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An increase in the expression of stretch/stress response elements in fast and slow muscles has been previously described in a transcriptional profiling of KY deficient muscles. Here, we have characterized the induction of this titin-based family of signalling proteins in ky/ky muscles at the protein level. Changes in expression of MLP, MARP2 and Xin have been related to the onset of dystrophic and adaptive changes that operate in ky/ky muscles. Our results indicate that induction of this set of genes is an early consequence of the interference caused by the absence of the KY protein. A search of muscle profiles of mouse models revealed such molecular hallmark only in muscles subjected to a single bout of eccentric contractions and specific titin mutants. Based on the role of this family as titin-based stress response molecules, it is suggested that titin structural/signalling instability is common to ky and titin mouse mutants and eccentric contractions.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.nmd.2006.05.013

Type

Journal article

Journal

Neuromuscul Disord

Publication Date

07/2006

Volume

16

Pages

437 - 445

Keywords

Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Connectin, DNA-Binding Proteins, LIM Domain Proteins, Mice, Mice, Mutant Strains, Muscle Proteins, Muscle, Skeletal, Muscular Dystrophy, Animal, Nuclear Proteins, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Peptide Hydrolases, Protein Kinases, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Signal Transduction, Transcription, Genetic, Up-Regulation