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Chen MM, Zhao Y, Yu K, Xu XL, Zhang XS, Zhang JL, Wu SJ, Liu ZM, Yuan YM, Guo XF, Qi SY, Yi G, Wang SQ, Li HX, Wu AW, Liu GS, Deng SL, Han HB, Lv FH, Lian D, Lian ZX. A MSTNDel73C mutation with FGF5 knockout sheep by CRISPR/Cas9 promotes skeletal muscle myofiber hyperplasia. eLife 2024; 12:RP86827. [PMID: 39365728 PMCID: PMC11452178 DOI: 10.7554/elife.86827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Mutations in the well-known Myostatin (MSTN) produce a 'double-muscle' phenotype, which makes it commercially invaluable for improving livestock meat production and providing high-quality protein for humans. However, mutations at different loci of the MSTN often produce a variety of different phenotypes. In the current study, we increased the delivery ratio of Cas9 mRNA to sgRNA from the traditional 1:2 to 1:10, which improves the efficiency of the homozygous mutation of biallelic gene. Here, a MSTNDel73C mutation with FGF5 knockout sheep, in which the MSTN and FGF5 dual-gene biallelic homozygous mutations were produced via the deletion of 3-base pairs of AGC in the third exon of MSTN, resulting in cysteine-depleted at amino acid position 73, and the FGF5 double allele mutation led to inactivation of FGF5 gene. The MSTNDel73C mutation with FGF5 knockout sheep highlights a dominant 'double-muscle' phenotype, which can be stably inherited. Both F0 and F1 generation mutants highlight the excellent trait of high-yield meat with a smaller cross-sectional area and higher number of muscle fibers per unit area. Mechanistically, the MSTNDel73C mutation with FGF5 knockout mediated the activation of FOSL1 via the MEK-ERK-FOSL1 axis. The activated FOSL1 promotes skeletal muscle satellite cell proliferation and inhibits myogenic differentiation by inhibiting the expression of MyoD1, and resulting in smaller myotubes. In addition, activated ERK1/2 may inhibit the secondary fusion of myotubes by Ca2+-dependent CaMKII activation pathway, leading to myoblasts fusion to form smaller myotubes.
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- Ming-Ming Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural SciencesTianjinChina
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural SciencesTianjinChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural SciencesTianjinChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, NHC Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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Tomaz da Silva M, Joshi AS, Castillo MB, Koike TE, Roy A, Gunaratne PH, Kumar A. Fn14 promotes myoblast fusion during regenerative myogenesis. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202302312. [PMID: 37813488 PMCID: PMC10561765 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Skeletal muscle regeneration involves coordinated activation of an array of signaling pathways. Fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (Fn14) is a bona fide receptor for the TWEAK cytokine. Levels of Fn14 are increased in the skeletal muscle of mice after injury. However, the cell-autonomous role of Fn14 in muscle regeneration remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that global deletion of the Fn14 receptor in mice attenuates muscle regeneration. Conditional ablation of Fn14 in myoblasts but not in differentiated myofibers of mice inhibits skeletal muscle regeneration. Fn14 promotes myoblast fusion without affecting the levels of myogenic regulatory factors in the regenerating muscle. Fn14 deletion in myoblasts hastens initial differentiation but impairs their fusion. The overexpression of Fn14 in myoblasts results in the formation of myotubes having an increased diameter after induction of differentiation. Ablation of Fn14 also reduces the levels of various components of canonical Wnt and calcium signaling both in vitro and in vivo. Forced activation of Wnt signaling rescues fusion defects in Fn14-deficient myoblast cultures. Collectively, our results demonstrate that Fn14-mediated signaling positively regulates myoblast fusion and skeletal muscle regeneration.
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- Meiricris Tomaz da Silva
- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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Morris E, Abreu A, Scordilis SP. Effect of Tamoxifen on Proteome Expression during In Vitro Myogenesis in Murine Skeletal Muscle C 2C 12 Cells. J Proteome Res 2023; 22:3040-3053. [PMID: 37552804 PMCID: PMC10476267 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Tamoxifen (TMX), a selective estrogen receptor modulator, is commonly used in the treatment of hormone-responsive cancers. However, the effects of TMX in anabolic tissues harboring estrogen receptors, such as skeletal muscle, are poorly understood. We report a tandem mass-tag approach to TMX-treated myogenesis in C2C12 cells, a well-characterized model of in vitro murine skeletal muscle differentiation. A longitudinal analysis of >10,000 proteins identified in untreated C2C12 myogenesis revealed a novel subset of 1,062 myogenically regulated proteins. These proteins clustered into five distinct longitudinal expression trends which significantly overlap those obtained in similar analyses performed in human myocytes. We document a specific functional enrichment for adiponectin-signaling unique to TMX-treated myogenesis, as well as a subset of 198 proteins that are differentially expressed in TMX-treated cells relative to controls at one or more stages of myogenesis, the majority of which were involved in steroid and lipid metabolism. Further analysis highlights metallothionein-1 as a novel target of TMX treatment at each stage of C2C12 myogenesis. Finally, we present a powerful, self-validating pipeline for analyzing the total proteomic response to in vitro treatment across every stage of muscle cell development which can be easily adapted to study the effects of other drugs on myogenesis.
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- Emily
A. Morris
- Department
of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School
of Medicine at Dartmouth, Borwell Building 644E, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 421 Curie Blvd. Room 612 BRB II/III, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department
of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Ford Hall 202 B, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063, United States
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Wang L, Chen Z, Feng Y, Wang R, Bai X, Liu W, Wang D. RNA-seq transcriptomic analysis of 4-octyl itaconate repressing myogenic differentiation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2022; 731:109420. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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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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Eigler T, Zarfati G, Amzallag E, Sinha S, Segev N, Zabary Y, Zaritsky A, Shakked A, Umansky KB, Schejter ED, Millay DP, Tzahor E, Avinoam O. ERK1/2 inhibition promotes robust myotube growth via CaMKII activation resulting in myoblast-to-myotube fusion. Dev Cell 2021; 56:3349-3363.e6. [PMID: 34932950 PMCID: PMC8693863 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Myoblast fusion is essential for muscle development and regeneration. Yet, it remains poorly understood how mononucleated myoblasts fuse with preexisting fibers. We demonstrate that ERK1/2 inhibition (ERKi) induces robust differentiation and fusion of primary mouse myoblasts through a linear pathway involving RXR, ryanodine receptors, and calcium-dependent activation of CaMKII in nascent myotubes. CaMKII activation results in myotube growth via fusion with mononucleated myoblasts at a fusogenic synapse. Mechanistically, CaMKII interacts with and regulates MYMK and Rac1, and CaMKIIδ/γ knockout mice exhibit smaller regenerated myofibers following injury. In addition, the expression of a dominant negative CaMKII inhibits the formation of large multinucleated myotubes. Finally, we demonstrate the evolutionary conservation of the pathway in chicken myoblasts. We conclude that ERK1/2 represses a signaling cascade leading to CaMKII-mediated fusion of myoblasts to myotubes, providing an attractive target for the cultivated meat industry and regenerative medicine.
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- Tamar Eigler
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Software & Information Systems Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Software & Information Systems Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Chen L, Hassani Nia F, Stauber T. Ion Channels and Transporters in Muscle Cell Differentiation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13615. [PMID: 34948411 PMCID: PMC8703453 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413615] [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: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Investigations on ion channels in muscle tissues have mainly focused on physiological muscle function and related disorders, but emerging evidence supports a critical role of ion channels and transporters in developmental processes, such as controlling the myogenic commitment of stem cells. In this review, we provide an overview of ion channels and transporters that influence skeletal muscle myoblast differentiation, cardiac differentiation from pluripotent stem cells, as well as vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation. We highlight examples of model organisms or patients with mutations in ion channels. Furthermore, a potential underlying molecular mechanism involving hyperpolarization of the resting membrane potential and a series of calcium signaling is discussed.
