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Apoptosis And Necrosis Drive Muscle Fiber Loss In Lipin1 Deficient Skeletal Muscle, Sandhya Ramani Sattiraju
Apoptosis And Necrosis Drive Muscle Fiber Loss In Lipin1 Deficient Skeletal Muscle, Sandhya Ramani Sattiraju
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Mutations in lipin1 are suggested to be a common cause of massive rhabdomyolysis episodes in children, however, the molecular mechanism involved in the regulation of myofiber death by lipin1 is not known. In this study, we utilized the skeletal muscle from cell-type-specific lipin1 knockout (Lipin1Myf5cKO) mice to define cell death pathways involved in lipin1 deficient muscles. We observed a significant increase in centrally nucleated fibers and embryonic myosin heavy chain (EMyHC)-positive regenerating fibers in Lipin1Myf5cKO mice compared to wild-type (WT) mice, indicating an increased cycle of degeneration and regeneration in lipin1 deficient muscles. Lipin1 deficient muscles had significantly elevated pro-apoptotic …