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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
We have investigated muscle-bone interactions using two mouse mutants that are known to differ from normal mice in skeletal muscle growth and development: mice lacking myostatin (GDF8) and mice lacking dystrophin (mdx). Myostatin-deficient mice show increased muscle size and strength compared to normal mice, whereas the mdx mouse is a well-established animal model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The mdx mice have significantly larger hindlimb muscles than controls, and histological sections of the quadriceps muscles show dystrophic changes with extensive fibrosis. Femoral bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture strength (Fu) are significantly greater in mdx mice than controls, and these variables are more strongly correlated with quadriceps muscle mass than with body mass. In contrast, mdx mice do not shower high bone mineral density in the spine relative to controls, whereas myostatin-deficient mice have significantly increased BMD in the lumbar spine compared to normal mice. Both mdx mice and myostatin-deficient mice have expanded femoral trochanters for attachment of large hindlimb muscles, and both mutant strains show increased cross-sectional area moments of inertia mediolaterally (Iyy) but not anteroposteriorly (Ixx) compared to normal mice. These data suggest that lean (muscle) mass is a significant determinant of bone mineral density and strength in the limb skeleton, even when accompanied by a dystrophic phenotype. Likewise, increased muscle mass produces a marked increase in the external dimensions of muscle attachment sites, even when increased muscle size is accompanied by extensive fibrosis and muscle weakness.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1552-4884
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
286
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
814-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Bone Density, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Dystrophin, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Femur, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Lumbar Vertebrae, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Mice, Inbred mdx, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Muscle Weakness, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Muscular Dystrophy, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Myostatin, pubmed-meshheading:16078270-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Muscle-bone interactions in dystrophin-deficient and myostatin-deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural