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Transgenic expression of inclusion body myopathy associated mutant p97/VCP causes weakness and ubiquitinated protein inclusions in mice.
Human Molecular Genetics 2007 April 16
Mutations in p97/VCP cause the autosomal-dominant, inherited syndrome inclusion body myopathy (IBM) associated with Paget's disease of the bone and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) (Watts, G.D., Wymer, J., Kovach, M.J., Mehta, S.G., Mumm, S., Darvish, D., Pestronk, A., Whyte, M.P. and Kimonis, V.E. (2004) Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia is caused by mutant valosin-containing protein. p97/VCP is a multi-functional protein with a role in the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) (Wang, Q., Song, C. and Li, C.C. (2004) Molecular perspectives on p97-VCP: progress in understanding its structure and diverse biological functions. To understand how mutations in this protein lead to a myopathy, we generated several lines of transgenic mice expressing p97/VCP-WT (TgVCP-WT) or the most common IBMPFD mutant, p97/VCP R155H (TgVCP-RH), under a muscle-specific promoter. TgVCP-RH animals, but not controls, became progressively weaker in a dose-dependent manner starting at 6 months of age. Abnormal muscle pathology, which included coarse internal architecture, vacuolation and disorganized membrane morphology with reduced caveolin-3 expression at the sarcolemma developed coincident with the onset of weakness. These changes were not associated with alterations in sarcolemmal integrity as measured by muscle fiber uptake of Evan's blue dye. Even before animals displayed measurable weakness, there was an increase in ubiquitin-containing protein inclusions and high-molecular-weight ubiquitinated proteins, markers of UPS dysfunction. We suggest that this early and persistent increase in ubiquitinated proteins induced by IBMPFD mutations in p97/VCP may ultimately lead to animal weakness and the observed muscle pathology. TgVCP-RH animals will be a valuable tool for understanding the pathogenesis of IBM and the role of the UPS in skeletal muscle.
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