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    Oxidative stress and pathology in muscular dystrophies: focus on protein thiol oxidation and dysferlinopathies

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    Authors
    Terrill, J.
    Radley-Crabb, Hannah
    Iwasaki, T.
    Lemckert, F.
    Arthur, P.
    Grounds, M.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Terrill, Jessica R. and Radley-Crabb, Hannah G. and Iwasaki, Tomohito and Lemckert, Frances A. and Arthur, Peter G. and Grounds, Miranda D. 2013. Oxidative stress and pathology in muscular dystrophies: focus on protein thiol oxidation and dysferlinopathies. FEBS Journal. 280 (17): pp. 4149-4164.
    Source Title
    FEBS Journal
    DOI
    10.1111/febs.12142
    ISSN
    1742-464X
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33827
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The muscular dystrophies comprise more than 30 clinical disorders that are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle wasting and degeneration. Although the genetic basis for many of these disorders has been identified, the exact mechanism for pathogenesis generally remains unknown. It is considered that disturbed levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to the pathology of many muscular dystrophies. Reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress may cause cellular damage by directly and irreversibly damaging macromolecules such as proteins, membrane lipids and DNA; another major cellular consequence of reactive oxygen species is the reversible modification of protein thiol side chains that may affect many aspects of molecular function. Irreversible oxidative damage of protein and lipids has been widely studied in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and we have recently identified increased protein thiol oxidation in dystrophic muscles of the mdx mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This review evaluates the role of elevated oxidative stress in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other forms of muscular dystrophies, and presents new data that show significantly increased protein thiol oxidation and high levels of lipofuscin (a measure of cumulative oxidative damage) in dysferlin-deficient muscles of A/J mice at various ages. The significance of this elevated oxidative stress and high levels of reversible thiol oxidation, but minimal myofibre necrosis, is discussed in the context of the disease mechanism for dysferlinopathies, and compared with the situation for dystrophin-deficient mdx mice.

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