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- Lingye Chen
- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, 20457 Hamburg, Germany;
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, 20457 Hamburg, Germany;
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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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Mielcarek M, Isalan M. Kinetin stimulates differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258419. [PMID: 34644361 PMCID: PMC8513909 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Kinetin or N6-furfuryladenine (K) belongs to a class of plant hormones called cytokinins, which are biologically active molecules modulating many aspects of plant growth and development. However, biological activities of cytokinins are not only limited to plants; their effects on animals have been widely reported in the literature. Here, we found that Kinetin is a potent small molecule that efficiently stimulates differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts into myotubes in vitro. The highest efficacy was achieved at 1μM and 10μM Kinetin concentrations, in both mitogen-poor and rich media. More importantly, Kinetin was able to strongly stimulate the MyoD-dependent conversion of fibroblasts into myotubes. Kinetin alone did not give rise to fibroblast conversion and required MyoD; this demonstrates that Kinetin augments the molecular repertoire of necessary key regulatory factors to facilitate MyoD-mediated myogenic differentiation. This novel Kinetin pro-myogenic function may be explained by its ability to alter intracellular calcium levels and by its potential to impact on Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) signalling. Taken together, our findings unravel the effects of a new class of small molecules with potent pro-myogenic activities. This opens up new therapeutic avenues with potential for treating skeletal muscle diseases related to muscle aging and wasting.
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- Michal Mielcarek
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: ,
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Bollen SE, Atherton PJ. Myogenic, genomic and non-genomic influences of the vitamin D axis in skeletal muscle. Cell Biochem Funct 2020; 39:48-59. [PMID: 33037688 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Despite vitamin D-deficiency clinically presenting with myopathy, muscle weakness and atrophy, the mechanisms by which vitamin D exerts its homeostatic effects upon skeletal muscle remain to be fully established. Recent studies have shown that the receptor by which 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25[OH]2 D3 ) exerts its biological actions (ie, the vitamin D receptor, VDR) elicits both genomic and non-genomic effects upon skeletal muscle. The controversy surrounding skeletal muscle VDR mRNA/protein expression in post-natal muscle has been allayed by myriad recent studies, while dynamic expression of VDR throughout myogenesis, and association of higher VDR levels during muscle regeneration/immature muscle cells, suggests a role in myogenesis and perhaps an enrichment of VDR in satellite cells. Accordingly, in vitro studies have demonstrated 1,25(OH)2 D3 is anti-proliferative in myoblasts, yet pro-differentiation in latter stages of myogenesis. These effects involve modulation of gene expression (VDR as a transcriptional co-activator controls ~3% of the genome) and post-genomic intracellular signalling for example, via c-Src and alterations to intramuscular calcium homeostasis and proteostasis. The aim of this review is to consider the biomolecular role for the vitamin D/VDR axis in myogenesis, while also exploring global evidence for genomic and non-genomic mechanisms of action for 1,25(OH)2 D3 /VDR.
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- Shelby E Bollen
- MRC/ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK
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Fine Tuning of Calcium Constitutive Entry by Optogenetically-Controlled Membrane Polarization: Impact on Cell Migration. Cells 2020; 9:cells9071684. [PMID: 32668787 PMCID: PMC7408270 DOI: 10.3390/cells9071684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Anomalies in constitutive calcium entry (CCE) have been commonly attributed to cell dysfunction in pathological conditions such as cancer. Calcium influxes of this type rely on channels, such as transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, to be constitutively opened and strongly depend on membrane potential and a calcium driving force. We developed an optogenetic approach based on the expression of the halorhodopsin chloride pump to study CCE in non-excitable cells. Using C2C12 cells, we found that halorhodopsin can be used to achieve a finely tuned control of membrane polarization. Escalating the membrane polarization by incremental changes in light led to a concomitant increase in CCE through transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 (TRPV2) channels. Moreover, light-induced calcium entry through TRPV2 channels promoted cell migration. Our study shows for the first time that by modulating CCE and related physiological responses, such as cell motility, halorhodopsin serves as a potentially powerful tool that could open new avenues for the study of CCE and associated cellular behaviors.
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Mechanisms regulating myoblast fusion: A multilevel interplay. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2020; 104:81-92. [PMID: 32063453 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Myoblast fusion into myotubes is one of the crucial steps of skeletal muscle development (myogenesis). The fusion is preceded by specification of a myogenic lineage (mesodermal progenitors) differentiating into myoblasts and is followed by myofiber-type specification and neuromuscular junction formation. Similarly to other processes of myogenesis, the fusion requires a very precise spatial and temporal regulation occuring both during embryonic development as well as regeneration and repair of the muscle. A plethora of genes and their products is involved in regulation of myoblast fusion and a precise multilevel interplay between them is crucial for myogenic cells to fuse. In this review, we describe both cellular events taking place during myoblast fusion (migration, adhesion, elongation, cell-cell recognition, alignment, and fusion of myoblast membranes enabling formation of myotubes) as well as recent findings on mechanisms regulating this process. Also, we present muscle disorders in humans that have been associated with defects in genes involved in regulation of myoblast fusion.
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Niranjan N, Mareedu S, Tian Y, Kodippili K, Fefelova N, Voit A, Xie LH, Duan D, Babu GJ. Sarcolipin overexpression impairs myogenic differentiation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2019; 317:C813-C824. [PMID: 31365291 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00146.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Reduction in the expression of sarcolipin (SLN), an inhibitor of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA), ameliorates severe muscular dystrophy in mice. However, the mechanism by which SLN inhibition improves muscle structure remains unclear. Here, we describe the previously unknown function of SLN in muscle differentiation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Overexpression of SLN in C2C12 resulted in decreased SERCA pump activity, reduced SR Ca2+ load, and increased intracellular Ca2+ (Cai2+) concentration. In addition, SLN overexpression resulted in altered expression of myogenic markers and poor myogenic differentiation. In dystrophin-deficient dog myoblasts and myotubes, SLN expression was significantly high and associated with defective Cai2+ cycling. The dystrophic dog myotubes were less branched and associated with decreased autophagy and increased expression of mitochondrial fusion and fission proteins. Reduction in SLN expression restored these changes and enhanced dystrophic dog myoblast fusion during differentiation. In summary, our data suggest that SLN upregulation is an intrinsic secondary change in dystrophin-deficient myoblasts and could account for the Cai2+ mishandling, which subsequently contributes to poor myogenic differentiation. Accordingly, reducing SLN expression can improve the Cai2+ cycling and differentiation of dystrophic myoblasts. These findings provide cellular-level supports for targeting SLN expression as a therapeutic strategy for DMD.
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- Nandita Niranjan
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Department of Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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Grassi F, Fucile S. Calcium influx through muscle nAChR-channels: One route, multiple roles. Neuroscience 2019; 439:117-124. [PMID: 30999028 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Although Ca2+ influx through muscle nAChR-channels has been described over the past 40 years, its functions remain still poorly understood. In this review we suggest possible roles of Ca2+ entry at all stages of muscle development, summarizing the evidence present in literature. nAChRs are expressed in myoblasts prior to fusion, and can be activated in the absence of an ACh-releasing nerve terminal, with Ca2+ influx likely contributing to regulate cell fusion. Upon establishment of nerve-muscle contact, Ca2+ influx contributes to orchestrate the signaling required for the correct formation of the neuromuscular junction. Finally, in the mature synapse, Ca2+ entry through postsynaptic nAChR-channels - highly Ca2+ permeable, in particular in humans - acts on K+ and Na+ channels to shape endplate excitability. However, when genetic defects cause excessive channel activation, Ca2+ influx becomes toxic and causes endplate myopathy. Throughout the review, we highlight how Ricardo Miledi has contributed to construct this whole body of knowledge, from the initial description of Ca2+ permeability of endplate nAChR channels, to the rationale for the treatment of endplate excitotoxic damage under pathological conditions. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: SI: Honoring Ricardo Miledi - outstanding neuroscientist of XX-XXI centuries.
