Figure 4.

Components of the dystrophin-associated protein complex are restored in mdx mice treated with rAAV.micro-dystrophin gene transfer. mdx mice treated with rAAV8.micro-dystrophin delivered by ILP (8 week time point) were serial sectioned and stained with manex1a antibody for dystrophin, α-sarcoglycan, β-sarcoglycan, and H &E. Muscle fibers transduced with micro-dystrophin also exhibited restoration of expression of α-sarcoglycan and β-sarcoglycan (no staining in untreated mdx mice – bottom row). Muscle fibers from serial sections exhibited identical expression localization for each protein (arrow).