Mitochondrial dysfunction: roles in skeletal muscle atrophy

X Chen, Y Ji, R Liu, X Zhu, K Wang, X Yang… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Mitochondria play important roles in maintaining cellular homeostasis and skeletal muscle
health, and damage to mitochondria can lead to a series of pathophysiological changes …

Cannabidiol and neurodegeneration: From molecular mechanisms to clinical benefits

SK Jha, VK Nelson, PR Suryadevara, SP Panda… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are severe and …

LSD1/PRMT6-targeting gene therapy to attenuate androgen receptor toxic gain-of-function ameliorates spinobulbar muscular atrophy phenotypes in flies and mice

R Prakasam, A Bonadiman, R Andreotti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is caused by CAG expansions in the androgen
receptor gene. Androgen binding to polyQ-expanded androgen receptor triggers SBMA …

Androgen receptor coordinates muscle metabolic and contractile functions

K Ghaibour, M Schuh, S Souali‐Crespo… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Androgens are anabolic steroid hormones that exert their function by binding to
the androgen receptor (AR). We have previously established that AR deficiency in limb …

Therapeutic strategies to target the androgen receptor

W Xiang, S Wang - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The androgen receptor (AR) plays a key role in the maintenance of muscle and bone and
the support of male sexual-related functions, as well as in the progression of prostate …

A comprehensive review of protein misfolding disorders, underlying mechanism, clinical diagnosis, and therapeutic strategies

S Basha, DC Mukunda, J Rodrigues… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The most prevalent biological macromolecules in living systems are proteins,
the building block of life, extremely dynamic in structure and functions. Due to several …

Gene therapy with AR isoform 2 rescues spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy phenotype by modulating AR transcriptional activity

WF Lim, M Forouhan, TC Roberts, J Dabney… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked, adult-onset neuromuscular
condition caused by an abnormal polyglutamine (polyQ) tract expansion in androgen …

Neuromuscular junction pathology is correlated with differential motor unit vulnerability in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

E Molotsky, Y Liu, AP Lieberman, DE Merry - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked, neuromuscular
neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. The disease is characterized by a …

[HTML][HTML] An overview on androgen-mediated actions in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue

J Rizk, R Sahu, D Duteil - Steroids, 2023 - Elsevier
Androgens are a class of steroid hormones primarily associated with male sexual
development and physiology, but exert pleiotropic effects in either sex. They have a crucial …

Defective excitation-contraction coupling and mitochondrial respiration precede mitochondrial Ca2+ accumulation in spinobulbar muscular atrophy skeletal muscle

C Marchioretti, G Zanetti, M Pirazzini, G Gherardi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Polyglutamine expansion in the androgen receptor (AR) causes spinobulbar muscular
atrophy (SBMA). Skeletal muscle is a primary site of toxicity; however, the current …