Thermal stimulation at 39°C facilitates the fusion and elongation of C2C12 myoblasts

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of thermal stimulation at 39°C on the fusion and elongation of skeletal muscle cells. During a 5 day differentiation process of C2C12 cells, nine groups subjected to varying lengths of thermal stimulation at 39°C were established. Afterward, all groups were immunostained using anti‐muscle heavy‐chain antibody to test for myotube formation. Quantification of the myotube area demonstrated a significant increase in the group subjected to thermal stimulation at 39°C during the latter half of the differentiation compared with the control group, but the fusion index was significantly higher in the group that received hyperthermic treatment during the first half of the differentiation period. Moreover, the longitudinal length of myotubes was significantly increased in the groups that were subjected to thermal stimulation at 39°C during the latter half of the differentiation period. The distance between the center of myotubes and the nucleus farthest away from the center was substantially extended in the group receiving thermal stimulation at 39°C only on the fourth day of the differentiation. Together, these results demonstrate that thermal stimulation at 39°C facilitates myoblast fusion and elongation.     

The growth‐promoting activity of egg white proteins in the C2C12 myoblast cell line

In this study, we examined the effects of several egg white proteins (ovalbumin, ovomucoid, ovotransferrin and lysozyme) on proliferation and myotube growth in C2C12 murine myoblast cells. Cell proliferation was measured using a water‐soluble tetrazolium salt (WST‐8)‐based assay and then validated using Giemsa staining. Significant proliferative activities of C2C12 cells were observed in response to the addition of 10^?5–10^?4 mol/L ovalbumin or ovomucoid. Ovotransferrin decreased C2C12 cell proliferation and lysozyme showed no significant effects on the proliferation of C2C12 cells. In contrast, the proliferative effects of ovalbumin and ovomucoid were not observed in 3T3‐L1 murine preadipocyte cells. We also measured the effects of ovalbumin and ovomucoid on C2C12 myotube diameters by using histological analysis. In comparison to control cells, myotube diameters were significantly increased in cells cultured in 10^?6–10^?4 mol/L ovalbumin or ovomucoid, suggesting that ovalbumin and ovomucoid stimulate the growth of myotubes. Thus, our results clearly demonstrated that ovalbumin or ovomucoid stimulated the proliferation of myoblasts and growth of myotubes.     

Myogenetic oligodeoxynucleotide complexed with berberine promotes differentiation of chicken myoblasts

Myoblasts are myogenic precursors that develop into myotubes during muscle formation. Improving efficiency of myoblast differentiation is important for advancing meat production by domestic animals. We recently identified novel oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) termed myogenetic ODNs (myoDNs) that promote the differentiation of mammalian myoblasts. An isoquinoline alkaloid, berberine, forms a complex with one of the myoDNs, iSN04, and enhances its activities. This study investigated the effects of myoDNs on chicken myoblasts to elucidate their species-specific actions. Seven myoDNs (iSN01–iSN07) were found to facilitate the differentiation of chicken myoblasts into myosin heavy chain (MHC)-positive myotubes. The iSN04–berberine complex exhibited a higher myogenetic activity than iSN04 alone, which was shown to enhance the differentiation of myoblasts into myotubes and the upregulation of myogenic gene expression (MyoD, myogenin, MHC, and myomaker). These data indicate that myoDNs promoting chicken myoblast differentiation may be used as potential feed additives in broiler diets.     

Forkhead box O3 promotes cell proliferation and inhibits myotube differentiation in chicken myoblast cells

1. In the poultry industry, growth performance is important due to its effects on economic value. Much effort has been put forth to achieve introgression of specific genes and DNA markers related to muscle proliferation and differentiation in selective breeding approaches.

2. This study investigated the biological functions of the gene Forkhead box O3 (FOXO3) during myogenic differentiation in chicken myoblast cells. FOXO3 was downregulated in primary chicken myoblast (pCM) cells by the piggyBac transposon-mediated microRNA (miRNA) knock-down (KD) system.

