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We hypothesized that a mutation in the turkey skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor alpha isoform (alphaRYR) underlies turkey meat quality problems which are strikingly similar to pale, soft, exudative (PSE) pork. RT-PCR analysis of turkey alphaRYR mRNA covering amino acids 376 to 615 (numbered according to the human sequence) revealed at least three transcript variants. One transcript was homologous to the mammalian skeletal muscle RYR1 sequence in this region. The second transcript variant (AS-81) was characterized by the absence of 81 bases located at the beginning of exon 13, while the third transcript variant (AS-193) carried a deletion of 193 bases, corresponding to the entire exon 13. Two alphaRYR genomic DNA alleles (alphaRYR-I and alphaRYR-II) carrying the region of deletions in the turkey cDNA sequences were identified. Nucleotide sequence analysis demonstrated that the two alleles are identical in exon sequences but different in intron sequences. Comparison of genomic and cDNA sequences indicated that both AS-81 and AS-193 transcript variants probably arose via alternative splicing. Consistent with this mechanism, the last eight nucleotides of the 81 bases form a consensus sequence for a splice acceptor site. Both alleles could give rise to the AS-81 and AS-193 transcript variants via alternative splicing. Birds homozygous for alphaRYR-II tended to have superior meat quality indicators including significantly higher muscle pH at 15-min post mortem and lower muscle exudate at 24-h post mortem, compared to birds homozygous for alphaRYR-I.
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PMID:Identification of two alphaRYR alleles and characterization of alphaRYR transcript variants in turkey skeletal muscle. 1508 37

Mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene are associated with a wide range of phenotypes, comprising central core disease and distinct subgroups of multi-minicore disease. We report muscle MRI findings of 11 patients from eight families with RYR1 mutations (n=9) or confirmed linkage to the RYR1 locus (n=2). Patients had clinical features of a congenital myopathy with a wide variety of associated histopathological changes. Muscle MR images showed a consistent pattern characterized by (a) within the thigh: selective involvement of vasti, sartorius, adductor magnus and relative sparing of rectus, gracilis and adductor longus; (b) within the lower leg: selective involvement of soleus, gastrocnemii and peroneal group and relative sparing of the tibialis anterior. Our findings indicate that patients with RYR1-related congenital myopathies have a recognizable pattern of muscle involvement irrespective of the variability of associated histopathological findings. Muscle MRI may supplement clinical assessment and aid selection of genetic tests particularly in patients with non-diagnostic or equivocal histopathological features.
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PMID:Magnetic resonance imaging of muscle in congenital myopathies associated with RYR1 mutations. 1556 33

Malignant hyperthermia (MH) and central core disease (CCD) are caused by mutations in the RYR1 gene encoding the skeletal muscle isoform of the ryanodine receptor (RyR1), a homotetrameric Ca(2+) release channel. Rabbit RyR1 mutant cDNAs carrying mutations corresponding to those in human RyR1 that cause MH and CCD were expressed in HEK-293 cells, which do not have endogenous RyR, and in primary cultures of rat skeletal muscle, which express rat RyR1. Analysis of intracellular Ca(2+) pools was performed using aequorin probes targeted to the lumen of the endo/sarcoplasmic reticulum (ER/SR), to the mitochondrial matrix, or to the cytosol. Mutations associated with MH caused alterations in intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis different from those associated with CCD. Measurements of luminal ER/SR Ca(2+) revealed that the mutations generated leaky channels in all cases, but the leak was particularly pronounced in CCD mutants. Cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca(2+) transients induced by caffeine stimulation were drastically augmented in the MH mutant, slightly reduced in one CCD mutant (Y523S) and completely abolished in another (I4898T). The results suggest that local Ca(2+) derangements of different degrees account for the specific cellular phenotypes of the two disorders.
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PMID:Ca2+ signaling in HEK-293 and skeletal muscle cells expressing recombinant ryanodine receptors harboring malignant hyperthermia and central core disease mutations. 1568 21

We analysed the clinical, histochemical, ultrastructural and genetic data of patients affected by central core disease (CCD) studied during the last 20 years. From a total series of 86 CCD-families, we have identified 46 CCD families with RYR1 mutations (16 autosomal dominant, 8 autosomal recessive, 17 sporadic cases and 5 de novo mutations). Out of the other 40 CCD families, the RyR1 gene was entirely excluded in 7 families, by cDNA sequencing or linkage analysis, indicating a genetic heterogeneity of CCD.
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PMID:Clinical and histopathological aspects of central core disease associated and non-associated with RYR1 locus. 1655 Sep 18

