Project description:We sought to determine the effects of over-expression of Gli1 on gene expression in C2C12 myotube cultures. C2C12 myoblasts were induced to differentiate for 4 days. At that time, when >80% of nuclei were incorporated into multi-nucleated syncitial myotubes, we infected the cultures with recombinant adenovirus expressing GFP alone or GFP and a full length human Gli1. Media was changed 12 hours later. Cultures were lysed 60 hours after the initial infection. Gli1 over-expression induces de-differentiation of myotubes and proliferation of myoblasts.
Project description:We sought to determine the effects of over-expression of Gli1 on gene expression in C2C12 myotube cultures. C2C12 myoblasts were induced to differentiate for 4 days. At that time, when >80% of nuclei were incorporated into multi-nucleated syncitial myotubes, we infected the cultures with recombinant adenovirus expressing GFP alone or GFP and a full length human Gli1. Media was changed 12 hours later. Cultures were lysed 60 hours after the initial infection. Gli1 over-expression induces de-differentiation of myotubes and proliferation of myoblasts. Results provide insight into the molecular basis of SHH signaling on skeletal muscle cells.
Project description:ATF4 is a bZIP transcription factor that that promotes skeletal muscle atrophy. The goal of these studies was to determine the effects of ATF4 overexpression on mRNA levels in differentiated C2C12 myotubes. For additional details see Ebert et al, Stress-Induced Skeletal Muscle Gadd45a Expression Reprograms Myonuclei and Causes Muscle Atrophy. JBC epub. June 12,2012 C2C12 myotubes were infected with adenovirus co-expressing eGFP and ATF4-FLAG. Control myotubes were infected with adenovirus co-expressing eGFP and a transcriptionally inactive ATF4 construct (ATF4∆bZIP).
Project description:Proliferating C2C12 myoblasts were induced to differentiate into myotubes and then infected with adenovirus expressing E1A (Ad-E1A), which induces cell cycle re-entry and dedifferentiation. We analyzed the transcriptional profile of E1A infected C2C12-myotubes through the Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array, searching for genes that were significantly regulated between two independent biological replicates at two different time points (24h and 36h after infection with Ad-E1A). In addition, we took advantage of the E1A mutant known as YH47/dl928 (hereafter referred as YH47), which bears two mutations in the pocket-binding region of E1A (Y48H, C124G) able to disrupt the interaction with Rb and its cognate proteins and to impair cell-cycle re-entry phenotype. YH47 mutant was used to identify the Rb independent transcriptional reprogramming of C2C12. C2C12 cells were differentiated in vitro to myotubes as previously described. Myotubes were, then, infected with an adenovirus carrying the 12S form of E1A (dl520), with the YH47 E1A mutant (dl928) or with a control adenovirus (CTR) expressing a deletion of essentially the entire E1A gene (dl312). Two different time points after infection were considered (24 hours and 36 hours) to evaluate changes in C2C12 cells expression profile. Technical (A or B) and biological replicates (EXP1 or EXP2) were done for each condition.
Project description:Microarray time-course of mouse myotubes transduced with the transcriptional co-activator PGC-1alpha, which is known to induce mitochondrial biogenesis in muscle cells. Experiment Overall Design: Cultured mouse myoblasts (C2C12 cells) were differentiated into myotubes and on day 3 were infected with an adenovirus expressing either green fluorescent protein (GFP) or PGC-1alpha. Gene expression was measured at three time points (days 0, 1, 2, 3) in biological triplicate.
Project description:Proliferating C2C12 myoblasts were induced to differentiate into myotubes and then infected with adenovirus expressing E1A (Ad-E1A), which induces cell cycle re-entry and dedifferentiation. We analyzed the transcriptional profile of E1A infected C2C12-myotubes through the Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array, searching for genes that were significantly regulated between two independent biological replicates at two different time points (24h and 36h after infection with Ad-E1A). In addition, we took advantage of the E1A mutant known as YH47/dl928 (hereafter referred as YH47), which bears two mutations in the pocket-binding region of E1A (Y48H, C124G) able to disrupt the interaction with Rb and its cognate proteins and to impair cell-cycle re-entry phenotype. YH47 mutant was used to identify the Rb independent transcriptional reprogramming of C2C12.