Browsing by Author "Figueroa, Reinaldo"

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    Abnormal distribution of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors in human muscle can be related to altered calcium signals and gene expression in Duchenne dystrophy-derived cells
    (FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, 2010) Cardenas, Cesar; Juretic, Nevenka; Bevilacqua, Jorge A.; Garcia, Isaac E.; Figueroa, Reinaldo; Hartley, Ricardo; Taratuto, Ana L.; Gejman, Roger; Riveros, Nora; Molgo, Jordi; Jaimovich, Enrique
    Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors (IP(3)Rs) drive calcium signals involved in skeletal muscle excitation-transcription coupling and plasticity; IP3R subtype distribution and downstream events evoked by their activation have not been studied in human muscle nor has their possible alteration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We studied the expression and localization of IP3R subtypes in normal and DMD human muscle and in normal (RCMH) and dystrophic (RCDMD) human muscle cell lines. In normal muscle, both type 1 IP(3)Rs (IP(3)R1) and type 2 IP(3)Rs (IP(3)R2) show a higher expression in type II fibers, whereas type 3 IP(3)Rs (IP(3)R3) show uniform distribution. In DMD biopsies, all fibers display a homogeneous IP(3)R2 label, whereas 24 +/- 7% of type II fibers have lost the IP(3)R1 label. RCDMD cells show 5-fold overexpression of IP(3)R2 and down-regulation of IP(3)R3 compared with RCMH cells. A tetanic stimulus induces IP3-dependent slow Ca2+ transients significantly larger and faster in RCDMD cells than in RCMH cells as well as significant ERK1/2 phosphorylation in normal but not in dystrophic cells. Excitation-driven gene expression was different among cell lines; 44 common genes were repressed in RCMH cells and expressed in RCDMD cells or vice versa. IP3-dependent Ca2+ release may play a significant role in DMD pathophysiology.-Cardenas, C., Juretic, N., Bevilacqua, J. A., Garcia, I. E., Figueroa, R., Hartley, R., Taratuto, A. L., Gejman, R., Riveros, N., Molgo, J., Jaimovich, E. Abnormal distribution of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors in human muscle can be related to altered calcium signals and gene expression in Duchenne dystrophy-derived cells. FASEB J. 24, 3210-3221 (2010). www.fasebj.org
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    Characterization of a presymptomatic stage in a Drosophila Parkinson's disease model: Unveiling dopaminergic compensatory mechanisms
    (2017) Molina-Mateo, Daniela; Fuenzalida Uribe, Nicolás Leonardo; Hidalgo, Sergio; Molina-Fernández, Claudia; Abarca, Jorge; Zárate Canales, Rafaella Victoria; Escandón, Marcela; Figueroa, Reinaldo; Tevy, María Florencia; Campusano Astorga, Jorge Mauricio
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    Muscle function decline and mitochondria changes in middle age precede sarcopenia in mice
    (2018) Del Campo, Andrea; Contreras-Hernández, Ignacio; Castro Sepúlveda, Mauricio; Campos, Cristian A.; Figueroa, Reinaldo; Tevy, María Florencia; Eisner Sagüés, Verónica Raquel; Casas, Mariana; Jaimovich, Enrique