Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

A chemical chaperone improves muscle function in mice with a RyR1 mutation

  • Chang Seok Lee,
  • Amy D. Hanna,
  • Hui Wang,
  • Adan Dagnino-Acosta,
  • Aditya D. Joshi,
  • Mark Knoblauch,
  • Yan Xia,
  • Dimitra K. Georgiou,
  • Jianjun Xu,
  • Cheng Long,
  • Hisayuki Amano,
  • Corey Reynolds,
  • Keke Dong,
  • John C. Martin,
  • William R. Lagor,
  • George G. Rodney,
  • Ergun Sahin,
  • Caroline Sewry,
  • Susan L. Hamilton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14659
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mutations in the RyR1 channel cause core myopathies. Here the authors show that ER stress and the unfolded protein response underlie the pathology caused by a common RyR1 channel mutation, and show that treatment with a chemical chaperone restores muscle function in mice.