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      Endoplasmic reticulum stress induces myostatin precursor protein and NF-kappaB in cultured human muscle fibers: relevance to inclusion body myositis.

      Experimental Neurology
      Analysis of Variance, Cells, Cultured, DNA-Binding Proteins, metabolism, Drug Interactions, Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, methods, Endoplasmic Reticulum, drug effects, Enzyme Inhibitors, pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation, Heat-Shock Proteins, Humans, Molecular Chaperones, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, ultrastructure, Myostatin, NF-kappa B, Protein Precursors, RNA, Messenger, biosynthesis, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Stress, Physiological, chemically induced, Thapsigargin, Transcription Factors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Tunicamycin

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          Sporadic-inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) is the most common progressive muscle disease of older persons. It leads to pronounced muscle fiber atrophy and weakness, and there is no successful treatment. We have previously shown that myostatin precursor protein (MstnPP) and myostatin (Mstn) dimer are increased in biopsied s-IBM muscle fibers, and proposed that MstnPP/Mstn increase may contribute to muscle fiber atrophy and weakness in s-IBM patients. Mstn is known to be a negative regulator of muscle fiber mass. It is synthesized as MstnPP, which undergoes posttranslational processing in the muscle fiber to produce mature, active Mstn. To explore possible mechanisms involved in Mstn abnormalities in s-IBM, in the present study we utilized primary cultures of normal human muscle fibers and experimentally modified the intracellular micro-environment to induce endoplasmic-reticulum (ER)-stress, thereby mimicking an important aspect of the s-IBM muscle fiber milieu. ER stress was induced by treating well-differentiated cultured muscle fibers with either tunicamycin or thapsigargin, both well-established ER stress inducers. Our results indicate for the first time that the ER stress significantly increased MstnPP mRNA and protein. The results also suggest that in our system ER stress activates NF-kappaB, and we suggest that MstnPP increase occurred through the ER-stress-activated NF-kappaB. We therefore propose a novel mechanism leading to the Mstn increase in s-IBM. Accordingly, interfering with pathways inducing ER stress, NF-kappaB activation or its action on the MstnPP gene promoter might prevent Mstn increase and provide a new therapeutic approach for s-IBM and, possibly, for muscle atrophy in other neuromuscular diseases.

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