title: Prostaglandin E2: from clinical applications to its potential role in bone- muscle crosstalk and myogenic differentiation.
abstract: Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), a prostanoid synthesized from arachidonic acid via the cyclooxygenase pathway, is a modulator of physiological responses including inflammation, fever, and muscle regeneration. Several patents have been filed that are related to PGE(2), one of them being directly related to skeletal muscles. In this report, we first summarize the key patents describing inventions for the utilization of PGE(2) for either diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, including skeletal muscle. In the second part of our work we present new and exciting data that demonstrates that PGE(2) accelerates skeletal muscle myogenic differentiation. Our discovery resulted from our recent and novel concept of bone-muscle crosstalk. Bone and muscle are anatomically intimate endocrine organs and we aimed to determine whether this anatomical intimacy also translates into a biochemical communication from bone cells to muscle cells at the in vitro level. The effects of MLOY4 osteocyte-like cell conditioned medium (CM) and three osteocyte-secreted factors, PGE(2), sclerostin and monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP-3), on C2C12 myogenic differentiation were evaluated using morphological analyses, a customized 96-gene PCR array, and measurements of intracellular calcium levels. MLO-Y4 CM and PGE(2), but not sclerostin and MCP-3, induced acceleration of myogenesis of C2C12 myoblasts that was linked with significant modifications in intracellular calcium homeostasis. This finding should further stimulate the pursuit of new patents to explore the use of PGE(2) and the new concept of bone-muscle crosstalk for the development and application of inventions designed to treat muscle diseases characterized by enhanced muscle wasting, such as sarcopenia.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City, Muscle Biology Research Group-MUBIG, School of Nursing, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA.
authors.forename: Chenglin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romero-Suarez
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonewald
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brotto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D024510:Muscle Development / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D032446:Myoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D015232:Dinoprostone; D002118:Calcium