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HUMAN X-linked Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies are due to defects in dystrophin, the product of an exceptionally large gene1,2. Although dystrophin has been characterized as a spectrin-like3 submembranous4 cytoskeletal protein, there is no experimental evidence for its function in the structural maintenance of muscle5. Current hypotheses attribute necrosis of dystrophin-less fibres in situ to mechanical weakening of the outer membrane6, to an excessive influx of Ca2+ions7,8, or to a combination of these two mechanisms, possibly mediated by stretch-sensitive ion channels9. Using hypo-osmotic shock to determine stress resistance10 and a mouse model (mdx)11,12 for the human disease, we show that functional dystrophin contributes to the stability of both cultured myotubes and isolated mature muscle fibres.
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Menke, A., Jockusch, H. Decreased osmotic stability of dystrophin-less muscle cells from the mdx mouse.Nature 349, 69–71 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/349069a0
- Received: 30 August 1990
- Accepted: 25 October 1990
- Issue Date: 03 January 1991
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/349069a0