論文

査読有り 国際誌
2021年4月23日

Myofiber androgen receptor increases muscle strength mediated by a skeletal muscle splicing variant of Mylk4.

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  • Iori Sakakibara
  • Yuta Yanagihara
  • Koichi Himori
  • Takashi Yamada
  • Hiroshi Sakai
  • Yuichiro Sawada
  • Hirotaka Takahashi
  • Noritaka Saeki
  • Hiroyuki Hirakawa
  • Atsushi Yokoyama
  • So-Ichiro Fukada
  • Tatsuya Sawasaki
  • Yuuki Imai
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開始ページ
102303
終了ページ
102303
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.isci.2021.102303

Androgens have a robust effect on skeletal muscles to increase muscle mass and strength. The molecular mechanism of androgen/androgen receptor (AR) action on muscle strength is still not well known, especially for the regulation of sarcomeric genes. In this study, we generated androgen-induced hypertrophic model mice, myofiber-specific androgen receptor knockout (cARKO) mice supplemented with dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT treatment increased grip strength in control mice but not in cARKO mice. Transcriptome analysis by RNA-seq, using skeletal muscles obtained from control and cARKO mice treated with or without DHT, identified a fast-type muscle-specific novel splicing variant of Myosin light-chain kinase 4 (Mylk4) as a target of AR in skeletal muscles. Mylk4 knockout mice exhibited decreased maximum isometric torque of plantar flexion and passive stiffness of myofibers due to reduced phosphorylation of Myomesin 1 protein. This study suggests that androgen-induced skeletal muscle strength is mediated with Mylk4 and Myomesin 1 axis.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102303
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33870126
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8041868
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102303
  • PubMed ID : 33870126
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8041868

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