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Delafenêtre A, Chapotte-Baldacci CA, Dorémus L, Massouridès E, Bernard M, Régnacq M, Piquereau J, Chatelier A, Cognard C, Pinset C, Sebille S. Duchenne muscular dystrophy skeletal muscle cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells recapitulate various calcium dysregulation pathways. Cell Calcium 2024; 123:102943. [PMID: 39154623 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2024] [Revised: 07/23/2024] [Accepted: 08/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked progressive muscle degenerative disease, caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene and resulting in premature death. As a major secondary event, an abnormal elevation of the intracellular calcium concentration in the dystrophin-deficient muscle contributes to disease progression in DMD. In this study, we investigated the specific functional features of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived muscle cells (hiPSC-skMCs) generated from DMD patients to regulate intracellular calcium concentration. As compared to healthy hiPSC-skMCs, DMD hiPSC-skMCs displayed specific spontaneous calcium signatures with high levels of intracellular calcium concentration. Furthermore, stimulations with electrical field or with acetylcholine perfusion induced higher calcium response in DMD hiPSC-skMCs as compared to healthy cells. Finally, Mn2+ quenching experiments demonstrated high levels of constitutive calcium entries in DMD hiPSC-skMCs as compared to healthy cells. Our findings converge on the fact that DMD hiPSC-skMCs display intracellular calcium dysregulation as demonstrated in several other models. Observed calcium disorders associated with RNAseq analysis on these DMD cells highlighted some mechanisms, such as spontaneous and activated sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) releases or constitutive calcium entries, known to be disturbed in other dystrophin-deficient models. However, store operated calcium entries (SOCEs) were not found to be dysregulated in our DMD hiPSC-skMCs model. These results suggest that all the mechanisms of calcium impairment observed in other animal models may not be as pronounced in humans and could point to a preference for certain mechanisms that could correspond to major molecular targets for DMD therapies.
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- PRETI laboratory, University of Poitiers, France
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Du X, Weng X, Lyu B, Zhao L, Wang H. Localized calcium transients in phragmoplast regulate cytokinesis of tobacco BY-2 cells. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2024; 43:97. [PMID: 38488911 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03181-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE Plants exhibit a unique pattern of cytosolic Ca2+ dynamics to correlate with microtubules to regulate cytokinesis, which significantly differs from those observed in animal and yeast cells. Calcium (Ca2+) transients mediated signaling is known to be essential in cytokinesis across eukaryotic cells. However, the detailed spatiotemporal dynamics of Ca2+ during plant cytokinesis remain largely unexplored. In this study, we employed GCaMP5, a genetically encoded Ca2+ sensor, to investigate cytokinetic Ca2+ transients during cytokinesis in Nicotiana tabacum Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells. We validated the effectiveness of GCaMP5 to capture fluctuations in intracellular free Ca2+ in transgenic BY-2 cells. Our results reveal that Ca2+ dynamics during BY-2 cell cytokinesis are distinctly different from those observed in embryonic and yeast cells. It is characterized by an initial significant Ca2+ spike within the phragmoplast region. This spike is followed by a decrease in Ca2+ concentration at the onset of cytokinesis in phragmoplast, which then remains elevated in comparison to the cytosolic Ca2+ until the completion of cell plate formation. At the end of cytokinesis, Ca2+ becomes uniformly distributed in the cytosol. This pattern contrasts with the typical dual waves of Ca2+ spikes observed during cytokinesis in animal embryonic cells and fission yeasts. Furthermore, applications of pharmaceutical inhibitors for either Ca2+ or microtubules revealed a close correlation between Ca2+ transients and microtubule organization in the regulation of cytokinesis. Collectively, our findings highlight the unique dynamics and crucial role of Ca2+ transients during plant cell cytokinesis, and provides new insights into plant cell division mechanisms.
