MTMR14基因缺失促进小鼠成肌细胞增殖和分化

为研究磷酸肌醇磷酸酶肌管相关蛋白14(MTMR14)在骨骼肌发生中的作用,通过组织切片和细胞培养技术研究了MTMR14敲除对骨骼肌的组织结构、成肌细胞分化和增殖的影响.结果表明:MTMR14敲除小鼠的腓肠肌和比目鱼肌的结构较同窝野生型小鼠产生了明显变化,MTMR14敲除小鼠的成肌细胞的分化和增殖成肌小管过程较野生型显著加快.MTMR14基因敲除后小鼠肌管细胞中平均细胞核数显著增加.故MTMR14基因缺失/敲除导致骨骼肌组织结构异常,干扰了骨骼肌肌肉发生过程中的成肌细胞的增殖和分化.     

Fusion between a myogenic cell in the satellite cell position and undamaged adult myofibre segments

In this report we demonstrate for the first time that differentiating myogenic cells, geographically located between the plasmalemma and external lamina of myofibres in the satellite cell position³, can fuse directly with the plasmalemma of undamaged segments of mature myofibres.     

Heat shock protein gene expression during embryonic development of the zebrafish

Heat shock genes exhibit complex patterns of spatial and temporal regulation during embryonic development of a wide range of organisms. Our laboratory has been involved in an analysis of heat shock gene expression in the zebrafish, a model system which is now utilized extensively for the examination of early embryonic development of vertebrates. Members of the zebrafish hsp47, hsp70 and hsp90 gene families have been cloned and shown to be closely related to their counterparts in higher vertebrates. Expression of these genes has been examined using Northern blot and whole mount in situ hybridization analyses. Both the hsp47 and hsp90 genes are expressed in a highly tissue-restricted manner during normal development. The data raise a number of interesting questions regarding the function and regulation of these heat shock genes during early zebrafish development.     

SOCS-2和SOCS-3通过IGF-1和GH信号转导系统作用于成肌细胞的分化

新近发现的细胞因子信号转导抑制因子（SOCS）家族，因其能够通过Janus激酶-信号传导和转录激活子（JAK-STAT）信号传导通路来反馈调节生长因子的信号或者抑制细胞因子的信号转导而倍受研究人员重视。一些研究表明，SOCS-3在促进成肌细胞分化和抑制白介素6（IL-6）导致的细胞炎症过程中具有重要的作用。综合大量关于细胞因子信号转导抑制因子家族的文献报道，文章分析了近几年SOCS-2和SOCS-3与IGF-1和GH信号转导关系的研究，特别是关于SOCS-3在成肌细胞分化过程中的研究，认为可以将SOCS-2和SOCS-3作为细胞内生长信号调节和促进动物肌肉发育的潜在因子进行研究。