ArticleCell death & disease2018
Activation of the interferon type I response rather than autophagy contributes to myogenesis inhibition in congenital DM1 myoblasts.
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- Protein Phosphorylation Alterations in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- An Ultrastructural and Proteomic Analysis in DM1 Young Adults' Myoblasts: Stressed RER and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Involvement.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026Article
- Impaired Myogenic Differentiation Is a Shared Feature Across Genetic Myopathies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- [Two cases of congenital myotonic dystrophy type 1 caused byZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026Article
- Endoplasmic reticulum autophagy in inflammatory diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Convergent innate immune and regulated cell-death pathways in selected myopathies.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Repeat length as a key determinant for disease severity and antisense oligonucleotide activity in myotonic dystrophy type 1.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025Article
- Epsti1 Regulates the Inflammatory Stage of Early Muscle Regeneration through STAT1-VCP Interaction.International journal of biological sciences · 2024Article
- Block or degrade? Balancing on- and off-target effects of antisense strategies against transcripts with expanded triplet repeats in DM1.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2023Article
- Ultrastructural and Molecular Investigation on Peripheral Leukocytes in Alzheimer's Disease Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Myotonic dystrophy type 1 embryonic stem cells show decreased myogenic potential, increased CpG methylation at the DMPK locus and RNA mis-splicing.Biology open · 2022Article
- microRNA-mRNA Profile of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation and Relevance to Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Altered Inflammatory Pathway in an Inducible Glial Cell Model of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1.Biomolecules · 2021Article
- Deleting key autophagy elongation proteins induces acquirement of tumor-associated phenotypes via ISG15.Cell death and differentiation · 2020Article
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Abstract
Congenital myotonic dystrophy type 1 (CDM1) is characterized by severe symptoms that affect patients from birth, with 40% mortality in the neonatal period and impaired skeletal muscle development. In this paper, we examined the relationship between autophagy and abnormal myogenic differentiation of CDM1 myoblasts. We investigated these pathological features at both ultrastructural and molecular levels, utilizing two CDM1 foetal myoblasts, CDM13 and CDM15, with 1800 and 3200 repeats, respectively. The congenital nature of these CDM1 myoblasts was confirmed by the high methylation level at the DMPK locus. Our results indicated that abnormal autophagy was independent of myogenic differentiation, as CDM13 myoblasts differentiated as well as control myoblasts but underwent autophagy like CDM15, displaying impaired differentiation. miRNA expression profiles revealed that CDM15 myoblasts failed to upregulate the complex network of myo-miRNAs under MYOD and MEF2A control, while this network was upregulated in CDM13 myoblasts. Interestingly, the abnormal differentiation of CDM15 myoblasts was associated with cellular stress accompanied by the induction of the interferon type 1 pathway (innate immune response). Indeed, inhibition of the interferon (IFN) type I pathway restores myogenic differentiation of CDM15 myoblasts, suggesting that the inappropriate activation of the innate immune response might contribute to impaired myogenic differentiation and severe muscle symptoms observed in some CDM1 patients. These findings open up the possibility of new therapeutic approaches to treat CDM1.
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