We have characterized at the molecular level, three families with core myopathies carrying apparent recessive mutations in their RYR1 gene and studied the pharmacological properties of myotubes carrying endogenous mutations as well as the properties of mutant channels expressed in HEK293 cells. The proband of family 1 carried p.Ala1577Thr+p.Gly2060Cys in trans, having inherited a mutation from each parent. Immunoblot analysis of proteins from the patient's skeletal muscle revealed low levels of ryanodine receptor (RyR1) but neither substitution alone or in combination affected the functional properties of RyR1 channels in a discernable way. Two affected siblings in family 2 carried p.Arg109Trp+p.Met485Val substitutions in cis, inherited from the unaffected father. Interestingly, both affected siblings only transcribed the mutated paternal allele in skeletal muscle, whereas the maternal allele was silent. Single-channel measurements showed that recombinant, mutant RyR1 channels carrying both substitutions lost the ability to conduct Ca2+. In this case as well, low levels of RyR1 were present in skeletal muscle extracts. The proband of family 3 carried p.Ser71Tyr+p.Asn2283His substitutions in trans. Recombinant channels with Asn2283His substitution showed an increased activity, whereas recombinant channels with p.Ser71Tyr+p.Asn2283His substitution lost activity upon isolation. Taken together, our data suggest major differences in the ways RYR1 mutations may affect patients with core myopathies, by compromising RyR1 protein expression, stability and/or activity.
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PMID:Characterization of recessive RYR1 mutations in core myopathies. 1694 Mar 8

We have demonstrated recently that CICR (Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release) activity of RyR1 (ryanodine receptor 1) is held to a low level in mammalian skeletal muscle ('suppression' of the channel) and that this is largely caused by the interdomain interaction within RyR1 [Murayama, Oba, Kobayashi, Ikemoto and Ogawa (2005) Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 288, C1222-C1230]. To test the hypothesis that aberration of this suppression mechanism is involved in the development of channel dysfunctions in MH (malignant hyperthermia), we investigated properties of the RyR1 channels from normal and MHS (MH-susceptible) pig skeletal muscles with an Arg615-->Cys mutation using [3H]ryanodine binding, single-channel recordings and SR (sarcoplasmic reticulum) Ca2+ release. The RyR1 channels from MHS muscle (RyR1MHS) showed enhanced CICR activity compared with those from the normal muscle (RyR1N), although there was little or no difference in the sensitivity to several ligands tested (Ca2+, Mg2+ and adenine nucleotide), nor in the FKBP12 (FK506-binding protein 12) regulation. DP4, a domain peptide matching the Leu2442-Pro2477 region of RyR1 which was reported to activate the Ca2+ channel by weakening the interdomain interaction, activated the RyR1N channel in a concentration-dependent manner, and the highest activity of the affected channel reached a level comparable with that of the RyR1MHS channel with no added peptide. The addition of DP4 to the RyR1MHS channel produced virtually no further effect on the channel activity. These results suggest that stimulation of the RyR1MHS channel caused by affected inter-domain interaction between regions 1 and 2 is an underlying mechanism for dysfunction of Ca2+ homoeostasis seen in the MH phenotype.
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PMID:Postulated role of interdomain interaction between regions 1 and 2 within type 1 ryanodine receptor in the pathogenesis of porcine malignant hyperthermia. 1710 40

Central core disease (CCD) and multi-minicore disease (MmD) are muscle disorders characterized by foci of mitochondria depletion and sarcomere disorganization ("cores") in muscle fibers. Although core myopathies are the most frequent congenital myopathies, their pathogenesis remains elusive and specific diagnostic markers are lacking. Core myopathies are mostly caused by mutations in 2 sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins: the massive Ca-release channel RyR1 or the selenoprotein N (SelN) of unknown function. To search for distinctive markers and to obtain further pathophysiological insight, we identified the molecular defects in 12 core myopathy patients and analyzed the immunolocalization of 6 proteins of the Ca-release complex in their muscle biopsies. In 7 cases with RYR1 mutations (6 CCD, one MmD), RyR1 was depleted from the cores; in contrast, the other proteins of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (calsequestrin, SERCA1/2, and triadin) and the T-tubule (dihydropyridine receptor-alpha1subunit) accumulated within or around the lesions, suggesting an original modification of the Ca-release complex protein arrangement. Conversely, all Ca-related proteins were distributed normally in 5 MmD cases with SelN mutations. Our results provide an appropriate tool to orientate the differential and molecular diagnosis of core myopathies and suggest that different pathophysiological mechanisms lead to core formation in SelN- and in RyR1-related core myopathies.
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PMID:Abnormal distribution of calcium-handling proteins: a novel distinctive marker in core myopathies. 1720 37

