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- Title
Up-regulation of nuclear PLCβ<sub>1</sub> in myogenic differentiation.
- Authors
Irene Faenza; Alberto Bavelloni; Roberta Fiume; Giovanna Lattanzi; Nadir M. Maraldi; R. Stewart. Gilmour; Alberto M. Martelli; Pann-Ghill Suh; Anna Maria Billi; Lucio Cocco
- Abstract
Phospholipase C β1 (PLCβ1) signaling in both cell proliferation and differentiation has been largely investigated, but its role in myoblast differentiation is still unclear. The C2C12 myogenic cell line has been used in this study in order to find out the role of the two subtypes of PLCβ1, i.e., a and b in this process. C2C12 myoblast proliferate in response to mitogens and upon mitogen withdrawal differentiates into multinucleated myotubes. We found that differentiation of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells is characterized by a marked increase in the amount of nuclear PLCβ1a and PLCβ1b. Indeed, treatment with insulin induces a dramatic rise of both PLCβ1 subtypes expression and activity, as determined by immunochemical and enzymatic assays. Immunofluorescence experiments with anti-PLCβ1 specific monoclonal antibody showed a low level of cytoplasmatic and nuclear staining during the initial 12 h of differentiation whilst a massive nuclear staining is appreciable in differentiating cells. The time course of PLCβ1 expression versus Troponin T expression clearly indicates that the increase in the amount of PLCβ1 takes place 24 h earlier than that of Troponin T. Moreover, the overexpression of the PLCβ1M2b mutant, lacking the nuclear localization signal and entirely located in the cytoplasm, represses the formation of mature multinucleated myotube. Taken together these results suggest that nuclear PLCβ1 is a key player in myoblast differentiation, functioning as a positive regulator of this process. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; CELL cycle; CELL populations
- Publication
Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2003, Vol 195, Issue 3, p446
- ISSN
0021-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jcp.10264