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- Xiaojuan Du
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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Ichise N, Sato T, Fusagawa H, Yamazaki H, Kudo T, Ogon I, Tohse N. Ultrastructural Assessment and Proteomic Analysis in Myofibrillogenesis in the Heart Primordium After Heartbeat Initiation in Rats. Front Physiol 2022; 13:907924. [PMID: 35615667 PMCID: PMC9124805 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.907924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Myofibrillogenesis is an essential process for cardiogenesis and is closely related to excitation-contraction coupling and the maintenance of heartbeat. It remains unclear whether the formation of myofibrils and sarcomeres is associated with heartbeat initiation in the early embryonic heart development. Here, we investigated the association between the ultrastructure of myofibrils assessed by transmission electron microscopy and their proteomic profiling assessed by data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS) in the rat heart primordia before and after heartbeat initiation at embryonic day 10.0, when heartbeat begins in rats, and in the primitive heart tube at embryonic day 11.0. Bundles of myofilaments were scattered in a few cells of the heart primordium after heartbeat initiation, whereas there were no typical sarcomeres in the heart primordia both before and after heartbeat initiation. Sarcomeres with Z-lines were identified in cells of the primitive heart tube, though myofilaments were not aligned. DIA-MS proteome analysis revealed that only 43 proteins were significantly upregulated by more than 2.0 fold among a total of 7,762 detected proteins in the heart primordium after heartbeat initiation compared with that before heartbeat initiation. Indeed, of those upregulated proteins, 12 (27.9%) were constituent proteins of myofibrils and 10 (23.3%) were proteins that were accessories and regulators for myofibrillogenesis, suggesting that upregulated proteins that are associated with heartbeat initiation were enriched in myofibrillogenesis. Collectively, our results suggest that the establishment of heartbeat is induced by development of bundles of myofilaments with upregulated proteins associated with myofibrillogensis, whereas sarcomeres are not required for the initial heartbeat.
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- Nobutoshi Ichise
- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Tatsuya Sato,
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- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Chapotte-Baldacci CA, Cognard C, Bois P, Chatelier A, Sebille S. Handling a mature calcium signature through optogenetics improves the differentiation of primary murine myotubes. Cell Calcium 2022; 103:102546. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Meyer P, Notarnicola C, Meli AC, Matecki S, Hugon G, Salvador J, Khalil M, Féasson L, Cances C, Cottalorda J, Desguerre I, Cuisset JM, Sabouraud P, Lacampagne A, Chevassus H, Rivier F, Carnac G. Skeletal Ryanodine Receptors Are Involved in Impaired Myogenic Differentiation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12985. [PMID: 34884796 PMCID: PMC8657486 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by progressive muscle wasting following repeated muscle damage and inadequate regeneration. Impaired myogenesis and differentiation play a major role in DMD as well as intracellular calcium (Ca2+) mishandling. Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum is mostly mediated by the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RYR1) that is required for skeletal muscle differentiation in animals. The study objective was to determine whether altered RYR1-mediated Ca2+ release contributes to myogenic differentiation impairment in DMD patients. The comparison of primary cultured myoblasts from six boys with DMD and five healthy controls highlighted delayed myoblast differentiation in DMD. Silencing RYR1 expression using specific si-RNA in a healthy control induced a similar delayed differentiation. In DMD myotubes, resting intracellular Ca2+ concentration was increased, but RYR1-mediated Ca2+ release was not changed compared with control myotubes. Incubation with the RYR-calstabin interaction stabilizer S107 decreased resting Ca2+ concentration in DMD myotubes to control values and improved calstabin1 binding to the RYR1 complex. S107 also improved myogenic differentiation in DMD. Furthermore, intracellular Ca2+ concentration was correlated with endomysial fibrosis, which is the only myopathologic parameter associated with poor motor outcome in patients with DMD. This suggested a potential relationship between RYR1 dysfunction and motor impairment. Our study highlights RYR1-mediated Ca2+ leakage in human DMD myotubes and its key role in myogenic differentiation impairment. RYR1 stabilization may be an interesting adjunctive therapeutic strategy in DMD.