3. The pCM cells that were stably integrated into the FOXO3 KD expression vector showed significant downregulation of FOXO3 protein and mRNA levels. Expression levels of paired box protein Pax7 (Pax7) and target genes such as CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta and serum response element decreased in FOXO3 KD pCM cells. In addition, in the undifferentiated myoblast stage, there were no significant differences in cell morphology; however, proliferation rate in FOXO3 KD pCM cells was significantly lower during d 4 and 5 of in vitro culture. By contrast, when myotube differentiation was induced, FOXO3 KD pCM cells exhibited rapid initiation of myotube formation, higher expression of myogenin and desmin as myogenic indicators and a further differentiated phenotype than observed in regular pCM cells.

4. These results demonstrated that FOXO3 promotes cell proliferation and inhibits myotube differentiation in chicken myoblast cells. Therefore, the regulation of FOXO3 could be applied to improve muscle differentiation in commercial poultry.     

Myostatin down‐regulates the IGF‐2 expression via ALK‐Smad signaling during myogenesis in cattle

Myostatin (MSTN) is a negative regulator during muscle differentiation, whereas insulin‐like growth factors (IGFs) are essential for muscle development. MSTN and IGFs act oppositely during myogenesis, but there is little information on the mutual relationship of MSTN and IGFs. The present study was conducted to examine whether MSTN affects IGF expression during early myogenesis in cattle. IGF‐1 mRNA was similarly expressed in M. longissimus thoracis of double‐muscled (DM) and normal (NM) Japanese shorthorn cattle. IGF‐2 mRNA expression was consistently higher in the normal and regenerating muscle of DM cattle than those of NM cattle. When myoblasts were isolated from regenerating M. longissimus thoracis, IGF‐2 mRNA expression showed a significant increase in differentiating DM derived myoblasts (DM‐myoblasts) as compared with differentiating NM derived myoblasts (NM‐myoblasts). An addition of recombinant mouse myostatin (rMSTN) to myoblast cultures attenuated IGF‐2 mRNA expression and decreased myotube formation, but did not effect IGF‐1 mRNA expression. An activin‐like kinase (ALK) inhibitor, SB431542, mediates MSTN action, suppressed the translocation of Smad2/3 into the nucleus in DM‐myoblasts, and restored the attenuated IGF‐2 mRNA expression and the decreased myotube formation induced by rMSTN in myoblast cultures. The findings indicate that MSTN may negatively regulate myoblast differentiation by suppressing IGF‐2 expression via ALK‐Smad signaling.     

Exposure to TNF-alpha but not IL-1beta impairs insulin-dependent phosphorylation of protein kinase B and p70S6k in mouse C2C12 myogenic cells

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is a proinflammatory cytokine considered to play an important role in muscle catabolism, but little is known about the mechanisms of its action. The aim of the present study was therefore to examine the effect of TNF-alpha pretreatment on glucose uptake and protein synthesis as well as the cellular content and phosphorylation of protein kinase B (PKB), p70S6k, Mitogen Activated Protein (MAP) kinase and p90rsk in mouse C2C12 myotubes stimulated with insulin. To determine whether interleukin (IL)-1beta might be involved in the catabolic action of TNF-alpha, the effects of IL-1beta were also tested. Experiments were performed on mouse C2C12 myoblasts subjected to differentiation in the presence of increasing concentrations of TNF-alpha (0.1-100 ng/ml) or IL-1 (5-50 ng/ml) for 5 or 6 days. Insulin (100 nmol/l) markedly stimulated glucose uptake in C2C12 myotubes (202.6% of control). This effect was profoundly attenuated by pretreatment with TNF-alpha at a concentration of 1 ng/ml (122.2% of control) and completely abolished by higher cytokine concentrations. Pretreatment of cells with TNF-alpha at a concentration of 1 ng/ml was also effective in diminishing the effect of insulin on protein synthesis, whereas higher cytokine concentrations prevented hormonal stimulation of protein synthesis in C2C12 myotubes. Pretreatment with TNF-alpha caused a significant decrease in PKB protein content. Insulin-mediated activation of protein kinase B was significantly diminished in cells differentiated in the presence of TNF-alpha. Treatment of C2C12 cells with insulin led to the gel mobility retardation of p70S6k indicating its phosphorylation and activation. In cells differentiated in the presence of TNF-alpha an approximately 2-fold decrease of insulin-mediated p70S6k phosphorylation was noted. Six-day differentiation of myogenic cells in the presence of TNF-alpha did not affect the protein content of p42MAPK, p44MAPK, p90rsk and phosphorylation of p42MAPK. Neither glucose uptake nor protein synthesis stimulated by insulin were affected significantly by pretreatment with IL-beta. Preincubation of myogenic cells with IL-1beta did not modify either the protein content of PKB and p70S6k or the insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of these kinases. In conclusion: i) high concentrations of TNF-alpha, but not IL-beta, present in the extracellular environment during myoblast differentiation prevent the stimulatory action of insulin on glucose uptake and protein synthesis; ii) insulin resistance induced by TNF-alpha in C2C12 myogenic cells could be associated with the decreased insulin-mediated phosphorylation of PKB and p70s6k, but not with the basal phosphorylation of p42MAPK.     

