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Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) inhibits myogenic differentiation
Author(s) -
Hunter Arwen L.,
Zhang Jingchun,
Chen Shirley C.,
Si Xiaoning,
Wong Brian,
Ekhterae Daryoush,
Luo Honglin,
Granville David J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.050
Subject(s) - arc (geometry) , myogenin , microbiology and biotechnology , myocyte , cellular differentiation , apoptosis , c2c12 , chemistry , repressor , myogenic regulatory factors , biology , gene expression , myogenesis , gene , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics
Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC), an anti‐apoptotic protein, is highly expressed in differentiated heart and skeletal muscle. Apoptosis and differentiation share numerous common pathways; therefore, we examined the impact of ARC on H9c2‐myoblast differentiation. We demonstrate that ARC expression levels increase and stabilize upon differentiation. ARC‐overexpression in pre‐differentiated H9c2‐cells suppresses differentiation; indicated by increased myotube formation, nuclear fusion and expression of the differentiation markers myogenin and troponin‐T. ARC‐overexpression inhibited myoblast differentiation associated caspase‐3 activation, suggesting ARC inhibits myogenic differentiation through caspase inhibition. In summary, we show a novel role for ARC in the regulation of muscle differentiation.