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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 171, 期 5, 页码 1576-1587出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2007.070452
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A subset of muscular dystrophy is caused by genetic defects in dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex. Using two animal models (BIO14.6 hamsters and mdx mice), we found that Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) inhibitors prevented muscle degeneration. NHE activity was constitutively enhanced in 1310 myotubes, as evidenced by die elevated intracellular pH and enhanced Na-22(+) influx, with activation of putative upstream kinases ERK42/44. NHE inhibitor significantly reduced the increases in baseline intracellular Ca2+ as well as Na+ concentration and stretch-induced damage, suggesting that Na+ (i)-dependent Ca(2+)overload via the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger may cause muscle damage. Furthermore, ATP was found to be released continuously from BIO myotubes in a manner further stimulated by stretching and that the P2 receptor antagonists reduce the enhanced NHE activity and dystrophic muscle damage. These observations suggest that autocrine ATP release may be primarily involved in genesis of abnormal ionic homeostasis in dystrophic muscles and that Na+-dependent ion exchangers play a critical pathological role in muscular dystrophy.
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