Murray, Thomas VA and McMahon, Jill M and Howley, Breege A and Stanley, Alanna and Ritter, Thomas and Mohr, Andrea and Zwacka, Ralf and Fearnhead, Howard O (2008) A non-apoptotic role for caspase-9 in muscle differentiation. Journal of Cell Science, 121 (22). pp. 3786-3793. DOI https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.024547
Murray, Thomas VA and McMahon, Jill M and Howley, Breege A and Stanley, Alanna and Ritter, Thomas and Mohr, Andrea and Zwacka, Ralf and Fearnhead, Howard O (2008) A non-apoptotic role for caspase-9 in muscle differentiation. Journal of Cell Science, 121 (22). pp. 3786-3793. DOI https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.024547
Murray, Thomas VA and McMahon, Jill M and Howley, Breege A and Stanley, Alanna and Ritter, Thomas and Mohr, Andrea and Zwacka, Ralf and Fearnhead, Howard O (2008) A non-apoptotic role for caspase-9 in muscle differentiation. Journal of Cell Science, 121 (22). pp. 3786-3793. DOI https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.024547
Abstract
<jats:p>Caspases, a family of cysteine proteases most often investigated for their roles in apoptosis, have also been demonstrated to have functions that are vital for the efficient execution of cell differentiation. One such role that has been described is the requirement of caspase-3 for the differentiation of skeletal myoblasts into myotubes but, as yet, the mechanism leading to caspase-3 activation in this case remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate that caspase-9, an initiator caspase in the mitochondrial death pathway, is responsible for the activation of caspase-3 in differentiating C2C12 cells. Reduction of caspase-9 levels, using an shRNA construct, prevented caspase-3 activation and inhibited myoblast fusion. Myosin-heavy-chain expression, which accompanies myoblastic differentiation, was not caspase-dependent. Overexpression of Bcl-xL, a protein that inhibits caspase-9 activation, had the same effect on muscle differentiation as knockdown of caspase-9. These data suggest that the mitochondrial pathway is required for differentiation; however, the release of cytochrome c or Smac (Diablo) could not be detected, raising the possibility of a novel mechanism of caspase-9 activation during muscle differentiation.</jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Apoptosis; Caspase-9; Bcl-xL; Muscle; Differentiation; shRNA |
Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2013 14:08 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 18:30 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/8323 |
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