Defective excitation-contraction coupling is partially responsible for impaired contractility in hindlimb muscles of Stac3 knockout mice
dc.contributor.author | Cong, Xiaofei | en |
dc.contributor.author | Doering, Jonathan | en |
dc.contributor.author | Grange, Robert W. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, Honglin | en |
dc.contributor.department | Animal and Poultry Sciences | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-13T19:43:19Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-13T19:43:19Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2016-05-17 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The Stac3 gene is exclusively expressed in skeletal muscle, and Stac3 knockout is perinatal lethal in mice. Previous data from Stac3-deleted diaphragms indicated that Stac3-deleted skeletal muscle could not contract because of defective excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. In this study, we determined the contractility of Stac3-deleted hindlimb muscle. In response to frequent electrostimulation, Stac3- deleted hindlimb muscle contracted but the maximal tension generated was only 20% of that in control (wild type or heterozygous) muscle (P < 0.05). In response to high [K⁺], caffeine, and 4-chloro-m-cresol (4-CMC), the maximal tensions generated in Stac3-deleted muscle were 29% (P < 0.05), 58% (P = 0.08), and 55% (P < 0.05) of those in control muscle, respectively. In response to 4-CMC or caffeine, over 90% of myotubes formed from control myoblasts contracted, but only 60% of myotubes formed from Stac3- deleted myoblasts contracted (P = 0.05). However, in response to 4-CMC or caffeine, similar increases in intracellular calcium concentration were observed in Stac3-deleted and control myotubes. Gene expression and histological analyses revealed that Stac3-deleted hindlimb muscle contained more slow type-like fibers than control muscle. These data together confirm a critical role of STAC3 in EC coupling but also suggest that STAC3 may have additional functions in skeletal muscle, at least in the hindlimb muscle. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26194 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80358 | en |
dc.identifier.volume | 6 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Nature | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.title | Defective excitation-contraction coupling is partially responsible for impaired contractility in hindlimb muscles of Stac3 knockout mice | en |
dc.title.serial | Scientific Reports | en |
dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
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