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- Pierre Meyer
- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
- Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases AOC, Clinical Investigation Centre, Pediatric Neurology Department, Montpellier University Hospital, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
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- Clinical Investigation Center, Montpellier University Hospital, 34000 Montpellier, France; (M.K.); (H.C.)
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- Myology Unit, Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases Euro-NmD, Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Sciences—EA7424, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France;
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- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases AOC, Pediatric Neurology Department, Toulouse University Hospital, 3100 Toulouse, France;
- Pediatric Clinical Research Unit, Pediatric Multi-thematic Module CIC 1436, Toulouse Children’s Hospital, 31300 Toulouse, France
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- Pediatric Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery Department, Montpellier University Hospital, 34295 Montpellier, France;
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- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases Paris Nord-Ile-de-France-Est, Pediatric Neurology Department, Necker Enfant Malades University Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris University, 75019 Paris, France;
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- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases Nord-Ile-de-France-Est, Pediatric Neurology Department, Lille University Hospital, 59000 Lille, France;
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- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases Nord-Ile-de-France-Est, Pediatric Neurology Department, Reims University Hospital, 51100 Reims, France;
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
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- Clinical Investigation Center, Montpellier University Hospital, 34000 Montpellier, France; (M.K.); (H.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
- Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases AOC, Clinical Investigation Centre, Pediatric Neurology Department, Montpellier University Hospital, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (C.N.); (A.C.M.); (S.M.); (G.H.); (J.S.); (A.L.); (F.R.); (G.C.)
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Ali A, Murani E, Hadlich F, Liu X, Wimmers K, Ponsuksili S. Prenatal Skeletal Muscle Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Novel MicroRNA-mRNA Networks Associated with Intrauterine Growth Restriction in Pigs. Cells 2021; 10:cells10051007. [PMID: 33923344 PMCID: PMC8145024 DOI: 10.3390/cells10051007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) occurs in 15–20% of pig neonates and poses huge economic losses to the pig industry. IUGR piglets have reduced skeletal muscle growth, which may persist after birth. Prenatal muscle growth is regulated by complex molecular pathways that are not well understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as the main regulators of vital pathways and biological processes in the body. This study was designed to identify miRNA–mRNA networks regulating prenatal skeletal muscle development in pigs. We performed an integrative miRNA–mRNA transcriptomic analysis in longissimus dorsi muscle from IUGR fetuses and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) fetuses at 63 days post conception. Our data showed that 47 miRNAs and 3257 mRNAs were significantly upregulated, and six miRNAs and 477 mRNAs were significantly downregulated in IUGR compared to AGA fetuses. Moreover, 47 upregulated miRNAs were negatively correlated and can potentially target 326 downregulated genes, whereas six downregulated miRNAs were negatively correlated and can potentially target 1291 upregulated genes. These miRNA–mRNA networks showed enrichment in biological processes and pathways critical for fetal growth, development, and metabolism. The miRNA–mRNA networks identified in this study can potentially serve as indicators of prenatal fetal growth and development as well as postnatal carcass quality.
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- Asghar Ali
- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Institute for Genome Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Institute for Genome Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Institute for Genome Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Institute for Genome Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Institute for Genome Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Institute for Genome Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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Paudel S, Sindelar R, Saha M. Calcium Signaling in Vertebrate Development and Its Role in Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E3390. [PMID: 30380695 PMCID: PMC6274931 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence over the past three decades suggests that altered calcium signaling during development may be a major driving force for adult pathophysiological events. Well over a hundred human genes encode proteins that are specifically dedicated to calcium homeostasis and calcium signaling, and the majority of these are expressed during embryonic development. Recent advances in molecular techniques have identified impaired calcium signaling during development due to either mutations or dysregulation of these proteins. This impaired signaling has been implicated in various human diseases ranging from cardiac malformations to epilepsy. Although the molecular basis of these and other diseases have been well studied in adult systems, the potential developmental origins of such diseases are less well characterized. In this review, we will discuss the recent evidence that examines different patterns of calcium activity during early development, as well as potential medical conditions associated with its dysregulation. Studies performed using various model organisms, including zebrafish, Xenopus, and mouse, have underscored the critical role of calcium activity in infertility, abortive pregnancy, developmental defects, and a range of diseases which manifest later in life. Understanding the underlying mechanisms by which calcium regulates these diverse developmental processes remains a challenge; however, this knowledge will potentially enable calcium signaling to be used as a therapeutic target in regenerative and personalized medicine.