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- Francesca Grassi
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed, Viale dell'Elettronica, 86077, Pozzilli, Italy
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OR2H2 regulates the differentiation of human myoblast cells by its ligand aldehyde 13-13. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 645:72-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Terruzzi I, Montesano A, Senesi P, Vacante F, Benedini S, Luzi L. Ranolazine promotes muscle differentiation and reduces oxidative stress in C2C12 skeletal muscle cells. Endocrine 2017; 58:33-45. [PMID: 27933435 PMCID: PMC5608860 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-016-1181-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate Ranolazine action on skeletal muscle differentiation and mitochondrial oxidative phenomena. Ranolazine, an antianginal drug, which acts blocking the late INaL current, was shown to lower hemoglobin A1c in patients with diabetes. In the present study, we hypothesized an action of Ranolazine on skeletal muscle cells regeneration and oxidative process, leading to a reduction of insulin resistance. METHODS 10 μM Ranolazine was added to C2C12 murine myoblastic cells during proliferation, differentiation and newly formed myotubes. RESULTS Ranolazine promoted the development of a specific myogenic phenotype: increasing the expression of myogenic regulator factors and inhibiting cell cycle progression factor (p21). Ranolazine stimulated calcium signaling (calmodulin-dependent kinases) and reduced reactive oxygen species levels. Furthermore, Ranolazine maintained mitochondrial homeostasis. During the differentiation phase, Ranolazine promoted myotubes formation. Ranolazine did not modify kinases involved in skeletal muscle differentiation and glucose uptake (extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 and AKT pathways), but activated calcium signaling pathways. During proliferation, Ranolazine did not modify the number of mitochondria while decreasing osteopontin protein levels. Lastly, neo-formed myotubes treated with Ranolazine showed typical hypertrophic phenotype. CONCLUSION In conclusion, our results indicate that Ranolazine stimulates myogenesis and reduces a pro-oxidant inflammation/oxidative condition, activating a calcium signaling pathway. These newly described mechanisms may partially explain the glucose lowering effect of the drug.
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- Ileana Terruzzi
- Diabetes Research Institute, Metabolism, Nutrigenomics and Cellular Differentiation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 60 Olgettina street, 20132, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Metabolism Research Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Metabolism Research Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Metabolism Research Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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Optogenetic approach for targeted activation of global calcium transients in differentiated C2C12 myotubes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11108. [PMID: 28894267 PMCID: PMC5593883 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11551-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Excitation-contraction coupling in muscle cells is initiated by a restricted membrane depolarization delimited within the neuromuscular junction. This targeted depolarization triggers an action potential that propagates and induces a global cellular calcium response and a consequent contraction. To date, numerous studies have investigated this excitation-calcium response coupling by using different techniques to depolarize muscle cells. However, none of these techniques mimic the temporal and spatial resolution of membrane depolarization observed in the neuromuscular junction. By using optogenetics in C2C12 muscle cells, we developed a technique to study the calcium response following membrane depolarization induced by photostimulations of membrane surface similar or narrower than the neuromuscular junction area. These stimulations coupled to confocal calcium imaging generate a global cellular calcium response that is the consequence of a membrane depolarization propagation. In this context, this technique provides an interesting, contactless and relatively easy way of investigation of calcium increase/release as well as calcium decrease/re-uptake triggered by a propagated membrane depolarization.
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The maintenance ability and Ca 2+ availability of skeletal muscle are enhanced by sildenafil. Exp Mol Med 2016; 48:e278. [PMID: 27932789 PMCID: PMC5192075 DOI: 10.1038/emm.2016.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Sildenafil relaxes vascular smooth muscle cells and is used to treat pulmonary artery hypertension as well as erectile dysfunction. However, the effectiveness of sildenafil on skeletal muscle and the benefit of its clinical use have been controversial, and most studies focus primarily on tissues and organs from disease models without cellular examination. Here, the effects of sildenafil on skeletal muscle at the cellular level were examined using mouse primary skeletal myoblasts (the proliferative form of skeletal muscle stem cells) and myotubes, along with single-cell Ca2+ imaging experiments and cellular and biochemical studies. The proliferation of skeletal myoblasts was enhanced by sildenafil in a dose-independent manner. In skeletal myotubes, sildenafil enhanced the activity of ryanodine receptor 1, an internal Ca2+ channel, and Ca2+ movement that promotes skeletal muscle contraction, possibly due to an increase in the resting cytosolic Ca2+ level and a unique microscopic shape in the myotube membranes. Therefore, these results suggest that the maintenance ability of skeletal muscle mass and the contractility of skeletal muscle could be improved by sildenafil by enhancing the proliferation of skeletal myoblasts and increasing the Ca2+ availability of skeletal myotubes, respectively.
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Afzali AM, Ruck T, Herrmann AM, Iking J, Sommer C, Kleinschnitz C, Preuβe C, Stenzel W, Budde T, Wiendl H, Bittner S, Meuth SG. The potassium channels TASK2 and TREK1 regulate functional differentiation of murine skeletal muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2016; 311:C583-C595. [PMID: 27488672 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00363.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channels influence basic cellular parameters such as resting membrane potential, cellular excitability, or intracellular Ca2+-concentration [Ca2+]i While the physiological importance of K2P channels in different organ systems (e.g., heart, central nervous system, or immune system) has become increasingly clear over the last decade, their expression profile and functional role in skeletal muscle cells (SkMC) remain largely unknown. The mouse SkMC cell line C2C12, wild-type mouse muscle tissue, and primary mouse muscle cells (PMMs) were analyzed using quantitative PCR, Western blotting, and immunohistochemical stainings as well as functional analysis including patch-clamp measurements and Ca2+ imaging. Mouse SkMC express TWIK-related acid-sensitive K+ channel (TASK) 2, TWIK-related K+ channel (TREK) 1, TREK2, and TWIK-related arachidonic acid stimulated K+ channel (TRAAK). Except TASK2 all mentioned channels were upregulated in vitro during differentiation from myoblasts to myotubes. TASK2 and TREK1 were also functionally expressed and upregulated in PMMs isolated from mouse muscle tissue. Inhibition of TASK2 and TREK1 during differentiation revealed a morphological impairment of myoblast fusion accompanied by a downregulation of maturation markers. TASK2 and TREK1 blockade led to a decreased K+ outward current and a decrease of ACh-dependent Ca2+ influx in C2C12 cells as potential underlying mechanisms. K2P-channel expression was also detected in human muscle tissue by immunohistochemistry pointing towards possible relevance for human muscle cell maturation and function. In conclusion, our findings for the first time demonstrate the functional expression of TASK2 and TREK1 in muscle cells with implications for differentiation processes warranting further investigations in physiologic and pathophysiologic scenarios.
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- Ali M Afzali
- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany;
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; and
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Abraham ST. A role for the Wnt3a/β-catenin signaling pathway in the myogenic program of C2C12 cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2016; 52:935-941. [DOI: 10.1007/s11626-016-0058-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Pietrangelo T, Di Filippo ES, Mancinelli R, Doria C, Rotini A, Fanò-Illic G, Fulle S. Low Intensity Exercise Training Improves Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Potential. Front Physiol 2015; 6:399. [PMID: 26733888 PMCID: PMC4689811 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether 12 days of low-to-moderate exercise training at low altitude (598 m a.s.l.) improves skeletal muscle regeneration in sedentary adult women. Methods: Satellite cells were obtained from the vastus lateralis skeletal muscle of seven women before and after this exercise training at low altitude. They were investigated for differentiation aspects, superoxide anion production, antioxidant enzymes, mitochondrial potential variation after a depolarizing insult, intracellular Ca2+ concentrations, and micro (mi)RNA expression (miR-1, miR-133, miR-206). Results: In these myogenic populations of adult stem cells, those obtained after exercise training, showed increased Fusion Index and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations. This exercise training also generally reduced superoxide anion production in cells (by 12–67%), although not in two women, where there was an increase of ~15% along with a reduced superoxide dismutase activity. miRNA expression showed an exercise-induced epigenetic transcription profile that was specific according to the reduced or increased superoxide anion production of the cells. Conclusions: The present study shows that low-to-moderate exercise training at low altitude improves the regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle in adult women. The differentiation of cells was favored by increased intracellular calcium concentration and increased the fusion index. This low-to-moderate training at low altitude also depicted the epigenetic signature of cells.
