Mdx myotubes have normal excitability but show reduced contraction-relaxation dynamics.


Autoria(s): Nicolas-Metral V.; Raddatz E.; Kucera P.; Ruegg U.T.
Data(s)

2001

Resumo

The pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), characterised by lack of the cytoskeletal protein dystrophin, is not completely understood. An early event in the degenerative process of DMD muscle could be a rise in cytosolic calcium concentration. In order to investigate whether this leads to alterations of contractile behaviour, we studied the excitability and contractile properties of cultured myotubes from control (C57BL/10) and mdx mice, an animal model for DMD. The myotubes were stimulated electrically and their motion was recorded photometrically. No significant differences were found between control and mdx myotubes with respect to the following parameters: chronaxy and rheobase (0.33 +/- 0.03 ms and 23 +/- 4 V vs. 0.39 +/- 0.07 ms and 22 +/- 2 V for C57 and mdx myotubes, respectively), tetanisation frequency (a similar distribution pattern was found between 5 and 30 Hz), fatigue during tetanus (found in 35% of both types of myotubes) and post-tetanic contracture. In contrast, contraction and relaxation times were longer (P < 0.005) in mdx (36 +/- 2 and 142 +/- 13 ms, respectively) than in control myotubes (26 +/- 1 and 85 +/- 9 ms, respectively). Together with our earlier findings, these results suggest a decreased capacity for calcium removal in mdx cells leading, in particular, to alterations of muscle relaxation.

Identificador

https://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_002D9C2DB1F0

isbn:0142-4319 (Print)

pmid:11563551

doi:10.1023/A:1010384625954

isiid:000169514000005

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 69-75

Palavras-Chave #Animals; Animals, Newborn; Calcium/metabolism; Dystrophin/deficiency; Dystrophin/genetics; Electric Stimulation; Humans; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Inbred mdx; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fatigue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/genetics; Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/physiopathology; Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/physiopathology; Organ Culture Techniques
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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