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ArticleCell and tissue research2020

Disabled-2: a positive regulator of the early differentiation of myoblasts.

Na Shang, Juliana Tsz Yan Lee, Taida Huang, Chengdong Wang, Tin Lap Lee, Samuel C Mok, Hui Zhao, Wood Yee Chan

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Article in Cell and tissue research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Na ShangSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Juliana Tsz Yan LeeSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Taida HuangSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Chengdong WangSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Tin Lap LeeSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Samuel C MokDivision of Surgery, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, T4.3908, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Hui ZhaoSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Hong Kong SAR, China. zhaohui@cuhk.edu.hk.
Wood Yee ChanSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Hong Kong SAR, China. wy-chan@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7114-1463
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee 14102214Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee 14126016Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee 14167017Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee 24100414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dab2 is an adaptor protein and a tumor suppressor. Our previous study has found that Dab2 was expressed in early differentiating skeletal muscles in mouse embryos. In this study, we determined the role of Dab2 in the skeletal muscle differentiation using C2C12 myoblasts in vitro and Xenopus laevis embryos in vivo. The expression of Dab2 was increased in C2C12 myoblasts during the formation of myotubes in vitro. Knockdown of Dab2 expression in C2C12 myoblasts resulted in a reduction of myotube formation, whereas the myotube formation was enhanced upon overexpression of Dab2. Re-expression of Dab2 in C2C12 myoblasts with downregulated expression of Dab2 restored their capacity to form myotubes. Microarray profiling and subsequent network analyses on the 155 differentially expressed genes after Dab2 knockdown showed that Mef2c was an important myogenic transcription factor regulated by Dab2 through the p38 MAPK pathway. It was also involved in other pathways that are associated with muscular development and functions. In Xenopus embryos developed in vivo, XDab2 was expressed in the myotome of somites where various myogenic markers were also expressed. Knockdown of XDab2 expression with antisense morpholinos downregulated the expression of myogenic markers in somites. In conclusion, this study is the first to provide solid evidence to show that Dab2 is a positive regulator of the early myoblast differentiation.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsAnuraApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCell DifferentiationHumansMiceMyoblastsTransfectionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsDab2 protein, mouseC2C12 cellsDisabled geneMef2cSkeletal myogenesisXenopus laevis embryos

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PMID32607799
PMCPMC7431403
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