special healthcare needs related to the transfer of a patient with DMD from child-oriented to adult-oriented care. Additionally, the need to organize effective care for adults with DMD is presented.
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- Eliza Wasilewska
- Department of Allergology and Pulmonology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland; (E.W.); (L.G.)
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +48-583-492-724
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland; (A.S.-R.); (J.J.-B.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland; (A.S.-R.); (J.J.-B.)
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- Department of Allergology and Pulmonology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland; (E.W.); (L.G.)
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- Department of Internal and Pediatric Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland; (K.Ś.); (J.W.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland;
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- Department of Internal and Pediatric Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland; (K.Ś.); (J.W.)
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Mensch A, Zierz S. Cellular Stress in the Pathogenesis of Muscular Disorders-From Cause to Consequence. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21165830. [PMID: 32823799 PMCID: PMC7461575 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cellular stress has been considered a relevant pathogenetic factor in a variety of human diseases. Due to its primary functions by means of contractility, metabolism, and protein synthesis, the muscle cell is faced with continuous changes of cellular homeostasis that require rapid and coordinated adaptive mechanisms. Hence, a prone susceptibility to cellular stress in muscle is immanent. However, studies focusing on the cellular stress response in muscular disorders are limited. While in recent years there have been emerging indications regarding a relevant role of cellular stress in the pathophysiology of several muscular disorders, the underlying mechanisms are to a great extent incompletely understood. This review aimed to summarize the available evidence regarding a deregulation of the cellular stress response in individual muscle diseases. Potential mechanisms, as well as involved pathways are critically discussed, and respective disease models are addressed. Furthermore, relevant therapeutic approaches that aim to abrogate defects of cellular stress response in muscular disorders are outlined.
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Zschüntzsch J, Jouvenal PV, Zhang Y, Klinker F, Tiburcy M, Liebetanz D, Malzahn D, Brinkmeier H, Schmidt J. Long-term human IgG treatment improves heart and muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2020; 11:1018-1031. [PMID: 32436338 PMCID: PMC7432639 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive muscle-wasting disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which leads to structural instability of the dystrophin-glycoprotein-complex with subsequent muscle degeneration. In addition, muscle inflammation has been implicated in disease progression and therapeutically addressed with glucocorticosteroids. These have numerous adverse effects. Treatment with human immunoglobulin G (IgG) improved clinical and para-clinical parameters in the early disease phase in the well-established mdx mouse model. The aim of the present study was to confirm the efficacy of IgG in a long-term pre-clinical study in mdx mice. METHODS IgG (2 g/kg body weight) or NaCl solution as control was administered monthly over 18 months by intraperitoneal injection in mdx mice beginning at 3 weeks of age. Several clinical outcome measures including endurance, muscle strength, and echocardiography were assessed. After 18 months, the animals were sacrificed, blood was collected for analysis, and muscle samples were obtained for ex vivo muscle contraction tests, quantitative PCR, and histology. RESULTS IgG significantly improved the daily voluntary running performance (1.9 m more total daily running distance, P < 0.0001) and slowed the decrease in grip strength by 0.1 mN, (P = 0.018). IgG reduced fatigability of the diaphragm (improved ratio to maximum force by 0.09 ± 0.04, P = 0.044), but specific tetanic force remained unchanged in the ex vivo muscle contraction test. Cardiac function was significantly better after IgG, especially fractional area shortening (P = 0.012). These results were accompanied by a reduction in cardiac fibrosis and the infiltration of T cells (P = 0.0002) and macrophages (P = 0.0027). In addition, treatment with IgG resulted in a significant reduction of the infiltration of T cells (P ≤ 0.036) in the diaphragm, gastrocnemius, quadriceps, and a similar trend in tibialis anterior and macrophages (P ≤ 0.045) in gastrocnemius, quadriceps, tibialis anterior, and a similar trend in the diaphragm, as well as a decrease in myopathic changes as reflected by a reduced central nuclear index in the diaphragm, tibialis anterior, and quadriceps (P ≤ 0.002 in all). CONCLUSIONS The present study underscores the importance of an inflammatory contribution to the disease progression of DMD. The data demonstrate the long-term efficacy of IgG in the mdx mouse. IgG is well tolerated by humans and could preferentially complement gene therapy in DMD. The data call for a clinical trial with IgG in DMD.
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- Jana Zschüntzsch
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathophysiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Karlsburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,mzBiostatistics, Statistical Consultancy, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathophysiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Karlsburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Lanza G, Pino M, Fisicaro F, Vagli C, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Bella R, Bellomo M. Motor activity and Becker's muscular dystrophy: lights and shadows. PHYSICIAN SPORTSMED 2020; 48:151-160. [PMID: 31646922 DOI: 10.1080/00913847.2019.1684810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Becker's disease is an inherited muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the gene coding for the dystrophin protein that leads to quantitative and/or qualitative protein dysfunction and consequent muscle degeneration. Studies in animal models demonstrate that, while eccentric or high-intensity training are deleterious for dystrophic muscles, low-intensity aerobic training may slowdown the disease process and progression. Based on these preclinical data, the available studies in patients with Becker's muscular dystrophy undergoing workout on a cycle ergometer or on a treadmill, at a heart rate ≤65% of their maximal oxygen uptake, showed that aerobic exercise counteracts physical deterioration and loss of functional abilities. These findings suggest an improvement of physical performance through an increase of muscle strength, fatigue resistance, and dexterity capacities, without substantial evidence of acceleration of muscular damage progression. Therefore, individually tailored mild-to-moderate intensity aerobic exercise should be considered as part of the management of these patients. However, further research is necessary to define specific and standardized guidelines for the prescription of type, intensity, frequency, and duration of motor activities. In this review, we provided a summary of the impact of physical activity both in animal models and in patients with Becker's muscular dystrophy, with the intent to identify trends and gaps in knowledge. The potential therapeutic implications and future research directions have been also highlighted.
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- Giuseppe Lanza
- Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Department of Neurology IC, Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, Italy
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- School of Human and Social Science, University Kore of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Sant'Elia Hospital, ASP Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- School of Human and Social Science, University Kore of Enna, Enna, Italy
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Displaced Myonuclei in Cancer Cachexia Suggest Altered Innervation. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21031092. [PMID: 32041358 PMCID: PMC7038037 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21031092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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An idiopathic myopathy characterized by central nuclei in muscle fibers, a hallmark of muscle regeneration, has been observed in cancer patients. In cancer cachexia skeletal muscle is incapable of regeneration, consequently, this observation remains unaccounted for. In C26-tumor bearing, cachectic mice, we observed muscle fibers with central nuclei in the absence of molecular markers of bona fide regeneration. These clustered, non-peripheral nuclei were present in NCAM-expressing muscle fibers. Since NCAM expression is upregulated in denervated myofibers, we searched for additional makers of denervation, including AchRs, MUSK, and HDAC. This last one being also consistently upregulated in cachectic muscles, correlated with an increase of central myonuclei. This held true in the musculature of patients suffering from gastrointestinal cancer, where a progressive increase in the number of central myonuclei was observed in weight stable and in cachectic patients, compared to healthy subjects. Based on all of the above, the presence of central myonuclei in cancer patients and animal models of cachexia is consistent with motor neuron loss or NMJ perturbation and could underlie a previously neglected phenomenon of denervation, rather than representing myofiber damage and regeneration in cachexia. Similarly to aging, denervation-dependent myofiber atrophy could contribute to muscle wasting in cancer cachexia.
