title: Specific effect of corticoids on acetylcholine receptor expression in rat skeletal muscle cell cultures.
abstract: The potential effect of different classes of steroids on the expression of acetylcholine receptors (AChR) was studied in different primary cultures of newborn-rat skeletal muscle cells. Comparison among three techniques for preparing newborn skeletal muscle cells showed that these systems were equivalent to study AChR expression. Only corticoids stimulated myogenesis as a twofold increase in AChR expression indicated. Among the corticoids, the glucocorticoids were the more potent, whereas the mineralocorticoid aldosterone had less marked effect. The sex hormones progesterone and testosterone partially blocked these effects, without inducing any significant effect when given alone. The steroids tested differed in efficacy in correlation with their different chemical structures. Among the glucocorticoids a clear structure-activity relationship could be established. These results emphasize the specificity of corticoid action on muscle cells and suggest an explanation for the effects induced by glucocorticoids used in treating human muscular or neuromuscular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Université Louis Pasteur (ULP), Département d'Immunologie et Immunopharmacologie, Illkirch, France.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Vilquin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labouret
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zuber
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tranchant
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poindron
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Warter
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects; D013256:Steroids / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D013256:Steroids