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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterized by degeneration of motor neurons of the spinal cord associated with muscle paralysis and caused by mutations of the survival motor neuron gene (SMN). To determine whether SMN gene defect in skeletal muscle might have a role in SMA pathogenesis, deletion of murine SMN exon 7, the most frequent mutation found in SMA, has been restricted to skeletal muscle by using the Cre-loxP system. Mutant mice display ongoing muscle necrosis with a dystrophic phenotype leading to muscle paralysis and death. The dystrophic phenotype is associated with elevated levels of creatine kinase activity, Evans blue dye uptake into muscle fibers, reduced amount of dystrophin and upregulation of utrophin expression suggesting a destabilization of the sarcolemma components. The mutant mice will be a valuable model for elucidating the underlying mechanism. Moreover, our results suggest a primary involvement of skeletal muscle in human SMA, which may contribute to motor defect in addition to muscle denervation caused by the motor neuron degeneration. These data may have important implications for the development of therapeutic strategies in SMA.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Biological Markers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Creatine Kinase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP Response..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dystrophin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Evans Blue, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMN Complex Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Utrn protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Utrophin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9525
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
152
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1107-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Creatine Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Dystrophin, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Evans Blue, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Muscular Dystrophies, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Neuromuscular Junction, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-SMN Complex Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Sarcolemma, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:11238465-Utrophin
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Deletion of murine SMN exon 7 directed to skeletal muscle leads to severe muscular dystrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université d'Evry, EMI-9913, Genopole, 91057 Evry, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't