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- Sudip Paudel
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA.
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA.
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA.
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Kelu JJ, Webb SE, Parrington J, Galione A, Miller AL. Ca 2+ release via two-pore channel type 2 (TPC2) is required for slow muscle cell myofibrillogenesis and myotomal patterning in intact zebrafish embryos. Dev Biol 2017; 425:109-129. [PMID: 28390800 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
We recently demonstrated a critical role for two-pore channel type 2 (TPC2)-mediated Ca2+ release during the differentiation of slow (skeletal) muscle cells (SMC) in intact zebrafish embryos, via the introduction of a translational-blocking morpholino antisense oligonucleotide (MO). Here, we extend our study and demonstrate that knockdown of TPC2 with a non-overlapping splice-blocking MO, knockout of TPC2 (via the generation of a tpcn2dhkz1a mutant line of zebrafish using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing), or the pharmacological inhibition of TPC2 action with bafilomycin A1 or trans-ned-19, also lead to a significant attenuation of SMC differentiation, characterized by a disruption of SMC myofibrillogenesis and gross morphological changes in the trunk musculature. When the morphants were injected with tpcn2-mRNA or were treated with IP3/BM or caffeine (agonists of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) and ryanodine receptor (RyR), respectively), many aspects of myofibrillogenesis and myotomal patterning (and in the case of the pharmacological treatments, the Ca2+ signals generated in the SMCs), were rescued. STED super-resolution microscopy revealed a close physical relationship between clusters of RyR in the terminal cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and TPC2 in lysosomes, with a mean estimated separation of ~52-87nm. Our data therefore add to the increasing body of evidence, which indicate that localized Ca2+ release via TPC2 might trigger the generation of more global Ca2+ release from the SR via Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Behavior, Animal/drug effects
- Body Patterning/drug effects
- CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics
- Caffeine/pharmacology
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Cell Death/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/metabolism
- Kinesins/metabolism
- Macrolides/pharmacology
- Models, Biological
- Morpholinos/pharmacology
- Motor Activity/drug effects
- Muscle Cells/cytology
- Muscle Cells/drug effects
- Muscle Cells/metabolism
- Muscle Development/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/cytology
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/metabolism
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Sarcomeres/drug effects
- Sarcomeres/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
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- Jeffrey J Kelu
- Division of Life Science & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Division of Life Science & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Life Science & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, PR China; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
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Tu MK, Levin JB, Hamilton AM, Borodinsky LN. Calcium signaling in skeletal muscle development, maintenance and regeneration. Cell Calcium 2016; 59:91-7. [PMID: 26944205 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Skeletal muscle-specific stem cells are pivotal for tissue development and regeneration. Muscle plasticity, inherent in these processes, is also essential for daily life activities. Great advances and efforts have been made in understanding the function of the skeletal muscle-dedicated stem cells, called muscle satellite cells, and the specific signaling mechanisms that activate them for recruitment in the repair of the injured muscle. Elucidating these signaling mechanisms may contribute to devising therapies for muscular injury or disease. Here we review the studies that have contributed to our understanding of how calcium signaling regulates skeletal muscle development, homeostasis and regeneration, with a focus on the calcium dynamics and calcium-dependent effectors that participate in these processes.
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- Michelle K Tu
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology and Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology and Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology and Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology and Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States.