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- Tiziana Pietrangelo
- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Centre for Aging Sciences, d'Annunzio FoundationChieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Interuniversity Institute of MyologyChieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Centre for Aging Sciences, d'Annunzio FoundationChieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Interuniversity Institute of MyologyChieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Centre for Aging Sciences, d'Annunzio FoundationChieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Interuniversity Institute of MyologyChieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Interuniversity Institute of MyologyChieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Interuniversity Institute of MyologyChieti, Italy
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- Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Centre for Aging Sciences, d'Annunzio FoundationChieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Interuniversity Institute of MyologyChieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-PescaraChieti, Italy; Centre for Aging Sciences, d'Annunzio FoundationChieti, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Interuniversity Institute of MyologyChieti, Italy
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Osterloh M, Böhm M, Kalbe B, Osterloh S, Hatt H. Identification and functional characterization of TRPA1 in human myoblasts. Pflugers Arch 2015; 468:321-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-015-1729-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nakanishi K, Kakiguchi K, Yonemura S, Nakano A, Morishima N. Transient Ca2+ depletion from the endoplasmic reticulum is critical for skeletal myoblast differentiation. FASEB J 2015; 29:2137-49. [PMID: 25678623 DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-261529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a cellular condition in which unfolded proteins accumulate in the ER because of various but specific causes. Physiologic ER stress occurs transiently during myoblast differentiation, and although its cause remains unknown, it plays a critical role in myofiber formation. To examine the mechanism underlying ER stress, we monitored ER morphology during differentiation of murine myoblasts. Novel ER-derived structures transiently appeared prior to myoblast fusion both in vitro and in vivo. Electron microscopy studies revealed that these structures consisted of pseudoconcentric ER cisternae with narrow lumens. Similar structures specifically formed by pharmacologically induced ER Ca(2+) depletion, and inhibition of ER Ca(2+) efflux channels in differentiating myoblasts considerably suppressed ER-specific deformation and ER stress signaling. Thus, we named the novel structures stress-activated response to Ca(2+) depletion (SARC) bodies. Prior to SARC body formation, stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1), an ER Ca(2+) sensor protein, formed ER Ca(2+) depletion-specific clusters. Furthermore, myoblast differentiation manifested by myoblast fusion did not proceed under the same conditions as inhibition of ER Ca(2+) depletion. Altogether, these observations suggest that ER Ca(2+) depletion is a prerequisite for myoblast fusion, causing both physiologic ER stress signaling and SARC body formation.
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- Keiko Nakanishi
- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Wu HJ, Fong TH, Chen SL, Wei JC, Wang IJ, Wen CC, Chang CY, Chen XG, Chen WY, Chen HM, Horng JL, Wang YH, Chen YH. Perturbation of cytosolic calcium by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate and caffeine affects zebrafish myofibril alignment. J Appl Toxicol 2014; 35:287-94. [PMID: 25186829 DOI: 10.1002/jat.3057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects of Ca(2+) levels on myofibril alignment during zebrafish embryogenesis. To investigate how altered cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels affect myofibril alignment, we exposed zebrafish embryos to 2-aminothoxyldiphenyl borate (2-APB; an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor inhibitor that reduces cytosolic Ca(2+) levels) and caffeine (a ryanodine receptor activator that enhances cytosolic Ca(2+) levels). The results demonstrated that the most evident changes in zebrafish embryos treated with 2-APB were shorter body length, curved trunk and malformed somite boundary. In contrast, such malformed phenotypes were evident neither in untreated controls nor in caffeine-treated embryos. Subtle morphological changes, including changes in muscle fibers, F-actin and ultrastructures were easily observed by staining with specific monoclonal antibodies (F59 and α-laminin), fluorescent probes (phalloidin) and by transmission electron microscopy. Our data suggested that: (1) the exposure to 2-APB and/or caffeine led to myofibril misalignment; (2) 2-APB-treated embryos displayed split and short myofibril phenotypes, whereas muscle fibers from caffeine-treated embryos were twisted and wavy; and (3) zebrafish embryos co-exposed to 2-APB and caffeine resulted in normal myofibril alignment. In conclusion, we proposed that cytosolic Ca(2+) is important for myogenesis, particularly for myofibril alignment.
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- Hsin-Ju Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, No. 151, Ying-chuan Road, Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Myoblast fusion is a critical process that contributes to the growth of muscle during development and to the regeneration of myofibers upon injury. Myoblasts fuse with each other as well as with multinucleated myotubes to enlarge the myofiber. Initial studies demonstrated that myoblast fusion requires extracellular calcium and changes in cell membrane topography and cytoskeletal organization. More recent studies have identified several cell-surface and intracellular proteins that mediate myoblast fusion. Furthermore, emerging evidence suggests that myoblast fusion is also regulated by the activation of specific cell-signaling pathways that lead to the expression of genes whose products are essential for the fusion process and for modulating the activity of molecules that are involved in cytoskeletal rearrangement. Here, we review the roles of the major signaling pathways in mammalian myoblast fusion.
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- Sajedah M Hindi
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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von Maltzahn J, Wulf V, Matern G, Willecke K. Connexin39 deficient mice display accelerated myogenesis and regeneration of skeletal muscle. Exp Cell Res 2011; 317:1169-78. [PMID: 21272575 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2011.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Revised: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 01/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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During muscle development and regeneration of skeletal muscle in mice connexin43 (Cx43) and connexin39 (Cx39) are specifically expressed: Cx43 in satellite cells and myoblasts, whereas Cx39 is exclusively expressed in myogenin-positive cells. We generated Cx39 deficient mice by replacing the coding region of the Gjd4 gene by DNA coding for the enhanced green fluorescent protein eGFP. Adult Cx39 deficient mice exhibit no obvious phenotypic alterations of skeletal muscle compared to wild type mice in the resting state. However, myogenesis in Cx39 deficient embryos is accelerated as indicated by increased myogenin expression on ED13.5 and ED16.5 and increased expression of Cx43 in developing skeletal muscle. In addition, the regeneration process of skeletal muscle in Cx39 deficient mice is accelerated as shown by a 2day earlier onset of MyoD and myogenin expression, relative to wild type littermates. Interestingly, Cx43 expression was also upregulated in Cx39 deficient mice during regeneration of skeletal muscle. We hypothesize that Cx43 may compensate for the loss of Cx39 during myogenesis and regeneration.
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Martelly I, Singabraya D, Vandebrouck A, Papy-Garcia D, Cognard C, Raymond G, Guillet-Deniau I, Courty J, Constantin B. Glycosaminoglycan mimetics trigger IP3-dependent intracellular calcium release in myoblasts. Matrix Biol 2010; 29:317-29. [PMID: 20193761 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2010.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2009] [Revised: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are sulfated polysaccharides that play an important role in regulating cell functions. GAG mimetics called RGTAs (for ReGeneraTing Agents) have been shown to stimulate tissue repair. In particular they accelerate myogenesis, in part via their heparin-mimetic property towards growth factors. RGTAs also increase activity of calcium-dependent intracellular protease suggesting an effect on calcium cellular homeostasis. This effect was presently investigated on myoblasts in vitro using one member of the RGTA family molecule named OTR4120. We have shown that OTR4120 or heparin induced transient increases of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) in pre-fusing myoblasts from both mouse SolD7 cell line and rat skeletal muscle satellite cells grown in primary culture by mobilising sarcoplasmic reticulum store. This [Ca(2+)]i was not mediated by ryanodine receptors but instead resulted from stimulation of the Inositol-3 phosphate-phospholipase C activation pathway. OTR4120-induced calcium transient was not mediated through an ATP, nor a tyrosine kinase, nor an acetylcholine receptor but principally through serotonin 5-HT2A receptor. This original finding shows that the GAG mimetic can induce calcium signal through serotonin receptors and the IP3 pathway may be relevant to its ability to favour myoblast differentiation. It supports a novel and unexpected function of GAGs in the regulation of calcium homeostasis.
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- Isabelle Martelly
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Croissance Cellulaire, la Réparation et la Régénération Tissulaires (CRRET), UMR 7149-CNRS, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France.
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von Maltzahn J, Wulf V, Willecke K. Spatiotemporal Expression of Connexin 39 and −43 During Myoblast Differentiation in Cultured Cells and in the Mouse Embryo. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 13:55-60. [PMID: 16613780 DOI: 10.1080/15419060600631508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Connexin39 (Cx39) and connexin43 (Cx43) are known to be expressed during development of skeletal muscles. Here we have compared the expression pattern of both connexins during differentiation of established C(2)C(12) mouse myoblasts and in the mouse embryo. Cx43 is highly abundant in undifferentiated myoblasts, but no Cx39 protein was detected in these cells. Upon differentiation into myotubes, Cx39 expression increased. The consecutive expression of these connexins was also observed in the mouse embryo. Cx39 and Cx43 were found in different plaques in accordance with the notion that Cx43 is exclusively expressed in myoblasts and Cx39 in myotubes. Thus, differentiating C(2)C(12) cells in culture can serve to study the involvement of gap junctions in myogenesis, since expression of corresponding Cx39 and Cx43 proteins appears to be very similar as in the mouse embryo.
