title: Metabolic profiles of dystrophin and utrophin expression in mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Metabolic profiles from (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy have been used to describe both one and two protein systems in four mouse models related to Duchenne muscular dystrophy using the pattern recognition technique partial least squares. Robust statistical models were built for extracts and intact cardiac tissue, distinguishing mice according to expression of dystrophin. Using metabolic profiles of diaphragm, models were built describing dystrophin and utrophin, a dystrophin related protein, expression. Increased utrophin expression counteracted some of the deficits associated with dystrophic tissue. This suggests the method may be ideal for following treatment regimes such as gene therapy.
authors.affiliation: Biological Chemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK. j.griffin@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Evens
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000378:metabolism*; D049411:Utrophin
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D016189:Dystrophin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C483600:Utrn protein, mouse; D049411:Utrophin