A novel single-nucleotide deletion in exon 100 of the RYR1 gene, corresponding to deletion of nucleotide 14,510 in the human RyR1 mRNA (c14510delA), was identified in a man with malignant hyperthermia and in his two daughters who were normal for malignant hyperthermia. This deletion results in a RyR1 protein lacking the last 202 amino acid residues. All three subjects heterozygotic for the mutated allele presented with a prevalence of type 1 fibres with central cores, although none experienced clinical signs of myopathy. Expression of the truncated protein resulted in non-functional RYR1 calcium release channels. Expression of wild-type and RyR1(R4836fsX4838) proteins resulted in heterozygotic release channels with overall functional properties similar to those of wild-type RyR1 channels. Nevertheless, small differences in sensitivity to calcium and caffeine were observed in heterotetrameric channels, which also presented an altered assembly/stability in sucrose-gradient centrifugation analysis. Altogether, these data suggest that altered RYR1 tetramer assembly/stability coupled with subtle chronic changes in Ca2+ homoeostasis over the long term may contribute to the development of core lesions and incomplete malignant hyperthermia susceptibility penetrance in individuals carrying this novel RYR1 mutation.
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PMID:A truncation in the RYR1 gene associated with central core lesions in skeletal muscle fibres. 1729 38

Centronuclear myopathy is a genetically heterogeneous congenital myopathy. Whilst mutations in the myotubularin (MTM1) gene are implicated in the X-linked variant, mutations in the dynamin 2 (DNM2) gene have been recently associated with dominant inheritance. We report a 16-year-old girl with clinical features of a congenital myopathy and external ophthalmoplegia. Multiple central nuclei affecting up to 50% of fibres and central accumulation of oxidative enzyme stains were the most prominent findings on muscle biopsy obtained at 1 year. However, some core-like areas appeared on repeat biopsy 8 years later; in addition, muscle MRI was compatible with the pattern we previously reported in patients with mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene. Mutational analysis identified a de novo dominant RYR1 missense mutation (c.12335C>T; Ser4112Leu) affecting a highly conserved domain of the protein. Our findings expand the phenotypical spectrum associated with RYR1 mutations and indicate that RYR1 screening should be considered in centronuclear myopathy patients without MTM1 or DNM2 mutations; muscle MRI may aid selection of appropriate genetic testing.
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PMID:Centronuclear myopathy due to a de novo dominant mutation in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene. 1737 85

Dominant mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene are well-recognized causes of both malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS) and central core disease (CCD). More recently, recessive RYR1 mutations have been described in few congenital myopathy patients with variable pathology, including multi-minicores. Although a clinical overlap between patients with dominant and recessive RYR1 mutations exists, in most cases with recessive mutations the pattern of muscle weakness is remarkably different from that observed in dominant CCD. In order to characterize the spectrum of congenital myopathies associated with RYR1 mutations, we have investigated a cohort of 44 patients from 28 families with clinical and/or histopathological features suggestive of RYR1 involvement. We have identified 25 RYR1 mutations, 9 of them novel, including 12 dominant and 13 recessive mutations. With only one exception, dominant mutations were associated with a CCD phenotype, prominent cores and predominantly occurred in the RYR1 C-terminal exons 101 and 102. In contrast, the 13 recessive RYR1 mutations were distributed evenly along the entire RYR1 gene and were associated with a wide range of clinico-pathological phenotypes. Protein expression studies in nine cases suggested a correlation between specific mutations, RyR1 protein levels and resulting phenotype: in particular, whilst patients with dominant or recessive mutations associated with typical CCD phenotypes appeared to have normal RyR1 expression, individuals with more generalized weakness, multi-minicores and external ophthalmoplegia had a pronounced depletion of the RyR1 protein. The phenomenon of protein depletion was observed in some patients compound heterozygous for recessive mutations at the genomic level and silenced another allele in skeletal muscle, providing additional information on the mechanism of disease in these patients. Our data represent the most extensive study of RYR1-related myopathies and indicate complex genotype-phenotype correlations associated with mutations differentially affecting assembly and function of the RyR1 calcium release channel.
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PMID:Molecular mechanisms and phenotypic variation in RYR1-related congenital myopathies. 1748 90


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