We used a fluorescent dye, quin 2, to measure intracellular free calcium ([Ca++]i) in cultured skeletal muscle cells and skin fibroblasts from five Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients and from five controls. We observed an enhanced [Ca++]i level, at rest and after acetylcholine (ACh) stimulation, in DMD muscle cells, but we did not detect any difference between DMD and normal skin fibroblasts. The abnormally higher [Ca++]i transient induced by ACh suggests that it plays a critical role in muscle degeneration. The skin fibroblast results suggests that there is no generalized membrane defect.
Free cytoplasmic Ca++ at rest and after cholinergic stimulus is increased in cultured muscle cells from Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients.
MONGINI, Tiziana Enrica;GHIGO, Dario Antonio;BUSSOLINO, Federico;PESCARMONA, Gianpiero;SCHIFFER, Davide;BOSIA, Amalia
1988-01-01
Abstract
We used a fluorescent dye, quin 2, to measure intracellular free calcium ([Ca++]i) in cultured skeletal muscle cells and skin fibroblasts from five Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients and from five controls. We observed an enhanced [Ca++]i level, at rest and after acetylcholine (ACh) stimulation, in DMD muscle cells, but we did not detect any difference between DMD and normal skin fibroblasts. The abnormally higher [Ca++]i transient induced by ACh suggests that it plays a critical role in muscle degeneration. The skin fibroblast results suggests that there is no generalized membrane defect.
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