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Ohashi A, Terai S, Furukawa S, Yamamoto S, Kashimoto R, Satoh A. Tenascin-C-enriched regeneration-specific extracellular matrix guarantees superior muscle regeneration in Ambystoma mexicanum. Dev Biol 2023; 504:98-112. [PMID: 37778717 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.09.012] [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: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Severe muscle injury causes distress and difficulty in humans. Studying the high regenerative ability of the axolotls may provide hints for the development of an effective treatment for severe injuries to muscle tissue. Here, we examined the regenerative process in response to a muscle injury in axolotls. We found that axolotls are capable of complete regeneration in response to a partial muscle resection called volumetric muscle loss (VML), which mammals cannot perfectly regenerate. We investigated the mechanisms underlying this high regenerative capacity in response to VML, focusing on the migration of muscle satellite cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) formed during VML injury. Axolotls form tenascin-C (TN-C)-enriched ECM after VML injury. This TN-C-enriched ECM promotes the satellite cell migration. We confirmed the importance of TN-C in successful axolotl muscle regeneration by creating TN-C mutant animals. Our results suggest that the maintenance of a TN-C-enriched ECM environment after muscle injury promotes the release of muscle satellite cells and supports eventually high muscle regenerative capacity. In the future, better muscle regeneration may be achieved in mammals through the maintenance of TN-C expression.
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- Ayaka Ohashi
- Graduate School of Environment, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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- Okayama University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan; Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences (RCIS), Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
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Loreti M, Sacco A. The jam session between muscle stem cells and the extracellular matrix in the tissue microenvironment. NPJ Regen Med 2022; 7:16. [PMID: 35177651 PMCID: PMC8854427 DOI: 10.1038/s41536-022-00204-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle requires a highly orchestrated coordination between multiple cell types and their microenvironment to exert its function and to maintain its homeostasis and regenerative capacity. Over the past decades, significant advances, including lineage tracing and single-cell RNA sequencing, have contributed to identifying multiple muscle resident cell populations participating in muscle maintenance and repair. Among these populations, muscle stem cells (MuSC), also known as satellite cells, in response to stress or injury, are able to proliferate, fuse, and form new myofibers to repair the damaged tissue. These cells reside adjacent to the myofiber and are surrounded by a specific and complex microenvironment, the stem cell niche. Major components of the niche are extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, able to instruct MuSC behavior. However, during aging and muscle-associated diseases, muscle progressively loses its regenerative ability, in part due to a dysregulation of ECM components. This review provides an overview of the composition and importance of the MuSC microenvironment. We discuss relevant ECM proteins and how their mutations or dysregulation impact young and aged muscle tissue or contribute to diseases. Recent discoveries have improved our knowledge about the ECM composition of skeletal muscle, which has helped to mimic the architecture of the stem cell niche and improved the regenerative capacity of MuSC. Further understanding about extrinsic signals from the microenvironment controlling MuSC function and innovative technologies are still required to develop new therapies to improve muscle repair.
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- Mafalda Loreti
- Development, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, 10901N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Development, Aging and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, 10901N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
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Lysosomal Function Impacts the Skeletal Muscle Extracellular Matrix. J Dev Biol 2021; 9:jdb9040052. [PMID: 34842731 PMCID: PMC8629007 DOI: 10.3390/jdb9040052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Muscle development and homeostasis are critical for normal muscle function. A key aspect of muscle physiology during development, growth, and homeostasis is modulation of protein turnover, the balance between synthesis and degradation of muscle proteins. Protein degradation depends upon lysosomal pH, generated and maintained by proton pumps. Sphingolipid transporter 1 (spns1), a highly conserved gene encoding a putative late endosome/lysosome carbohydrate/H+ symporter, plays a pivotal role in maintaining optimal lysosomal pH and spns1−/− mutants undergo premature senescence. However, the impact of dysregulated lysosomal pH on muscle development and homeostasis is not well understood. We found that muscle development proceeds normally in spns1−/− mutants prior to the onset of muscle degeneration. Dysregulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) at the myotendinous junction (MTJ) coincided with the onset of muscle degeneration in spns1−/− mutants. Expression of the ECM proteins laminin 111 and MMP-9 was upregulated. Upregulation of laminin 111 mitigated the severity of muscle degeneration, as inhibition of adhesion to laminin 111 exacerbated muscle degeneration in spns1−/− mutants. MMP-9 upregulation was induced by tnfsf12 signaling, but abrogation of MMP-9 did not impact muscle degeneration in spns1−/− mutants. Taken together, these data indicate that dysregulated lysosomal pH impacts expression of ECM proteins at the myotendinous junction.