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Son YH, Lee SM, Lee SH, Yoon JH, Kang JS, Yang YR, Kwon KS. Comparative molecular analysis of endurance exercise in vivo with electrically stimulated in vitro myotube contraction. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 127:1742-1753. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00091.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Exercise has positive effects on health and improves a variety of disease conditions. An in vitro model of exercise has been developed to better understand its molecular mechanisms. While various conditions have been used to mimic in vivo exercise, no specific conditions have matched a specific type of in vivo exercise. Here, we screened various electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) conditions and compared the molecular events under each condition in myotube culture with that obtained under voluntary wheel running (VWR), a mild endurance exercise, in mice. Both EPS and VWR upregulated the mRNA levels of genes involved in the slow-type twitch ( Myh7 and Myh2) and myogenesis ( Myod and Myog) and increased the protein expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α, which is involved in mitochondrial biogenesis. These changes were accompanied by activation of p38 and AMPK. However, neither condition induced the expression of muscle-specific E3 ligases such as MAFbx and MuRF1. Both EPS and VWR consistently induced antioxidant genes such as Sod3 and Gpx4 but did not cause similar changes in the expression levels of the calcium channel/pump-related genes Ryr and Serca. Furthermore, both EPS and VWR reduced glycogen levels but not lactate levels as assessed in post-EPS culture medium and post-VWR serum, respectively. Thus we identified an in vitro EPS condition that effectively mimics VWR in mice, which can facilitate further studies of the detailed molecular mechanisms of endurance exercise in the absence of interference from multiple tissues and organs. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study establishes an optimal condition for electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) in myotubes that shows a similar molecular signature as voluntary wheel running. The specific EPS condition 1) upregulates the mRNA of slow-twitch muscle components and myogenic transcription factors, 2) induces antioxidant genes without any muscle damage, and 3) promotes peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α and its upstream regulators involved in mitochondrial biogenesis.
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- Young Hoon Son
- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomolecular Science, KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Functional Genomics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Functional Genomics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Functional Genomics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Lindsay A, Chamberlain CM, Witthuhn BA, Lowe DA, Ervasti JM. Dystrophinopathy-associated dysfunction of Krebs cycle metabolism. Hum Mol Genet 2019; 28:942-951. [PMID: 30476171 PMCID: PMC6400043 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a deadly muscle-wasting disorder caused by loss of dystrophin protein. Studies suggest that metabolic alterations are important to disease pathogenesis. Because muscle accounts for ~40% of body mass, we hypothesized that dystrophy-mediated metabolic changes would be measurable in biofluids and that a metabolomic analysis of urine would provide insight into the metabolic status of dystrophic muscle. Using the mdx mouse model, we performed a large-scale metabolomic screen at 1 and 3 months. While 10% of metabolites were altered at age 1 month, 40% were changed at 3 months. Principal component analysis distinguished wild-type from mdx animals, with the greatest separation at 3 months. A critical distinguishing pathway was Krebs cycle metabolite depletion in mdx urine. Five of seven detected Krebs cycle metabolites were depleted in mdx urine, with succinate being the most robustly affected metabolite. Using selected reaction monitoring mass spectrometry, we demonstrated that muscle-specific dystrophin expression corrects mdx succinate depletion. When subjected to downhill treadmill running, wild-type and mdx mice expressing recombinant dystrophin in skeletal muscle displayed significant increases in urinary succinate levels. However, mdx succinate levels were unchanged, suggesting urinary succinate depletion may reflect an inability to upregulate the Krebs cycle following exercise. Finally, we show that supplementing the Krebs cycle in an ex vivo fatigue/recovery assay significantly impacts mdx muscle performance but has no effect on wild-type muscle. Our results suggest that global metabolic impairment is associated with mdx disease progression and that Krebs cycle deficiencies are a downstream consequence of dystrophin loss.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Biomarkers
- Citric Acid Cycle
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dystrophin/genetics
- Dystrophin/metabolism
- Energy Metabolism
- Male
- Metabolome
- Metabolomics/methods
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/genetics
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/pathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/physiopathology
- Mutation
- Physical Conditioning, Animal
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Affiliation(s)
- Angus Lindsay
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Division of Rehabilitation Science and Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Rehabilitation Science and Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Manta A, Stouth DW, Xhuti D, Chi L, Rebalka IA, Kalmar JM, Hawke TJ, Ljubicic V. Chronic exercise mitigates disease mechanisms and improves muscle function in myotonic dystrophy type 1 mice. J Physiol 2019; 597:1361-1381. [PMID: 30628727 DOI: 10.1113/jp277123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
KEY POINTS Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the second most common muscular dystrophy and most prevalent adult form of muscular dystrophy, is characterized by muscle weakness, wasting and myotonia. A microsatellite repeat expansion mutation results in RNA toxicity and dysregulation of mRNA processing, which are the primary downstream causes of the disorder. Recent studies with DM1 participants demonstrate that exercise is safe, enjoyable and elicits benefits in muscle strength and function; however, the molecular mechanisms of exercise adaptation in DM1 are undefined. Our results demonstrate that 7 weeks of volitional running wheel exercise in a pre-clinical DM1 mouse model resulted in significantly improved motor performance, muscle strength and endurance, as well as reduced myotonia. At the cellular level, chronic physical activity attenuated RNA toxicity, liberated Muscleblind-like 1 protein from myonuclear foci and improved mRNA alternative splicing. ABSTRACT Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a trinucleotide repeat expansion neuromuscular disorder that is most prominently characterized by skeletal muscle weakness, wasting and myotonia. Chronic physical activity is safe and satisfying, and can elicit functional benefits such as improved strength and endurance in DM1 patients, but the underlying cellular basis of exercise adaptation is undefined. Our purpose was to examine the mechanisms of exercise biology in DM1. Healthy, sedentary wild-type (SED-WT) mice, as well as sedentary human skeletal actin-long repeat animals, a murine model of DM1 myopathy (SED-DM1), and DM1 mice with volitional access to a running wheel for 7 weeks (EX-DM1), were utilized. Chronic exercise augmented strength and endurance in vivo and in situ in DM1 mice. These alterations coincided with normalized measures of myopathy, as well as increased mitochondrial content. Electromyography revealed a 70-85% decrease in the duration of myotonic discharges in muscles from EX-DM1 compared to SED-DM1 animals. The exercise-induced enhancements in muscle function corresponded at the molecular level with mitigated spliceopathy, specifically the processing of bridging integrator 1 and muscle-specific chloride channel (CLC-1) transcripts. CLC-1 protein content and sarcolemmal expression were lower in SED-DM1 versus SED-WT animals, but they were similar between SED-WT and EX-DM1 groups. Chronic exercise also attenuated RNA toxicity, as indicated by reduced (CUG)n foci-positive myonuclei and sequestered Muscleblind-like 1 (MBNL1). Our data indicate that chronic exercise-induced physiological improvements in DM1 occur in concert with mitigated primary downstream disease mechanisms, including RNA toxicity, MBNL1 loss-of-function, and alternative mRNA splicing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander Manta
- Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
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- Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
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- Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
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- Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
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- Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
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- Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
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Manzanares G, Brito-da-Silva G, Gandra PG. Voluntary wheel running: patterns and physiological effects in mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 52:e7830. [PMID: 30539969 PMCID: PMC6301263 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20187830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Exercise can prevent and improve the pathophysiology of diseases and promote healthy aging. Thus, understanding the mechanisms that regulate the beneficial effects of exercise may lead to the development of new strategies to enhance quality of life and to counteract chronic diseases. Voluntary wheel running is an interesting model to study the effects of exercise in mice. Compared to forced treadmill exercise, voluntary wheel running presents several advantages such as: 1) running pattern is similar to natural running behavior of mice; 2) it is performed under non-stressed conditions, according to the rhythmicity of the animal; 3) it does not require direct interference from the researcher, and can be easily applied in long-term studies. Mice run spontaneously when given access to running wheels, for a total distance of ∼4 to 20 km per day and a total activity time of ∼3 to 7 hours a day. Hence, voluntary wheel running can result in robust endurance-like adaptation in skeletal and cardiac muscles and protect from sarcopenia. However, due to the lack of control over exercise parameters in voluntary exercise models, it is important for the researcher to understand the patterns and variability of wheel running in mice, as well as the factors that can affect voluntary running activity. Overall, voluntary wheel running in mice is a very interesting approach to study the chronic adaptation to exercise, analyze the effects of exercise, and test exercise capacity in different experimental models.
