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ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2005

Utrophin is lacking at the neuromuscular junctions in the extraocular muscles of normal cat: artefact or true?

Maziar Assadi, Markus Müntener

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Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maziar AssadiInstitute of Anatomy, University of Zürich-Irchel, Zürich, Switzerland. maziar.asadi@roche.com
Markus Müntener
University of Zurich · CH

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Abstract

Extraocular muscles (EOM) are typically spared in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We hypothesized that this might be due to different patterns of utrophin expression. The expression of utrophin was examined in EOM of normal cats using immunohistochemical methods and Western blot. For detecting acetylcholine receptors (AChR), we used alpha-bungarotoxin. Surprisingly, alpha-bungarotoxin failed to stain the AChR and no expression of utrophin could be detected at the neuromuscular junctions. Our study could indicate that the expression of utrophin is dependent on the structure of the AChR.

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AnimalsBlood VesselsBlotting, WesternCatsHindlimbImmunohistochemistryMuscle, SkeletalNeuromuscular JunctionNeuronsOculomotor MusclesRatsReceptors, CholinergicUtrophinReceptors, CholinergicUtrophin

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PMID15729554
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