title: IGF-I-induced differentiation of L6 myogenic cells requires the activity of cAMP-phosphodiesterase.
abstract: Inhibition of type 4 cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE4) activity in L6-C5 and L6-E9 abolished myogenic differentiation induced by low-serum medium and IGF-I. L6-C5 cells cultured in low-serum medium displayed a PDE4 activity higher than cells cultured in serum-free medium, a condition not sufficient to induce differentiation. In the presence of serum, PDE4D3, the major isoform natively expressed in L6-C5 cells, translocated to a Triton-insoluble fraction, which increased the PDE specific activity of the fraction, and exhibited a Mr shift typical of phosphorylation of this isoform. Furthermore, serum promoted the localization of PDE4D3 to a vesicular subcellular compartment. In L6-C5 cells, IGF-I is a stronger inducer of myogenic differentiation in the presence than in absence of serum. Its ability to trigger differentiation in the absence of serum was restored by overexpressing wild-type PDE4D3, but not a phosphorylation-insensitive mutant. This finding was confirmed in single cells overexpressing a GFP-PDE4D3 fusion protein by assessing nuclear accumulation of myogenin in both L6-C5 and L6-E9. Overexpression of other PDE isoforms was less efficient, confirming that PDE4D3 is the physiologically relevant phosphodiesterase isoform in the control of myogenesis. These results show that downregulation of cAMP signaling through cAMP-phosphodiesterase stimulation is a prerequisite for induction of myogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Istologia ed Embriologia Medica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, 00161 Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Arcangelis
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coletti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lagarde
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molinaro
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adamo
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nemoz
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Naro
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D054703:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D054703:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4