Publication Date:
2000-09-29
Description:
MyoD regulates skeletal muscle differentiation (SMD) and is essential for repair of damaged tissue. The transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) is activated by the cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a mediator of skeletal muscle wasting in cachexia. Here, the role of NF-kappaB in cytokine-induced muscle degeneration was explored. In differentiating C2C12 myocytes, TNF-induced activation of NF-kappaB inhibited SMD by suppressing MyoD mRNA at the posttranscriptional level. In contrast, in differentiated myotubes, TNF plus interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) signaling was required for NF-kappaB-dependent down-regulation of MyoD and dysfunction of skeletal myofibers. MyoD mRNA was also down-regulated by TNF and IFN-gamma expression in mouse muscle in vivo. These data elucidate a possible mechanism that may underlie the skeletal muscle decay in cachexia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Guttridge, D C -- Mayo, M W -- Madrid, L V -- Wang, C Y -- Baldwin, A S Jr -- AI35098/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA72771/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- K01 CA78595/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Sep 29;289(5488):2363-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Mason Farm Road, Campus Box 7295, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7295, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11009425" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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CHO Cells
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Cachexia/*etiology/metabolism/pathology
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Cell Differentiation
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Cell Line
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Cricetinae
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DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Down-Regulation
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*I-kappa B Proteins
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Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
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Interleukins/pharmacology
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred Strains
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Mice, Nude
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Muscle, Skeletal/*cytology/*metabolism/pathology
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MyoD Protein/*genetics/metabolism
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NF-kappa B/genetics/*metabolism
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RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism
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Transcription Factor RelA
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Transcription, Genetic
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Transfection
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
