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The Cav?1a subunit regulates gene expression and suppresses myogenin in muscle progenitor cells.

ABSTRACT: Voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav) ? subunits are auxiliary subunits to Cavs. Recent reports show Cav? subunits may enter the nucleus and suggest a role in transcriptional regulation, but the physiological relevance of this localization remains unclear. We sought to define the nuclear function of Cav? in muscle progenitor cells (MPCs). We found that Cav?1a is expressed in proliferating MPCs, before expression of the calcium conducting subunit Cav1.1, and enters the nucleus. Loss of Cav?1a expression impaired MPC expansion in vitro and in vivo and caused widespread changes in global gene expression, including up-regulation of myogenin. Additionally, we found that Cav?1a localizes to the promoter region of a number of genes, preferentially at noncanonical (NC) E-box sites. Cav?1a binds to a region of the Myog promoter containing an NC E-box, suggesting a mechanism for inhibition of myogenin gene expression. This work indicates that Cav?1a acts as a Cav-independent regulator of gene expression in MPCs, and is required for their normal expansion during myogenic development.

SUBMITTER: Taylor J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4068134 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Cavβ1a subunit regulates gene expression and suppresses myogenin in muscle progenitor cells.

Taylor Jackson J Pereyra Andrea A Zhang Tan T Messi Maria Laura ML Wang Zhong-Min ZM Hereñú Claudia C Kuan Pei-Fen PF Delbono Osvaldo O

The Journal of cell biology 20140616 6

Voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav) β subunits are auxiliary subunits to Cavs. Recent reports show Cavβ subunits may enter the nucleus and suggest a role in transcriptional regulation, but the physiological relevance of this localization remains unclear. We sought to define the nuclear function of Cavβ in muscle progenitor cells (MPCs). We found that Cavβ1a is expressed in proliferating MPCs, before expression of the calcium conducting subunit Cav1.1, and enters the nucleus. Loss of Cavβ1a expre ...[more]

PMID: 24934157

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The Cav?1a subunit regulates gene expression and suppresses myogenin in muscle progenitor cells.

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The Cavβ1a subunit regulates gene expression and suppresses myogenin in muscle progenitor cells.

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