title: Long-term analyses of innervation and neuromuscular integrity in the Trembler-J mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
abstract: A large fraction of hereditary demyelinating neuropathies, classified as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A, is associated with misexpression of peripheral myelin protein 22. In this study, we characterized morphologic and biochemical changes that occur with diseaseprogression in neuromuscular tissue of Trembler-J mice, a spontaneous rodent model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Using age-matched, 2- and 10-month-old, wild-type and Trembler-J mice, we observed neuromuscular deficits that progress from distal to proximal regions. The impairments in motor performance are underlined by degenerative events at distal nerve segments and structural alterations at nerve-muscle synapses. Furthermore, skeletal muscle of affected mice showed reduced myofiber diameter, increased expression of the muscle atrophy marker muscle ring-finger protein 1, and fiber type switching. A dietary intervention of intermittent fasting attenuated these progressive changes and supported distal nerve myelination and neuromuscular junction integrity. In addition to the well-characterized demyelination aspects of this model, our investigations identified distinct degenerative events in distal nerves and muscle of affected neuropathic mice. Therefore, therapeutic studies aimed at slowing or reversing the neuropathic features of these disorders should include the examination of muscle tissue, as well as neuromuscular contact sites.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology, College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
authors.forename: Jessica Renee
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Nicks
authors.forename: Sooyeon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kathryne Ann
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kostamo
authors.forename: Andrew Benford
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Amanda M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sookdeo
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Notterpek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D018450:Disease Progression; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology
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