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Tu MK, Borodinsky LN. Spontaneous calcium transients manifest in the regenerating muscle and are necessary for skeletal muscle replenishment. Cell Calcium 2014; 56:34-41. [PMID: 24854233 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2014.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Tissue regeneration entails replenishing of damaged cells, appropriate cell differentiation and inclusion of regenerated cells into functioning tissues. In adult humans, the capacity of the injured spinal cord and muscle to self-repair is limited. In contrast, the amphibian larva can regenerate its tail after amputation with complete recovery of muscle, notochord and spinal cord. The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are still unclear. Here we show that upon injury muscle cell precursors exhibit Ca(2+) transients that depend on Ca(2+) release from ryanodine receptor-operated stores. Blockade of these transients impairs muscle regeneration. Furthermore, inhibiting Ca(2+) transients in the regenerating tail prevents the activation and proliferation of muscle satellite cells, which results in deficient muscle replenishment. These findings suggest that Ca(2+)-mediated activity is critical for the early stages of muscle regeneration, which may lead to developing effective therapies for tissue repair.
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- Michelle Kim Tu
- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology and Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, University of California Davis School of Medicine, 2425 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology and Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, University of California Davis School of Medicine, 2425 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States.
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Nworu CU, Krieg PA, Gregorio CC. Preparation of developing Xenopus muscle for sarcomeric protein localization by high-resolution imaging. Methods 2013; 66:370-9. [PMID: 23806641 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mutations in several sarcomeric proteins have been linked to various human myopathies. Therefore, having an in vivo developmental model available that develops quickly and efficiently is key for investigators to elucidate the critical steps, components and signaling pathways involved in building a myofibril; this is the pivotal foundation for deciphering disease mechanisms as well as the development of myopathy-related therapeutics. Although striated muscle cell culture studies have been extremely informative in providing clues to both the distribution and functions of sarcomeric proteins, myocytes in vivo develop in an irreproducible 3D environment. Xenopus laevis (frog) embryos are cost effective, compliant to protein level manipulations and develop relatively quickly (⩽ a week) in a petri dish, thus providing a powerful system for de novo myofibrillogenesis studies. Although fluorophore-conjugated phalloidin labeling is the gold standard approach for investigating actin-thin filament architecture, it is well documented that phalloidin-labeling can be challenging and inconsistent within Xenopus embryos. Therefore we highlight several techniques that can be utilized to preserve both antibody and fluorophore-conjugated phalloidin labeling within Xenopus embryos for high-resolution fluorescence microscopy.
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- Chinedu U Nworu
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and The Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and The Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and The Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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Eif4a3 is required for accurate splicing of the Xenopus laevis ryanodine receptor pre-mRNA. Dev Biol 2012; 372:103-10. [PMID: 22944195 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Exon Junction Complex (EJC) plays a critical role in multiple posttranscriptional events, including RNA subcellular localization, nonsense-mediated decay (NMD), and translation. We previously reported that knockdown of the EJC core component Eukaryotic initiation factor 4a3 (Eif4a3) results in full-body paralysis of embryos of the frog, Xenopus laevis. Here, we explore the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this phenotype. We find that cultured muscle cells derived from Eif4a3 morphants do not contract, and fail to undergo calcium-dependent calcium release in response to electrical stimulation or treatment with caffeine. We show that ryr (ryanodine receptor) transcripts are incorrectly spliced in Eif4a3 morphants, and demonstrate that inhibition of Xenopus Ryr function similarly results in embryonic paralysis. These results suggest that the EJC mediates muscle cell function via regulation of pre-mRNA splicing during early vertebrate embryogenesis.
