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    The Unexplored Role of Connexin Hemichannels in Promoting Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Progression
    (MDPI AG, 2025-01-04)
    Macarena Díaz-Ubilla
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    RETAMAL LUCERO, MAURICIO ANTONIO  
    <jats:p>DUX4 is typically a repressed transcription factor, but its aberrant activation in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) leads to cell death by disrupting muscle homeostasis. This disruption affects crucial processes such as myogenesis, sarcolemma integrity, gene regulation, oxidative stress, immune response, and many other biological pathways. Notably, these disrupted processes have been associated, in other pathological contexts, with the presence of connexin (Cx) hemichannels—transmembrane structures that mediate communication between the intracellular and extracellular environments. Thus, hemichannels have been implicated in skeletal muscle atrophy, as observed in human biopsies and animal models of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, and Dysferlinopathies, suggesting a potentially shared mechanism of muscle atrophy that has not yet been explored in FSHD. Despite various therapeutic strategies proposed to manage FSHD, no treatment or cure is currently available. This review summarizes the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying FSHD progression, with a focus on hormones, inflammation, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and mitochondrial function. Additionally, it explores the potential of targeting hemichannels as a therapeutic strategy to slow disease progression by preventing the spread of pathogenic factors between muscle cells.</jats:p>
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    Role of ROS/RNS in Preeclampsia: Are Connexins the Missing Piece?
    (2020)
    María F. Rozas-Villanueva
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    Paola Casanello
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    MAURICIO ANTONIO RETAMAL LUCERO
    <jats:p>Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication that appears after 20 weeks of gestation and is characterized by hypertension and proteinuria, affecting both mother and offspring. The cellular and molecular mechanisms that cause the development of preeclampsia are poorly understood. An important feature of preeclampsia is an increase in oxygen and nitrogen derived free radicals (reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), which seem to be central players setting the development and progression of preeclampsia. Cell-to-cell communication may be disrupted as well. Connexins (Cxs), a family of transmembrane proteins that form hemichannels and gap junction channels (GJCs), are essential in paracrine and autocrine cell communication, allowing the movement of signaling molecules between cells as well as between the cytoplasm and the extracellular media. GJCs and hemichannels are fundamental for communication between endothelial and smooth muscle cells and, therefore, in the control of vascular contraction and relaxation. In systemic vasculature, the activity of GJCs and hemichannels is modulated by ROS and RNS. Cxs participate in the development of the placenta and are expressed in placental vasculature. However, it is unknown whether Cxs are modulated by ROS/RNS in the placenta, or whether this potential modulation contributes to the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Our review addresses the possible role of Cxs in preeclampsia, and the plausible modulation of Cxs-formed channels by ROS and RNS. We suggest these factors may contribute to the development of preeclampsia.</jats:p>
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