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ArticleJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)2012

Pathways of Ca²⁺ entry and cytoskeletal damage following eccentric contractions in mouse skeletal muscle.

Bao-Ting Zhang, Nicholas P Whitehead, Othon L Gervasio, Trent F Reardon, Molly Vale, Diane Fatkin, Alexander Dietrich, Ella W Yeung, David G Allen

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Article in Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Bao-Ting ZhangMuscle Cell Function Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Australia.
Nicholas P Whitehead
Othon L Gervasio
Trent F Reardon
Molly Vale
Diane Fatkin
Alexander Dietrich
Ella W Yeung
David G Allen
University of Sydney · AURobert Bosch (Australia) · AUVictor Chang Cardiac Research Institute · AUHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscles that are stretched during contraction (eccentric contractions) show deficits in force production and a variety of structural changes, including loss of antibody staining of cytoskeletal proteins. Extracellular Ca(2+) entry and activation of calpains have been proposed as mechanisms involved in these changes. The present study used isolated mouse extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles subjected to 10 eccentric contractions and monitored force production, immunostaining of cytoskeletal proteins, and resting stiffness. Possible pathways for Ca(2+) entry were tested with streptomycin (200 μM), a blocker of stretch-activated channels, and with muscles from mice deficient in the transient receptor potential canonical 1 gene (TRPC1 KO), a candidate gene for stretch-activated channels. At 30 min after the eccentric contractions, the isometric force was decreased to 75 ± 3% of initial control and this force loss was reduced by streptomycin but not in the TRPC1 KO. Desmin, titin, and dystrophin all showed patchy loss of immunostaining 30 min after the eccentric contractions, which was substantially reduced by streptomycin and in the TRPC1 KO muscles. Muscles showed a reduction of resting stiffness following eccentric contractions, and this reduction was eliminated by streptomycin and absent in the TRPC1 KO muscles. Calpain activation was determined by the appearance of a lower molecular weight autolysis product and μ-calpain was activated at 30 min, whereas the muscle-specific calpain-3 was not. To test whether the loss of stiffness was caused by titin cleavage, protein gels were used but no significant titin cleavage was detected. These results suggest that Ca(2+) entry following eccentric contractions is through a stretch-activated channel that is blocked by streptomycin and encoded or modulated by TRPC1.

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AnimalsCalciumCalpainConnectinCytoskeletal ProteinsCytoskeletonMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMuscle ContractionMuscle ProteinsMuscle, SkeletalProtein KinasesProteolysisCalciumCalpainConnectinCytoskeletal Proteinsmu-calpainMuscle ProteinsProtein Kinasestransient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 1TRPC Cation Channels

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PMID22461447
PMCPMC3378392
OpenAlexW2114909758

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