Intracellular Ca2+ transients in delta-sarcoglycan knockout mouse skeletal muscle

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
Alhondra Solares-PérezR Coral-Vazquez

Abstract

delta-Sarcoglycan (delta-SG) knockout (KO) mice develop skeletal muscle histopathological alterations similar to those in humans with limb muscular dystrophy. Membrane fragility and increased Ca(2+) permeability have been linked to muscle degeneration. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which genetic defects lead to disease. Isolated skeletal muscle fibers of wild-type and delta-SG KO mice were used to investigate whether the absence of delta-SG alters the increase in intracellular Ca(2+) during single twitches and tetani or during repeated stimulation. Immunolabeling, electrical field stimulation and Ca(2+) transient recording techniques with fluorescent indicators were used. Ca(2+) transients during single twitches and tetani generated by muscle fibers of delta-SG KO mice are similar to those of wild-type mice, but their amplitude is greatly decreased during protracted stimulation in KO compared to wild-type fibers. This impairment is independent of extracellular Ca(2+) and is mimicked in wild-type fibers by blocking store-operated calcium channels with 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB). Also, immunolabeling indicates the localization of a delta-SG isoform in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of the isolated skeleta...Continue Reading

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