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Extracellular matrix: an important regulator of cell functions and skeletal muscle development. Cell Biosci 2021; 11:65. [PMID: 33789727 PMCID: PMC8011170 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-021-00579-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Extracellular matrix (ECM) is a kind of connective tissue in the cell microenvironment, which is of great significance to tissue development. ECM in muscle fiber niche consists of three layers: the epimysium, the perimysium, and the endomysium (basal lamina). These three layers of connective tissue structure can not only maintain the morphology of skeletal muscle, but also play an important role in the physiological functions of muscle cells, such as the transmission of mechanical force, the regeneration of muscle fiber, and the formation of neuromuscular junction. In this paper, detailed discussions are made for the structure and key components of ECM in skeletal muscle tissue, the role of ECM in skeletal muscle development, and the application of ECM in biomedical engineering. This review will provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of ECM, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the structure, physiological function, and application of ECM in skeletal muscle tissue.
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Liu JX, Pedrosa Domellöf F. Cytoskeletal Proteins in Myotendinous Junctions of Human Extraocular Muscles. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021; 62:19. [PMID: 33595614 PMCID: PMC7900863 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.62.2.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the cytoskeletal composition of myotendinous junctions (MTJs) in the human extraocular muscles (EOMs). Desmin and other major cytoskeletal proteins are enriched at the MTJs of ordinary myofibers, where they are proposed to be of particular importance for force transmission and required to maintain myofiber integrity. Methods EOM and limb muscle samples were analyzed with immunohistochemistry using antibodies against the intermediate filament proteins desmin, nestin, keratin 19, vimentin, and different myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms. MTJs were identified by labeling with antibodies against laminin or tenascin. Results In contrast to MTJs in lumbrical muscle where desmin, nestin, and keratin 19 were always present, approximately one-third of the MTJs in the EOMs lacked either desmin and/or nestin, and all MTJs lacked keratin 19. Approximately 6% of the MTJs in the EOMs lacked all of these key cytoskeletal proteins. Conclusions The cytoskeletal protein composition of MTJs in human EOMs differed significantly from that of MTJs in limb muscles. These differences in cytoskeletal protein composition may indicate particular adaptation to meet the functional requirements of the EOMs.
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- Jing-Xia Liu
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Science, Ophthalmology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Deligne C, Murdamoothoo D, Gammage AN, Gschwandtner M, Erne W, Loustau T, Marzeda AM, Carapito R, Paul N, Velazquez-Quesada I, Mazzier I, Sun Z, Orend G, Midwood KS. Matrix-Targeting Immunotherapy Controls Tumor Growth and Spread by Switching Macrophage Phenotype. Cancer Immunol Res 2020; 8:368-382. [PMID: 31941671 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-19-0276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The interplay between cancer cells and immune cells is a key determinant of tumor survival. Here, we uncovered how tumors exploit the immunomodulatory properties of the extracellular matrix to create a microenvironment that enables their escape from immune surveillance. Using orthotopic grafting of mammary tumor cells in immunocompetent mice and autochthonous models of breast cancer, we discovered how tenascin-C, a matrix molecule absent from most healthy adult tissues but expressed at high levels and associated with poor patient prognosis in many solid cancers, controls the immune status of the tumor microenvironment. We found that, although host-derived tenascin-C promoted immunity via recruitment of proinflammatory, antitumoral macrophages, tumor-derived tenascin-C subverted host defense by polarizing tumor-associated macrophages toward a pathogenic, immune-suppressive phenotype. Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies that blocked tenascin-C activation of Toll-like receptor 4 reversed this phenotypic switch in vitro and reduced tumor growth and lung metastasis in vivo, providing enhanced benefit in combination with anti-PD-L1 over either treatment alone. Combined tenascin-C:macrophage gene-expression signatures delineated a significant survival benefit in people with breast cancer. These data revealed a new approach to targeting tumor-specific macrophage polarization that may be effective in controlling the growth and spread of breast tumors.