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- Julia von Maltzahn
- Institut für Genetik, Abteilung Molekulargenetik, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Louis M, Zanou N, Van Schoor M, Gailly P. TRPC1 regulates skeletal myoblast migration and differentiation. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:3951-9. [PMID: 19001499 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.037218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Myoblast migration is a key step in myogenesis and regeneration. It allows myoblast alignment and their fusion into myotubes. The process has been shown to involve m-calpain or mu-calpain, two Ca(2+)-dependent cysteine proteases. Here we measure calpain activity in cultured cells and show a peak of activity at the beginning of the differentiation process. We also observed a concomitant and transient increase of the influx of Ca(2+) and expression of TRPC1 protein. Calpains are specifically activated by a store-operated entry of Ca(2+) in adult skeletal muscle fibres. We therefore repressed the expression of TRPC1 in myoblasts and studied the effects on Ca(2+) fluxes and on differentiation. TRPC1-depleted myoblasts presented a largely reduced store-operated entry of Ca(2+) and a significantly diminished transient influx of Ca(2+) at the beginning of differentiation. The concomitant peak of calpain activity was abolished. TRPC1-knockdown myoblasts also accumulated myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS), an actin-binding protein and substrate of calpain. Their fusion into myotubes was significantly slowed down as a result of the reduced speed of cell migration. Accordingly, migration of control myoblasts was inhibited by 2-5 microM GsMTx4 toxin, an inhibitor of TRP channels or by 50 microM Z-Leu-Leu, an inhibitor of calpain. By contrast, stimulation of control myoblasts with IGF-1 increased the basal influx of Ca(2+), activated calpain and accelerated migration. These effects were not observed in TRPC1-knockdown cells. We therefore suggest that entry of Ca(2+) through TRPC1 channels induces a transient activation of calpain and subsequent proteolysis of MARCKS, which allows in turn, myoblast migration and fusion.
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- Magali Louis
- Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Neuroscience, Laboratory of Cell Physiology, 55/40 avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Luin E, Lorenzon P, Wernig A, Ruzzier F. Calcium current kinetics in young and aged human cultured myotubes. Cell Calcium 2008; 44:554-66. [PMID: 18501962 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2008.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2007] [Revised: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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There is evidence that the complex process of sarcopenia in human aged skeletal muscle is linked to the modification of mechanisms controlling Ca(2+) homeostasis. To further clarify this issue, we assessed the changes in the kinetics of activation and inactivation of T- and L-type Ca(2+) currents in in vitro differentiated human myotubes, derived from satellite cells of healthy donors aged 2, 12, 76 and 86 years. The results showed an age-related decrease in the occurrence of T- and L-type currents. Moreover, significant age-dependent alterations were found in L-(but not T) type current density, and activation and inactivation kinetics, although an interesting alteration in the kinetics of T-current inactivation was observed. The T- and L-type Ca(2+) currents play a crucial role in regulating Ca(2+) entry during satellite cells differentiation and fusion into myotubes. Also, the L-type Ca(2+) channels underlie the skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling mechanism. Thus, our results support the hypothesis that the aging process could negatively affect the Ca(2+) homeostasis of these cells, by altering Ca(2+) entry through T- and L-type Ca(2+) channels, thereby putting a strain on the ability of human satellite cells to regenerate skeletal muscle in elderly people.
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- Elisa Luin
- Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Via A. Fleming 22, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
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The fusion of postmitotic mononucleated myoblasts to form syncytial myofibers is a critical step in the formation of skeletal muscle. Myoblast fusion occurs both during development and throughout adulthood, as skeletal muscle growth and regeneration require the accumulation of additional nuclei within myofibers. Myoblasts must undergo a complex series of molecular and morphological changes prior to fusing with one another. Although many molecules regulating myoblast fusion have been identified, the precise mechanism by which these molecules act in concert to control fusion remains to be elucidated. A comprehensive understanding of how myo-blast fusion is controlled may contribute to the treatment of various disorders associated with loss of muscle mass. In this chapter, we examine progress made toward elucidating the cellular and molecular pathways involved in mammalian myoblast fusion. Special emphasis is placed on the molecules that regulate myofiber formation without discernibly affecting biochemical differentiation.
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- Katie M Jansen
- Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Luin E, Ruzzier F. The role of L- and T-type Ca2+ currents during the in vitro aging of murine myogenic (i28) cells in culture. Cell Calcium 2007; 41:479-89. [PMID: 17064763 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2006.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2006] [Revised: 07/28/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2006] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The age-related decline in skeletal muscle strength could, in part, result from alterations in the mechanism of excitation-contraction coupling, responsible for muscle contraction. In the present work, we used the in vitro aging of murine myogenic (i28) cells as a model, to investigate whether the inefficiency of aged satellite cells to generate functional skeletal muscle fibres could be partly due to defective voltage-dependent Ca2+ currents. The whole-cell patch clamp technique was employed to measure L- and T-type Ca2+ currents in myotubes derived from the differentiation and fusion of these cells reaching replicative senescence. Our data showed that the expression and the amplitude of these currents decreased significantly during in vitro aging. Moreover, the analysis of the L-type current evoked in young and old cells by positive voltage steps, revealed no differences in the kinetics of activation, but significant alterations in the rate of inactivation. These effects of in vitro aging on voltage-dependent Ca2+ currents could also be related to their inability to fuse into myotubes. Taken together, our data support the hypothesis that age-related effects on voltage-dependent L- and T-type currents could be one of the causes of the failure of satellite cells to efficiently counteract the impairment in muscle force.
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- Elisa Luin
- Department of Physiology and Pathology and Centre for Neuroscience BRAIN, University of Trieste, Via A. Fleming 22, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
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Arnaudeau S, Holzer N, König S, Bader CR, Bernheim L. Calcium sources used by post-natal human myoblasts during initial differentiation. J Cell Physiol 2006; 208:435-45. [PMID: 16688780 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Increases in cytoplasmic Ca(2+) are crucial for inducing the initial steps of myoblast differentiation that ultimately lead to fusion; yet the mechanisms that produce this elevated Ca(2+) have not been fully resolved. For example, it is still unclear whether the increase comes exclusively from membrane Ca(2+) influx or also from Ca(2+) release from internal stores. To address this, we investigated early differentiation of myoblast clones each derived from single post-natal human satellite cells. Initial differentiation was assayed by immunostaining myonuclei for the transcription factor MEF2. When Ca(2+) influx was eliminated by using low external Ca(2+) media, we found that approximately half the clones could still differentiate. Of the clones that required influx of external Ca(2+), most clones used T-type Ca(2+) channels, but others used store-operated channels as influx-generating mechanisms. On the other hand, clones that differentiated in low external Ca(2+) relied on Ca(2+) release from internal stores through IP(3) receptors. Interestingly, by following clones over time, we observed that some switched their preferred Ca(2+) source: clones that initially used calcium release from internal stores to differentiate later required Ca(2+) influx and inversely. In conclusion, we show that human myoblasts can use three alternative mechanisms to increase cytoplasmic Ca(2+) at the onset of the differentiation process: influx through T-types Ca(2+) channels, influx through store operated channels and release from internal stores through IP(3) receptors. In addition, we suggest that, probably because Ca(2+) elevation is essential during initial differentiation, myoblasts may be able to select between these alternate Ca(2+) pathways.
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- Serge Arnaudeau
- Département de Neurosciences Fondamentales, Centre Médical Universitaire, Genève, Switzerland.
