Journal
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 127, Issue 21, Pages 4589-4601Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.143164
Keywords
Desmin; Muscle hypertrophy; Intermediate filament; Skeletal muscle
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- Association Francaise contre les Myopathies (AFM) [13607, 14848, 16605, 16117]
- University Pierre Marie Curie [EME119]
- Fondation Lefoulon-Delalande
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Synemin, a type IV intermediate filament (IF) protein, forms a bridge between IFs and cellular membranes. As an A-kinase-anchoring protein, it also provides temporal and spatial targeting of protein kinase A (PKA). However, little is known about its functional roles in either process. To better understand its functions in muscle tissue, we generated synemin-deficient (Synm(-/-)) mice. Synm(-/-) mice displayed normal development and fertility but showed a mild degeneration and regeneration phenotype in myofibres and defects in sarcolemma membranes. Following mechanical overload, Synm(-/-) mice muscles showed a higher hypertrophic capacity with increased maximal force and fatigue resistance compared with control mice. At the molecular level, increased remodelling capacity was accompanied by decreased myostatin (also known as GDF8) and atrogin (also known as FBXO32) expression, and increased follistatin expression. Furthermore, the activity of muscle-mass control molecules (the PKA RII alpha subunit, p70S6K and CREB1) was increased in mutant mice. Finally, analysis of muscle satellite cell behaviour suggested that the absence of synemin could affect the balance between self-renewal and differentiation of these cells. Taken together, our results show that synemin is necessary to maintain membrane integrity and regulates signalling molecules during muscle hypertrophy.
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