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- Claire Deligne
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Strasbourg, INSERM U1109, MN3T and The Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Strasbourg, INSERM U1109, MN3T and The Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- University of Strasbourg, INSERM U1109, MN3T and The Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire d'ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire, GENOMAX platform, INSERM UMR_S 1109, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), LabEx TRANSPLANTEX, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire d'ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire, GENOMAX platform, INSERM UMR_S 1109, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), LabEx TRANSPLANTEX, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- University of Strasbourg, INSERM U1109, MN3T and The Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Strasbourg, INSERM U1109, MN3T and The Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- University of Strasbourg, INSERM U1109, MN3T and The Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Boppart MD, Volker SE, Alexander N, Burkin DJ, Kaufman SJ. Exercise promotes alpha7 integrin gene transcription and protection of skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R1623-30. [PMID: 18784336 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00089.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The alpha7beta1 integrin is increased in skeletal muscle in response to injury-producing exercise, and transgenic overexpression of this integrin in mice protects against exercise-induced muscle damage. The present study investigates whether the increase in the alpha7beta1 integrin observed in wild-type mice in response to exercise is due to transcriptional regulation and examines whether mobilization of the integrin at the myotendinous junction (MTJ) is a key determinant in its protection against damage. A single bout of downhill running exercise selectively increased transcription of the alpha7 integrin gene in 5-wk-old wild-type mice 3 h postexercise, and an increased alpha7 chain was detected in muscle sarcolemma adjacent to tendinous tissue immediately following exercise. The alpha7B, but not alpha7A isoform, was found concentrated and colocalized with tenascin-C in muscle fibers lining the MTJ. To further validate the importance of the integrin in the protection against muscle damage following exercise, muscle injury was quantified in alpha7(-/-) mice. Muscle damage was extensive in alpha7(-/-) mice in response to both a single and repeated bouts of exercise and was largely restricted to areas of high MTJ concentration and high mechanical force near the Achilles tendon. These results suggest that exercise-induced muscle injury selectively increases transcription of the alpha7 integrin gene and promotes a rapid change in the alpha7beta integrin at the MTJ. These combined molecular and cellular alterations are likely responsible for integrin-mediated attenuation of exercise-induced muscle damage.
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- Marni D Boppart
- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Flück M, Däpp C, Schmutz S, Wit E, Hoppeler H. Transcriptional profiling of tissue plasticity: role of shifts in gene expression and technical limitations. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005; 99:397-413. [PMID: 16020435 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00050.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Reprogramming of gene expression has been recognized as a main instructive modality for the adjustments of tissues to various kinds of stress. The recent application of gene expression profiling has provided a powerful tool to elucidate the molecular pathways underlying such tissue remodeling. However, the biological interpretations of expression profiling results critically depend on normalization of transcript signals to mRNA standards before statistical evaluation. A hypothesis is proposed whereby the “fluctuating nature” of gene expression represents an inherent limitation of the test system used to quantify RNA levels. Misinterpretation of gene expression data occurs when RNA quantities are normalized to a subset of mRNAs that are subject to strong regulation. The contention of contradictory biological outcomes using different RNA-normalization schemes is demonstrated in two models of skeletal muscle plasticity with data from custom-designed microarrays and biochemical and ultrastructural evidence for correspondingly altered RNA content and nucleolar activity. The prevalence of these biological constraints is underlined by a literature survey in different models of tissue plasticity with emphasis on the unique malleability of skeletal muscle. Finally, recommendations on the optimal experimental layout are given to control biological and technical variability in microarray and RT-PCR studies. It is proposed to approach normalization of transcript signals by measuring total RNA and DNA content per sample weight and by correcting for concurrently estimated endogenous standards such as major ribosomal RNAs and spiked RNA and DNA species. This allows for later conversion to diverse tissue-relevant references and should improve the physiological interpretations of phenotypic plasticity.
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- Martin Flück
- Dept. of Anatomy, Baltzerstrasse 2, 3000 Bern 9, Switzerland.