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Webb SE, Cheung CCY, Chan CM, Love DR, Miller AL. Application of complementary luminescent and fluorescent imaging techniques to visualize nuclear and cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ signalling during the in vivo differentiation of slow muscle cells in zebrafish embryos under normal and dystrophic conditions. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2012; 39:78-86. [PMID: 21824171 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2011.05582.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. Evidence is accumulating for a role for Ca²⁺ signalling in the differentiation and development of embryonic skeletal muscle. 2. Imaging of intact, normally developing transgenic zebrafish that express the protein component of the Ca²⁺-sensitive complex aequorin, specifically in skeletal muscle, show that two distinct periods of spontaneous synchronised Ca²⁺ transients occur in the trunk: one at approximately 17.5-19.5 h post-fertilization (h.p.f.; termed signalling period SP1) and the other after approximately 23 h.p.f. (termed SP2). These periods of intense Ca²⁺ signalling activity are separated by a quiet period. 3. Higher-resolution confocal imaging of embryos loaded with the fluorescent Ca²⁺ reporter calcium green-1 dextran shows that the Ca²⁺ signals are generated almost exclusively in the slow muscle cells, the first muscle cells to differentiate, with distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic components. 4. Here, we show that coincidental with the SP1 Ca²⁺ signals, dystrophin becomes localized to the vertical myoseptae of the myotome. Introduction of a dmd morpholino (dmd-MO) resulted in no dystrophin being expressed in the vertical myoseptae, as well as a disruption of myotome morphology and sarcomere organization. In addition, the Ca²⁺ signalling signatures of dmd-MO-injected embryos or homozygous sapje mutant embryos were abnormal such that the frequency, amplitude and timing of the Ca²⁺ signals were altered compared with controls. 5. Our new data suggest that, in addition to a structural role, dystrophin may function in the regulation of [Ca²⁺](i) during the early stages of slow muscle cell differentiation when the Ca²⁺ signals generated in these cells coincide with the first spontaneous contractions of the trunk.
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- Sarah E Webb
- Division of Life Science and Key State Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Analysis of spontaneous and nerve-evoked calcium transients in intact extraocular muscles in vitro. Exp Eye Res 2012; 100:73-85. [PMID: 22579493 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2012] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Extraocular muscles (EOMs) have unique calcium handling properties, yet little is known about the dynamics of calcium events underlying ultrafast and tonic contractions in myofibers of intact EOMs. Superior oblique EOMs of juvenile chickens were dissected with their nerve attached, maintained in oxygenated Krebs buffer, and loaded with fluo-4. Spontaneous and nerve stimulation-evoked calcium transients were recorded and, following calcium imaging, some EOMs were double-labeled with rhodamine-conjugated alpha-bungarotoxin (rhBTX) to identify EOM myofiber types. EOMs showed two main types of spontaneous calcium transients, one slow type (calcium waves with 1/2(max) duration of 2-12 s, velocity of 25-50 μm/s) and two fast "flash-like" types (Type 1, 30-90 ms; Type 2, 90-150 ms 1/2(max) duration). Single pulse nerve stimulation evoked fast calcium transients identical to the fast (Type 1) calcium transients. Calcium waves were accompanied by a local myofiber contraction that followed the calcium transient wavefront. The magnitude of calcium-wave induced myofiber contraction far exceeded those of movement induced by nerve stimulation and associated fast calcium transients. Tetrodotoxin eliminated nerve-evoked transients, but not spontaneous transients. Alpha-bungarotoxin eliminated both spontaneous and nerve-evoked fast calcium transients, but not calcium waves, and caffeine increased wave activity. Calcium waves were observed in myofibers lacking spontaneous or evoked fast transients, suggestive of multiply-innervated myofibers, and this was confirmed by double-labeling with rhBTX. We propose that the abundant spontaneous calcium transients and calcium waves with localized contractions that do not depend on innervation may contribute to intrinsic generation of tonic functions of EOMs.
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Webb SE, Miller AL. Visualization of Ca²+ signaling during embryonic skeletal muscle formation in vertebrates. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2011; 3:cshperspect.a004325. [PMID: 21421918 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a004325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dynamic changes in cytosolic and nuclear Ca(2+) concentration are reported to play a critical regulatory role in different aspects of skeletal muscle development and differentiation. Here we review our current knowledge of the spatial dynamics of Ca(2+) signals generated during muscle development in mouse, rat, and Xenopus myocytes in culture, in the exposed myotome of dissected Xenopus embryos, and in intact normally developing zebrafish. It is becoming clear that subcellular domains, either membrane-bound or otherwise, may have their own Ca(2+) signaling signatures. Thus, to understand the roles played by myogenic Ca(2+) signaling, we must consider: (1) the triggers and targets within these signaling domains; (2) interdomain signaling, and (3) how these Ca(2+) signals integrate with other signaling networks involved in myogenesis. Imaging techniques that are currently available to provide direct visualization of these Ca(2+) signals are also described.
