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ArticleTechnology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine2022

Regulation of skeletal myogenesis in C2C12 cells through modulation of Pax7, MyoD, and myogenin via different low-frequency electromagnetic field energies.

Jiaqi Bi, Hong Jing, ChenLiang Zhou, Peng Gao, Fujun Han, Gang Li, Shiwei Zhang

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Jiaqi BiHarbin Children's Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Hong JingHarbin Children's Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
ChenLiang ZhouEmergency Department, SongBei Hospital of The Fourth Hospital Affiliated of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Peng GaoThe First Department of General Surgery, Harbin Children's Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Fujun HanEmergency Department, SongBei Hospital of The Fourth Hospital Affiliated of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Gang LiThe Second Department of Orthopedics, The First Hospital of Yichun, Yichun, Heilongjiang, China.
Shiwei ZhangHarbin Children's Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

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Abstract

backgroundA low-frequency electromagnetic field (LF-EMF) exerts important biological effects on the human body.

objectiveWe previously studied the immunity and atrophy of gastrocnemius muscles in rats with spinal cord injuries and found that LF-EMF with a magnetic flux density of 1.5 mT exerted excellent therapeutic and preventive effects on reducing myotubes and increasing spatium intermusculare. However, the effects of LF-EMF on all stages of skeletal myogenesis, such as activation, proliferation, differentiation, and fusion of satellite cells to myotubes as stimulated by myogenic regulatoryfactors (MRFs), have not been fully elucidated.

methodsThis study investigated the optimal LF-EMF magnetic flux density that exerted maximal effects on all stages of C2C12 cell skeletal myogenesis as well as its impact on regulatory MRFs.

resultsThe results showed that an LF-EMF with a magnetic flux density of 2.0 mT could activate C2C12 cells and upregulate the proliferation-promoting transcription factor PAX7. On the other hand, 1.5 mT EMF could upregulate the expression of MyoD and myogenin.

conclusionLF-EMF could prevent the disappearance of myotubes, with different magnetic flux densities of LF-EMF exerting independent and positive effects on skeletal myogenesis such as satellite cell activation and proliferation, muscle cell differentiation, and myocyte fusion.

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Electromagnetic FieldsMyoD ProteinMyogeninPaired Box Transcription FactorsAnimalsCell DifferentiationMuscle DevelopmentMuscle, SkeletalPAX7 Transcription FactorRatsMyoD ProteinMyogeninMyog protein, ratPaired Box Transcription FactorsPAX7 protein, ratPAX7 Transcription FactorC2C12 cellslow-frequency electromagnetic field (LF-EMF)MyoDmyogeninPax7

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PMCPMC9028610

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