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von Moers A, Zwirner A, Reinhold A, Brückmann O, van Landeghem F, Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Schuppan D, Herbst H, Schuelke M. Increased mRNA expression of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 and -2 in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Acta Neuropathol 2005; 109:285-93. [PMID: 15616792 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0941-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2004] [Revised: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 10/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In dystrophinopathies, disease severity is generally related to the extent of muscle fibrosis. To determine whether a decrease in matrix degradation contributes to the severe fibrosis seen in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), we quantified RNA transcript numbers for the fibrolytic matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-1 and -2 and their natural tissue inhibitors (TIMP)-1 and -2 in DMD muscle as well as in pathological and normal controls. In addition, we investigated gelatinase (MMP-2) enzyme activity by zymography. We found an up-regulation of TIMP-1, TIMP-2 and MMP-2 RNA in DMD muscle. Zymography revealed an increase in MMP-2 activity in DMD muscle homogenates, which was absent in pathological and normal controls. Therefore, besides enhanced fibrogenesis, a disturbance of matrix degradation may play a significant role in muscle fibrosis in DMD. TIMP-1 should be investigated further as a promising target for pharmacological intervention to prevent muscle fibrosis in DMD.
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- Arpad von Moers
- Department of Neuropediatrics, Charité, University Medical Center Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
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Higashi K, Higuchi I, Niiyama T, Uchida Y, Shiraishi T, Hashiguchi A, Saito A, Horikiri T, Suehara M, Arimura K, Osame M. Abnormal expression of proteoglycans in Ullrich's disease with collagen VI deficiency. Muscle Nerve 2005; 33:120-6. [PMID: 16258947 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Patients with Ullrich's disease have generalized muscle weakness, multiple contractures of the proximal joints, and hyperextensibility of the distal joints. Recently we found a marked reduction of fibronectin receptors in the skin and cultured fibroblasts of two patients with Ullrich's disease with collagen VI deficiency, and speculated that an abnormality of cell adhesion may be involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. In this study, we investigated the expression of proteoglycans and adhesion molecules in Ullrich's disease and other muscle diseases. We found a reduction of NG2 proteoglycan in the membrane of skeletal muscle but not in the skin in Ullrich's disease. By contrast, we found the upregulation of tenascin C in the extracellular matrix of skeletal muscle in Ullrich's disease. Our findings suggest that abnormal expression of proteoglycans and adhesion molecules may be involved in the pathogenesis of the dystrophic muscle changes in Ullrich's disease.
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- Keiko Higashi
- Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
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Flück M, Chiquet M, Schmutz S, Mayet-Sornay MH, Desplanches D. Reloading of atrophied rat soleus muscle induces tenascin-C expression around damaged muscle fibers. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 284:R792-801. [PMID: 12571079 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00060.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The hypothesis was tested that mechanical loading, induced by hindlimb suspension and subsequent reloading, affects expression of the basement membrane components tenascin-C and fibronectin in the belly portion of rat soleus muscle. One day of reloading, but not the previous 14 days of hindlimb suspension, led to ectopic accumulation of tenascin-C and an increase of fibronectin in the endomysium of a proportion (8 and 15%) of muscle fibers. Large increases of tenascin-C (40-fold) and fibronectin (7-fold) mRNA within 1 day of reloading indicates the involvement of pretranslational mechanisms in tenascin-C and fibronectin accumulation. The endomysial accumulation of tenascin-C was maintained up to 14 days of reloading and was strongly associated with centrally nucleated fibers. The observations demonstrate that an unaccustomed increase of rat soleus muscle loading causes modification of the basement membrane of damaged muscle fibers through ectopic endomysial expression of tenascin-C.
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- Martin Flück
- M. E. Müller-Institute for Biomechanics, Department of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3000 Bern 9, Switzerland.
