title: Distinct regulation of myoblast differentiation by intracellular and extracellular fibroblast growth factor-1.
abstract: We studied the role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-1 in the physiology of myoblast differentiation. We found that, while endogenous FGF-1 in L6-10 rat myoblasts did not suppress the progress of differentiation, the addition of FGF-1 to the culture medium suppressed it. Moreover, L6-10 cells stably transfected with full length FGF-1 undergo enhanced differentiation. The latter was well correlated with myogenin expression and myotube formation. Constitutive expression of a mutant FGF-1 (FGF-1U) that lacked a nuclear localization signal, promoted the differentiation of the myoblasts even more strongly. Furthermore, the expression of FGF-1U in an inducible expression system enhanced myogenin expression promptly. In L6-10 transfectants expressing a dominant-negative mutant of FGF receptor, stable transfection of FGF-1 promoted differentiation as it did in parent cells. Studies with FGF receptors and MAP kinase suggest that both are involved in the effect of FGF-1 when it is supplemented to culture medium but not during the effect of endogenous FGF-1 synthesized in cells. We conclude that intracellular (endogenous) and extracellular (exogenous) FGF-1 have differential effects on the regulation of myogenic differentiation of L6-10 cells.
authors.affiliation: Biosignaling Department, National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uruno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002459:Cell Fusion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D024510:Muscle Development; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology; D019913:Nuclear Localization Signals; D051381:Rats; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D019913:Nuclear Localization Signals; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases