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ArticleBioMed research international2015

Primary Murine Myotubes as a Model for Investigating Muscular Dystrophy.

Natalia Smolina, Anna Kostareva, Joseph Bruton, Alexey Karpushev, Gunnar Sjoberg, Thomas Sejersen

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Article in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Natalia SmolinaDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden ; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden ; Federal Almazov Medical Research Centre, 2 Akkuratova Street, Saint Petersburg 197341, Russia.
Anna KostarevaDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden ; Federal Almazov Medical Research Centre, 2 Akkuratova Street, Saint Petersburg 197341, Russia ; Institute of translational Medicine, ITMO University, 14 Birzjevaya Line, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia.
Joseph BrutonDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Alexey KarpushevFederal Almazov Medical Research Centre, 2 Akkuratova Street, Saint Petersburg 197341, Russia.
Gunnar SjobergDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden ; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
Thomas SejersenDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden ; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital · SEFederal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre · RUKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscular dystrophies caused by defects in various genes are often associated with impairment of calcium homeostasis. Studies of calcium currents are hampered because of the lack of a robust cellular model. Primary murine myotubes, formed upon satellite cell fusion, were examined for their utilization as a model of adult skeletal muscle. We enzymatically isolated satellite cells and induced them to differentiation to myotubes. Myotubes displayed morphological and physiological properties resembling adult muscle fibers. Desmin and myosin heavy chain immunoreactivity in the differentiated myotubes were similar to the mature muscle cross-striated pattern. The myotubes responded to electrical and chemical stimulations with sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release. Presence of L-type calcium channels in the myotubes sarcolemma was confirmed via whole-cell patch-clamp technique. To assess the use of myotubes for studying functional mutation effects lentiviral transduction was applied. Satellite cells easily underwent transduction and were able to retain a positive expression of lentivirally encoded GFP up to and after the formation of myotubes, without changes in their physiological and morphological properties. Thus, we conclude that murine myotubes may serve as a fruitful cell model for investigating calcium homeostasis in muscular dystrophy and the effects of gene modifications can be assessed due to lentiviral transduction.

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Primary Cell CultureAnimalsCalcium SignalingCell DifferentiationHumansMiceMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle, SkeletalMuscular DystrophiesMyosin Heavy ChainsSarcoplasmic ReticulumSatellite Cells, Skeletal MuscleMyosin Heavy Chains

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PMID26380282
PMCPMC4561302
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