干扰MSTN对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞增殖分化的影响

为研究肌肉生长抑制素（myostatin,MSTN）对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞增殖与成肌分化的影响,本试验以牛骨骼肌卫星细胞体外诱导成肌分化模型为对象,以前期设计合成3个干扰RNA（si-MSTN-1、si-MSTN-2、si-MSTN-3）并对其进行干扰效果筛选为基础,将干扰效果极显著的si-MSTN-2（si-MSTN）转染牛骨骼肌卫星细胞,通过EdU染色法检测干扰MSTN对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞增殖的影响;进一步对干扰MSTN的牛骨骼肌卫星细胞进行体外成肌诱导分化,通过肌管形成状态和分化标志因子综合分析干扰MSTN对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞分化的影响：首先通过显微镜观察牛骨骼肌卫星细胞分化时期的肌管形成状态,然后利用实时荧光定量PCR和Western blotting技术检测牛骨骼肌卫星细胞分化标志因子MyoG和MyHC在mRNA和蛋白水平的表达情况。结果显示,干扰MSTN后,牛骨骼肌卫星细胞中EdU阳性细胞率极显著增加（P < 0.01）,说明下调MSTN表达极显著促进了牛骨骼肌卫星细胞的增殖;牛骨骼肌卫星细胞诱导分化后形成的肌管数量和直径均呈现增大趋势,牛骨骼肌卫星细胞成肌分化标志因子MyHC在mRNA和蛋白水平的表达均极显著高于对照组（P < 0.01）,说明下调MSTN表达能够促进牛骨骼肌卫星细胞的成肌分化过程。本研究结果表明,干扰MSTN可以显著促进牛骨骼肌卫星细胞的增殖及成肌分化过程。本试验结果为进一步开展MSTN对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞成肌分化的调控机制研究提供了参考。     

Isolation and culture of fetal porcine myogenic cells and the effect of insulin, IGF-I, and sera on protein turnover in porcine myotube cultures

Porcine myogenic cells isolated from 50 to 55-d porcine fetuses were frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen until they were needed to establish cultures. Approximately 75.8 +/- .59% of the clonal cultures established from these frozen stocks produced myotubes and 60.8 +/- 2.3% of the nuclei in differentiated mass cultures were in myotubes. Differentiated cultures contained higher levels of creatine phosphokinase activity than undifferentiated cultures. Additionally, differentiated cultures incorporated [35S]methionine into putative myosin heavy chain, alpha-actinin, and actin more rapidly than did undifferentiated cultures. Insulin, insulin-like growth factor I, and sera stimulated total protein synthesis rate and decreased total protein degradation rate in myotube cultures. Based on our initial characterization, we believe that we have developed an effective and practical procedure for isolating and culturing fetal porcine myogenic cells.     

