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NATURE MEDICINE
卷 21, 期 12, 页码 1455-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nm.3990
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology
- CIHR [MOP-12080, MOP-81288]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- US National Institutes for Health [RO1AR044031]
- E-Rare-2 program from the CIHR
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada [ERA-132935]
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Stem Cell Network
- Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI), Government of Ontario [ORF-RE05-084]
Dystrophin is expressed in differentiated myofibers, in which it is required for sarcolemmal integrity, and loss-of-function mutations in the gene that encodes it result in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a disease characterized by progressive and severe skeletal muscle degeneration. Here we found that dystrophin is also highly expressed in activated muscle stem cells (also known as satellite cells), in which it associates with the serine-threonine kinase Mark2 (also known as Par1b), an important regulator of cell polarity. In the absence of dystrophin, expression of Mark2 protein is downregulated, resulting in the inability to localize the cell polarity regulator Pard3 to the opposite side of the cell. Consequently, the number of asymmetric divisions is strikingly reduced in dystrophin-deficient satellite cells, which also display a loss of polarity, abnormal division patterns (including centrosome amplification), impaired mitotic spindle orientation and prolonged cell divisions. Altogether, these intrinsic defects strongly reduce the generation of myogenic progenitors that are needed for proper muscle regeneration. Therefore, we conclude that dystrophin has an essential role in the regulation of satellite cell polarity and asymmetric division. Our findings indicate that muscle wasting in DMD not only is caused by myofiber fragility, but also is exacerbated by impaired regeneration owing to intrinsic satellite cell dysfunction.
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