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CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 1049-1058Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000430278
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Dilated cardiomyopathy; Dysferlin deficiency; Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B; L-type calcium channel; Mouse model; Ventricular cardiomyocytes; Voltage-dependent ion channels
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- Austrian Science Fund FWF [P23060, W1232-B11]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 23060] Funding Source: researchfish
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P23060] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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Background/Aims: Dysferlin plays a decisive role in calcium-dependent membrane repair in myocytes. Mutations in the encoding DYSF gene cause a number of myopathies, e.g. limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B (LGMD2B). Besides skeletal muscle degenerative processes, dysferlin deficiency is also associated with cardiac complications. Thus, both LGMD2B patients and dysferlin-deficient mice develop a dilated cardiomyopathy. We and others have recently reported that dystrophin-deficient ventricular cardiomyocytes from mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy show significant abnormalities in voltage-dependent ion channels, which may contribute to the pathophysiology in dystrophic cardiomyopathy. The aim of the present study was to investigate if dysferlin, like dystrophin, is a regulator of cardiac ion channels. Methods and Results: By using the whole cell patch-clamp technique, we compared the properties of voltage-dependent calcium and sodium channels, as well as action potentials in ventricular cardiomyocytes isolated from the hearts of normal and dysferlin-deficient (dysf) mice. In contrast to dystrophin deficiency, the lack of dysferlin did not impair the ion channel properties and left action potential parameters unaltered. In connection with normal ECGs in dysf mice these results suggest that dysferlin deficiency does not perturb cardiac electrophysiology. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that dysferlin does not regulate cardiac voltage-dependent ion channels, and implies that abnormalities in cardiac ion channels are not a universal characteristic of all muscular dystrophy types. Copyright (C) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel
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