Catabolism of cytoplasmic and intramitochondrial adenine nucleotides in C2C12 skeletal myotube under chemical hypoxia

Loss of adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) and accumulation of inosine-5'-monophosphate (IMP) are the major purine metabolic changes in the skeletal muscle during hypoxia. This study addressed whether chemical metabolic inhibition reflects those changes in cultured skeletal myotube. For this aim, mouse-derived C2C12 myotubes were cultured in Hank's balanced saline solution containing 2 mM sodium cyanide (CN) and/or 1 mM iodoacetic acid (IAA) up to 180 min. Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation by CN induced a minimal change in the intracellular adenine nucleotide levels during 180 min. Blockage of glycolysis with IAA caused an over 90% decrease in adenine nucleotides both in the cytoplasmic and intramitochondrial spaces, accompanied with allantoin release. Since 1 mM allopurinol entirely inhibited the allantoin generation, xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase was found to play a key role in the purine catabolism in IAA-treated C2C12 myotubes. By the combined treatment with CN+IAA, ATP exhaustion and IMP accumulation was achieved with significant cell injury. These changes were comparable with those in skeletal muscles during hypoxia, indicating that our model with CN+IAA is well applicable to the investigation of hypoxia-induced myopathy.     

Interaction of insulin-like growth factor I with turkey satellite cells and satellite cell-derived myotubes

Satellite cells, isolated from the superficial pectoralis muscle of growing Nicholas tom turkeys, were cloned to obtain a pure population of myogenic cells. These cells proliferated rapidly and differentiated (fused) into myotubes typically containing 92-98% fused nuclei. Competitive binding assays were performed on near-confluent satellite cell or myotube cultures in 35 mm diameter wells by adding [125I]IGF-I along with increasing concentrations of unlabeled IGF-I, IGF-II, or insulin. Following incubation, the cultures were washed to remove the unbound hormones, solubilized with 0.5 N NaOH, and the radioactivity specifically bound was determined. Total and fused nuclei number as well as total protein were determined in parallel cultures. Our results indicate that turkey satellite cell and myotube cultures possess specific binding sites for IGF-I. Displacement of [125I]IGF-I was in the order of IGF-I greater than IGF-II greater than or equal to insulin. Although the [125I]IGF-I association constants were similar for turkey satellite cells and myotubes, a 2.8-fold decrease in the number of receptors per nuclei was observed as satellite cells differentiated into myotubes. The 50% inhibition constants for IGF-I, IGF-II, and insulin were 3.7 X 10(-9) M, 7.5 X 10(-8) M, and 8.7 X 10(-8) M for satellite cells and 3.1 X 10(-9) M, 7.5 X 10(-8) M, and 9.6 X 10(-8) M for myotubes, respectively. Receptor cross-linking analysis using disuccinimidyl suberate was performed on near-confluent satellite cell cultures incubated with [125I]IGF-I in the presence or absence of 1 X 10(-7) M IGF-I, IGF-II, or insulin. Receptor subunit species of Mr 130 kDa and 98 kDa were observed under reducing conditions (100 mM dithiothreitol) and at a Mr greater than 300 kDa (native receptor tetramer) under non-reduced conditions. Autoradiographic bands were displaced with IGF-I but not with equimolar levels of IGF-II or insulin. The results suggest that turkey satellite cells possess a type I IGF receptor.     

Suppression of MyoD induces spontaneous adipogenesis in skeletal muscle progenitor cell culture

The degree of intramuscular adipose tissue accumulation is one of the factors affecting meat quality. Accumulation of adipocytes is also observed under the pathological condition of skeletal muscle such as muscular dystrophy and sarcopenia. The origin of adipocytes seen in skeletal muscle is mesenchymal progenitor cells that can give rise to both adipocytes and fibroblasts. In the present study, we demonstrated that siRNA-mediated suppression of MyoD expression in rat skeletal muscle progenitor cell culture, which comprises both myogenic satellite cells and mesenchymal progenitor cells, resulted in diminished myotube formation and an unexpected spontaneous appearance of white adipocytes. Suppressing myomaker expression also resulted in complete absence of myotube formation without reducing MyoD expression, but no adipogenesis was seen in this scenario, indicating that decline in MyoD expression rather than decreased myotube formation is necessary to induce adipogenesis. In addition, spontaneous adipogenesis induced by suppressing MyoD expression in culture was inhibited by the conditioned medium from control culture, indicating that anti-adipogenic factor(s) are secreted from MyoD-positive myogenic cells. These results indicate the presence of regulatory mechanism on adipogenesis by myogenic cells.     

The effect of the beta-adrenergic agonist clenbuterol on growth and protein metabolism in rat muscle cell cultures.

