Post-translational Modification in Muscular Dystrophies. 2022

Martina Sandonà, and Valentina Saccone
Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.

Muscular dystrophies are a complex group of inherited neuromuscular disorders that progressively lead to a loss of muscle fibers and mobility and muscle weakness; over time, they evolve to an increasing level of disability. Muscular dystrophies are mostly caused by genetic mutations in proteins responsible for maintaining sarcolemma structures, such as an absence or reductions of dystrophin expression, conditions which are strictly related to muscular disorders that affect most people with this disease. Along the years, with the recent advances in the understanding of muscular dystrophies, it has been shown that many changes in Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs) of muscle proteins are associated with muscular dystrophies, wherein pathogenic alterations in the modulation of these muscle proteins are directly related to the incidence of this disease. An increase in the identification of the genetic bases and molecular mechanisms involved in the most common form of muscular dystrophies, including PTMs changes, holds potential to develop new therapeutic approaches. In this chapter we will describe the most common muscular dystrophies and changes in PTM processes such as phosphorylation and glycosylation that are very important in the evolution of the disease, highlighting the lack of mass spectrometry-based (MS-based) studies of these PTMs, suggesting that the application of this technique could reveal important informations about the molecular mechanisms of muscular dystrophies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009124 Muscle Proteins The protein constituents of muscle, the major ones being ACTINS and MYOSINS. More than a dozen accessory proteins exist including TROPONIN; TROPOMYOSIN; and DYSTROPHIN. Muscle Protein,Protein, Muscle,Proteins, Muscle
D009136 Muscular Dystrophies A heterogeneous group of inherited MYOPATHIES, characterized by wasting and weakness of the SKELETAL MUSCLE. They are categorized by the sites of MUSCLE WEAKNESS; AGE OF ONSET; and INHERITANCE PATTERNS. Muscular Dystrophy,Myodystrophica,Myodystrophy,Dystrophies, Muscular,Dystrophy, Muscular,Myodystrophicas,Myodystrophies
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D011499 Protein Processing, Post-Translational Any of various enzymatically catalyzed post-translational modifications of PEPTIDES or PROTEINS in the cell of origin. These modifications include carboxylation; HYDROXYLATION; ACETYLATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; METHYLATION; GLYCOSYLATION; ubiquitination; oxidation; proteolysis; and crosslinking and result in changes in molecular weight and electrophoretic motility. Amino Acid Modification, Post-Translational,Post-Translational Modification,Post-Translational Protein Modification,Posttranslational Modification,Protein Modification, Post-Translational,Amino Acid Modification, Posttranslational,Post-Translational Amino Acid Modification,Post-Translational Modifications,Post-Translational Protein Processing,Posttranslational Amino Acid Modification,Posttranslational Modifications,Posttranslational Protein Processing,Protein Processing, Post Translational,Protein Processing, Posttranslational,Amino Acid Modification, Post Translational,Modification, Post-Translational,Modification, Post-Translational Protein,Modification, Posttranslational,Modifications, Post-Translational,Modifications, Post-Translational Protein,Modifications, Posttranslational,Post Translational Amino Acid Modification,Post Translational Modification,Post Translational Modifications,Post Translational Protein Modification,Post Translational Protein Processing,Post-Translational Protein Modifications,Processing, Post-Translational Protein,Processing, Posttranslational Protein,Protein Modification, Post Translational,Protein Modifications, Post-Translational
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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