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Bandi E, Bernareggi A, Grandolfo M, Mozzetta C, Augusti-Tocco G, Ruzzier F, Lorenzon P. Autocrine activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors contributes to Ca2+ spikes in mouse myotubes during myogenesis. J Physiol 2005; 568:171-80. [PMID: 16037088 PMCID: PMC1474771 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.091439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2005] [Accepted: 07/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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It is widely accepted that nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) channel activity controls myoblast fusion into myotubes during myogenesis. In this study we explored the possible role of nAChR channels after cell fusion in a murine cell model. Using videoimaging techniques we showed that embryonic muscle nAChR channel openings contribute to the spontaneous transients of intracellular concentration of Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and to twitches characteristic of developing myotubes before innervation. Moreover, we observed a choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the myotubes and we detected an acetylcholine-like compound in the extracellular solution. Therefore, we suggest that the autocrine activation of nAChR channels gives rise to [Ca2+]i spikes and contractions. Spontaneous openings of the nAChR channels may be an alternative, although less efficient, mechanism. We report also that blocking the nAChRs causes a significant reduction in cell survival, detectable as a decreased number of myotubes in culture. This led us to hypothesize a possible functional role for the autocrine activation of the nAChRs. By triggering mechanical activity, such activation could represent a strategy to ensure the trophism of myotubes in the absence of nerves.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylcholine/metabolism
- Acetylcholine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Bungarotoxins/pharmacology
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Choline O-Acetyltransferase/analysis
- Choline O-Acetyltransferase/metabolism
- Ion Channels/drug effects
- Ion Channels/metabolism
- Male
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle Development
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiology
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/drug effects
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/metabolism
- Nicotinic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Receptors, Nicotinic/drug effects
- Receptors, Nicotinic/metabolism
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- Elena Bandi
- Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Via A. Fleming 22, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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Gorbe A, Becker DL, Dux L, Stelkovics E, Krenacs L, Bagdi E, Krenacs T. Transient upregulation of connexin43 gap junctions and synchronized cell cycle control precede myoblast fusion in regenerating skeletal muscle in vivo. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 123:573-83. [PMID: 15895240 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0745-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The spatio-temporal expression of gap junction connexins (Cx) was investigated and correlated with the progression of cell cycle control in regenerating soleus muscle of Wistar rats. Notexin caused a selective myonecrosis followed by the complete recapitulation of muscle differentiation in vivo, including the activation, commitment, proliferation, differentiation and fusion of myogenic cells. In regenerating skeletal muscle, only Cx43 protein, out of Cx-s 26, -32, -37, -40, -43 and -45, was detected in desmin positive cells. Early expression of Cx43 in the proliferating single myogenic progenitors was followed by a progressive upregulation in interacting myoblasts until syncytial fusion, and then by a rapid decline in multinucleate myotubes. The significant upregulation of Cx43 gap junctions in aligned myoblasts preceding fusion was accompanied by the widespread nuclear expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p21(waf1/Cip1) and p27(kip1) and the complete loss of Ki67 protein. The synchronized exit of myoblasts from the cell cycle following extensive gap junction formation suggests a role for Cx43 channels in the regulation of cell cycle control. The potential of Cx43 channels to stimulate p21(waf1/Cip1) and p27(kip1) is known. In the muscle, proving the involvement of Cx43 in either a direct or a bystander cell cycle regulation requires functional investigations.
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- Aniko Gorbe
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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De Arcangelis V, Coletti D, Canato M, Molinaro M, Adamo S, Reggiani C, Naro F. Hypertrophy and transcriptional regulation induced in myogenic cell line L6-C5 by an increase of extracellular calcium. J Cell Physiol 2005; 202:787-95. [PMID: 15389566 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Calcium plays a pivotal role in the establishment of the differentiated phenotype in myogenic cells but the involved molecular mechanisms are still matter of debate. Here we studied the effects of exposing L6-C5 myogenic cells to high extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o), which induces an increase of intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) without involving Ca2+ release from the intracellular stores but exclusively due to plasma membrane influx (Naro et al., 2003). Exposure of L6-C5 cells to [Ca2+]o up to 20 mM for 30 min, before shifting them into a differentiative medium, induced the appearance of multinucleated, myosin-positive myotubes, much larger than in control cells with an increased protein/DNA ratio. These large myotubes showed nuclear accumulation of the hypertrophy marker GATA-2. The hypertrophic growth of these cells was blocked by cyclosporin A (CsA), FK506, or overexpression of a calcineurin-dominant negative protein, suggesting the involvement in this process of the Ca2+ responsive phosphatase calcineurin. Furthermore, transient exposure of L6-C5 cells to high [Ca2+]o increased the expression of luciferase reporter driven by myoglobin (Mb) and beta-MHC promoters but not IIB-MHC and MCK promoters. Luciferase transcription driven by CK promoter was, instead, enhanced by mobilizing Ca2+ from the intracellular stores. These data indicate that a transient increase of [Ca2+]i due to plasma-membrane influx is sufficient to induce a hypertrophic phenotype and an increased expression of slow-fiber genes but not fast-fiber genes.
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- V De Arcangelis
- Dipartimento di Istologia ed Embriologia Medica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
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Collet C, Ma J. Calcium-dependent facilitation and graded deactivation of store-operated calcium entry in fetal skeletal muscle. Biophys J 2005; 87:268-75. [PMID: 15240463 PMCID: PMC1304349 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.039305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Activation of store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) into the cytoplasm requires retrograde signaling from the intracellular Ca(2+) release machinery, a process that involves an intimate interaction between protein components on the intracellular and cell surface membranes. The cellular machinery that governs the Ca(2+) movement in muscle cells is developmentally regulated, reflecting maturation of the junctional membrane structure as well as coordinated expression of related Ca(2+) signaling molecules. Here we demonstrate the existence of SOCE in freshly isolated skeletal muscle cells obtained from embryonic days 15 and 16 of the mouse embryo, a critical stage of muscle development. SOCE in the fetal muscle deactivates incrementally with the uptake of Ca(2+) into the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). A novel Ca(2+)-dependent facilitation of SOCE is observed in cells transiently exposed to high cytosolic Ca(2+). Our data suggest that cytosolic Ca(2+) can facilitate SOCE whereas SR luminal Ca(2+) can deactivate SOCE in the fetal skeletal muscle. This cooperative mechanism of SOCE regulation by Ca(2+) ions not only enables tight control of SOCE by the SR membrane, but also provides an efficient mechanism of extracellular Ca(2+) entry in response to physiological demand. Such Ca(2+) signaling mechanism would likely contribute to contraction and development of the fetal skeletal muscle.
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- Claude Collet
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, USA
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Zimowska M, Constantin B, Papy-Garcia D, Raymond G, Cognard C, Caruelle JP, Moraczewski J, Martelly I. Novel glycosaminoglycan mimetic (RGTA, RGD120) contributes to enhance skeletal muscle satellite cell fusion by increasing intracellular Ca2+ and calpain activity. J Cell Physiol 2005; 205:237-45. [PMID: 15887234 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are classes of molecules that play an important role in cellular processes. The use of GAG mimetics called regenerating agent (RGTA) represents a tool to investigate the effect of GAG moiety on cellular behavior. A first member of the RGTA family (RG1192), a dextran polymers with defined amounts of sulfate, carboxymethyl, as well as hydrophobic groups (benzylamide), was shown to stimulate skeletal muscle repair after damage and myoblast differentiation. To obtain a comprehensive insight into the mechanism of action of GAG mimetics, we investigated the effect on myoblast differentiation of a novel RGTA, named RGD120, which was devoid of hydrophobic substitution and had ionic charge similar to heparin. Myoblasts isolated from adult rat skeletal muscles and grown in primary cultures were used in this study. We found that chronic treatment with RGD120 increased the growth of adult myoblasts and induced their precocious fusion into myotubes in vitro. It also partially overcame the inhibitory effect of the calpain inhibitor N-acetyl-leu-leu-norleucinal (ALLN) on these events. Western blot and zymography analyses revealed that milli calpain was slightly increased by RGD120 chronic treatment. In addition, using fluorescent probes (Indo-1 and Boc-leu-met-MAC), we demonstrated that RGD120 added to prefusing myoblast cultures accelerates myoblast fusion into myotubes, induced an increase of cytosolic free calcium concentration, and concomitantly an increase of intracellular calpain protease activity. Altogether, these results suggested that the efficiency of RGD120 in stimulating myogenesis might be in part explained through its effect on calcium mobilization as well as on the calpain amount and activity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calpain/analysis
- Calpain/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Extracts/pharmacology
- Cell Fusion
- Cells, Cultured
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Fluorescence
- Glycosaminoglycans/chemistry
- Glycosaminoglycans/pharmacology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Molecular Mimicry
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/cytology
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/drug effects
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle/cytology
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
- Time Factors
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- M Zimowska
- Department of Cytology, Faculty of Biology, Warsaw University, Poland
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Lee KH, Park JY, Kim K. NMDA receptor-mediated calcium influx plays an essential role in myoblast fusion. FEBS Lett 2004; 578:47-52. [PMID: 15581614 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2004] [Revised: 10/21/2004] [Accepted: 10/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ca2+ influx is known to be prerequisite for myoblast fusion during skeletal muscle differentiation. Here, we show that the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is involved in the Ca2+ influx of C2C12 myoblasts. NMDA receptor (NR) 1 and NR2D were expressed in the myoblasts during muscle differentiation. Using Ca2+ imaging analysis, Ca2+ influx through NRs was directly measured at a single-cell level. l-Glutamate increased myoblast fusion as well as intracellular Ca2+ levels, and both effects were completely blocked by MK801, a selective antagonist of NRs. Furthermore, treatment with the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 recovered MK801-mediated inhibition of myoblast fusion. These results suggest that the NRs may play an important role in myoblast fusion by mediating Ca2+ influx.
