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ArticleClinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology2011

Leukaemia inhibitory factor is expressed in rat gastrocnemius muscle after contusion and increases proliferation of rat L6 myoblasts via c-Myc signalling.

Ratchakrit Srikuea, Karyn A Esser, Chumpol Pholpramool

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Article in Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ratchakrit SrikueaFaculty of Science, Department of Physiology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Karyn A Esser
Chumpol Pholpramool
University of Kentucky · USMahidol University · TH

Funding

Circadian rhythms and skeletal muscleR01AR055246 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ESSER, KARYN A · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NEURAL AND MECHANICAL REGULATION OF SLOW MYOSINR01AR043349 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ESSER, KARYN ANN · 2000 to 2004
$1.6M
NEURAL AND MECHANICAL REGULATION OF SLOW MYOSINR29AR043349 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ESSER, KARYN ANN · 1995 to 1999
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NIAMS NIH HHS AR43349NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR043349NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR055246NIAMS NIH HHS R29 AR043349
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

1. Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) has been shown to have an important role during muscle regeneration. The regenerative capacity of muscles after contusion injury in LIF-knockout mice is impaired compared with that of wild-type mice. 2. To clarify whether LIF modulates muscle regeneration by regulating myogenic precursor cell activity, we studied LIF expression and myogenic precursor cell activity in gastrocnemius muscles from Wistar rats at various times after contusion injury using immunohistochemistry and the direct effect of LIF on a rat myoblast cell line (L6). 3. After contusion injury, transient upregulation of the mRNA expression of LIF, LIF receptors and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3, downstream of LIF and involved in enhanced cell proliferation, was observed. A marked increase in LIF protein in the cytosol of damaged myofibres was strongly correlated with a significant increase in the number of myogenic precursor cells (MyoD-positive cells) by 12 h after contusion. In addition, coexpression of LIF and MyoD protein in control and injured muscles after contusion injury from 3 h to 7 days was evident. 4. Treatment of L6 cells with LIF (1 ng/mL) in serum-free medium enhanced proliferation (bromodeoxyuridine incorporation) by 24 h. This was accompanied by increased expression of c-Myc protein within 12 h and was abolished by short interference RNA against c-Myc mRNA. 5. Together, the results of the present study suggest that LIF acts via paracrine and autocrine actions to regulate myogenic precursor cell activity during muscle regeneration after contusion injury and that the proliferative effect of LIF on L6 cells occurs via c-Myc signalling.

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AnimalsCell LineCell ProliferationControl GroupsContusionsGenes, mycLeukemia Inhibitory FactorMaleMiceMuscle, SkeletalMyoblastsRatsRats, WistarReceptors, OSM-LIFRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionLeukemia Inhibitory FactorReceptors, OSM-LIFRNA, Small InterferingStat3 protein, ratSTAT3 Transcription Factor

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PMID21585421
PMCPMC4550807
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