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- G Manzanares
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Tecidual, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Tecidual, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Tecidual, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Cabelka CA, Baumann CW, Collins BC, Nash N, Le G, Lindsay A, Spangenburg EE, Lowe DA. Effects of ovarian hormones and estrogen receptor α on physical activity and skeletal muscle fatigue in female mice. Exp Gerontol 2018; 115:155-164. [PMID: 30415069 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2018.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Menopause is associated with declines in physical activity and skeletal muscle strength. Physical activity is also reduced in rodents after ovariectomy (OVX) and whole-body estrogen receptor α (ERα) knockout. However, it is unclear if the effects are estradiol (E2) specific. Thus, the overall purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the ovarian hormones, E2 and progesterone (P4), and skeletal muscle ERα (skmERα) on physical activity and skeletal muscle contractility in female mice. METHODS Study 1: Forty female C57Bl/6J mice were given free access to running wheels for 2 weeks to assess baseline running and randomized into 4 treatment groups: OVX, OVX + E2, OVX + P4, OVX + E2 + P4. All mice underwent OVX, returned to wheels for 2 weeks, received hormone pellet implants and returned to running wheels for 6 weeks, after which soleus muscle contractility testing was completed. Study 2: Thirty-two skeletal muscle specific ERα knock-out (skmERαKO) mice and wildtype (WT) littermates were randomized into 4 groups: skmERαKO-Run, skmERαWT-Run, skmERαKO-Sed, and skmERαWT-Sed. Run mice were given free access to wheels for 20 wk and sedentary (Sed) mice maintained normal cage activities. At the end point, muscle contractility was tested. RESULTS Study 1: OVX + E2 + P4 group ran greater distances than both the OVX and OVX + P4 groups (p ≤ 0.009). After fatiguing contractions, soleus muscles of the OVX + E2 + P4 group maintained greater submaximal force than those of other groups (p = 0.023). Immediately after the fatiguing contractions, OVX + E2 + P4 muscles had greater maximal force production than the OVX + E2 group (p = 0.027). Study 2: There were no differences in running distance between skmERαWT and skmERαKO mice (p = 0.240). Soleus muscles of skmERαKO mice were more fatigable (p < 0.001) and did not recover force as well as skmERαWT mice (p < 0.001). In vivo isometric, concentric and eccentric torque was decreased in skmERαKO mice compared to skmERαWT mice (p ≤ 0.029). CONCLUSIONS Combined treatment of E2 + P4 in OVX mice restored physical activity, predominantly driven by E2, and protected soleus muscles against fatigue. Muscle of skmERαKO mice was weak regardless of physical activity. Although 20 wk of wheel running partially prevented force loss during fatigue in skmERαKO mice, force production during recovery remained low, indicating that estradiol functions through ERα in skeletal muscle.
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- Christine A Cabelka
- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 420 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Department of Physiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 115 Heart Drive, ECHI - Mail Stop 743, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; MMC 388, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Ruehle MA, Stevens HY, Beedle AM, Guldberg RE, Call JA. Aggregate mesenchymal stem cell delivery ameliorates the regenerative niche for muscle repair. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2018; 12:1867-1876. [PMID: 29774991 DOI: 10.1002/term.2707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe muscle wasting disease due to the absence of the dystrophin protein from the muscle cell membrane, which renders the muscle susceptible to continuous damage. In Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, muscle weakness, together with cycles of degeneration/regeneration and replacement with noncontractile tissue, limit mobility and lifespan. Because the loss of dystrophin results in loss of polarity and a reduction in the number of self-renewing satellite cells, it is postulated that these patients could achieve an improved quality of life if delivered cells could restore satellite cell function. In this study, we used both an established myotoxic injury model in wild-type (WT) mice and mdx mice alone (spontaneous muscle damage). Single (SC) and aggregated (AGG) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were injected into the gastrocnemius muscles 4 hr after injury (WT mice). The recovery of peak isometric torque was longitudinally assessed over 5 weeks, with earlier takedowns for histological assessment of healing (fibre cross-section area and central nucleation) and MSC retention. AGG-treated WT mice had significantly greater torque recovery at Day 14 than SC or saline-treated mice and a greater CSA at Day 10, compared with SC/saline. AGG-treated mdx mice had a greater peak isometric torque compared with SC/saline. In vitro immunomodulatory factor secretion of AGG-MSCs was higher than SC-MSCs for all tested growth factors with the largest difference observed in hepatocyte growth factor. Future studies are necessary to pair immunomodulatory factor secretion with functional attributes, to better predict the potential therapeutic value of MSC treatment modalities.
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- Marissa A Ruehle
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.,Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SUNY Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA
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- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.,George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.,Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Heydemann A. Skeletal Muscle Metabolism in Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy-Implications for Therapies. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10060796. [PMID: 29925809 PMCID: PMC6024668 DOI: 10.3390/nu10060796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The interactions between nutrition and metabolism and skeletal muscle have long been known. Muscle is the major metabolic organ—it consumes more calories than other organs—and therefore, there is a clear need to discuss these interactions and provide some direction for future research areas regarding muscle pathologies. In addition, new experiments and manuscripts continually reveal additional highly intricate, reciprocal interactions between metabolism and muscle. These reciprocal interactions include exercise, age, sex, diet, and pathologies including atrophy, hypoxia, obesity, diabetes, and muscle myopathies. Central to this review are the metabolic changes that occur in the skeletal muscle cells of muscular dystrophy patients and mouse models. Many of these metabolic changes are pathogenic (inappropriate body mass changes, mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, and increased Ca2+) and others are compensatory (increased phosphorylated AMP activated protein kinase (pAMPK), increased slow fiber numbers, and increased utrophin). Therefore, reversing or enhancing these changes with therapies will aid the patients. The multiple therapeutic targets to reverse or enhance the metabolic pathways will be discussed. Among the therapeutic targets are increasing pAMPK, utrophin, mitochondrial number and slow fiber characteristics, and inhibiting reactive oxygen species. Because new data reveals many additional intricate levels of interactions, new questions are rapidly arising. How does muscular dystrophy alter metabolism, and are the changes compensatory or pathogenic? How does metabolism affect muscular dystrophy? Of course, the most profound question is whether clinicians can therapeutically target nutrition and metabolism for muscular dystrophy patient benefit? Obtaining the answers to these questions will greatly aid patients with muscular dystrophy.
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- Ahlke Heydemann
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Poffé C, Dalle S, Kainz H, Berardi E, Hespel P. A noninterfering system to measure in-cage spontaneous physical activity in mice. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:263-270. [PMID: 29698110 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00058.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Due to lack of low-cost and convenient measurement procedures, uncontrolled changes in spontaneous physical activity (SPA) level often are insufficiently considered as a confounding factor in rodent studies. Nonetheless, alterations in SPA can significantly impact on a wide range of physiological measurements. Therefore, we developed an accurate, low-cost video tracking procedure to allow routine assessment of SPA in the home cage of experimental animals (i.e., mice) and in the absence of any distress that might cause alterations in SPA. SPA parameters acquired (movement distance, movement time, and movement speed) with the novel tracking system were identical to those simultaneously obtained with a high-end and well-validated movement-tracking device (mean error = 0.15 ± 0.07%, r = 0.99, P < 0.001). To further validate the setup, we also demonstrated caffeine-induced stimulation of SPA (195% more activity compared with vehicle, P < 0.01), we adequately reproduced typical SPA fluctuations inherent to day/night cycles (146 and 702% more active during nocturnal compared with diurnal cycle for Balb/c and C57BL/6J mice, respectively, P < 0.001), and we confirmed previously documented SPA differences between animal strains (24% less activity in C57BL/6J mice compared with Balb/c mice, P < 0.05). Taken together, we provide data to prove that this novel low-cost methodology can be conveniently used in any mouse experiment where uncontrolled changes in SPA due to experimental interventions might confound data interpretation. By analogy, the system can be used to document a beneficial impact of therapeutic interventions on SPA in any disease mouse model. NEW & NOTEWORTHY We developed a low-cost procedure to routinely measure SPA in mice. The procedure maintains normal SPA because the animals continue to stay in their home cage in the absence of any external manipulation by the investigators and under habitual dark/light ambient conditions. This novel methodology can be conveniently used in any mouse experiment to quantify experimentally induced alterations in SPA or to assess natural variations in SPA that might confound data interpretation.
