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Human Molecular Genetics Advance Access published online on August 15, 2005
Human Molecular Genetics, doi:10.1093/hmg/ddi307
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved
Received June 22, 2005
Revised August 5, 2005
Accepted August 5, 2005

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Mice Lacking COX10 in Skeletal Muscle Recapitulate the Phenotype of Progressive Mitochondrial Myopathies Associated with Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency

Francisca Diaz 1, Christine K. Thomas 2, Sofia Garcia 1, Dayami Hernandez 1, and Carlos T. Moraes 3

1 Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, Florida, 33136 USA
2 The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, Florida, 33136 USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, Florida, 33136 USA
3 Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, Florida, 33136 USA; Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, Florida, 33136 USA


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We have created a mouse model with an isolated cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency by disrupting the COX10 gene in skeletal muscle. Missense mutations in COX10 have been previously associated with mitochondrial disorders. Cox10p is a protoheme:heme O farnesyl transferase required for the synthesis of heme a, the prosthetic group of the catalytic center of COX. COX10 conditional knockout mice were generated by crossing a LoxP-tagged COX10 mouse with a transgenic mouse expressing cre recombinase under the myosin light chain 1f promoter. The COX10 knockout mice were healthy until approximately 3 months of age, when they started developing a slowly progressive myopathy. Surprisingly, even though COX activity in COX10 KO muscles was <5% of control muscle at 2 months, these muscles were still able to contract at 60% of control maximal forces and showed only a 10% increase in fatigability, and no signs of oxidative damage or apoptosis were detected. However, the myopathy worsened with time, particularly in female animals. This COX10 KO mouse allowed us to correlate the muscle function with residual COX activity, an estimate that can help predict the progression pattern of human mitochondrial myopathies.


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