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ArticleNature communications2015

Detyrosinated microtubules modulate mechanotransduction in heart and skeletal muscle.

Jaclyn P Kerr, Patrick Robison, Guoli Shi, Alexey I Bogush, Aaron M Kempema, Joseph K Hexum, Natalia Becerra, Daniel A Harki, Stuart S Martin, Roberto Raiteri and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 144 papers.

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144citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

144 citing papers in PubMed, 214 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jaclyn P KerrDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Patrick RobisonDepartment of Physiology, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Guoli ShiDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Alexey I BogushDepartment of Physiology, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Aaron M KempemaDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Joseph K HexumDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Natalia BecerraDepartment of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering, University of Genova, Genova 16146, Italy.
Daniel A HarkiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Stuart S MartinMarlene and Stuart Greenebaum National Cancer Institute Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Roberto RaiteriDepartment of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering, University of Genova, Genova 16146, Italy.
Benjamin L ProsserDepartment of Physiology, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Christopher W WardDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Minnesota · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Genoa · IT

Funding

Interdisciplinary Training Program Muscle BiologyT32AR007592 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos · 1996 to 2026
$11.7M
Training in Muscle Biology and Muscle DiseaseT32AR053461 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI OSTAP, E. MICHAEL · 2006 to 2025
$4.9M
Stretch-dependent X-ROS signaling: implications for cardiomyopathyR00HL114879 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PROSSER, BENJAMIN LEARS · 2014 to 2016
$728k
Stretch Dependent Signaling in Dystrophic Skeletal MuscleR01AR062554 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI WARD, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM · 2013 to 2014
$675k
NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL114879NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR062554NIAMS NIH HHS R01-AR062554NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007592NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR053461NIAMS NIH HHS T32-AR053461NIAMS NIH HHS T32-AR07592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In striated muscle, X-ROS is the mechanotransduction pathway by which mechanical stress transduced by the microtubule network elicits reactive oxygen species. X-ROS tunes Ca(2+) signalling in healthy muscle, but in diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), microtubule alterations drive elevated X-ROS, disrupting Ca(2+) homeostasis and impairing function. Here we show that detyrosination, a post-translational modification of α-tubulin, influences X-ROS signalling, contraction speed and cytoskeletal mechanics. In the mdx mouse model of DMD, the pharmacological reduction of detyrosination in vitro ablates aberrant X-ROS and Ca(2+) signalling, and in vivo it protects against hallmarks of DMD, including workload-induced arrhythmias and contraction-induced injury in skeletal muscle. We conclude that detyrosinated microtubules increase cytoskeletal stiffness and mechanotransduction in striated muscle and that targeting this post-translational modification may have broad therapeutic potential in muscular dystrophies.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaCalciumMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred mdxMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicrotubulesMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMyocytes, CardiacRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyCalcium

Identifiers

PMID26446751
PMCPMC4633818
OpenAlexW2273265205

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