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- Chiel Poffé
- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven , Belgium
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- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven , Belgium
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- Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven , Belgium
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- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven , Belgium
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- Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven , Belgium
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Roemers P, Mazzola PN, De Deyn PP, Bossers WJ, van Heuvelen MJG, van der Zee EA. Burrowing as a novel voluntary strength training method for mice: A comparison of various voluntary strength or resistance exercise methods. J Neurosci Methods 2017; 300:112-126. [PMID: 28587894 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Voluntary strength training methods for rodents are necessary to investigate the effects of strength training on cognition and the brain. However, few voluntary methods are available. NEW METHOD The current study tested functional and muscular effects of two novel voluntary strength training methods, burrowing (digging a substrate out of a tube) and unloaded tower climbing, in male C57Bl6 mice. To compare these two novel methods with existing exercise methods, resistance running and (non-resistance) running were included. Motor coordination, grip strength and muscle fatigue were measured at baseline, halfway through and near the end of a fourteen week exercise intervention. Endurance was measured by an incremental treadmill test after twelve weeks. RESULTS Both burrowing and resistance running improved forelimb grip strength as compared to controls. Running and resistance running increased endurance in the treadmill test and improved motor skills as measured by the balance beam test. Post-mortem tissue analyses revealed that running and resistance running induced Soleus muscle hypertrophy and reduced epididymal fat mass. Tower climbing elicited no functional or muscular changes. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS As a voluntary strength exercise method, burrowing avoids the confounding effects of stress and positive reinforcers elicited in forced strength exercise methods. Compared to voluntary resistance running, burrowing likely reduces the contribution of aerobic exercise components. CONCLUSIONS Burrowing qualifies as a suitable voluntary strength training method in mice. Furthermore, resistance running shares features of strength training and endurance (aerobic) exercise and should be considered a multi-modal aerobic-strength exercise method in mice.
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- P Roemers
- Molecular Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Molecular Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Ward LM, Kinnett K, Bonewald L. Proceedings of a Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Bone Health Workshop: Morbidity due to osteoporosis in DMD: The Path Forward May 12-13, 2016, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Neuromuscul Disord 2017; 28:64-76. [PMID: 28756052 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2017.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Leanne M Ward
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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- Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Middletown, OH, USA
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- Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Morici G, Frinchi M, Pitruzzella A, Di Liberto V, Barone R, Pace A, Di Felice V, Belluardo N, Cappello F, Mudò G, Bonsignore MR. Mild Aerobic Exercise Training Hardly Affects the Diaphragm of mdx Mice. J Cell Physiol 2017; 232:2044-2052. [PMID: 27576008 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In the mdx mice model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), mild endurance exercise training positively affected limb skeletal muscles, whereas few and controversial data exist on the effects of training on the diaphragm. The diaphragm was examined in mdx (C57BL/10ScSn-Dmdmdx) and wild-type (WT, C57BL/10ScSc) mice under sedentary conditions (mdx-SD, WT-SD) and during mild exercise training (mdx-EX, WT-EX). At baseline, and after 30 and 45 days (training: 5 d/wk for 6 weeks), diaphragm muscle morphology and Cx39 protein were assessed. In addition, tissue levels of the chaperonins Hsp60 and Hsp70 and the p65 subunit of nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) were measured in diaphragm, gastrocnemius, and quadriceps in each experimental group at all time points. Although morphological analysis showed unchanged total area of necrosis/regeneration in the diaphragm after training, there was a trend for larger areas of regeneration than necrosis in the diaphragm of mdx-EX compared to mdx-SD mice. However, the levels of Cx39, a protein associated with active regeneration in damaged muscle, were similar in the diaphragm of mdx-EX and mdx-SD mice. Hsp60 significantly decreased at 45 days in the diaphragm, but not in limb muscles, in both trained and sedentary mdx compared to WT mice. In limb muscles, but not in the diaphragm, Hsp70 and NF-kB p65 levels were increased in mdx mice irrespective of training at 30 and 45 days. Therefore, the diaphragm of mdx mice showed little inflammatory and stress responses over time, and appeared hardly affected by mild endurance training. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 2044-2052, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Giuseppe Morici
- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare (IBIM), Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR), Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Istituto Euro-Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Istituto Euro-Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto Euro-Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia, Palermo, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari e Biomolecolari (STEMBIO)-University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Istituto Euro-Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Istituto Euro-Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche (BioNeC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare (IBIM), Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR), Palermo, Italy.,Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (DiBiMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Greising SM, Dearth CL, Corona BT. Regenerative and Rehabilitative Medicine: A Necessary Synergy for Functional Recovery from Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury. Cells Tissues Organs 2016; 202:237-249. [PMID: 27825146 DOI: 10.1159/000444673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is a complex and heterogeneous problem due to significant traumatic or surgical loss of skeletal muscle tissue. The consequences of VML are substantial functional deficits in joint range of motion and skeletal muscle strength, resulting in life-long dysfunction and disability. Traditional physical medicine and rehabilitation paradigms do not address the magnitude of force loss due to VML and related musculoskeletal comorbidities. Recent advancements in regenerative medicine have set forth encouraging and emerging therapeutic options for VML injuries. There is significant potential that combined rehabilitative and regenerative therapies can restore limb and muscle function following VML injury in a synergistic manner. This review presents the current state of the VML field, spanning clinical and preclinical literature, with particular focus on rehabilitation and regenerative medicine in addition to their synergy. Moving forward, multidisciplinary collaboration between clinical and research fields is encouraged in order to continue to improve the treatment of VML injuries and specifically address the encompassing physiology, pathology, and specific needs of this patient population. This is a work of the US Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the USA. Foreign copyrights may apply. Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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Nichenko AS, Southern WM, Atuan M, Luan J, Peissig KB, Foltz SJ, Beedle AM, Warren GL, Call JA. Mitochondrial maintenance via autophagy contributes to functional skeletal muscle regeneration and remodeling. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2016; 311:C190-200. [PMID: 27281480 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00066.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The primary objective of this study was to determine whether alterations in mitochondria affect recovery of skeletal muscle strength and mitochondrial enzyme activity following myotoxic injury. 3-Methyladenine (3-MA) was administered daily (15 mg/kg) to blunt autophagy, and the creatine analog guanidionpropionic acid (β-GPA) was administered daily (1% in chow) to enhance oxidative capacity. Male C57BL/6 mice were randomly assigned to nontreatment (Con, n = 6), 3-MA-treated (n = 6), and β-GPA-treated (n = 8) groups for 10 wk. Mice were euthanized at 14 days after myotoxic injury for assessment of mitochondrial remodeling during regeneration and its association with the recovery of muscle strength. Expression of several autophagy-related proteins, e.g., phosphorylated Ulk1 (∼2- to 4-fold, P < 0.049) was greater in injured than uninjured muscles, indicating a relationship between muscle regeneration/remodeling and autophagy. By 14 days postinjury, recovery of muscle strength (18% less, P = 0.03) and mitochondrial enzyme (e.g., citrate synthase) activity (22% less, P = 0.049) were significantly lower in 3-MA-treated than Con mice, suggesting that the autophagy process plays an important role during muscle regeneration. In contrast, muscle regeneration was nearly complete in β-GPA-treated mice, i.e., muscle strength recovered to 93% of baseline vs. 78% for Con mice. Remarkably, 14 days allowed sufficient time for a near-complete recovery of mitochondrial function in β-GPA-treated mice (e.g., no difference in citrate synthase activity between injured and uninjured, P = 0.49), indicating a robust mitochondrial remodeling process during muscle regeneration. In conclusion, autophagy is likely activated following muscle injury and appears to play an important role in functional muscle regeneration.
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- Anna S Nichenko
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia;
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Hyzewicz J, Ruegg UT, Takeda S. Comparison of Experimental Protocols of Physical Exercise for mdx Mice and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients. J Neuromuscul Dis 2015; 2:325-342. [PMID: 27858750 PMCID: PMC5240598 DOI: 10.3233/jnd-150106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is caused by mutations in the gene coding for dystrophin and leads to muscle degeneration, wheelchair dependence and death by cardiac or respiratory failure. Physical exercise has been proposed as a palliative therapy for DMD to maintain muscle strength and prevent contractures for as long as possible. However, its practice remains controversial because the benefits of training may be counteracted by muscle overuse and damage. The effects of physical exercise have been investigated in muscles of dystrophin-deficient mdx mice and in patients with DMD. However, a lack of uniformity among protocols limits comparability between studies and translatability of results from animals to humans. In the present review, we summarize and discuss published protocols used to investigate the effects of physical exercise on mdx mice and DMD patients, with the objectives of improving comparability between studies and identifying future research directions.
