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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
The present study examined time-dependent changes in the gene expression profile of long-term cultured human myotubes. Microarray transcriptional analysis was performed in a primary culture of differentiated myotubes from one subject over seven weeks. This analysis showed a main gradual fall in genes of the contractile apparatus, and a broad upregulation of genes involved in cell development and growth, followed by stress response and signal transduction. Glucose metabolism was also monitored, but no significant alterations in glucose uptake, oxidation or glycogen storage were observed. Mitochondrial membrane potential, or the amount of membrane lipid peroxides, remained similarly unchanged, nor was lactate dehydrogenase leakage observed. Time-dependent changes in eight genes were validated by real-time RT-PCR in primary cultured myotubes from four subjects, of similar age and isolated after equivalent replication cycles in vitro and differentiated over seven weeks. Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 2 (IGFBP2), a modulator of the IGF signal, was upregulated. The antiapoptotic gene heat-shock 70-kd protein 2 (HSPA2) was induced, whereas the proapoptotic tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 25 (WSL-1) was suppressed. A decline in the muscle-specific gene M-cadherin and contraction genes, such as slow-twitch troponin I (TNNI1) and myosin heavy chain 2 (MYH2), myosin light chain 1 (MYL1) and myosin-binding protein H (MYBPH), which are expressed in adult fast-twitch muscle, was shown. In summary, these data demonstrate extensive downregulation of contractile genes and modulation of apoptosis-related genes, in favour of cell survival, during maintenance of cultured human myotubes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
384
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Biopsy, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17052863-Time
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term cultured human myotubes decrease contractile gene expression and regulate apoptosis-related genes.
pubmed:affiliation
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028-Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't