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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
Volume 1843, Issue 7, Pages 1339-1347Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.03.025
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Muscular dystrophy; Apoptosis; Satellite cell; Myofibroblast; Myofiber; Halofuginone
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Halofuginone has been shown to prevent fibrosis via the transforming growth factor-beta/Smad3 pathway in muscular dystrophies. We hypothesized that halofuginone would reduce apoptosis the presumed cause of satellite-cell depletion during muscle degradation-in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Six-week-old mdx mouse diaphragm exhibited fourfold higher numbers of apoptotic nuclei compared with wild-type mice as determined by a TUNEL assay. Apoptotic nuclei were found in macrophages and in Pax7-expressing cells; some were located in centrally-nucleated regenerating myofibers. Halofuginone treatment of mdx mice reduced the apoptotic nuclei number in the diaphragm, together with reduction in Box and induction in Bcl2 levels in myofibers isolated from these mice. A similar effect was observed when halofuginone was added to cultured myoflbers. No apparent effect of halofuginone was observed in wild-type mice. Inhibition of apoptosis or staurosporine-induced apoptosis by halofuginone in mdx primary myoblasts and C2 myogenic cell line, respectively, was reflected by less pyknotic/apoptotic cells and reduced Bax expression. This reduction was reversed by a phosphinositide-3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase inhibitors, suggesting involvement of these pathways In mediating halofuginone's effects on apoptosis. Halofuginone increased apoptosis in alpha smooth muscle actin- and prolyl 4-hydroxylase beta-expressing cells in mdx diaphragm and in myofibroblasts, the major source of extracellular matrix. The data suggest an additional mechanism by which halofuginone improves muscle pathology and function in muscular dystrophies. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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