Role of serum myostatin during the lactation period

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-478

  Hosoyama, Tohru ^a   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^a   Nishihara, Masugi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active form; Lactation period; Myostatin; Serum; Type II muscle fiber

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; GDF8 PROTEIN, RAT; MSTN PROTEIN, HUMAN; MSTN PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSTATIN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748659671     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18009     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. McPherron AC, Lawler AM, Lee SJ. Regulation of skeletal muscle mass in mice by a new TGF-β superfamily member. Nature 1997; 387: 83-90.
2. McPherron AC, Lee SJ. Double muscling in cattle due to mutations in the myostatin gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1997; 94: 12457-12461.
3. Kambadur R, Sharma M, Smith TP, Bass JJ. Mutations in myostatin (GDF8) in double-muscled Belgian Blue and Piedmontese cattle. Genome Res 1997; 7: 910-916.
4. Schuelke M, Wagner KR, Stolz LE, Hubner C, Riebel T, Komen W, Braun T, Tobin JF, Lee SJ. Myostatin mutation associated with gross muscle hypertrophy in a child. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 2682-2688.
5. Grobet L, Pirottin D, Farnir F, Poncelet D, Royo LJ, Brouwers B, Christians E, Desmecht D, Coignoul F, Kahn R, Georges M. Modulating skeletal muscle mass by postnatal, muscle-specific inactivation of the myostatin gene. Genesis 2003; 35: 227-238.
6. Thomas M, Langley B, Berry C, Sharma M, Kirk S, Bass J, Kambadur R. Myostatin, a negative regulator of muscle growth, functions by inhibiting myoblast proliferation. J Biol Chem 2000; 275: 40235-40243.
7. Rios R, Carneiro I, Arce VM, Devesa J. Myostatin regulates cell survival during C2C12 myogenesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280: 561-566.
8. Rios R, Carneiro I, Arce VM, Devesa J. Myostatin is an inhibitor of myogenic differentiation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002; 282: 993-999.
9. Taylor WE, Bhasin S, Artaza J, Byhower F, Azam M, Willard DH Jr, Kull FC Jr, Gonzalez-Cadavid N. Myostatin inhibits cell proliferation and protein synthesis in C2C12 muscle cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001; 280: E221-228.
10. Joulia D, Bernardi H, Garandel V, Rabenoelina F, Vernus B, Cabello G. Mechanisms involved in the inhibition of myoblast proliferation and differentiation by myostatin. Exp Cell Res 2003; 286: 263-275.
11. Reardon KA, Davis J, Kapsa RM, Choong P, Byrne E. Myostatin, insulin-like growth factor-1, and leukemia inhibitory factor mRNAs are upregulated in chronic human disuse muscle atrophy. Muscle Nerve 2001; 24: 893-899.
12. Lalani R, Bhasin S, Byhower F, Tarnuzzer R, Grant M, Shen R, Asa S, Ezzat S, Gonzalez-Cadavid NF. Myostatin and insulin-like growth factor-I and -II expression in the muscle of rats exposed to the microgravity environment of the NeuroLab space shuttle flight. J Endocrinol 2000; 167: 417-428.
13. Gonzalez-Cadavid NF, Taylor WE, Yarasheski K, Sinha-Hikim I, Ma K, Ezzat S, Shen R, Lalani R, Asa S, Mamita M, Nair G, Arver S, Bhasin S. Organization of the human myostatin gene and expression in healthy men and HIV-infected men with muscle wasting. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998; 95: 14938-14943.
14. Hill JJ, Davies MV, Pearson AA, Wang JH, Hewick RM, Wolfman NM, Qiu Y. The myostatin propeptide and the follistatin-related gene are inhibitory binding proteins of myostatin in normal serum. J Biol Chem 2002; 277: 40735-40741.
15. Hosoyama T, Kawada S, Oshiumi R, Yoneda S, Soeta C, Yamanouchi K, Hasegawa T, Ishida N, Mukoyama H, Ishii N, Tachi C. Molecular cloning of equine (thoroughbred) myostatin cDNA and detection of myostatin precursor proteins in the serum. J Reprod Dev 2002; 48: 335-342.
16. Zimmers TA, Davies MV, Koniaris LG, Haynes P, Esquela AF, Tomkinson KN, McPherron AC, Wolfman NM, Lee SJ. Induction of cachexia in mice by systemically administered myostatin. Science 2002; 296: 1486-1488.
17. Yarasheski KE, Bhasin S, Sinha-Hikim I, Pak-Loduca J, Gonzalez-Cadavid NF. Serum myostatin-immunoreactive protein is increased in 60-92 year old women and men with muscle wasting. J Nutr Health Aging 2002; 6: 343-348.
18. Hosoyama T, Tachi C, Yamanouchi K, Nishihara M. Long term adrenal insufficiency induces skeletal muscle atrophy and increases the serum levels of active form myostatin in rat serum. Zool Sci 2005; 22: 229-236.
19. Lee SJ, McPherron AC. Myostatin and the control of skeletal muscle mass. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2001; 98: 9306-9311.
20. Amthor H, Nicholas G, McKinnell I, Kemp CF, Sharma M, Kambadur R, Patel K. Follistatin complexes Myostatin and antagonises Myostatin-mediated inhibition of myogenesis. Dev Biol 2004; 270: 19-30.