Cultures were established from neonatal rat muscle cells, satellite cells, and L6 myoblasts and changes in protein metabolism were determined as development proceeded. For all three cell types, culture protein content increased with increasing myotube content. The beta-adrenergic agonist clenbuterol (added to a final concentration of 10(-7) M) significantly stimulated fusion (as indicated by creatine kinase activity) in neonatal muscle cultures and also increased culture protein content. This was associated with a stimulation in both the fractional (ks, percentage/day, +13%, P less than .05) and absolute (As, micrograms/day, +19%, P less than .05) rates of protein synthesis within 24 h after drug administration. At 48 h, As was increased by 42% above that of controls (P less than .01). In contrast, in satellite cell cultures, clenbuterol had no consistent effects on either protein accretion, creatine kinase activity, or protein synthesis (ks and As). Similarly, the drug had no stimulatory effect on protein synthesis and protein accretion in L6 myoblast or L6 myotube cultures (and no effect in neonatally derived fibroblast cultures). It is concluded that the fusion response to clenbuterol and, therefore, changes in protein metabolism and protein accretion are greatly dependent on the origin and genetic integrity of muscle cells.     

UBE2L3对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞增殖分化的影响

将分离的牛骨骼肌卫星细胞(BSMSCs)进行体外培养,首先检测泛素结合酶UBE2L3在BSMSCs增殖分化过程中mRNA以及蛋白表达水平的变化.设计UBE2L3的3个干扰RNA(si-UBE2 L3-1、si-UBE2L3-2、si-UBE2L3-3),对干扰效果进行筛选.构建UBE2L3过表达质粒载体pcDNA3.1...     

干扰核心蛋白聚糖对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞增殖分化的影响

为探究肌肉生长抑制素(MSTN)对牛骨骼肌生长发育的作用机制,本研究以前期MSTN^+/-蒙古牛与野生蒙古牛腿臀肌肌肉组织定量蛋白质组学与磷酸化蛋白质组学筛选获得的表达差异倍数较大的核心蛋白聚糖(DCN)为靶标,以实验室前期分离培养的牛骨骼肌卫星细胞及建立的体外诱导成肌分化模型为对象,通过对设计合成的3个DCN siRNA干扰效果的筛选,将干扰效果最显著的si-DCN-2(si-DCN)转染牛骨骼肌卫星细胞。采用实时荧光定量PCR和Western blotting方法检测增殖期(GM)牛骨骼肌卫星细胞中增殖标志因子Pax7和MyoD的mRNA水平及蛋白水平的表达变化,以及使用EdU染色的方法检测干扰DCN对细胞增殖的影响。对转染DCN siRNA的牛骨骼肌卫星细胞进行体外成肌诱导分化,通过显微镜观察牛骨骼肌卫星细胞分化第3天(DM3)的肌管形成状态,同时采用实时荧光定量PCR和Western blotting检测分化标志因子MyoG和MyHC的mRNA水平及蛋白水平的表达变化,并对DM3期肌管MyHC进行免疫荧光染色,以研究干扰DCN对细胞分化的影响。结果显示,干扰DCN表达后,增殖期牛骨骼肌卫星细胞中Pax7和MyoD的mRNA水平及蛋白水平都显著或极显著上调(P<0.05;P<0.01),且EdU阳性细胞率显著增加(P<0.05),表明干扰DCN表达显著促进了牛骨骼肌卫星细胞的增殖。干扰DCN表达后,牛骨骼肌卫星细胞分化第3天诱导形成的肌管直径呈现增大趋势,检测成肌分化标志因子MyoG在mRNA和蛋白水平的表达分别极显著和显著高于对照组(P<0.01;P<0.05),MyHC在mRNA水平显著降低(P<0.05),但在蛋白水平上极显著升高(P<0.01),免疫荧光结果显示,下调DCN后肌管融合指数显著高于对照组(P<0.05),说明干扰DCN表达能够促进牛骨骼肌卫星细胞的成肌分化过程。本研究结果表明,干扰DCN可以显著促进牛骨骼肌卫星细胞的增殖和成肌分化过程。研究结果为进一步开展MSTN对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞成肌分化的调控机制研究奠定了基础。     