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- Janek Hyzewicz
- Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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Zschüntzsch J, Zhang Y, Klinker F, Makosch G, Klinge L, Malzahn D, Brinkmeier H, Liebetanz D, Schmidt J. Treatment with human immunoglobulin G improves the early disease course in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. J Neurochem 2015; 136:351-62. [PMID: 26230042 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe hereditary myopathy. Standard treatment by glucocorticosteroids is limited because of numerous side effects. The aim of this study was to test immunomodulation by human immunoglobulin G (IgG) as treatment in the experimental mouse model (mdx) of DMD. 2 g/kg human IgG compared to human albumin was injected intraperitoneally in mdx mice at the age of 3 and 7 weeks. Advanced voluntary wheel running parameters were recorded continuously. At the age of 11 weeks, animals were killed so that blood, diaphragm, and lower limb muscles could be removed for quantitative PCR, histological analysis and ex vivo muscle contraction tests. IgG compared to albumin significantly improved the voluntary running performance and reduced muscle fatigability in an ex vivo muscle contraction test. Upon IgG treatment, serum creatine kinase values were diminished and mRNA expression levels of relevant inflammatory markers were reduced in the diaphragm and limb muscles. Macrophage infiltration and myopathic damage were significantly ameliorated in the quadriceps muscle. Collectively, this study demonstrates that, in the early disease course of mdx mice, human IgG improves the running performance and diminishes myopathic damage and inflammation in the muscle. Therefore, IgG may be a promising approach for treatment of DMD. Two monthly intraperitoneal injections of human immunoglobulin G (IgG) improved the early 11-week disease phase of mdx mice. Voluntary running was improved and serum levels of creatine kinase were diminished. In the skeletal muscle, myopathic damage was ameliorated and key inflammatory markers such as mRNA expression of SPP1 and infiltration by macrophages were reduced. The study suggests that IgG could be explored as a potential treatment option for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and that pre-clinical long-term studies should be helpful.
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- Jana Zschüntzsch
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathophysiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Karlsburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Institute for Multiple Sclerosis Research and Hertie Foundation, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathophysiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Karlsburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Neuroimmunology, Institute for Multiple Sclerosis Research and Hertie Foundation, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Latroche C, Matot B, Martins-Bach A, Briand D, Chazaud B, Wary C, Carlier PG, Chrétien F, Jouvion G. Structural and Functional Alterations of Skeletal Muscle Microvasculature in Dystrophin-Deficient mdx Mice. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2015; 185:2482-94. [PMID: 26193666 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive neuromuscular disease, caused by an absence of dystrophin, inevitably leading to death. Although muscle lesions are well characterized, blood vessel alterations that may have a major impact on muscle regeneration remain poorly understood. Our aim was to elucidate alterations of the vascular network organization, taking advantage of Flk1(GFP/+) crossed with mdx mice (model for human DMD where all blood vessels express green fluorescent protein) and functional repercussions using in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance, combining arterial spin-labeling imaging of perfusion, and (31)P-spectroscopy of phosphocreatine kinetics. For the first time, our study focused on old (12-month-old) mdx mice, displaying marked chronic muscle lesions, similar to the lesions observed in human DMD, in comparison to young-adult (3-month-old) mdx mice displaying only mild muscle lesions with no fibrosis. By using an original approach combining a specific animal model, state-of-the-art histology/morphometry techniques, and functional nuclear magnetic resonance, we demonstrated that the microvascular system is almost normal in young-adult in contrast to old mdx mice, displaying marked microvessel alterations, and the functional repercussions on muscle perfusion and bioenergetics after a hypoxic stress vary depending on stage of pathology. This original approach clarifies disease evolution and paves the way for setting up new diagnostic markers or therapeutic strategies.
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- Claire Latroche
- Infection and Epidemiology Department, Human Histopathology and Animal Models, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; The French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Pôle de Recherche, Enseignement Supérieur Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Paris, France
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Institut de Myologie, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Institut de Myologie, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France; Laboratory of Muscle Proteins and Comparative Histology, Human Genome Research Center, Biosciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Infection and Epidemiology Department, Human Histopathology and Animal Models, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- The French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Pôle de Recherche, Enseignement Supérieur Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Paris, France
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Institut de Myologie, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Institut de Myologie, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Infection and Epidemiology Department, Human Histopathology and Animal Models, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Pôle de Recherche, Enseignement Supérieur Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Paris, France; Neuropathology Department, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
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- Infection and Epidemiology Department, Human Histopathology and Animal Models, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Pôle de Recherche, Enseignement Supérieur Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Paris, France
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Henríquez-Olguín C, Altamirano F, Valladares D, López JR, Allen PD, Jaimovich E. Altered ROS production, NF-κB activation and interleukin-6 gene expression induced by electrical stimulation in dystrophic mdx skeletal muscle cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2015. [PMID: 25857619 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a fatal X-linked genetic disease, caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which cause functional loss of this protein. This pathology is associated with an increased production of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen species. The aim of this work was to study the alterations in NF-κB activation and interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression induced by membrane depolarization in dystrophic mdx myotubes. Membrane depolarization elicited by electrical stimulation increased p65 phosphorylation, NF-κB transcriptional activity and NF-κB-dependent IL-6 expression in wt myotubes, whereas in mdx myotubes it had the opposite effect. We have previously shown that depolarization-induced intracellular Ca2+ increases and ROS production are necessary for NF-κB activation and stimulation of gene expression in wt myotubes. Dystrophic myotubes showed a reduced amplitude and area under the curve of the Ca2+ transient elicited by electrical stimulation. On the other hand, electrical stimuli induced higher ROS production in mdx than wt myotubes, which were blocked by NOX2 inhibitors. Moreover, mRNA expression and protein levels of the NADPH oxidase subunits: p47phox and gp91phox were increased in mdx myotubes. Looking at ROS-dependence of NF-κB activation we found that in wt myotubes external administration of 50 μM H2O2 increased NF-κB activity; after administration of 100 and 200 μM H2O2 there was no effect. In mdx myotubes there was a dose-dependent reduction in NF-κB activity in response to external administration of H2O2, with a significant effect of 100 μM and 200 μM, suggesting that ROS levels are critical for NF-κB activity. Prior blockage with NOX2 inhibitors blunted the effects of electrical stimuli in both NF-κB activation and IL-6 expression. Finally, to ascertain whether stimulation of NF-κB and IL-6 gene expression by the inflammatory pathway is also impaired in mdx myotubes, we studied the effect of lipopolysaccharide on both NF-κB activation and IL-6 expression. Exposure to lipopolysaccharide induced a dramatic increase in both NF-κB activation and IL-6 expression in both wt and mdx myotubes, suggesting that the altered IL-6 gene expression after electrical stimulation in mdx muscle cells is due to dysregulation of Ca2+ release and ROS production, both of which impinge on NF-κB signaling. IL-6 is a key metabolic modulator that is released by the skeletal muscle to coordinate a multi-systemic response (liver, muscle, and adipocytes) during physical exercise; the alteration of this response in dystrophic muscles may contribute to an abnormal response to contraction and exercise.
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- Carlos Henríquez-Olguín
- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile; Laboratorio Ciencias del Ejercicio, Clínica MEDS, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile; Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile.
