title: Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2 enhances store-operated Ca2+ entry in dystrophic skeletal muscle fibers.
abstract: Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by deficiency of dystrophin and leads to progressive weakness. It has been proposed that the muscle degeneration occurring in this disease is caused by increased Ca2+ influx due to enhanced activity of cationic channels that are activated either by stretch of the plasma membrane (stretch-activated channels) or by Ca2+-store depletion (store-operated channels). Using both cytosolic Ca2+ measurements with Fura-2 and the manganese quench method, we show here that store-operated Ca2+ entry is greatly enhanced in dystrophic skeletal flexor digitorum brevis fibers isolated from mdx(5cv) mice, a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Moreover, we show for the first time that store-operated Ca2+ entry in these fibers is under the control of the Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2 and that the exaggerated Ca2+ influx can be completely attenuated by inhibitors of this enzyme. Enhanced store-operated Ca2+ entry in dystrophic fibers is likely to be due to a near twofold overexpression of Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2. The Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2 pathway therefore appears as an attractive target to reduce excessive Ca2+ influx and subsequent degeneration occurring in dystrophic fibers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pharmacology, Geneva-Lausanne School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: François-Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Boittin
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hirn
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mittaud
authors.forename: Olivier M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Dorchies
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roulet
authors.forename: Urs T
authors.initials: UT
authors.lastname: Ruegg
mesh_terms: D000813:Anilides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D054522:Group VI Phospholipases A2; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism; D008555:Melitten / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018101:Mice, Inbred mdx; D008954:Models, Biological; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D009137:Muscular Dystrophy, Animal / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D011753:Pyrones / Q000494:pharmacology; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D013830:Thiadiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C476308:4-methyl-4'-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-1,2,3-thiadiazole-5-carboxanilide; D000813:Anilides; D015220:Calcium Channels; D009281:Naphthalenes; D011753:Pyrones; D013830:Thiadiazoles; D008555:Melitten; D002110:Caffeine; D008345:Manganese; D011189:Potassium Chloride; C068314:6-(bromomethylene)tetrahydro-3-(1-naphthaleneyl)-2H-pyran-2-one; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054522:Group VI Phospholipases A2; D054467:Phospholipases A2; C516476:Pla2g6 protein, mouse; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases