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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Gene targeting has indicated that Myf5 and MyoD are required for myogenic determination because skeletal myoblasts and myofibers are missing in mouse embryos lacking both Myf5 and MyoD. To investigate the fate of Myf5:MyoD-deficient myogenic precursor cells during embryogenesis, we examined the sites of epaxial, hypaxial, and cephalic myogenesis at different developmental stages. In newborn mice, excessive amounts of adipose tissue were found in the place of muscles whose progenitor cells have undergone long-range migrations as mesenchymal cells. Analysis of the expression pattern of Myogenin-lacZ transgene and muscle proteins revealed that myogenic precursor cells were not able to acquire a myogenic fate in the trunk (myotome) nor at sites of MyoD induction in the limb buds. Importantly, the Myf5-dependent precursors, as defined by Myf5(nlacZ)-expression, deficient for both Myf5 and MyoD, were observed early in development to assume nonmuscle fates (e.g., cartilage) and, later in development, to extensively proliferate without cell death. Their fate appeared to significantly differ from the fate of MyoD-dependent precursors, as defined by 258/-2.5lacZ-expression (-20 kb enhancer of MyoD), of which a significant proportion failed to proliferate and underwent apoptosis. Taken together, these data strongly suggest that Myf5 and MyoD regulatory elements respond differentially in different compartments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
258
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
307-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Forelimb, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Lac Operon, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Muscle Development, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-MyoD Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Myogenic Regulatory Factor 5, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Myogenin, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Somites, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12798290-Trans-Activators
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Myf5 and MyoD activation define independent myogenic compartments during embryonic development.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, 5859 University Avenue, B3H 4H7, Halifax, NS, Canada. bkablar@dal.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't