| Literature DB >> 16254211 |
Ami Mankodi1, Xiaoyan Lin, Burns C Blaxall, Maurice S Swanson, Charles A Thornton.
Abstract
The disease mechanism underlying myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) pathogenesis in skeletal muscle may involve sequestration of RNA binding proteins in nuclear foci of expanded poly(CUG) RNA. Here we report evidence for a parallel mechanism in the heart. Accumulation of expanded poly(CUG) RNA in nuclear foci is associated with sequestration of muscleblind proteins and abnormal regulation of alternative splicing in DM1 cardiac muscle. A toxic effect of RNA with an expanded repeat may contribute to cardiac disease in DM1.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16254211 DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000193598.89753.e3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Circ Res ISSN: 0009-7330 Impact factor: 17.367