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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Cofilin (CF) is an actin regulatory protein that plays a critical role in actin filament dynamics in a variety of cells. Two cofilin isoforms. muscle-type (M-CF) and nonmuscle-type (NM-CF) encoded by different genes, exist in mammals; in the adult, the former is predominantly expressed in muscle tissues, while the latter is distributed in various non-muscle tissues (Ono et al., 1994). In this study, we examined cofilin isoform expression during skeletal and cardiac muscle development in mice using cDNA probes and antibodies which distinguish the isoforms. We found that the expression of M-CF was initiated in terminally differentiated myogenic cells in both the myotome and limb buds. In myogenic cell cultures, its expression occurred coupled with myotube formation. NM-CF was expressed in developing skeletal and cardiac muscles but disappeared from skeletal muscle during postnatal development, while its expression persisted in the heart, even in adult mice. A similar situation was observed in the heart of other mammals. Thus, it is likely that the both cofilin isoforms are involved in the regulation of actin assembly during myofibrillogenesis. Only M-CF could be involved in actin dynamics in mature skeletal muscle, while both isoforms could be in the mature heart.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0142-4319
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Actin Depolymerizing Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10813634-Rats
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of cofilin isoforms during development of mouse striated muscles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology. Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't