title: Equal force recovery in dysferlin-deficient and wild-type muscles following saponin exposure.
abstract: Dysferlin plays an important role in repairing membrane damage elicited by laser irradiation, and dysferlin deficiency causes muscular dystrophy and associated cardiomyopathy. Proteins such as perforin, complement component C9, and bacteria-derived cytolysins, as well as the natural detergent saponin, can form large pores on the cell membrane via complexation with cholesterol. However, it is not clear whether dysferlin plays a role in repairing membrane damage induced by pore-forming reagents. In this study, we observed that dysferlin-deficient muscles recovered the tetanic force production to the same extent as their WT counterparts following a 5-min saponin exposure (50 μg/mL). Interestingly, the slow soleus muscles recovered significantly better than the fast extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles. Our data suggest that dysferlin is unlikely involved in repairing saponin-induced membrane damage and that the slow muscle is more efficient than the fast muscle in repairing such damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Piming
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Younss
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ait-Mou
authors.forename: Pieter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: de Tombe
authors.forename: Renzhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D000073939:Dysferlin; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C497505:Dysf protein, mouse; D000073939:Dysferlin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012503:Saponins