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- Title
Redox Homeostasis in Muscular Dystrophies.
- Authors
Mosca, Nicola; Petrillo, Sara; Bortolani, Sara; Monforte, Mauro; Ricci, Enzo; Piemonte, Fiorella; Tasca, Giorgio
- Abstract
In recent years, growing evidence has suggested a prominent role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of several early- and adult-onset muscle disorders, although effective antioxidant treatments are still lacking. Oxidative stress causes cell damage by affecting protein function, membrane structure, lipid metabolism, and DNA integrity, thus interfering with skeletal muscle homeostasis and functionality. Some features related to oxidative stress, such as chronic inflammation, defective regeneration, and mitochondrial damage are shared among most muscular dystrophies, and Nrf2 has been shown to be a central player in antagonizing redox imbalance in several of these disorders. However, the exact mechanisms leading to overproduction of reactive oxygen species and deregulation in the cellular antioxidants system seem to be, to a large extent, disease-specific, and the clarification of these mechanisms in vivo in humans is the cornerstone for the development of targeted antioxidant therapies, which will require testing in appropriately designed clinical trials.
- Subjects
MUSCULAR dystrophy; LIPID metabolism; REACTIVE oxygen species; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL muscular dystrophy; OXIDATION-reduction reaction; OXIDATIVE stress; HOMEOSTASIS; SKELETAL muscle
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2021, Vol 10, Issue 6, p1364
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells10061364