Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, 108 Giltner Hall, 293 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1101, USA.
Muscle Nerve. 2013 Jun;47(6):823-34. doi: 10.1002/mus.23813. Epub 2013 Apr 30.
Testosterone (T) induces motor dysfunction in transgenic (Tg) mice that overexpress wild-type androgen receptor (AR) in skeletal muscles. Because many genes implicated in motor neuron disease are expressed in skeletal muscle, mutant proteins may act in muscle to cause dysfunction in motor neuron disease.
We examined contractile properties of the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus (SOL) muscles in vitro after 5 and 3 days of T treatment in motor-impaired Tg female mice.
Both muscles showed deficits in tetanic force after 5 days of T treatment, without losses in muscle mass, protein content, or fiber number. After 3 days of T treatment, only SOL showed a deficit in tetanic force comparable to that of 5 days of treatment. In both treatments, EDL showed slowed twitch kinetics, whereas SOL showed deficits in the twitch/tetanus ratio.
These results suggest calcium-handling mechanisms in muscle fibers are defective in motor-impaired mice.
睾丸激素(T)可导致过度表达野生型雄激素受体(AR)的转基因(Tg)小鼠出现运动功能障碍。由于许多与运动神经元疾病相关的基因在骨骼肌中表达,因此突变蛋白可能在肌肉中发挥作用,导致运动神经元疾病的功能障碍。
我们在运动受损的 Tg 雌性小鼠中分别用 T 处理 5 天和 3 天后,在体外检测了伸趾长肌(EDL)和比目鱼肌(SOL)的收缩性能。
5 天 T 处理后,两种肌肉的强直力均出现缺陷,而肌肉质量、蛋白含量或纤维数量均无损失。3 天 T 处理后,只有 SOL 的强直力出现缺陷,与 5 天的处理相当。在两种处理中,EDL 的慢肌动力学均减慢,而 SOL 的抽搐/强直比值出现缺陷。
这些结果表明,运动受损小鼠的肌肉纤维钙处理机制存在缺陷。