Preliminary study of the gene expression of sulfation and degradation enzymes for chondroitin sulfate in glycerol-treated C2C12 myoblast cells

In this study, we induced chemical damage of C2C12 myoblasts that had differentiated into myotubes with glycerol, and four sulfation enzymes for chondroitin sulfate (CS) [carbohydrate sulfotransferase (Chst) 12, Chst15 and Chst3 and uronyl 2-O-sulfotransferase (UST)] and two CS degradation enzymes [hyaluronidase (Hyal) 1 and Hyal2] were examined for changes in gene expression. Treatment of myoblasts with 5% glycerol significantly increased the expression levels of the sulfation enzymes Chst12 and Chst15 and the degradation enzymes Hyal1 and Hyal2. However, the expression levels of the other two genes (Chst3 and Ust) showed no change. Differences in the expression levels of these enzymes may help to understand the difference in responsiveness of myoblasts to glycerol after muscle injury in vivo or in vitro.     

Effects of chemical ischemia on purine nucleotides,free radical generation,lipids peroxidation and intracellular calcium levels in C2C12 myotube derived from mouse myocytes

To elucidate the mechanisms of ischemia-mediated myopathy using in vitro model, changes of purine nucleotides, membrane lipid peroxidation(TBARS), intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i)levels, generation of free radicals, and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragmentation were examined in mouse-derived C2C12 myotubes under the condition with an inhibition of glycolytic and oxidative metabolism as the ischemic condition. In purine nucleotides, intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and guanosine triphosphate (GTP) concentrations rapidly and significantly decreased after the treatment with ischemia. No remarkable differences were observed in other purine nucleotides, with the exception of inosine monophosphate (IMP) and extracellular hypoxanthine levels, both of which increased significantly during the ischemia. The lactate dehydrogenase activity in culture supernatant of C2C12 myotubes increased significantly from 2 to 4 hr after the ischemia. On the generation of free radicals, no spectrum was detected in supernatants throughout the observation period, whereas supernatant TBARS concentration increased rapidly and significantly after the ischemia. The relative intensity of [Ca2+]i significantly increased after the ischemia. On the fragmented deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA), no TUNEL positive cells was detected in C2C12 myotubes after 1 hr of the ischemia, however the positive cell percentage subsequently increased. From these results, it was suggested that the ischemic condition induced changes of membrane permeability and increase of [Ca2+]i, both of which lead to cell membrane damage, although a free radical generation was not detected. The ischemic condition also induced the release of substrate hypoxanthine for free radical generation and might initiate the apoptotic pathway in C2C12 myotubes.     

过表达MyBPC1对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞增殖分化的影响

旨在探究肌球蛋白结合蛋白C1（myosin binding protein C1,MyBPC1）对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞增殖与成肌分化的影响,为进一步研究MyBPC1在细胞分化和肌肉发育过程中的调控作用提供依据。本研究利用西门塔尔胎牛原代牛骨骼肌卫星细胞体外诱导成肌分化模型模拟牛骨骼肌的生长发育过程。采用qRT-PCR和Western blot检测MyBPC1的细胞时序表达谱。试验分为两组。在RNA水平每组4个重复,每个重复20 μL;在蛋白水平每组3个重复,每个重复15 μg。采用qRT-PCR和Western blot检测牛骨骼肌卫星细胞转染MyBPC1的过表达效果,并进一步检测细胞增殖期标志因子Pax7、Ki67以及细胞分化期标志因子MyHC、MyOG的表达变化情况,观察牛骨骼肌卫星细胞肌管形成状态。结果,MyBPC1在牛骨骼肌卫星细胞分化前后表达水平存在极显著差异,牛骨骼肌卫星细胞诱导分化后MyBPC1的mRNA和蛋白表达量均极显著高于增殖期（P<0.01）。过表达MyBPC1后,细胞分化形成的肌管数量明显多于对照组,增殖标志因子Pax7的mRNA水平和蛋白表达水平无显著差异,分化标志因子MyHC的mRNA水平和蛋白表达水平极显著高于对照组（P<0.01）。过表达MyBPC1可以促进牛骨骼肌卫星细胞体外成肌分化,为进一步开展MyBPC1对牛骨骼肌卫星细胞的调控机制奠定基础。     

