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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
nNOS, anchored to the sarcolemma through its interactions with the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex, is dramatically reduced in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice and Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Recent evidence suggests that loss of nNOS in dystrophin-deficient muscle may contribute significantly to the progression of muscle pathology through a variety of mechanisms. To investigate whether nNOS plays a role in other forms of muscular dystrophy, we analyzed protein expression of nNOS in several sarcoglycan-deficient animal models of muscular dystrophy as well as patients with primary mutations in the sarcoglycan genes. Primary mutations in alpha-, beta-, delta-, and gamma-sarcoglycan result in autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy (AR-LGMD). We report that loss of the sarcoglycan-sarcospan complex in muscle causes a dramatic reduction in the levels of nNOS expression at the membrane, even in the presence of normal dystrophin and syntrophin expression. Furthermore, we show that expression of three out of four sarcoglycans is not sufficient to maintain nNOS at the sarcolemma. Our data suggest that loss of nNOS may contribute to muscle pathology in AR-LGMD with primary mutations in the sarcoglycans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dystrophin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NOS1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nos1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SSPN protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sspn protein, mouse
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1786-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Dystrophin, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Mice, Inbred mdx, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Muscular Dystrophies, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Muscular Dystrophy, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I, pubmed-meshheading:12409321-Sarcolemma
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Loss of sarcolemma nNOS in sarcoglycan-deficient muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't