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Henríquez-Olguín C, Altamirano F, Valladares D, López JR, Allen PD, Jaimovich E. Altered ROS production, NF-κB activation and interleukin-6 gene expression induced by electrical stimulation in dystrophic mdx skeletal muscle cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2015; 1852:1410-9. [PMID: 25857619 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a fatal X-linked genetic disease, caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which cause functional loss of this protein. This pathology is associated with an increased production of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen species. The aim of this work was to study the alterations in NF-κB activation and interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression induced by membrane depolarization in dystrophic mdx myotubes. Membrane depolarization elicited by electrical stimulation increased p65 phosphorylation, NF-κB transcriptional activity and NF-κB-dependent IL-6 expression in wt myotubes, whereas in mdx myotubes it had the opposite effect. We have previously shown that depolarization-induced intracellular Ca2+ increases and ROS production are necessary for NF-κB activation and stimulation of gene expression in wt myotubes. Dystrophic myotubes showed a reduced amplitude and area under the curve of the Ca2+ transient elicited by electrical stimulation. On the other hand, electrical stimuli induced higher ROS production in mdx than wt myotubes, which were blocked by NOX2 inhibitors. Moreover, mRNA expression and protein levels of the NADPH oxidase subunits: p47phox and gp91phox were increased in mdx myotubes. Looking at ROS-dependence of NF-κB activation we found that in wt myotubes external administration of 50 μM H2O2 increased NF-κB activity; after administration of 100 and 200 μM H2O2 there was no effect. In mdx myotubes there was a dose-dependent reduction in NF-κB activity in response to external administration of H2O2, with a significant effect of 100 μM and 200 μM, suggesting that ROS levels are critical for NF-κB activity. Prior blockage with NOX2 inhibitors blunted the effects of electrical stimuli in both NF-κB activation and IL-6 expression. Finally, to ascertain whether stimulation of NF-κB and IL-6 gene expression by the inflammatory pathway is also impaired in mdx myotubes, we studied the effect of lipopolysaccharide on both NF-κB activation and IL-6 expression. Exposure to lipopolysaccharide induced a dramatic increase in both NF-κB activation and IL-6 expression in both wt and mdx myotubes, suggesting that the altered IL-6 gene expression after electrical stimulation in mdx muscle cells is due to dysregulation of Ca2+ release and ROS production, both of which impinge on NF-κB signaling. IL-6 is a key metabolic modulator that is released by the skeletal muscle to coordinate a multi-systemic response (liver, muscle, and adipocytes) during physical exercise; the alteration of this response in dystrophic muscles may contribute to an abnormal response to contraction and exercise.
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- Carlos Henríquez-Olguín
- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile; Laboratorio Ciencias del Ejercicio, Clínica MEDS, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile; Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile.
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Soffe Z, Radley-Crabb HG, McMahon C, Grounds MD, Shavlakadze T. Effects of loaded voluntary wheel exercise on performance and muscle hypertrophy in young and old male C57Bl/6J mice. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2015; 26:172-88. [PMID: 25653015 DOI: 10.1111/sms.12416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This study compared the capacity of young and old male C57Bl/6J mice to exercise with increasing resistance over 10 weeks, and its impact on muscle mass. Young mice (aged 15-25 weeks) were subjected to low (LR) and high (HR) resistance exercise, whereas only LR was used for old mice (107-117 weeks). Weekly patterns of voluntary wheel activity, food consumption and body weights were measured. Running patterns changed over time and with age, with two peaks of activity detected for young, but only one for old mice: speed and distance run was also less for old mice. The mass for six limb muscles was measured at the end of the experiment. The most pronounced increase in mass in response to exercise was for the soleus in young and old mice, and also quadriceps and gastrocnemius in young mice. Soleus and quadriceps muscles were analyzed histologically for myofiber number and size. A striking feature was the many small myofibers in response to exercise in young (but not old) soleus, whereas these were not present after exercise in young or old quadriceps. Overall, there was a striking difference in response to exercise between muscles and this was influenced by age.
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- Z Soffe
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, CHIRI Biosciences Research Precinct, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Developmental Biology Group, Agresearch Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Developmental Biology Group, Agresearch Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Kainulainen H, Papaioannou KG, Silvennoinen M, Autio R, Saarela J, Oliveira BM, Nyqvist M, Pasternack A, 't Hoen PAC, Kujala UM, Ritvos O, Hulmi JJ. Myostatin/activin blocking combined with exercise reconditions skeletal muscle expression profile of mdx mice. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2015; 399:131-42. [PMID: 25304272 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is characterized by muscle wasting and decreased aerobic metabolism. Exercise and blocking of myostatin/activin signaling may independently or combined counteract muscle wasting and dystrophies. The effects of myostatin/activin blocking using soluble activin receptor-Fc (sActRIIB-Fc) administration and wheel running were tested alone or in combination for 7 weeks in dystrophic mdx mice. Expression microarray analysis revealed decreased aerobic metabolism in the gastrocnemius muscle of mdx mice compared to healthy mice. This was not due to reduced home-cage physical activity, and was further downregulated upon sActRIIB-Fc treatment in enlarged muscles. However, exercise activated pathways of aerobic metabolism and counteracted the negative effects of sActRIIB-Fc. Exercise and sActRIIB-Fc synergistically increased expression of major urinary protein, but exercise blocked sActRIIB-Fc induced phosphorylation of STAT5 in gastrocnemius muscle. In conclusion, exercise alone or in combination with myostatin/activin blocking corrects aerobic gene expression profiles of dystrophic muscle toward healthy wild type mice profiles.
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- Heikki Kainulainen
- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Rautpohjankatu 8, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland
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- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Rautpohjankatu 8, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland
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- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Rautpohjankatu 8, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland
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- Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 1, P.O. BOX 553, Tampere FI-33101, Finland
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- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Rautpohjankatu 8, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland
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- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Rautpohjankatu 8, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku FIN-20520, Finland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, P.O. Box 21, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Postzone S-04-P, PO Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Rautpohjankatu 8, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, P.O. Box 21, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Rautpohjankatu 8, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland.
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Low intensity, high frequency vibration training to improve musculoskeletal function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104339. [PMID: 25121503 PMCID: PMC4133244 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The objective of the study was to determine if low intensity, high frequency vibration training impacted the musculoskeletal system in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, relative to healthy mice. Three-week old wildtype (n = 26) and mdx mice (n = 22) were randomized to non-vibrated or vibrated (45 Hz and 0.6 g, 15 min/d, 5 d/wk) groups. Invivo and exvivo contractile function of the anterior crural and extensor digitorum longus muscles, respectively, were assessed following 8 wks of vibration. Mdx mice were injected 5 and 1 days prior to sacrifice with Calcein and Xylenol, respectively. Muscles were prepared for histological and triglyceride analyses and subcutaneous and visceral fat pads were excised and weighed. Tibial bones were dissected and analyzed by micro-computed tomography for trabecular morphometry at the metaphysis, and cortical geometry and density at the mid-diaphysis. Three-point bending tests were used to assess cortical bone mechanical properties and a subset of tibiae was processed for dynamic histomorphometry. Vibration training for 8 wks did not alter trabecular morphometry, dynamic histomorphometry, cortical geometry, or mechanical properties (P≥0.34). Vibration did not alter any measure of muscle contractile function (P≥0.12); however the preservation of muscle function and morphology in mdx mice indicates vibration is not deleterious to muscle lacking dystrophin. Vibrated mice had smaller subcutaneous fat pads (P = 0.03) and higher intramuscular triglyceride concentrations (P = 0.03). These data suggest that vibration training at 45 Hz and 0.6 g did not significantly impact the tibial bone and the surrounding musculature, but may influence fat distribution in mice.
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Gordon BS, Lowe DA, Kostek MC. Exercise increases utrophin protein expression in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve 2014; 49:915-8. [PMID: 24375286 DOI: 10.1002/mus.24151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal genetic disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene resulting in chronic muscle damage, muscle wasting, and premature death. Utrophin is a dystrophin protein homologue that increases dystrophic muscle function and reduces pathology. Currently, no treatments that increase utrophin protein expression exist. However, exercise increases utrophin mRNA expression in healthy humans. Therefore, the purpose was to determine whether exercise increases utrophin protein expression in dystrophic muscle. METHODS Utrophin protein was measured in the quadriceps and soleus muscles of mdx mice after 12 weeks of voluntary wheel running exercise or sedentary controls. Muscle pathology was measured in the quadriceps. RESULTS Exercise increased utrophin protein expression 334 ± 63% in the quadriceps relative to sedentary controls. Exercise increased central nuclei 4 ± 1% but not other measures of pathology. CONCLUSIONS Exercise may be an intervention that increases utrophin expression in patients with DMD.
