Cell Structure and Function
Online ISSN : 1347-3700
Print ISSN : 0386-7196
ISSN-L : 0386-7196
Insufficient Membrane Fusion in Dysferlin-Deficient Muscle Fibers after Heavy-Ion Irradiation
Mizuki HinoNobuyuki HamadaYuki TajikaTomoo FunayamaYoshihiro MorimuraTetsuya SakashitaYuichiro YokotaKana FukamotoYasuhiko KobayashiHiroshi Yorifuji
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2009 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 11-15

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Recently, SJL/J mice have been used as an animal model in studies of dysferlinopathy, a spectrum of muscle diseases caused by defects in dysferlin protein. In this study we irradiated muscle fibers isolated from skeletal muscle of SJL/J mice with heavy-ion microbeam, and the ultrastructural changes were observed by electron microscopy. The plasma membrane of heavy-ion beam irradiated areas showed irregular protrusions and invaginations. Disruption of sarcomeric structures and the enhancement of autophagy were also observed. In addition, many vesicles of varying size and shape were seen to be accumulated just beneath the plasma membrane. This finding further supports the recent hypothesis that dysferlin functions as a membrane fusion protein in the wound healing system of plasma membrane, and that the defect in dysferlin causes insufficient membrane fusion resulting in accumulation of vesicles.

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