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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the effect of a constitutively active Raf protein (Raf-CAAX) on the differentiation and the coincident apoptosis of skeletal myoblasts. We found that a low level of Raf signaling leads to accelerated differentiation when compared to parental myoblasts, while a higher level of Raf signaling induces a transformed morphology and abrogates both differentiation and the coincident apoptosis. Raf signaling abrogates apoptosis without blocking the activation of caspase 3 and the subsequent cleavage of caspase 3 substrates. Eliminating the signal from Raf through MEK does not restore the ability to differentiate or to undergo apoptosis in the myoblasts with a high level of Raf signal, nor does it abrogate the accelerated differentiation observed in myoblasts with lower levels of Raf signal. Constitutive signaling through MEK is required, however, to maintain a transformed morphology. These results indicate that the effect of Raf on the differentiation and apoptosis of skeletal myoblasts is dictated by the level of Raf signaling, and that Raf signaling sufficient to abrogate the apoptosis coincident with differentiation does so downstream of caspase 3 signaling.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Flavonoids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MAP3K1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PD 98059, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ras Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5268-79
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Flavonoids, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12149648-ras Proteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Raf-induced effects on the differentiation and apoptosis of skeletal myoblasts are determined by the level of Raf signaling: abrogation of apoptosis by Raf is downstream of caspase 3 activation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, OH 44115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't