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- Bradley S Gordon
- University of South Carolina, Department of Exercise Science, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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Gordon BS, Delgado-Diaz DC, Carson J, Fayad R, Wilson LB, Kostek MC. Resveratrol improves muscle function but not oxidative capacity in young mdx mice. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2014; 92:243-51. [DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2013-0350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have reduced muscle function due to chronic muscle damage, inflammation, oxidative stress, and reduced oxidative capacity. Resveratrol reduces inflammation and oxidative stress, and increases oxidative capacity in other disease models. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of resveratrol on muscle function, muscle pathology, and oxidative capacity in young mdx mice. For this, 4- to 5-week-old male mdx mice were randomized into control or resveratrol-treated groups and given resveratrol (100 mg/kg body mass) or an equal volume of water by gavage every other day for 8 weeks. Muscle function was assessed pre- and post-treatment. Central nucleation, total immune cell infiltrate, oxidative stress, and oxidative capacity were measured post-treatment. Resveratrol mediated substantial improvements in rotarod performance and in-situ peak tension by 53% and 17%, respectively, and slight improvements in central nucleation and oxidative stress. Resveratrol did not affect total immune cell infiltrate at 12 weeks of age, and had no effect on oxidative capacity. Resveratrol improves muscle function in mdx mice despite small changes in muscle pathology. The likely mechanism is a resveratrol-mediated reduction in immune cell infiltrate at the early stages of this disease, as previously reported by our laboratory.
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- Bradley S. Gordon
- Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Department of Physiology, Penn State University School of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Escuela de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA
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Sharpe KM, Premsukh MD, Townsend D. Alterations of dystrophin-associated glycoproteins in the heart lacking dystrophin or dystrophin and utrophin. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2013; 34:395-405. [PMID: 24096570 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-013-9362-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Heart disease is a leading cause of death in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Patients with DMD lack the protein dystrophin, which is widely expressed in striated muscle. In skeletal muscle, the loss of dystrophin results in dramatically decreased expression of the dystrophin associated glycoprotein complex (DGC). Interestingly, in the heart the DGC is normally expressed without dystrophin; this has been attributed to presence of the dystrophin homologue utrophin. We demonstrate here that neither utrophin nor dystrophin are required for the expression of the cardiac DGC. However, alpha-dystroglycan (α-DG), a major component of the DGC, is differentially glycosylated in dystrophin-(mdx) and dystrophin-/utrophin-(dko) deficient mouse hearts. In both models the altered α-DG retains laminin binding activity, but has an altered localization at the sarcolemma. In hearts lacking both dystrophin and utrophin, the alterations in α-DG glycosylation are even more dramatic with changes in gel migration equivalent to 24 ± 3 kDa. These data show that the absence of dystrophin and utrophin alters the processing of α-DG; however it is not clear if these alterations are a consequence of the loss of a direct interaction with dystrophin/utrophin or results from an indirect response to the presence of severe pathology. Recently there have been great advances in our understanding of the glycosylation of α-DG regarding its role as a laminin receptor. Here we present data that alterations in glycosylation occur in the hearts of animal models of DMD, but these changes do not affect laminin binding. The physiological consequences of these alterations remain unknown, but may have significant implications for the development of therapies for DMD.
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- Katharine M Sharpe
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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Hulmi JJ, Oliveira BM, Silvennoinen M, Hoogaars WMH, Pasternack A, Kainulainen H, Ritvos O. Exercise restores decreased physical activity levels and increases markers of autophagy and oxidative capacity in myostatin/activin-blocked mdx mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 305:E171-82. [PMID: 23695214 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00065.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The importance of adequate levels of muscle size and function and physical activity is widely recognized. Myostatin/activin blocking increases skeletal muscle mass but may decrease muscle oxidative capacity and can thus be hypothesized to affect voluntary physical activity. Soluble activin receptor IIB (sActRIIB-Fc) was produced to block myostatin/activins. Modestly dystrophic mdx mice were injected with sActRIIB-Fc or PBS with or without voluntary wheel running exercise for 7 wk. Healthy mice served as controls. Running for 7 wk attenuated the sActRIIB-Fc-induced increase in body mass by decreasing fat mass. Running also enhanced/restored the markers of muscle oxidative capacity and autophagy in mdx mice to or above the levels of healthy mice. Voluntary running activity was decreased by sActRIIB-Fc during the first 3-4 wk correlating with increased body mass. Home cage physical activity of mice, quantified from the force plate signal, was decreased by sActRIIB-Fc the whole 7-wk treatment in sedentary mice. To understand what happens during the first weeks after sActRIIB-Fc administration, when mice are less active, healthy mice were injected with sActRIIB-Fc or PBS for 2 wk. During the sActRIIB-Fc-induced rapid 2-wk muscle growth period, oxidative capacity and autophagy were reduced, which may possibly explain the decreased running activity. These results show that increased muscle size and decreased markers of oxidative capacity and autophagy during the first weeks of myostatin/activin blocking are associated with decreased voluntary activity levels. Voluntary exercise in dystrophic mice enhances the markers of oxidative capacity and autophagy to or above the levels of healthy mice.
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- Juha J Hulmi
- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Selsby JT, Acosta P, Sleeper MM, Barton ER, Sweeney HL. Long-term wheel running compromises diaphragm function but improves cardiac and plantarflexor function in the mdx mouse. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2013; 115:660-6. [PMID: 23823150 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00252.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Dystrophin-deficient muscles suffer from free radical injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis, and inflammation, among other pathologies that contribute to muscle fiber injury and loss, leading to wheelchair confinement and death in the patient. For some time, it has been appreciated that endurance training has the potential to counter many of these contributing factors. Correspondingly, numerous investigations have shown improvements in limb muscle function following endurance training in mdx mice. However, the effect of long-term volitional wheel running on diaphragm and cardiac function is largely unknown. Our purpose was to determine the extent to which long-term endurance exercise affected dystrophic limb, diaphragm, and cardiac function. Diaphragm specific tension was reduced by 60% (P < 0.05) in mice that performed 1 yr of volitional wheel running compared with sedentary mdx mice. Dorsiflexor mass (extensor digitorum longus and tibialis anterior) and function (extensor digitorum longus) were not altered by endurance training. In mice that performed 1 yr of volitional wheel running, plantarflexor mass (soleus and gastrocnemius) was increased and soleus tetanic force was increased 36%, while specific tension was similar in wheel-running and sedentary groups. Cardiac mass was increased 15%, left ventricle chamber size was increased 20% (diastole) and 18% (systole), and stroke volume was increased twofold in wheel-running compared with sedentary mdx mice. These data suggest that the dystrophic heart may undergo positive exercise-induced remodeling and that limb muscle function is largely unaffected. Most importantly, however, as the diaphragm most closely recapitulates the human disease, these data raise the possibility of exercise-mediated injury in dystrophic skeletal muscle.
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- Joshua T Selsby
- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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Baltgalvis KA, Call JA, Cochrane GD, Laker RC, Yan Z, Lowe DA. Exercise training improves plantar flexor muscle function in mdx mice. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2013; 44:1671-9. [PMID: 22460476 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31825703f0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE We tested the hypothesis that low-intensity exercise in mdx mice improves plantar flexor muscle contractile function, resistance to fatigue, and mitochondrial adaptations without exacerbating muscular dystrophy. METHODS We subjected mdx mice to 12 wk of voluntary low-resistance wheel running (Run, n = 17) or normal cage activities (sedentary (Sed), n = 16) followed by in vivo analyses for plantar flexor torque generation and fatigue resistance or running capacity on a treadmill. Gastrocnemius muscles were further evaluated for exercise-induced mitochondrial adaptations and fiber type distribution and central nuclei. t-tests were used to determine differences between the Sed and Run groups. RESULTS Plantar flexor submaximal isometric torques and maximal isometric torque at multiple ankle joint angles and resistance to fatigue were greater in Run compared with Sed mdx mice (P G 0.05). Citrate synthase and A-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase enzyme activities and cytochrome c oxidase IV protein expression in gastrocnemius muscles were greater in Run than in Sed mdx mice(P e 0.04), along with a trend of fiber type transformation from Type IIb to Type IIx fibers. Exercise training in mdx mice did not elevate serum creatine kinase levels but led to a significant reduction of centrally nucleated myofibers. CONCLUSIONS Voluntary low-resistance wheel running in mdx mice can result in skeletal muscle adaptation, leading to improved contractile function and reduced fatigability,with no indication that exercise was detrimental. This study supports the need for further investigation of low-intensity exercise as an early therapeutic intervention in ambulatory boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Morales MG, Cabrera D, Céspedes C, Vio CP, Vazquez Y, Brandan E, Cabello-Verrugio C. Inhibition of the angiotensin-converting enzyme decreases skeletal muscle fibrosis in dystrophic mice by a diminution in the expression and activity of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN-2). Cell Tissue Res 2013; 353:173-87. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1642-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Hulmi JJ, Oliveira BM, Silvennoinen M, Hoogaars WMH, Ma H, Pierre P, Pasternack A, Kainulainen H, Ritvos O. Muscle protein synthesis, mTORC1/MAPK/Hippo signaling, and capillary density are altered by blocking of myostatin and activins. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E41-50. [PMID: 23115080 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00389.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Loss of muscle mass and function occurs in various diseases. Myostatin blocking can attenuate muscle loss, but downstream signaling is not well known. Therefore, to elucidate associated signaling pathways, we used the soluble activin receptor IIb (sActRIIB-Fc) to block myostatin and activins in mice. Within 2 wk, the treatment rapidly increased muscle size as expected but decreased capillary density per area. sActRIIB-Fc increased muscle protein synthesis 1-2 days after the treatment correlating with enhanced mTORC1 signaling (phosphorylated rpS6 and S6K1, r = 0.8). Concurrently, increased REDD1 and eIF2Bε protein contents and phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 and AMPK was observed. In contrast, proangiogenic MAPK signaling and VEGF-A protein decreased. Hippo signaling has been characterized recently as a regulator of organ size and an important regulator of myogenesis in vitro. The phosphorylation of YAP (Yes-associated protein), a readout of activated Hippo signaling, increased after short- and longer-term myostatin and activin blocking and in exercised muscle. Moreover, dystrophic mdx mice had elevated phosphorylated and especially total YAP protein content. These results show that the blocking of myostatin and activins induce rapid skeletal muscle growth. This is associated with increased protein synthesis and mTORC1 signaling but decreased capillary density and proangiogenic signaling. It is also shown for the first time that Hippo signaling is activated in skeletal muscle after myostatin blocking and exercise and also in dystrophic muscle. This suggests that Hippo signaling may have a role in skeletal muscle in various circumstances.