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Järvinen TAH, Józsa L, Kannus P, Järvinen TLN, Hurme T, Kvist M, Pelto-Huikko M, Kalimo H, Järvinen M. Mechanical loading regulates the expression of tenascin-C in the myotendinous junction and tendon but does not induce de novo synthesis in the skeletal muscle. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:857-66. [PMID: 12571283 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Tenascin-C is a hexabrachion-shaped matricellular protein with a very restricted expression in normal musculoskeletal tissues, but it is expressed abundantly during regenerative processes of these tissues and embryogenesis. To examine the importance of mechanical stress for the regulation of tenascin-C expression in the muscle-tendon unit, the effects of various states of mechanical loading (inactivity by cast-immobilization and three-varying intensities of subsequent re-activity by treadmill running) on the expression of tenascin-C were studied using immunohistochemistry and mRNA in situ hybridization at the different locations of the muscle-tendon unit of the rat gastrocnemius muscle, the Achilles tendon complex. This muscle-tendon unit was selected as the study site, because the contracting activity of the gastrocnemius-soleus muscle complex, and thus the mechanical loading-induced stimulation, is easy to block by cast immobilization. Tenascin-C was expressed abundantly in the normal myotendinous and myofascial junctions, as well as around the cells and the collagen fibers of the Achilles tendon. Tenascin-C expression was not found in the normal skeletal muscle, although it was found in blood vessels within the muscle tissue. Following the removal of the mechanical loading-induced stimulation on the muscle-tendon unit by cast immobilization for 3 weeks, the immonoreactivity of tenascin-C substantially decreased or was completely absent in the regions expressing tenascin-C normally. Restitution of the mechanical loading by removing the cast and allowing free cage activity for 8 weeks resulted in an increase in tenascin-C expression, but it could not restore the expression of tenascin-C to the normal level (in healthy contralateral leg). In response to the application of a more strenuous mechanical loading stimulus after the removal of the cast (after 8 weeks of low- and high-intensity treadmill running), the expression of tenascin-C was markedly increased and reached the level seen in the healthy contralateral limb. Tenascin-C was abundantly expressed in myotendinous and myofascial junctions and in the Achilles tendon, but even the most strenuous mechanical loading (high-intensity treadmill running) could not induce the expression of tenascin-C in the skeletal muscle. This was in spite of the marked immobilization-induced atrophy of the previously immobilized skeletal muscle, which had been subjected to intensive stress during remobilization. mRNA in situ hybridization analysis confirmed the immunohistochemical results for the expression of tenascin-C in the study groups. In summary, this study shows that mechanical loading regulates the expression of tenascin-C in an apparently dose-dependent fashion at sites of the muscle-tendon unit normally expressing tenascin-C but can not induce de novo synthesis of tenascin-C in the skeletal muscle without accompanying injury to the tissue. Our results suggest that tenascin-C provides elasticity in mesenchymal tissues subjected to heavy tensile loading.
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- Tero A H Järvinen
- Institute of Medical Technology and Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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Lewis MP, Machell JR, Hunt NP, Sinanan AC, Tippett HL. The extracellular matrix of muscle--implications for manipulation of the craniofacial musculature. Eur J Oral Sci 2001; 109:209-21. [PMID: 11531066 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2001.00021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Successful adaptation of craniofacial skeletal muscle is dependent upon the connective tissue component of the muscle. This is exemplified by procedures such as distraction histo/osteogenesis. The mechanisms underlying remodelling of intramuscular connective tissue are complex and multifactorial and involve extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules, receptors for the ECM (integrins) and enzymes that remodel the ECM (MMPs). This review discusses the current state of knowledge and clinical implications of connective tissue biology as applied to craniofacial skeletal muscle.
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- M P Lewis
- Department of Orthodontics, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, UK.
