Heart failure alters MyoD and MRF4 expressions in rat skeletal muscle
| Autor: | Francis da Silva Lopes, Antonio Carlos Cicogna, Célia Regina Nogueira, Mario Mateus Sugizaki, Gerson Eduardo Rocha Campos, Robson Francisco Carvalho, Maeli Dal Pai-Silva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Messenger RNA
medicine.medical_specialty animal structures Skeletal muscle Cell Biology Biology musculoskeletal system MyoD Pathology and Forensic Medicine MyoD Protein medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Internal medicine Myosin Myogenic regulatory factors medicine medicine.symptom Myopathy tissues Molecular Biology Myogenin |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Experimental Pathology. 87:219-225 |
| ISSN: | 0959-9673 |
| Popis: | Heart failure (HF) is characterized by a skeletal muscle myopathy with increased expression of fast myosin heavy chains (MHCs). The skeletal muscle-specific molecular regulatory mechanisms controlling MHC expression during HF have not been described. Myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs), a family of transcriptional factors that control the expression of several skeletal muscle-specific genes, may be related to these alterations. This investigation was undertaken in order to examine potential relationships between MRF mRNA expression and MHC protein isoforms in Wistar rat skeletal muscle with monocrotaline-induced HF. We studied soleus (Sol) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles from both HF and control Wistar rats. MyoD, myogenin and MRF4 contents were determined using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction while MHC isoforms were separated using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Despite no change in MHC composition of Wistar rat skeletal muscles with HF, the mRNA relative expression of MyoD in Sol and EDL muscles and that of MRF4 in Sol muscle were significantly reduced, whereas myogenin was not changed in both muscles. This down-regulation in the mRNA relative expression of MRF4 in Sol was associated with atrophy in response to HF while these alterations were not present in EDL muscle. Taken together, our results show a potential role for MRFs in skeletal muscle myopathy during HF. |
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