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- Sarah E Webb
- Section of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, PRC
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Rogers KL, Martin JR, Renaud O, Karplus E, Nicola MA, Nguyen M, Picaud S, Shorte SL, Brûlet P. Electron-multiplying charge-coupled detector-based bioluminescence recording of single-cell Ca2+. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2008; 13:031211. [PMID: 18601535 DOI: 10.1117/1.2937236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The construction and application of genetically encoded intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) indicators has a checkered history. Excitement raised over the creation of new probes is often followed by disappointment when it is found that the initial demonstrations of [Ca2+]i sensing capability cannot be leveraged into real scientific advances. Recombinant apo-aequorin cloned from Aequorea victoria was the first Ca2+ sensitive protein genetically targeted to subcellular compartments. In the jellyfish, bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) between Ca2+ bound aequorin and green fluorescent protein (GFP) emits green light. Similarly, Ca2+ sensitive bioluminescent reporters undergoing BRET have been constructed between aequorin and GFP, and more recently with other fluorescent protein variants. These hybrid proteins display red-shifted spectrums and have higher light intensities and stability compared to aequorin alone. We report BRET measurement of single-cell [Ca2+]i based on the use of electron-multiplying charge-coupled-detector (EMCCD) imaging camera technology, mounted on either a bioluminescence or conventional microscope. Our results show for the first time how these new technologies make facile long-term monitoring of [Ca2+]i at the single-cell level, obviating the need for expensive, fragile, and sophisticated equipment based on image-photon-detectors (IPD) that were until now the only technical recourse to dynamic BRET experiments of this type.
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- Kelly L Rogers
- Plate-forme d'Imagerie Dynamique, Imagopole,Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Fujita H, Nedachi T, Kanzaki M. Accelerated de novo sarcomere assembly by electric pulse stimulation in C2C12 myotubes. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:1853-65. [PMID: 17425954 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 02/22/2007] [Accepted: 03/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The assembly of sarcomeres, the smallest contractile units in striated muscle, is a complex and highly coordinated process that relies on spatio-temporal organization of sarcomeric proteins, a process requiring spontaneous Ca(2+) transients. To investigate the relationship between Ca(2+) transients and sarcomere assembly in C2C12 myotubes, we employed electric pulse stimulation (EPS), which allows the frequency of Ca(2+) transients to be manipulated. We monitored contractile activity as a means of evaluating functional sarcomere establishment using the differential image subtraction (DIS) method. C2C12 myotubes initially displayed no contractility with EPS, due to a lack of sarcomere architecture. However, C2C12 myotubes showed remarkable contractile activity with EPS-induced repetitive Ca(2+) transients (1 Hz) within only 2 h. This activity was concurrent with the development of sarcomere structure. Importantly, the period required for the acquisition of contractile activity in response to excitation was dependent upon the frequency of Ca(2+) oscillations, but a sustained increase in intracellular Ca(2+) (not oscillatory) by high-frequency EPS (10 Hz) was incapable of conferring either contractility or sarcomere assembly on the myotubes. The EPS-facilitated de novo functional sarcomere assembly appeared to require calpain-mediated proteolysis. In addition, modulation of integrin signals, by adding collagen IV or RGD-peptide, significantly affected the EPS-induced development of contractility. Taken together, these observations indicate that the frequency of the Ca(2+) oscillation determines the time required to establish functionally active sarcomere assembly and also suggest that the Ca(2+) oscillatory signal may be decoded through reorganization of the integrin-cytoskeletal protein complex via calpain-mediated proteolysis.
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- Hideaki Fujita
- TUBERO/Tohoku University Biomedical Engineering Research Organization, School of Medicine Bldg #1, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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