title: Extracellular guanosine-5'-triphosphate modulates myogenesis via intermediate Ca(2+)-activated K+ currents in C2C12 mouse cells.
abstract: In this study we investigated the role of extracellular 5'-guanosine-triphosphate (GTP) on early phases of skeletal muscle differentiation using the widely used C2C12 mouse cells as a myogenic model. We show that extracellular GTP binding to specific sites activates a metabotropic cascade that leads to a transient intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, consequent activation of the intermediate Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels (IK(Ca)), and hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane. We further show that in differentiating C2C12 myoblasts GTP induces a proliferative boost, and increases the number of cells positive for the myosin heavy chain (MyHC) proteins. These effects were shown to be mediated by the IK(Ca) channel-dependent hyperpolarization, as evidenced by their disappearance when myoblasts were incubated with the IK(Ca) channel inhibitor charybdotoxin. These data give new insights into nucleotide purinergic signalling pathways, and address the role of the GTP-dependent IK(Ca) channel activation and hyperpolarization in myogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze del Farmaco, Istituto Interuniversitario di Miologia, Ce.S.I. Centro di Scienze dell'Invecchiamento 'University G. d'Annunzio' Foundation, via dei Vestini, I-66013 Chieti, Italy. tiziana@unich.it
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pietrangelo
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fioretti
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mancinelli
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Catacuzzeno
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franciolini
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fanò
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fulle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D051379:Mice; D024510:Muscle Development / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D032446:Myoblasts; D032448:Myoblasts, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium