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Shinichiro Nishimatsu
Department Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Natural Sciences, Position Professor |
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| Article types | 原著 |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | miR-487b, miR-3963 and miR-6412 delay myogenic differentiation in mouse myoblast-derived C2C12 cells |
| Journal | Formal name：BMC cell biology Abbreviation：BMC Cell Biol ISSN code：14712121 |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 16(1),pp.13 |
| Author and coauthor | Naoki Katase, Kumiko Terada, Takahiro Suzuki, Shin-ichiro Nishimatsu, Tsutomu Nohno |
| Publication date | 2015/04 |
| Summary | Background Skeletal muscle differentiation is a multistep, complex pathway in which several important signaling molecules are involved. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs), endogenous non-coding small RNAs that regulate mRNAs, have been proposed to be involved in skeletal muscle differentiation. In this study, we identified skeletal muscle differentiation-associated miRNAs by comparing miRNA expression profiles between C2C12 cells and Wnt4 over-expressing C2C12 cells (W4-08), which can spontaneously differentiate into myotubes. Results We identified miR-206, miR-133a, and miR-133b as up-regulated miRNAs and miR-487b, miR-3963 and miR-6412 as down-regulated miRNAs in differentiating cells. We focused on the down-regulated miRNAs because their functions were largely unknown. Transfection of mimics of these miRNAs into C2C12 cells resulted in significantly reduced expression of myogenic differentiation markers, including troponin T and myosin heavy chain fast type and slow type, but did not affect the expression of the myogenic transcription factors, MyoD and myogenin. Conclusions These miRNAs were characterized as new myogenic differentiation-associated miRNAs which may delay late myogenic differentiation or maturation. |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12860-015-0061-9 |
| PMID | 25925429 |