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- Juha J Hulmi
- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Brereton D, Plochocki J, An D, Costas J, Simons E. The effects of glucocorticoid and voluntary exercise treatment on the development of thoracolumbar kyphosis in dystrophin-deficient mice. PLOS CURRENTS 2012; 4:e4ffdff160de8b. [PMID: 23145353 PMCID: PMC3493061 DOI: 10.1371/4ffdff160de8b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The development of spinal curvature deformities is a hallmark of muscular dystrophy. While glucocorticoid treatment has been shown to prolong muscle function in dystrophic mice, its effects on the development of dystrophinopathic spinal deformation are poorly understood. In this study, we test the effects of glucocorticoid treatment on the onset of thoracolumbar kyphosis in the dystrophin-deficient mdx mouse using voluntary running exercise to exacerbate muscle fibrosis. We measure the kyphotic index, erector spinae muscle fibrosis, and vertebral bone histomorphometry in 4-month-old mdx mice in four groups: sedentary control, exercise-treated (continuous voluntary access to an activity wheel), glucocorticoid-treated, and glucocorticoid + exercise-treated. Exercise treated mice were found to have significantly lower kyphotic index (i.e., greater kyphosis) and greater muscle fibrosis relative to controls (p < 0.05). However, the deleterious effect of exercise on KI and muscle fibrosis was prevented by glucocorticoid treatment. Some differences in bone histological parameters were observed between treatment groups, suggesting there is a complex relationship between dystrophic muscular changes and vertebral bone mass. Our findings indicate glucocorticoid treatment delays the onset of thoracodorsal spinal deformation in mdx mice.
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- Daniel Brereton
- Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University
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Combined effect of AMPK/PPAR agonists and exercise training in mdx mice functional performance. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45699. [PMID: 23029189 PMCID: PMC3448675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The present investigation was undertaken to test whether exercise training (ET) associated with AMPK/PPAR agonists (EM) would improve skeletal muscle function in mdx mice. These drugs have the potential to improve oxidative metabolism. This is of particular interest because oxidative muscle fibers are less affected in the course of the disease than glycolitic counterparts. Therefore, a cohort of 34 male congenic C57Bl/10J mdx mice included in this study was randomly assigned into four groups: vehicle solution (V), EM [AICAR (AMPK agonist, 50 mg/Kg-1.day-1, ip) and GW 1516 (PPARδ agonist, 2.5 mg/Kg-1.day-1, gavage)], ET (voluntary running on activity wheel) and EM+ET. Functional performance (grip meter and rotarod), aerobic capacity (running test), muscle histopathology, serum creatine kinase (CK), levels of ubiquitined proteins, oxidative metabolism protein expression (AMPK, PPAR, myoglobin and SCD) and intracellular calcium handling (DHPR, SERCA and NCX) protein expression were analyzed. Treatments started when the animals were two months old and were maintained for one month. A significant functional improvement (p<0.05) was observed in animals submitted to the combination of ET and EM. CK levels were decreased and the expression of proteins related to oxidative metabolism was increased in this group. There were no differences among the groups in the intracellular calcium handling protein expression. To our knowledge, this is the first study that tested the association of ET with EM in an experimental model of muscular dystrophy. Our results suggest that the association of ET and EM should be further tested as a potential therapeutic approach in muscular dystrophies.
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Greising SM, Call JA, Lund TC, Blazar BR, Tolar J, Lowe DA. Skeletal muscle contractile function and neuromuscular performance in Zmpste24 -/- mice, a murine model of human progeria. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2012; 34:805-819. [PMID: 21713376 PMCID: PMC3682066 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9281-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Human progeroid syndromes and premature aging mouse models present as segmental, accelerated aging because some tissues and not others are affected. Skeletal muscle is detrimentally changed by normal aging but whether it is an affected tissue in progeria has not been resolved. We hypothesized that mice which mimic Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome would exhibit age-related alterations of skeletal muscle. Zmpste24 (-/-) and Zmpste24 (+/+) littermates were assessed for skeletal muscle functions, histo-morphological characteristics, and ankle joint mechanics. Twenty-four-hour active time, ambulation, grip strength, and whole body tension were evaluated as markers of neuromuscular performance, each of which was at least 33% lower in Zmpste24 (-/-) mice compared with littermates (p < 0.06). Contractile capacity of the posterior leg muscles were not affected in Zmpste24 (-/-) mice, but muscles of the anterior leg were 30-90% weaker than those of Zmpste24 (+/+) mice (p < 0.01). Leg muscles were 32-47% smaller in the Zmpste24 (-/-) mice and contained ~60% greater collagen relative to littermates (p < 0.01). Soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles of Zmpste24 (-/-) mice had excessive myonuclei and altered fiber size distributions but, otherwise, appeared normal. Ankle range of motion was 70% lower and plantar- and dorsiflexion passive torques were nearly 3-fold greater in Zmpste24 (-/-) than Zmpste24 (+/+) mice (p ≤ 0.01). The combined factors of muscle atrophy, collagen accumulation, and perturbed joint mechanics likely contributed to poor neuromuscular performance and selective muscle weakness displayed by Zmpste24 (-/-)mice. In summary, these characteristics are similar to those of aged mice indicating accelerated aging of skeletal muscle in progeria.
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- Sarah M. Greising
- />Rehabilitation Science and Program in Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- />Rehabilitation Science and Program in Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- />Cancer Center and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- />Cancer Center and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- />Cancer Center and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- />Rehabilitation Science and Program in Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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BACKGROUND The FRG1-transgenic mouse displays muscle dysfunction and atrophy reminiscent of fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and could provide a model to determine potential therapeutic interventions. METHODS To determine if FRG1 mice benefit from treatments that improve muscle mass and function, mice were treated with creatine alone (Cr) or in combination with treadmill exercise (CrEX). RESULTS The CrEx treatment increased quadriceps weight, mitochondrial content (cytochome c oxidase (COX) activity, COX subunit one and four protein), and induced greater improvements in grip strength and rotarod fall speed. While Cr increased COX subunits one and four protein, no effect on muscle mass or performance was found. Since Cr resulted in no functional improvements, the benefits of CrEx may be mediated by exercise; however, the potential synergistic action of the combined treatment cannot be excluded. CONCLUSION Treatment with CrEx attenuates atrophy and muscle dysfunction associated with FRG1 overexpression. These data suggest exercise and creatine supplementation may benefit individuals with FSHD.
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