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Flück M, Tunc-Civelek V, Chiquet M. Rapid and reciprocal regulation of tenascin-C and tenascin-Y expression by loading of skeletal muscle. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 20):3583-91. [PMID: 11017874 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.20.3583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tenascin-C and tenascin-Y are two structurally related extracellular matrix glycoproteins that in many tissues show a complementary expression pattern. Tenascin-C and the fibril-associated minor collagen XII are expressed in tissues bearing high tensile stress and are located in normal skeletal muscle, predominantly at the myotendinous junction that links muscle fibers to tendon. In contrast, tenascin-Y is strongly expressed in the endomysium surrounding single myofibers, and in the perimysial sheath around fiber bundles. We previously showed that tenascin-C and collagen XII expression in primary fibroblasts is regulated by changes in tensile stress. Here we have tested the hypothesis that the expression of tenascin-C, tenascin-Y and collagen XII in skeletal muscle connective tissue is differentially modulated by mechanical stress in vivo. Chicken anterior latissimus dorsi muscle (ALD) was mechanically stressed by applying a load to the left wing. Within 36 hours of loading, expression of tenascin-C protein was ectopically induced in the endomysium along the surface of single muscle fibers throughout the ALD, whereas tenascin-Y protein expression was barely affected. Expression of tenascin-C protein stayed elevated after 7 days of loading whereas tenascin-Y protein was reduced. Northern blot analysis revealed that tenascin-C mRNA was induced in ALD within 4 hours of loading while tenascin-Y mRNA was reduced within the same period. In situ hybridization indicated that tenascin-C mRNA induction after 4 hours of loading was uniform throughout the ALD muscle in endomysial fibroblasts. In contrast, the level of tenascin-Y mRNA expression in endomysium appeared reduced within 4 hours of loading. Tenascin-C mRNA and protein induction after 4–10 hours of loading did not correlate with signs of macrophage infiltration. Tenascin-C protein decreased again with removal of the load and nearly disappeared after 5 days. Furthermore, loading was also found to induce expression of collagen XII mRNA and protein, but to a markedly lower level, with slower kinetics and only partial reversibility. The results suggest that mechanical loading directly and reciprocally controls the expression of extracellular matrix proteins of the tenascin family in skeletal muscle.
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- M Flück
- M. E. Müller-Institute for Biomechanics, Murtenstrasse 35, PO Box 30, CH-3010 Bern.
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Yamamoto K, Yuasa K, Miyagoe Y, Hosaka Y, Tsukita K, Yamamoto H, Nabeshima YI, Takeda S. Immune response to adenovirus-delivered antigens upregulates utrophin and results in mitigation of muscle pathology in mdx mice. Hum Gene Ther 2000; 11:669-80. [PMID: 10757347 DOI: 10.1089/10430340050015572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The upregulation of endogenous utrophin in skeletal muscle may lead to a new approach to the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We found that injection of an E1, E3-deleted adenovirus vector expressing beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) or green fluorescent protein (GFP) into the skeletal muscle of neonatal dystrophin-deficient mdx mice alleviated dystrophic pathology. In the adenovirus-infected muscles, an evaluation of sarcolemma stability showed low permeability and immunohistochemistry revealed utrophin upregulation at the extrasynaptic sarcolemma of mature muscle fibers. This utrophin upregulation was concomitant with endomysial cellular infiltration from a host immune reaction. There was no evidence of active muscle regeneration. In normal C57BL/10 mice, utrophin was also upregulated in adenovirus-injected skeletal muscles, where upregulated utrophin often coexisted with dystrophin. FK506 and anti-CD4 antibody administration decreased utrophin expression in adenovirus-injected mdx muscles and prevented the dystrophic phenotype from being mitigated, suggesting that an immune reaction is involved in utrophin upregulation. This is the first report demonstrating the improvement of the dystrophic phenotype as a result of the acquired overexpression of endogenous utrophin. Our findings provide an important clue to understanding the mechanism of utrophin expression and the development of an effective treatment for DMD.
