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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 23, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23041983
关键词
facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; DUX4; fibroadiopgenic progenitors; fibrosis
资金
- Friends of FSH Research
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases [R01 AR055685]
FSHD is a disease caused by loss of silencing of the DUX4 gene, but the presence of the DUX4 protein in affected muscle has not been directly detected. This study used an animal model to investigate the extent of muscle regeneration following DUX4-mediated degeneration. The results showed that muscle histology could recover significantly after DUX4 expression was switched off, but the fibroadipogenic progenitor compartment remained elevated and the recovered muscle had a propensity for severe fibrosis. These findings have potential implications for therapeutic approaches.
FSHD is caused by loss of silencing of the DUX4 gene, but the DUX4 protein has not yet been directly detected immunohistologically in affected muscle, raising the possibility that DUX4 expression may occur at time points prior to obtaining adult biopsies for analysis, with consequent perturbations of muscle being responsible for disease progression. To test the extent to which muscle can regenerate following DUX4-mediated degeneration, we employed an animal model with reversible DUX4 expression, the iDUX4pA;HSA mouse. We find that muscle histology does recover substantially after DUX4 expression is switched off, with the extent of recovery correlating inversely with the duration of prior DUX4 expression. However, despite fairly normal muscle histology, and recovery of most cytological parameters, the fibroadipogenic progenitor compartment, which is significantly elevated during bouts of fiber-specific DUX4 expression, does not return to basal levels, even many weeks after a single burst of DUX4 expression. We find that muscle that has recovered from a DUX4 burst acquires a propensity for severe fibrosis, which can be revealed by subsequent cardiotoxin injuries. These results suggest that a past history of DUX4 expression leads to maintained pro-fibrotic alterations in the cellular physiology of muscle, with potential implications for therapeutic approaches.
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