Journal article
Restoration of dystrophin‐associated proteins in skeletal muscle of mdx mice transgenic for dystrophin gene
FEBS letters, Vol.320(3), pp.276-280
04/12/1993
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80602-Q
PMID: 8462697
Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients and mdx mice are characterized by the absence of dystrophin, a membrane cytoskeletal protein. Dystrophin is associated with a large oligomeric complex of sarcolemmal glycoproteins, including dystroglycan which provides a linkage to the extarcellular matrix component, laminin. The finding that all of the dystrophin‐associated proteins (DAPs) are drastically reduced in DMD and mdx skeletal muscle supports the primary function of dystrophin as an anchor of the sarcolemmal glycoprotein complex to the subsarcolemmal cytoskeleton. These findings indicate that the efficacy of dystrophin gene therapy will depend not only on replacing dystrophin but also on restoring all of the DAPs in the sarcolemma. Here we have investigated the status of the DAPs in the skeletal muscle of mdx mice transgenic for the dystrophin gene. Our results demonstrate that transfer of dystrophin gene restores all of the DAPs together with dystrophin, suggesting that dystrophin gene therapy should be effective in restoring the entire dystrophin‐glycoprotein complex.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Restoration of dystrophin‐associated proteins in skeletal muscle of mdx mice transgenic for dystrophin gene
- Creators
- Kiichiro MatsumuraCheng Chi LeeC.Thomas CaskeyKevin P Campbell
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- FEBS letters, Vol.320(3), pp.276-280
- DOI
- 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80602-Q
- PMID
- 8462697
- ISSN
- 0014-5793
- eISSN
- 1873-3468
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/12/1993
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984068273002771
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