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ArticleScience advances2026

Statins promote muscle metabolic danger and NLRP3-mediated myopathy via lower protein-prenylation and YAP.

Nazli Robin, Nicole G Barra, Kevin P Foley, Yujin E Li, Akhilesh K Tamrakar, Danish Patoli, Irena A Rebalka, Tabitha Cree, Kaitlyn Bibby, Khang Nguyen and 15 more

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5 · Who and what money

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25 authors.

Nazli RobinDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0009-0007-9275-4510
Nicole G BarraDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2605-0845
Kevin P FoleyDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Yujin E LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0009-0005-1733-6592
Akhilesh K TamrakarBiochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0554-3779
Danish PatoliCIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, F-69007, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6837-336X
Irena A RebalkaDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4732-5473
Tabitha CreeMurdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.ORCID 0009-0007-7185-7078
Kaitlyn BibbyMurdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
Khang NguyenDepartment of Biology, York University, Canada.
Rhianna DavisDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Darryl Y ChanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0009-0008-8047-0454
Brittany M DugganDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Brandyn D HenriksboDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Megan E BorgesDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0009-0002-0139-1317
Dana Kukje ZadaDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8403-1685
Han FangDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0450-5087
Daniel M MarkoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6742-9731
Paul GregorevicCentre for Muscle Research Department of Anatomy and Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7418-8945
Kevin I WattNovo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7475-4487
Richard J MillsMurdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9735-2595
Gary SweeneyDepartment of Biology, York University, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1946-1347
Thomas J HawkeDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4974-4820
Bénédicte F PyCIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, F-69007, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6716-7807
Jonathan D SchertzerDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1547-5856

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Statin intolerance and side effects such as low-level myopathy limit statin use and the dose for optimal cholesterol lowering. We found that priming the NLRP3 inflammasome with bacterial components like lipopolysaccharide lowered the dose of statins that caused side effects in muscle cells. We then built models of low-level statin myopathy and found that muscle cell-autonomous statin-induced myopathy occurs through the NLRP3 inflammasome in vitro and in mice. Statin-induced muscle cell death and higher

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMuscular DiseasesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinProtein PrenylationAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsHumansInflammasomesMiceMuscle, SkeletalYAP-Signaling ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCell Cycle ProteinsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNlrp3 protein, mouseYap1 protein, mouseYAP-Signaling Proteins

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PMID42319925
PMCPMC13281816

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