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- Kun Ho Lee
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea
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Ducreux S, Zorzato F, Müller C, Sewry C, Muntoni F, Quinlivan R, Restagno G, Girard T, Treves S. Effect of Ryanodine Receptor Mutations on Interleukin-6 Release and Intracellular Calcium Homeostasis in Human Myotubes from Malignant Hyperthermia-susceptible Individuals and Patients Affected by Central Core Disease. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:43838-46. [PMID: 15299003 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403612200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In this study we report for the first time the functional properties of human myotubes isolated from patients harboring the native RYR1 I4898T and R4893W mutations linked to central core disease. We examined two aspects of myotube physiology, namely excitation-contraction and excitation-secretion coupling. Our results show that upon activation of the ryanodine receptor (RYR), myotubes release interleukin-6 (IL-6); this was dependent on de novo protein synthesis and could be blocked by dantrolene and cyclosporine. Myotubes from the two patients affected by central core disease showed a 4-fold increase in the release of the inflammatory cytokine IL-6, compared with cells derived from control or malignant hyperthermia susceptible individuals. All tested myotubes released calcium from intracellular stores upon stimulation via surface membrane depolarization or direct RYR activation by 4-chloro-m-cresol. The functional impact on calcium release of RYR1 mutations linked to central core disease or malignant hyperthermia is different: human myotubes carrying the malignant hyperthermia-linked RYR1 mutation V2168M had a shift in their sensitivity to the RYR agonist 4-chloro-m-cresol to lower concentrations, whereas human myotubes harboring C-terminal mutations linked to central core disease exhibited reduced [Ca2+]i increase in response to 4-chloro-m-cresol, caffeine, and KCl. Taken together, these results suggest that abnormal release of calcium via mutated RYR enhances the production of the inflammatory cytokine IL-6, which may in turn affect signaling pathways responsible for the trophic status of muscle fibers.
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- Sylvie Ducreux
- Department of Anaesthesia, Kantonsspital Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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Horsley V, Pavlath GK. Forming a multinucleated cell: molecules that regulate myoblast fusion. Cells Tissues Organs 2004; 176:67-78. [PMID: 14745236 DOI: 10.1159/000075028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In mammals, cell fusion occurs among a limited number of cell types: sperm and oocytes during fertilization, trophoblasts during placenta formation, macrophages during giant cell and osteoclast formation and myoblasts in the formation of myofibers and myotubes. The molecular mechanisms involved in these membrane fusion events largely are unknown. This review will focus on the known molecules that regulate myoblast fusion with an emphasis on a novel signaling pathway involving the calcium-regulated transcription factor NFATC2 in the regulation of myoblast fusion.
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- Valerie Horsley
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., USA.
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Abmayr SM, Balagopalan L, Galletta BJ, Hong SJ. Cell and molecular biology of myoblast fusion. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2003; 225:33-89. [PMID: 12696590 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(05)25002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In organisms from Drosophila to mammals, the musculature is comprised of an elaborate array of distinct fibers that are generated by the fusion of committed myoblasts. These muscle fibers differ from each other in features that include location, pattern of innervation, site of attachment, and size. The sizes of the newly formed muscles of an embryo are controlled in large part by the number of cells that form the syncitial fiber. Over the past few decades, an extensive body of literature has described the process of myoblast fusion in vertebrates, relying primarily on the strengths of tissue culture model systems. More recently, genetic studies in Drosophila embryos have provided new insights into the process. Together, these studies define the steps necessary for myoblast differentiation, the acquisition of fusion competence, the recognition and adhesion between myoblasts, and the fusion of two lipid bilayers into one. In this review, we have attempted to combine insights from both Drosophila and vertebrate studies to trace the processes and molecules involved in myoblast fusion. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that fundamental aspects of myoblast fusion will be similar, independent of the organism in which it is occurring.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Adhesion/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Drosophila melanogaster/embryology
- Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism
- Drosophila melanogaster/ultrastructure
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/ultrastructure
- Humans
- Membrane Fusion/physiology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/ultrastructure
- Muscle, Skeletal/embryology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/ultrastructure
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/metabolism
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/ultrastructure
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- Susan M Abmayr
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Horsley V, Jansen KM, Mills ST, Pavlath GK. IL-4 acts as a myoblast recruitment factor during mammalian muscle growth. Cell 2003; 113:483-94. [PMID: 12757709 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00319-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Skeletal muscle formation and growth require the fusion of myoblasts to form multinucleated myofibers or myotubes, but few molecules are known to regulate myoblast fusion in mammals. The transcription factor NFATc2 controls myoblast fusion at a specific stage of myogenesis after the initial formation of a myotube and is necessary for further cell growth. By examining genes regulated by NFATc2 in muscle, this study identifies the cytokine IL-4 as a molecular signal that controls myoblast fusion with myotubes. Muscle cells lacking IL-4 or the IL-4alpha receptor subunit form normally but are reduced in size and myonuclear number. IL-4 is expressed by a subset of muscle cells in fusing muscle cultures and requires the IL-4alpha receptor subunit on myoblasts to promote fusion and growth. These data demonstrate that following myotube formation, myotubes recruit myoblast fusion by secretion of IL-4, leading to muscle growth.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Fusion
- Cell Size/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics
- Interleukin-4/deficiency
- Interleukin-4/genetics
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Myoblasts/cytology
- Myoblasts/metabolism
- NFATC Transcription Factors
- Nuclear Proteins
- Receptors, Interleukin-4/deficiency
- Receptors, Interleukin-4/genetics
- Transcription Factors/deficiency
- Transcription Factors/genetics
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- Valerie Horsley
- Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Naro F, De Arcangelis V, Coletti D, Molinaro M, Zani B, Vassanelli S, Reggiani C, Teti A, Adamo S. Increase in cytosolic Ca2+ induced by elevation of extracellular Ca2+ in skeletal myogenic cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 284:C969-76. [PMID: 12490436 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00237.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cytoplasmic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) variation is a key event in myoblast differentiation, but the mechanism by which it occurs is still debated. Here we show that increases of extracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](o)) produced membrane hyperpolarization and a concentration-dependent increase of [Ca(2+)](i) due to Ca(2+) influx across the plasma membrane. Responses were not related to inositol phosphate turnover and Ca(2+)-sensing receptor. [Ca(2+)](o)-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase was inhibited by Ca(2+) channel inhibitors and appeared to be modulated by several kinase activities. [Ca(2+)](i) increase was potentiated by depletion of intracellular Ca(2+) stores and depressed by inactivation of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger. The response to arginine vasopressin (AVP), which induces inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent [Ca(2+)](i) increase in L6-C5 cells, was not modified by high [Ca(2+)](o). On the contrary, AVP potentiated the [Ca(2+)](i) increase in the presence of elevated [Ca(2+)](o). Other clones of the L6 line as well as the rhabdomyosarcoma RD cell line and the satellite cell-derived C2-C12 line expressed similar responses to high [Ca(2+)](o), and the amplitude of the responses was correlated with the myogenic potential of the cells.
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- Fabio Naro
- Dipartimento di Istologia ed Embriologia Medica, Università La Sapienza, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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Friday BB, Mitchell PO, Kegley KM, Pavlath GK. Calcineurin initiates skeletal muscle differentiation by activating MEF2 and MyoD. Differentiation 2003; 71:217-27. [PMID: 12694204 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2003.710303.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Skeletal muscle differentiation is characterized by withdrawal from the cell cycle, expression of muscle specific genes, fusion into multinucleated cells, and assembly of the contractile apparatus. Although many of the key regulatory elements have been identified, the factors that initiate the differentiation process are not well understood. The calcium-dependent phosphatase calcineurin plays an important regulatory role early in myogenesis, but the downstream effectors of calcineurin in differentiation are not known. Here, we show that calcium and calcineurin regulate expression of the myogenin gene at the level of transcription. The myogenin promoter contains two essential elements; an E-box and an A/T rich element that bind MRF and MEF2 transcription factors, respectively. Both of these elements are responsive to calcium and calcineurin. In differentiating myoblasts, MyoD is the major MRF protein that binds to the myogenin promoter E-box. Calcineurin activates MyoD indirectly by decreasing the expression of the Id inhibitory proteins, probably by down-regulating Egr-1 expression, an upstream activator of Id transcription. These results demonstrate that calcineurin regulates skeletal muscle differentiation by activating MEF2 and MyoD transcription factors leading to the induction of myogenin expression.
