Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) blocks the differentiation of C2C12 myoblast cells
Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) blocks the differentiation of C2C12 myoblast cells
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DOI:
10.1002/jcp.20177
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发表时间:
2005-03-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Kato, K
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作者:
Ito, H;Ueda, H;Kato, K
Addition of nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) to the differentiation medium of C2C12 mouse myoblast cells caused severe inhibition of the formation of myotubes and suppressed differentiation-dependent elevation in the levels of the creatine kinase M isozyme (CKM). Under these conditions, NDGA did not cause significant increase of damaged cells, as detected by annexin-V-FITC assay, or induction of heat shock proteins, known to be a response against extracellular stress. The results suggest that NDGA itself is not toxic but can effectively blocks the differentiation-dependent increase of CKM during C2C12 differentiation. The levels of muscle specific bHLH proteins MyoD, Myf5, and myogenin were also decreased by addition of NDGA, indicating a block of the initial step of the myogenesis through downregulation of muscle specific genes. NDGA is known to be a lipoxygenase inhibitor but other examples, like MK-886 and CDC, did not exert the same effects on differentiation of muscle cells, indicating that mechanisms of NDGA action are independent of its influence on lipoxygenase. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.