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Myomirnas Role in Als Suggest a Crosstalk between Muscle and Motor Neuron

Version 1 : Received: 26 October 2018 / Approved: 30 October 2018 / Online: 30 October 2018 (07:15:24 CET)

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Pegoraro, V.; Merico, A.; Angelini, C. MyomiRNAs Dysregulation in ALS Rehabilitation. Brain Sci. 2019, 9, 8. Pegoraro, V.; Merico, A.; Angelini, C. MyomiRNAs Dysregulation in ALS Rehabilitation. Brain Sci. 2019, 9, 8.

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare, progressive, neurodegenerative disorder caused by degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. The disease process leads from lower motor neuron involvement to progressive muscle atrophy, weakness, fasciculations for the upper motor neuron involvement to spasticity. Muscle atrophy in ALS is caused by a dysregulation in the molecular network controlling fast and slow muscle fibres. Denervation and reinnervation processes in skeletal muscle occur in the course of ALS and are modulated by rehabilitation. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that modulate a wide range of biological functions under various pathophysiological conditions. MiRNAs can be secreted by various cell types and they are markedly stable in body fluids. MiR-1, miR-133 a, miR-133b, and miR-206 are called “myomiRs” and are considered markers of myogenesis during muscle regeneration and neuromuscular junction stabilization or sprouting. We observed a positive effect of a standard aerobic exercise rehabilitative protocol conducted for six weeks in 18 ALS patients during hospitalization in our center. We correlated clinical scales with molecular data on myomiRs. After six weeks of moderate aerobic exercise, myomiRNAs were down-regulated, suggesting an active proliferation of satellite cells in muscle and increased neuromuscular junctions. Our data suggest that circulating miRNAs modulate during skeletal muscle recovery in response to physical rehabilitation in ALS.

Keywords

ALS; ALS rehabilitation; myomiRs; circulating miRNAs; muscle; motor neuron

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Neurology

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