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- K Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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Pedrosa-Domellöf F, Tiger CF, Virtanen I, Thornell LE, Gullberg D. Laminin chains in developing and adult human myotendinous junctions. J Histochem Cytochem 2000; 48:201-10. [PMID: 10639486 DOI: 10.1177/002215540004800205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In addition to being the specialized site for transmission of force from the muscle to the tendon, the myotendinous junction (MTJ) also plays an important role in muscle splitting during morphogenesis. An early event in the formation of the MTJ is a regional deposition of basement membranes. We used immunocytochemistry to investigate the distribution of laminin chains during the development of MTJs in human limb muscle at 8-22 weeks of gestation (wg) and in adult MTJs. We used polyclonal antibodies and a new monoclonal antibody (MAb) against the human laminin alpha1 G4/G5 domains. At 8-10 wg, laminin alpha1 and laminin alpha5 chains were specifically localized to the MTJ. Laminin alpha1 chain remained restricted to the MTJ at 22 wg as the laminin beta2 chain had appeared, whereas the laminin alpha5 chain became deposited along the entire length of the myotubes from 12 wg. In the adult MTJ, only vestigial amounts of laminin alpha1 and laminin alpha5 chains could be detected. On the basis of co-distribution data, we speculate that laminin alpha1 chain in the forming MTJ undergoes an isoform switch from laminin 1 to laminin 3. Our data indicate a potentially important role for laminin alpha1 chain in skeletal muscle formation. (J Histochem Cytochem 48:201-209, 2000)
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- F Pedrosa-Domellöf
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, and Department of Musculoskeletal Research, National Institute for Working Life, Umeå, Sweden
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Kulla A, Liigant A, Piirsoo A, Rippin G, Asser T. Tenascin expression patterns and cells of monocyte lineage: relationship in human gliomas. Mod Pathol 2000; 13:56-67. [PMID: 10658911 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Stromal extracellular matrix (ECM) components are thought to play an important role in regulating invasion of human gliomas. Macrophages and microglial cells may heavily influence the integrity of the extracellular compartment of gliomas, and the affected ECM may play a key role in regulating migratory activity of both tumor cells and macrophages/microglia. The aim of this investigation was to study immunohistochemically the expression patterns of four ECM components: fibronectin, laminin, collagen IV, and tenascin (TN) in human gliomas, with special attention to TN. Our main goal was to study the possible correlation between TN expression and macrophagic/microglial infiltration in gliomas. Altogether, 90 gliomas were studied. Tumors included 46 glioblastomas, 19 anaplastic gliomas, 22 low grade gliomas, and 3 pilocytic astrocytomas. Vascular TN prevailed in perinecrotic areas of glioblastomas, whereas interstitial TN was more often expressed distant from necrosis and in the ECM of anaplastic and low grade gliomas. Double staining with CD68 and anti-TN antibodies showed that macrophagic/microglial density was significantly higher in TN-positive areas of most of the glioblastomas and anaplastic gliomas, whereas microglial percentage from total number of CD68-positive cells was in most of the cases significantly higher in TN-negative areas. In addition, we saw a morphologically spatial correlation between higher densities of macrophagic/microglial infiltration and TN expression in perinecrotic areas in glioblastomas. Attachment of macrophages to TN-positive basement membrane zones of newly formed stromal blood vessels was evident. On the basis of our results, we conclude that TN may play a crucial role in regulating trafficking of cells of monocyte lineage in human gliomas.
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- A Kulla
- Department of Pathology, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Schoser BG, Faissner A, Goebel HH. Immunolocalization of tenascin-C in human type II fiber atrophy. J Mol Neurosci 1999; 13:167-75. [PMID: 10691303 DOI: 10.1385/jmn:13:1-2:167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Tenascin-C is a multifunctional extracellular matrix glycoprotein with stimulatory and anti-adhesive or inhibitory properties for axon growth. Its location and discontinuous expression are restricted in innervated muscle tissues. Tenascin-C accumulated interstitially among human denervated muscle fibers and close to normal-sized fibers. To expand our knowledge of the expression of tenascin-C in human neuromuscular disorders, we investigated immunohistologically 20 human muscle specimens with type II myofiber atrophy of children and adults. Tenascin-C immunoreactivity in adult type II atrophy was frequent, and accumulation in children was sparse and weak. In both groups, tenascin-C immunoreactivity was found: 1. Interstitially around normal-sized type II muscle fibers. 2. Around atrophic type II muscle fibers. 3. Around small-caliber myofibers with centrally located nuclei. These results indicate that tenascin-C immunoreactivity: (1) is detectable around early denervated and reinnervated muscle fibers and, therefore, (2) may reflect in part the molecularly ongoing process of denervation and reinnervation in human type II fiber atrophy.
