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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Cachexia contributes to nearly a third of all cancer deaths, yet the mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle wasting in this syndrome remain poorly defined. We report that tumor-induced alterations in the muscular dystrophy-associated dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) represent a key early event in cachexia. Muscles from tumor-bearing mice exhibited membrane abnormalities accompanied by reduced levels of dystrophin and increased glycosylation on DGC proteins. Wasting was accentuated in tumor mdx mice lacking a DGC but spared in dystrophin transgenic mice that blocked induction of muscle E3 ubiquitin ligases. Furthermore, DGC deregulation correlated positively with cachexia in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Based on these results, we propose that, similar to muscular dystrophy, DGC dysfunction plays a critical role in cancer-induced wasting.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1535-6108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Cachexia, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Dystrophin, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Dystrophin-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Founder Effect, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Mice, Inbred mdx, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Muscular Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16286249-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Dystrophin glycoprotein complex dysfunction: a regulatory link between muscular dystrophy and cancer cachexia.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Cancer Genetics Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural