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NATURE MEDICINE
卷 18, 期 2, 页码 244-251出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2598
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- US National Institutes of Health [AR053349]
- Department of Defense [DAMD W81XWH-10-2-0117]
- Muscular Dystrophy Association of America
- The Swedish Research Council
- The Mexican National Council of Science and Technology [150489]
Mice with a knock-in mutation (Y524S) in the type I ryanodine receptor (Ryr1), a mutation analogous to the Y522S mutation that is associated with malignant hyperthermia in humans, die when exposed to short periods of temperature elevation (>= 37 degrees C). We show here that treatment with 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside (AICAR) prevents this heat-induced sudden death in this mouse model. The protection by AICAR is independent of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation and results from a newly identified action of the compound on mutant Ryr1 to reduce Ca2+ leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to the sarcoplasm. AICAR thus prevents Ca2+-dependent increases in the amount of both reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) that act to further increase resting Ca2+ concentrations. If unchecked, the temperature-driven increases in resting Ca2+ concentrations and the amounts of ROS and RNS create an amplifying cycle that ultimately triggers sustained muscle contractions, rhabdomyolysis and death. Although antioxidants are effective in reducing this cycle in vitro, only AICAR prevents heat-induced death in vivo. Our findings suggest that AICAR is probably effective in prophylactic treatment of humans with enhanced susceptibility to exercise- and/or heat-induced sudden death associated with RYR1 mutations.
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