Phospholipase A2-derived lysophosphatidylcholine triggers Ca entry in dystrophic skeletal muscle fibers |
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Authors: | Franç ois-Xavier Boittin,George Shapovalov,Urs T. Ruegg |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, Laboratory of Vascular Cell Physiology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland b Laboratory of Pharmacology, Geneva-Lausanne School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease caused by the absence of dystrophin, a structural protein normally located under the sarcolemma of skeletal muscle fibers. Muscle degeneration occurring in this disease is thought to be partly caused by increased Ca2+ entry through sarcolemmal cationic channels. Using the Mn2+ quench method, we show here that Mn2+ entry triggered by Ca2+ store depletion but not basal Mn2+ entry relies on Ca2+-independent PLA2 (iPLA2) activity in dystrophic fibers isolated from a murine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the mdx5cv mouse. iPLA2 was found to be localized in the vicinity of the sarcolemma and consistently, the iPLA2 lipid product lysophosphatidylcholine was found to trigger Ca2+ entry through sarcolemmal channels, suggesting that it acts as an intracellular messenger responsible for store-operated channels opening in dystrophic fibers. Our results suggest that inhibition of iPLA2 and lysophospholipid production may be of interest to reduce Ca2+ entry and subsequent degeneration of dystrophic muscle. |
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Keywords: | DMD, Duchenne muscular dystrophy iPLA2, Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2 LPC, lysophosphatidylcholine TRP, transient receptor potential channel |
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