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- Bret B Friday
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins Research Building, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Park JY, Lee D, Maeng JU, Koh DS, Kim K. Hyperpolarization, but not depolarization, increases intracellular Ca(2+) level in cultured chick myoblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 290:1176-82. [PMID: 11811986 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ca(2+) influx appears to be important for triggering myoblast fusion. It remains, however, unclear how Ca(2+) influx rises prior to myoblast fusion. The present study examines a possible involvement of the voltage-dependent Ca(2+) influx pathways. Treatment with the L-type Ca(2+) channel blockers, diltiazem, and nifedipine did not alter cytosolic Ca(2+) levels. Depolarization with high K(+) solution and activation of Ca(2+) channel with Bay K 8644, and agonist of voltage dependent Ca(2+) channels, failed to elicit increases intracellular Ca(2+) level, indicating the absence of depolarization-operated mechanisms. In contrast, phloretin, an agonist of Ca(2+)-activated potassium (K(Ca)) channels, was able to hyperpolarize membrane potential and promoted Ca(2+) influx. These effects were completely abolished by treatment of charybdotoxin, a specific inhibitor of K(Ca) channels. In addition, gadolinium, a potent stretch-activated channel (SAC) blocker, prevented the phloretin-mediated Ca(2+) increase, indicating the involvement of SACs in Ca(2+) influx. Furthermore, phloretin stimulated precocious myoblast fusion and this effect was blocked with gadolinium or charybdotoxin. Taken together, these results suggest that induced hyperpolarization, but not depolarization increases Ca(2+) influx through stretch-activated channels, and in turn triggers myoblast fusion.
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- Jae-Yong Park
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Korea
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Bernheim L, Bader CR. Human Myoblast Differentiation: Ca2+ Channels are Activated by K+ Channels. Physiology (Bethesda) 2002. [DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2002.17.1.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In a paradigm of cellular differentiation, human myoblast fusion, we investigated how a Ca2+ influx, indispensable for fusion, is triggered. We show how newly expressed Kir2.1 K+ channels, via their hyperpolarizing effect on the membrane potential, generate a window Ca2+ current (mediated by a1H T-type Ca2+ channels), which causes intracellular Ca2+ to rise.
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- Division de Recherche Clinique Neuro-Musculaire, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques et Dermatologie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Horsley V, Friday BB, Matteson S, Kegley KM, Gephart J, Pavlath GK. Regulation of the growth of multinucleated muscle cells by an NFATC2-dependent pathway. J Cell Biol 2001; 153:329-38. [PMID: 11309414 PMCID: PMC2169453 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.153.2.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) family of transcription factors regulates the development and differentiation of several tissue types. Here, we examine the role of NFATC2 in skeletal muscle by analyzing adult NFATC2(-/)- mice. These mice exhibit reduced muscle size due to a decrease in myofiber cross-sectional area, suggesting that growth is blunted. Muscle growth was examined during regeneration after injury, wherein NFATC2-null myofibers form normally but display impaired growth. The growth defect is intrinsic to muscle cells, since the lack of NFATC2 in primary muscle cultures results in reduced cell size and myonuclear number in myotubes. Retroviral-mediated expression of NFATC2 in the mutant cells rescues this cellular phenotype. Myonuclear number is similarly decreased in NFATC2(-/)- mice. Taken together, these results implicate a novel role for NFATC2 in skeletal muscle growth. We demonstrate that during growth of multinucleated muscle cells, myoblasts initially fuse to form myotubes with a limited number of nuclei and that subsequent nuclear addition and increases in myotube size are controlled by a molecular pathway regulated by NFATC2.
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- Valerie Horsley
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Tanaka H, Furuya T, Kameda N, Kobayashi T, Mizusawa H. Triad proteins and intracellular Ca2+ transients during development of human skeletal muscle cells in aneural and innervated cultures. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2001; 21:507-26. [PMID: 11206130 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026561120566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs), ryanodine receptors (RyRs), and triadin are major components of triads of mature skeletal muscle and play crucial roles in Ca2+ release in excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. We investigated the expression and localization of these proteins as well as intracellular Ca2+ transients during development of human muscle cells cultured aneurally and innervated with rat spinal cord. mRNAs encoding skeletal muscle isoforms of the DHPR alpha1 subunit (alpha1S-DHPR), the RyR, and triadin were scarce in myoblasts and increased remarkably after myotube formation. Immunocytochemically, alpha1S-DHPR was expressed after myoblast fusion and localized mainly within the cytoplasmic area of aneural myotubes whereas the cardiac isoform (alpha1C-DHPR) was abundant along the plasma membrane. RyRs and triadin were both detected after myotube formation and colocalized in the cytoplasm of aneural myotubes and innervated muscle fibers. Along the plasma membrane of aneural myotubes, colocalization of alpha1C-DHPR with the RyR was more frequently observed than that of alpha1S-DHPR. In innervated muscle fibers, alpha1S-DHPR and RyR were colocalized first along the plasma membrane and later in the cytoplasmic area and formed regular double rows of cross-striation. The alpha1C-DHPR diminished after innervation. In Ca2+ imaging, spontaneous irregular slow Ca2+ oscillations were observed in aneurally cultured myotubes whereas nerve-driven regular fast oscillations were observed in innervated muscle fibers. Both caffeine and depolarization induced Ca2+ transients in aneurally cultured myotubes and innervated muscle fibers. In aneurally cultured myotubes, depolarization-induced Ca2+ transients were highly dependent on extracellular Ca2+, suggesting immaturity of the Ca2+ release system. This dependence remarkably decreased after innervation. Our present results show that these proteins are expressed differently in aneurally cultured myotubes than in adult skeletal muscle, that Ca2+ release in aneurally cultured myotubes is different from in adult skeletal muscle, and that innervation induces formation of a mature skeletal muscle-like excitation-contraction coupling system in cultured human muscle cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/genetics
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Carrier Proteins
- Cells, Cultured/cytology
- Cells, Cultured/metabolism
- Coculture Techniques
- Fetus
- Humans
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Proteins/genetics
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/embryology
- Muscle, Skeletal/innervation
- Neurites/metabolism
- Neurites/ultrastructure
- Neuromuscular Junction/cytology
- Neuromuscular Junction/embryology
- Neuromuscular Junction/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/genetics
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Spinal Cord/embryology
- Spinal Cord/metabolism
- Spinal Cord/transplantation
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- H Tanaka
- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, Japan
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Marchand E, Constantin B, Vandebrouck C, Raymond G, Cognard C. Calcium homeostasis and cell death in Sol8 dystrophin-deficient cell line in culture. Cell Calcium 2001; 29:85-96. [PMID: 11162846 DOI: 10.1054/ceca.2000.0159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Abnormalities of calcium homeostasis are involved in the process of cell injuries such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy characterized by the absence of the protein dystrophin. But how the absence of dystrophin leads to cytosolic calcium overload is as yet poorly understood. This question has been addressed with skeletal muscle cells from human DMD muscles or mdx mice. Although easier to obtain than human muscles, mdx muscle cells have provided controversial data concerning the resting intracellular calcium level ([Ca2+](i)). This work describes the culture of Sol8 cell line that expresses neither dystrophin nor adhalin, a dystrophin-associated protein. The [Ca2+](i)and intracellular calcium transients induced by different stimuli (acetylcholine, caffeine and high potassium) are normal during the first days of culture. At later stages, calcium homeostasis exhibits drastic alterations with a breaking down of the calcium responses and a large [Ca2+](i)elevation. Concomitantly, Sol8 cells exhibit morphological signs of cell death like cytoplasmic shrinkage and incorporation of propidium iodide. Cell death could be significantly reduced by blocking the activity of calpains, a type of calcium-regulated proteases. These results suggest that Sol8 cell line provides an alternative model of dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle cells for which a clear disturbance of the calcium homeostasis is observed in culture in association with calpain-dependent cell death. It is shown that transfection with a plasmid cDNA permits the forced expression of dystrophin in Sol8 myotubes as well as a correct sorting of the protein. This approach could be used to explore possible interactions between dystrophin deficiency, calcium homeostasis alteration, and dystrophic cell death.
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- E Marchand
- Laboratoire des Biomembranes et Signalisation Cellulaire, UMR CNRS/Universi&tacute; de Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
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