Enhanced resistance to fatigue and altered calcium handling properties of sarcalumenin knockout mice

Xiaoli Zhao, Morikatsu Yoshida, Leticia Brotto, Hiroshi Takeshima, Noah Weisleder, Yutaka Hirata, Thomas M. Nosek, Jianjie Ma, Marco Brotto

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Abstract

Sarcalumenin is a Ca2+-binding protein located in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle cells, the physiological function of which has not been fully determined yet. Using sarcalumenin knockout (sar -/-) mice, we showed that sar ablation altered store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE) and enhanced muscle fatigue resistance. Sar -/- mice fatigued less with treadmill exercise, and intact isolated soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles from sar-/- mice were more resistant to intermittent fatiguing stimulation than those from wild-type mice. Enhanced SOCE was observed in the sar-/- muscles. Biochemical analysis revealed that sar-/- muscles contained significantly elevated expression of mitsugumin 29 (MG29), a synaptophysin-related membrane protein located in the triad junction of skeletal muscle. Because the ablation of mg29 has been shown to cause increased fatigability and dysfunction of SOCE, the enhanced SOCE activity seen in sar-/- muscle may be correlated with the increased expression of MG29. Our data suggest that systemic ablation of sarcalumenin caused enhanced resistance to muscle fatigue by compensatory changes in Ca2+ regulatory proteins that effect SOCE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-78
Number of pages7
JournalPhysiological Genomics
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 21 2005

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure ProgramR01HL069000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure Program

    Keywords

    • Excitation-contraction coupling
    • Mitsugumin 29
    • Muscle fatigue
    • Skeletal muscle
    • Store-operated calcium channel

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Physiology
    • Genetics

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