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Research Article| Volume 64, ISSUE 1, P21-32, April 1984

A study of platelet protein phosphorylation in duchenne muscular dystrophy

Further evidence against the generalised membrane defect theory
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510X(84)90052-2
A study of platelet protein phosphorylation in duchenne muscular dystrophy
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      Abstract

      As a test of the generalised defect theory for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), basal and calcium-dependent platelet protein phosphorylation was examined in order to determine if the increased concentration of calcium in DMD skeletal muscle is reflected in DMD platelets.
      Protein phosphorylation was quantitated by gradient slab gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. The number of phosphoproteins in each phosphoprotein peak was determined by comparison with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Many phosphoprotein peaks were present in unstimulated platelet preparations both in whole platelet homogenates and in intact platelets. Two of these phosphoprotein peaks were calciumdependent, one was a single phosphoprotein, the other consisted of 4 phosphoproteins. No disease-related differences were observed in either basal or calcium-stimulated phosphoproteins.
      These results do not support previous reports of platelet abnormalities in DMD, and provide further evidence that the biochemical defect in Duchenne muscular dystrophy is neither generalised nor a membrane defect. The biochemical defect in DMD should be regarded as a skeletal muscle abnormality until proved otherwise.

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      ☆This work was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510X(84)90052-2

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