COEXPRESSION OF ALPHA-SARCOMERIC ACTIN, ALPHA-SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN AND DESMIN DURING MYOGENESIS IN RAT AND MOUSE EMBRYOS .1. SKELETAL-MUSCLE
COEXPRESSION OF ALPHA-SARCOMERIC ACTIN, ALPHA-SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN AND DESMIN DURING MYOGENESIS IN RAT AND MOUSE EMBRYOS .1. SKELETAL-MUSCLE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-0436.1990.tb00546.x
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发表时间:
1990-08-01
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2.9
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GABBIANI, G
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BABAI, F;MUSEVIAGHDAM, J;GABBIANI, G
Expression of vimentin, desmin, .alpha.-sarcomeric and .alpha.-smooth muscle actins in embryonic tissues of rat and mice was examined using an immunohistochemical approach. The results showed a similarity in the expression of desmin and .alpha.-actin isoforms (.alpha.-sr and .alpha.-sm) in skeletal muscle cells during murine feto-embryonic development. In the two species, coexpression of .alpha.-sr and .alpha.-sm actins has been observed in cardiomyoblasts, myotomal myoblasts and myotubes. The intensity of .alpha.-sm actin expression decreased during the terminal steps of myogenesis and disappeared completely in mature cardiomyocytes and myofibres. Desmin was expressed in all prefusion myoblasts (type 1 and 2 myoblasts), myotubes, and in myofibres. The appearance of desmin in myoblasts of somites preceded by a few hours the expression of the .alpha.-actins (.alpha.-sr and .alpha.-sm). Our study on vimentin expression, limited to rat embryos, revealed that somite premyoblasts expressed only vimentin, type 1 myoblasts expressed vimentin and desmin, and type 2 myoblasts (rhabdomyoblasts) expressed desmin and .alpha.-actins (.alpha.-sr and .alpha.-sm). Our study demonstrates the resemblance between feto-embryonic myogenesis and myogenic neoplastic differentiation: desmin appears before the .alpha.-actins in embryonic myoblasts, and can be considered as a marker of an initial step in myogenic differentiation. .alpha.-sm actin, considered as a striated muscle cell feto-embryonic actin, is expressed transiently in skeletal myoblasts and cardiomyoblasts during development and reappears during neoplastic transformation of skeletal muscle.