Muscle-specific increased expression of <i>JAG1</i> improves skeletal muscle phenotype in dystrophin-deficient mice.

ABSTRACT: Therapeutic strategies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) will likely require complementary approaches. One possibility is to explore genetic modifiers that improve muscle regeneration and function. The beneficial effects of the overexpression of Jagged-1 were described in escaper golden retriever muscular dystrophy (GRMD) dogs that had a near-normal life and validated in dystrophin-deficient zebrafish (1). To clarify the underlying biology of JAG1 overexpression in dystrophic muscles, we generated a transgenic mouse (mdx^5cv-JAG1) model that lacks dystrophin and overexpresses human JAG1 in striated muscles. Skeletal muscles from mdx^5cv-JAG1 and mdx^5cv mice were studied at one, four, and twelve-month time points. JAG1 ex

SUBMITTER: de Souza Leite F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11952387 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature