title: Roles of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 on the suppression of myostatin gene expression induced by basic fibroblast growth factor.
abstract: Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF, FGF-2) has an inhibitory effect on the expression of the myostatin gene in murine C2C12 myoblasts, as shown in our recent investigation. To further verify the regulatory effects of bFGF on the myostatin gene and to better understand its mechanism in skeletal muscle, and to promote clinical applications of bFGF to treat skeletal muscle diseases correlated to muscular dystrophy or AIDS and so on, recombinant human bFGF (rh-bFGF) was added into media and stimulated murine C2C12 myoblasts to investigate the dose-dependent effect of bFGF on suppression of myostatin gene expression and the role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in the regulatory mechanism. Simultaneously, complete coding sequence of ovine?8 kDa-bFGF gene was inserted into eukaryotic vector pCMV-neo (originated from pEGFP-N1 vector, from which the EGFP gene has been removed), the recombinant plasmid pCMV-neo-bFGF was harvested and injected into the mouse skeletal muscle of posterior limb. Expression levels of bFGF, myostatin, and ERK1/2 genes in murine C2C12 myoblasts and the skeletal muscle were analyzed by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting analysis, respectively. The results showed that bFGF impaired the expression of myostatin gene in a dose-dependent manner in C2C12 cells, with increasing concentration of rh-bFGF, myostatin mRNA declined gradually. In addition, results in skeletal muscle indicated that bFGF also suppressed the expression of the myostatin gene in vivo. Furthermore, we found ERK1/2 participated in the regulatory mechanism of bFGF on the expression of the myostatin gene.
authors.affiliation: Modern Biochemistry Center, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.
authors.forename: Huazhong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaorong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Yongfu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jieping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D055435:Myostatin / Q000235:genetics*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005419:Flavonoids; D055435:Myostatin; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one