title: Calpain and cathepsins in the skeletal muscle of inflammatory myopathies.
abstract: To clarify the significance of intracellular lysosomal (cathepsins B, L and H) and extralysosomal (calpain) proteolytic systems in the process of muscle fiber degradation in inflammatory myopathies, biopsied muscle specimens were examined from patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). Generally, in specimens from patients with PM and DM, but not in those from normal controls, muscle fibers surrounding inflammatory infiltrates or in the perifascicular regions, and occasionally mononuclear cell infiltrates demonstrated positive immunostaining for calpain and cathepsins B, L, and H. In addition, enzyme activities of cathepsins B and L increased in specimens with inflammatory myopathy. These results suggest that calpain and cathepsins play a significant role in the process of muscle fiber destruction in inflammatory myopathy.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Oita Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueyama
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kominami
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Goll
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D001706:Biopsy; D002154:Calpain / Q000032:analysis*; D002401:Cathepsin B / Q000032:analysis; D056655:Cathepsin H; D056668:Cathepsin L; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000032:analysis*; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000032:analysis; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002403:Cathepsins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D002154:Calpain; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D002401:Cathepsin B; C534281:CTSL protein, human; D056668:Cathepsin L; C534126:CTSH protein, human; D056655:Cathepsin H