鞘磷脂对小鼠肌卫星细胞C2C12成肌分化的影响

研究通过检测鞘磷脂对小鼠肌卫星细胞C2C12成肌分化的影响,旨在为阐明鞘磷脂对解偶联蛋白1（UCP1）基因敲入猪骨骼肌生长的影响提供理论依据。用ELISA法检测野生型猪和UCP1敲入猪背部肌肉及血清中总鞘磷脂含量;利用CCK8法检测不同浓度（0、5、20、50和100 μg/mL）鞘磷脂对C2C12细胞增殖和毒性的影响,并通过形态学观察和分化前后细胞成肌分化标记基因生肌因子5（Myf5）、生肌决定因子（MyoD）、肌细胞生成素（Myogenin）、生肌调节因子4（MRF4）的表达检测,建立C2C12成肌分化体系;在成肌分化培养基中添加上述不同浓度的鞘磷脂,诱导分化6 d后,通过形态学和Myogenin免疫荧光染色观察肌管的形成及成肌分化标记基因的mRNA表达水平检测,确定鞘磷脂的最佳添加浓度。用筛选出的最佳鞘磷脂添加浓度诱导细胞成肌分化,在2、4和6 d收集细胞,利用实时荧光定量PCR检测周期蛋白相关基因CyclinD1、CyclinE、CDK2和CDK4的表达水平,CCK8法检测诱导2 d细胞的活力。结果发现,与野生型猪相比,UCP1-KI猪背部肌肉组织中总鞘磷脂含量显著增加（P<0.05）;血清鞘磷脂含量差异不显著（P>0.05）;不同浓度鞘磷脂对未分化C2C12细胞的增殖无显著影响（P>0.05）;成肌分化6 d后,C2C12细胞形成明显的肌管,成肌分化标记基因Myf5、MyoD、Myogenin、MRF4的mRNA和蛋白水平均极显著上调（P<0.01）;与未添加鞘磷脂的对照组相比,20 μg/mL鞘磷脂组有更多肌管形成,Myogenin阳性信号和肌管融合指数均显著增加（P<0.05）,Myogenin、MRF4基因的表达量显著提高（P<0.05）。利用20 μg/mL鞘磷脂诱导细胞分化,在分化2 d时,处理组CyclinE、CDK4基因表达量显著高于对照组（P<0.05）,细胞活力也显著高于对照组（P<0.05）;分化6 d后,处理组CyclinD1、CyclinE、CDK2、CDK4基因表达量均显著低于对照组（P<0.05）。本研究结果表明,20 μg/mL鞘磷脂能够提高小鼠肌卫星细胞C2C12分化早期细胞活力和成肌分化效率,可为研究鞘磷脂对骨骼肌生长的影响提供一定的参考。     

Ghrelin stimulates myogenic differentiation in a mouse muscle satellite cell line and in primary cultures of bovine myoblasts

Ghrelin is an acylated hormone that influences food intake, energy metabolism and reproduction, among others. Ghrelin may also stimulate proliferating myoblast cell differentiation and multinucleated myotube fusion. The aim of this work was to assess the effect of human ghrelin (hGHRL) and human ghrelin fragment 1-18 (hGHRL1-18) on myoblast differentiation by means of mRNA expression and protein level. Two types of cells were tested, the cell line i28 obtained from mouse skeletal muscle and primary cultures of bovine myoblasts. Both ghrelin and its N-terminal fragment hGHRL1-18 were used at concentrations of 0, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 nm. Treatments were applied to pre-confluent cultures and were maintained for 4 days. We determined that between 0.1 and 100 nm, hGHRL and hGRHL1-18 had similar effects on myogenic differentiation of i28 cells (p < 0.01). On the other hand, only the higher concentrations (10 and 100 nm) of hGHRL stimulated bovine myoblast differentiation. These results could be attributed to the presence, in both i28 cells and in bovine myoblasts, of the mRNA for GHS-R1a and CD36 receptors. The use of ghrelin in livestock production is still questionable because of the limited effects shown in this study, and additional research is needed in this field.