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- Title
Optineurin promotes myogenesis during muscle regeneration in mice by autophagic degradation of GSK3β.
- Authors
Shi, Xiao Chen; Xia, Bo; Zhang, Jian Feng; Zhang, Rui Xin; Zhang, Dan Yang; Liu, Huan; Xie, Bao Cai; Wang, Yong Liang; Wu, Jiang Wei
- Abstract
Skeletal muscle regeneration is essential for maintaining muscle function in injury and muscular disease. Myogenesis plays key roles in forming new myofibers during the process. Here, through bioinformatic screen for the potential regulators of myogenesis from 5 independent microarray datasets, we identify an overlapping differentially expressed gene (DEG) optineurin (OPTN). Optn knockdown (KD) delays muscle regeneration in mice and impairs C2C12 myoblast differentiation without affecting their proliferation. Conversely, Optn overexpression (OE) promotes myoblast differentiation. Mechanistically, OPTN increases nuclear levels of β-catenin and enhances the T-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor (TCF/LEF) transcription activity, suggesting activation of Wnt signaling pathway. The activation is accompanied by decreased protein levels of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β), a negative regulator of the pathway. We further show that OPTN physically interacts with and targets GSK3β for autophagic degradation. Pharmacological inhibition of GSK3β rescues the impaired myogenesis induced by Optn KD during muscle regeneration and myoblast differentiation, corroborating that GSK3β is the downstream effector of OPTN-mediated myogenesis. Together, our study delineates the novel role of OPTN as a potential regulator of myogenesis and may open innovative therapeutic perspectives for muscle regeneration. Skeletal muscle regeneration is essential for maintaining muscle function in injury and muscular disease. This study identifies optineurin as a promoter of myoblast differentiation and potential regulator of myogenesis, showing that it interacts with GSK3β and targets it for autophagic degradation.
- Subjects
MUSCLE regeneration; MYOGENESIS; MYOBLASTS; GLYCOGEN synthase kinase; WNT signal transduction; MUSCLE injuries; SKELETAL muscle
- Publication
PLoS Biology, 2022, Vol 20, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1544-9173
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001619