Mechanical stretch-induced activation of skeletal muscle satellite cells is dependent on nitric oxide production in vitro.
Mechanical stretch-induced activation of skeletal muscle satellite cells is dependent on nitric oxide production in vitro.
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1344-3941.2002.00033.x
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发表时间:
2002-01-01
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2
通讯作者:
Ito, T.
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作者:
Tatsumi, R.;Hattori, A.;Ito, T.
Mechanical stretch induces activation of cultured quiescent satellite cells and the activation response is owing to rapid release of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) from its extracellular association with satellite cells and its subsequent presentation to the c-met receptor. We provide new evidence that the stretch activation is dependent on nitric oxide (NO) production. Stretch activation could be abolished by the addition of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a competitive inhibitor of NO synthesis, but not by NG-nitro-D-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride, a less active enantiomer of L-NAME. Adding HGF to the L-NAME culture restored the activation response, indicating that L-NAME does not directly inhibit satellite cell activation, but acts upstream from the HGF release. In addition, immunoblots of satellite cell lysate revealed the presence of nitric oxide synthase. These experiments suggest that NO is involved in linking mechanical perturbation of satellite cells to chemical signalling responsible for HGF release from its sequestration in vitro.