TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of gene targeting for compromising energy homeostasis in neuro-muscular tissues
T2 - The role of sarcomeric mitochondrial creatine kinase
AU - Steeghs, Karen
AU - Heerschap, Arend
AU - De Haan, Arnold
AU - Ruitenbeek, Wim
AU - Oerlemans, Frank
AU - Van Deursen, Jan
AU - Perryman, Benjamin
AU - Pette, Dirk
AU - Brückwilder, Marloes
AU - Koudijs, Jolande
AU - Paul, Jap
AU - Wieringa, Bé
PY - 1997/1
Y1 - 1997/1
N2 - We have introduced a single knock-out mutation in the mitochondrial creatine kinase gene (ScCKmit) in the mouse germ line via targeted mutagenesis in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. Surprisingly, ScCKmit -/- muscles, unlike muscles of mice with a deficiency of cytosolic M-type creatine kinase (M-CK -/-; Van Deursen et al. (1993) Cell 74, 621-631), display no altered morphology, performance or oxidative phosphorylation capacity. Also, the levels of high energy phosphate metabolites were essentially unaltered in ScCKmit mutants. Our results challenge some of the present concepts about the strict coupling between CKmit function and aerobic respiration.
AB - We have introduced a single knock-out mutation in the mitochondrial creatine kinase gene (ScCKmit) in the mouse germ line via targeted mutagenesis in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. Surprisingly, ScCKmit -/- muscles, unlike muscles of mice with a deficiency of cytosolic M-type creatine kinase (M-CK -/-; Van Deursen et al. (1993) Cell 74, 621-631), display no altered morphology, performance or oxidative phosphorylation capacity. Also, the levels of high energy phosphate metabolites were essentially unaltered in ScCKmit mutants. Our results challenge some of the present concepts about the strict coupling between CKmit function and aerobic respiration.
KW - creatine kinase
KW - energy homeostasis
KW - gene targeting
KW - mitochondria
KW - muscle physiology
KW - oxidative phosphorylation
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U2 - 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00124-0
DO - 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00124-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 9125373
AN - SCOPUS:18844463016
SN - 0165-0270
VL - 71
SP - 29
EP - 41
JO - Journal of Neuroscience Methods
JF - Journal of Neuroscience Methods
IS - 1
ER -