Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

MYTHO is a novel regulator of skeletal muscle autophagy and integrity

  • Jean-Philippe Leduc-Gaudet,
  • Anais Franco-Romero,
  • Marina Cefis,
  • Alaa Moamer,
  • Felipe E. Broering,
  • Giulia Milan,
  • Roberta Sartori,
  • Tomer Jordi Chaffer,
  • Maude Dulac,
  • Vincent Marcangeli,
  • Dominique Mayaki,
  • Laurent Huck,
  • Anwar Shams,
  • José A. Morais,
  • Elise Duchesne,
  • Hanns Lochmuller,
  • Marco Sandri,
  • Sabah N. A. Hussain,
  • Gilles Gouspillou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36817-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Here, the authors identify a novel regulator of autophagy, skeletal muscle mass and integrity named MYTHO. Silencing MYTHO protects against muscle atrophy in a wide range of acute catabolic conditions, while prolonged silencing causes a severe myopathy.