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Expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients and carriers
Authors:Jean-Fran  ois Marini   Fran  oise Pons   Jocelyne Leger   Nathalie Loffreda   Monique Anoal   Martine Chevallay   Michel Fardeau  Jean J. Leger
Affiliation:Université Aix-Marseille II & CNRS UPR, Marseille, France.
Abstract:The expression of MHC isoforms in the skeletal muscles of nine patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) (from 2.5 to 15 yr of age) and three DMD carriers was studied using different specific anti-MHC MAbs. We also analyzed muscle fiber size and fiber reactivity with acridine orange and/or with a surface antigen marker. One-quarter of all fibers of DMD patients, or less with age, were of normal size and contained only adult slow MHC. Half of the muscle fibers contained adult and developmental MHCs. Only half of these fibers were representative of an active regenerative process. MHC co-expression also altered the proportion of normal fast or slow fibers. Adult fast MHCs were expressed as unique MHC only in small and very small fibers in the oldest DMD patients. In DMD carrier muscles, the greatest alterations in MHC expression were observed in patients with the most reduced dystrophin expression. However, MHC changes in dystrophin-positive fibers were similar to those observed in dystrophin-free fibers. In conclusion, disruptions or delays in the switching of all genes coding for adult fast and slow MHC and developmental MHC coincided with dystrophin deletion and with perturbations in its expression.
Keywords:Duchenne muscular dystrophy   myosin heavy chain   muscle fiber regeneration
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