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- B G Schoser
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Ringelmann B, Röder C, Hallmann R, Maley M, Davies M, Grounds M, Sorokin L. Expression of laminin alpha1, alpha2, alpha4, and alpha5 chains, fibronectin, and tenascin-C in skeletal muscle of dystrophic 129ReJ dy/dy mice. Exp Cell Res 1999; 246:165-82. [PMID: 9882526 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The dy/dy mouse is an animal model for human merosin-negative congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), which has been reported to have reduced or no expression of the basement membrane protein laminin alpha2. We here investigate various myogenic and nonmyogenic tissues of mature dy/dy and control 129ReJ mice histologically and for laminin alpha2 expression. In addition, expression patterns of laminin alpha1, alpha2, alpha4, and alpha5 chains, the interstitial proteins fibronectin and tenascin-C, and the adhesion molecules VCAM-1, ICAM-1, and alpha4 integrin were characterized in skeletal muscle of 1- and 7-day and mature (>6 weeks old) dy/dy and control 129ReJ mice. The laminin alpha2 chain remained detectable in myogenic tissues of dy/dy mice by immunofluorescence using two different monoclonal antibodies and by Northern blot analysis. However, laminin alpha2 expression was significantly reduced or not detectable in nonmyogenic tissues of dy/dy mice, including skin, lung, kidney, brain, thymus, and eye. Focal lesions were observed in mature skeletal muscle only, characterized by necrotic tissue, isolated VCAM-1- and ICAM-1-positive cells indicative of inflammatory processes, and regenerating muscle fibers surrounded by intense tenascin-C and fibronectin expression. In contrast to studies on human CMD muscle, laminin alpha1 was not detectable in either dy/dy or control skeletal muscle using immunofluorescence or Northern blot analysis. Immunofluorescence localized laminin alpha4 to basement membranes of blood vessels, the endoneurium of the intramuscular nerves, and the neuromuscular junction in skeletal muscle of 1- and 7-day-old dy/dy and control mice. In mature muscle, laminin alpha4 expression shifted to the perineurium of intramuscular nerves in both dy/dy and control mice. Furthermore, strong upregulation of laminin alpha4 in the basement membranes of blood vessels, the perineurium of intramuscular nerves, and of isolated regenerating muscle fibers in the dy/dy mice was apparent. Investigation of 1-day-old animals revealed expression of laminin alpha5 in skeletal muscle fiber basement membranes of dy/dy but not control animals. This difference between dy/dy and control animals was no longer apparent at 7 days after birth, indicating a temporary shift in expression pattern of laminin alpha5 in dy/dy animals. Analysis of the extracellular matrix components of 1- and 7-day-old dy/dy and control skeletal muscle revealed an early onset of the dystrophy, even before histopathological features of the disease were evident. Our data confirm the absence of laminin alpha1 chain in myogenic tissues of both dy/dy and control mice and suggest compensation for reduced laminin alpha2 in dy/dy skeletal muscle by laminin alpha4 and, in early development, also laminin alpha5. These results have significant ramifications in the diagnosis of human merosin-negative CMD.
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MESH Headings
- Age of Onset
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Blotting, Northern
- Disease Models, Animal
- Extremities
- Fibronectins/analysis
- Fibronectins/biosynthesis
- Fibronectins/genetics
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Integrin alpha4
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism
- Laminin/analysis
- Laminin/biosynthesis
- Laminin/genetics
- Lung
- Mice
- Muscle, Skeletal/embryology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/congenital
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/genetics
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/metabolism
- Myocardium
- Tenascin/analysis
- Tenascin/biosynthesis
- Tenascin/genetics
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism
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- B Ringelmann
- Institute for Experimental Medicine, University of Erlangen- Nürnburg, Schwabachanlage 10, Erlangen, Germany
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In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and laminin alpha2 defective congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) there are reports of an induction of laminin alpha1 chain in regenerating muscle fibers. These studies are based on immunohistochemistry data with one monoclonal antibody alone. Based on these data we sought to establish if the laminin alpha1 chain is induced in the muscle of dy/dy mice. We found no evidence of induction of laminin alpha1 chain protein or mRNA in dystrophic dy/dy skeletal muscle fibers as determined by immunohistochemistry, Western blotting, Northern blotting, or PCR analysis. Our data point to the need for additional immunological reagents specific for human laminin-alpha1 to resolve whether the conflicting data on laminin-alpha1 distribution in human and mouse tissues is due to species differences or, alternatively, due to differences in reagent specificity. Our data might be important when designing therapy strategies for CMD.
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Affiliation(s)
- C F Tiger
- Department of Animal Physiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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