Christopher Perry

Dr. Christopher Perry

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Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at York University in Toronto, ON, Canada

Associate Director of the Muscle Health Research Centre at York University in Toronto, ON, Canada


NMD4C Involvement: Pillar 1: Preclinical Science

Research Interests: mitochondria, muscle, Duchenne, neuromuscular disease, muscle weakness, reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, redox biology, metabolism

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Biography

Dr. Christopher Perry is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science and Associate Director of the Muscle Health Research Centre at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His laboratory aims to understand how mitochondrial stress contributes to muscle weakness in a variety of disorders including Duchenne muscular dystrophy.  

Ongoing work examines how certain muscles demonstrate dynamic resliency during cancer in an attempt to slow the progression of muscle weakness. Our team has also identified several compounds that partially restore muscle health in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy by preserving mitochondrial metabolism. The lab also investigates how exercise improves muscle metabolism in humans and uses this information as the ‘mechanistic template’ for restoring healthy muscle function in diseases.  

By working with clinical and industrial partners, the ultimate goal of the lab is to identify metabolic and redox stress-based mechanisms of muscle weakness and apply these findings towards the development of therapeutics that may help people improve muscle health, functional independence and quality of life. 

 


Recent Publications

Tsitkanou, S, Morena da Silva, F, Cabrera, AR, Schrems, ER, Muhyudin, R, Koopmans, PJ et al.. Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024. PMID:39344417

Hughes, MC, Ramos, SV, Brahmbhatt, AN, Turnbull, PC, Polidovitch, NN, Garibotti, MC et al.. Mitohormesis during advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy reveals a redox-sensitive creatine pathway that can be enhanced by the mitochondrial-targeting peptide SBT-20. Redox Biol. 2024.76 103319 PMID:39178732

Gandhi, S, Sweeney, G, Perry, CGR. Recent Advances in Pre-Clinical Development of Adiponectin Receptor Agonist Therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Biomedicines. 2024.12 (7) PMID:39061981

Gandhi, S, Sweeney, HL, Hart, CC, Han, R, Perry, CGR. Cardiomyopathy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the Potential for Mitochondrial Therapeutics to Improve Treatment Response. Cells. 2024.13 (14) PMID:39056750

Ogilvie, LM, Delfinis, LJ, Coyle-Asbil, B, Vudatha, V, Alshamali, R, Garlisi, B et al.. Cardiac Atrophy, Dysfunction, and Metabolic Impairments: A Cancer-Induced Cardiomyopathy Phenotype. Am J Pathol. 2024.194 (10)1823-1843 PMID:39032600

Gottlieb, D, Abushamat, LA, Nadeau, KJ, Regensteiner, JG, Reusch, JEB, Tommerdahl, KL et al.. Muscle mitochondrial function is impaired in adults with type 1 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications. 2024.38 (8)108798 PMID:38991492

Delfinis, LJ, Ogilvie, LM, Khajehzadehshoushtar, S, Gandhi, S, Garibotti, MC, Thuhan, AK et al.. Muscle weakness and mitochondrial stress occur before severe metastasis in a novel mouse model of ovarian cancer cachexia. Mol Metab. 2024.86 101976 PMID:38925248

Martin, G, Al-Sajee, D, Gingrich, M, Chattha, R, Akcan, M, Monaco, CMF et al.. Skeletal muscle mitochondrial morphology negatively affected in mice lacking Xin. Biochem Cell Biol. 2024.102 (5)373-384 PMID:38843556

Rebalka, IA, Noguchi, KS, Bulyovsky, KR, Badour, MI, Juracic, ES, Barrett, K et al.. Targeting skeletal muscle health with exercise in people with type 1 diabetes: A protocol for HOMET1D, a prospective observational trial with matched controls. PLoS One. 2024.19 (5)e0303448 PMID:38776307

Delfinis, LJ, Ogilvie, LM, Khajehzadehshoushtar, S, Gandhi, S, Garibotti, MC, Thuhan, AK et al.. Muscle weakness and mitochondrial stress occur before metastasis in a novel mouse model of ovarian cancer cachexia. bioRxiv. 2024. PMID:38645227

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