Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2053430 | FEBS Letters | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Semaphorins constitute a large family of signaling proteins that contribute to axonal guidance. Here we demonstrate that the transmembrane semaphorin Sema4C is up-regulated both in the early stage of differentiation of C2C12 mouse skeletal myoblasts into myotubes and during injury-induced muscle regeneration in vivo. Depletion of Sema4C in C2C12 cells resulted in marked attenuation of myotube formation. A fusion protein containing the extracellular Sema domain and a peptide corresponding to the intracellular COOH-terminal region of Sema4C each inhibited the differentiation of C2C12 cells. These findings indicate that Sema4C-mediated interaction among myoblasts plays an important role in terminal myogenic differentiation.
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Authors
Ji-Ae Ko, Toshikazu Gondo, Shinobu Inagaki, Makoto Inui,