LKB1 signaling is altered in skeletal muscle of a Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse model

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The potential role of liver kinase B1 (LKB1) in the altered activation of the master metabolic and epigenetic regulator adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy has not been investigated so far. Hence, we analyzed both gene and protein levels of LKB1 and its related targets in gastrocnemius muscles of adult C57BL/10 mdx mice and D2 mdx mice, a model with a more severe dystrophic phenotype, as well as the sensitivity of the LKB1-AMPK pathway to AMPK activators, such as chronic exercise. Our data show, for the first time, a reduction in the levels of LKB1 and accessory proteins, MO25 and STRADα, in both mdx strains versus the respective wild type, which was further impaired by exercise, in parallel with a lack of further phosphorylation of AMPK. The AMPK-like kinase salt-inducible kinase (SIK) and class II histone deacetylases, along with expression of the HDAC target gene Mef2c, were also altered, supporting an impairment of LKB1-SIK-class II histone deacetylase signaling. Our results demonstrate that LKB1 may be involved in dystrophic progression, paving the way for future preclinical studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Disease models & mechanisms - 16(2023), 7 vom: 01. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boccanegra, Brigida [VerfasserIn]
Mantuano, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Conte, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Cerchiara, Alessandro Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Tulimiero, Lisamaura [VerfasserIn]
Quarta, Raffaella [VerfasserIn]
Caputo, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Sanarica, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Forino, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Spadotto, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Cappellari, Ornella [VerfasserIn]
Fossati, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Steinkühler, Christian [VerfasserIn]
De Luca, Annamaria [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
AMPK
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 2.7.11.31
Epigenetic
Journal Article
LKB1
Mouse models
Muscle metabolism
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stk11 protein, mouse

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Date Completed 12.07.2023

Date Revised 21.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/dmm.049930

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359284981