21. Laemmli UK. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature 1970; 227: 680-685.
22. Bradford MM. A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Anal Biochem 1976; 72: 248-254.
23. Carlson CJ, Booth FW, Gordon SE. Skeletal muscle myostatin mRNA expression is fiber-type specific and increases during hindlimb unloading. Am J Physiol 1999; 277: R601-606.
24. Whittemore LA, Song K, Li X, Aghajanian J, Davies M, Girgenrath S, Hill JJ, Jalenak M, Kelley P, Knight A, Maylor R, O'Hara D, Pearson A, Quazi A, Ryerson S, Tan XY, Tomkinson KN, Veldman GM, Widom A, Wright JF, Wudyka S, Zhao L, Wolfman NM. Inhibition of myostatin in adult mice increases skeletal muscle mass and strength. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 300: 965-971.
25. Wirtz P, Loermans HM, Peer PG, Reintjes AG. Postnatal growth and differentiation of muscle fibres in the mouse. I. A histochemical and morphometrical investigation of normal muscle. J Anat 1983; 137: 109-126.
26. Wegner J, Albrecht E, Fiedler I, Teuscher F, Papstein HJ, Ender K. Growth- and breed-related changes of muscle fiber characteristics in cattle. J Anim Sci 2000; 78: 1485-1496.
27. Bouley J, Meunier B, Chambon C, De Smet S, Hocquette JF, Picard B. Proteomic analysis of bovine skeletal muscle hypertrophy. Proteomics 2005; 5: 490-500.
28. Park JH, Brown RL, Park CR, McCully K, Cohn M, Haselgrove J, Chance B. Functional pools of oxidative and glycolytic fibers in human muscle observed by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy during exercise. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1987; 84: 8976-8980.
29. de Torres C, Munell F, Roig M, Reventos J, Macaya A. Naturally occurring cell death during postnatal development of rat skeletal muscle. Muscle Nerve 2002; 26: 777-783.
30. Ma K, Mallidis C, Artaza J, Taylor W, Gonzalez-Cadavid N, Bhasin S. Characterization of 5′-regulatory region of human myostatin gene: regulation by dexamethasone in vitro. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001; 281: E1128-1136.
31. Lang CH, Silvis C, Nystrom G, Frost RA. Regulation of myostatin by glucocorticoids after thermal injury. FASEB J 2001; 15: 1807-1809.
32. Artaza JN, Bhasin S, Mallidis C, Taylor W, Ma K, Gonzalez-Cadavid NF. Endogenous expression and localization of myostatin and its relation to myosin heavy chain distribution in C2C12 skeletal muscle cells. J Cell Physiol 2002; 190: 170-179.
33. Ma K, Mallidis C, Bhasin S, Mahabadi V, Artaza J, Gonzalez-Cadavid N, Arias J, Salehian B. Glucocorticoid-induced skeletal muscle atrophy is associated with upregulation of myostatin gene expression. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003; 285: E363-371.
34. Marcell TJ, Harman SM, Urban RJ, Metz DD, Rodgers BD, Blackman MR. Comparison of GH, IGF-I, and testosterone with mRNA of receptors and myostatin in skeletal muscle in older men. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001; 281: E1159-1164.
35. Liu W, Thomas SG, Asa SL, Gonzalez-Cadavid N, Bhasin S, Ezzat S. Myostatin is a skeletal muscle target of growth hormone anabolic action. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003; 88: 5490-5496.
36. Rieutort M. Pituitary content and plasma levels of growth hormone in foetal and weanling rats. J Endocrinol 1974; 60: 261-268.
37. Walker P, Dussault JH, Alvarado-Urbina G, Dupont A. The development of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis in the neonatal rat: hypothalamic somatostatin and pituitary and serum growth hormone concentrations. Endocrinology 1977; 101: 782-787.
38. Kacsoh B, Terry LC, Meyers JS, Crowley WR, Grosvenor CE. Maternal modulation of growth hormone secretion in the neonatal rat. I. Involvement of milk factors. Endocrinology 1989; 125: 1326-1336.
39. DeKosky ST, Scheff SW, Cotman CW. Elevated corticosterone levels. A possible cause of reduced axon sprouting in aged animals. Neuroendocrinology 1984; 38: 33-38.
40. Lo MJ, Kau MM, Chen JJ, Yeh JY, Lin H, Wang SW, Wang PS. Age-related differences in corticosterone secretion in female rats. Metabolism 1999; 48: 535-541.
41. Jin HJ, Dunn MA, Borthakur D, Kim YS. Refolding and purification of unprocessed porcine myostatin expressed in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2004; 35: 1-10.
42. Rios R, Fernandez-Nocelos S, Carneiro I, Arce VM, Devesa J. Differential response to exogenous and endogenous myostatin in myoblasts suggests that myostatin acts as an autocrine factor in vivo. Endocrinology 2004; 145: 2795-2803.
43. Huet C, Li ZF, Liu HZ, Black RA, Galliano MF, Engvall E. Skeletal muscle cell hypertrophy induced by inhibitors of metalloproteases; myostatin as a potential mediator. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2001; 281: C1624-1634.
44. Wolfman NM, McPherron AC, Pappano WN, Davies MV, Song K, Tomkinson KN, Wright JF, Zhao L, Sebald SM, Greenspan DS, Lee SJ. Activation of latent myostatin by the BMP-1/tolloid family of metalloproteinases. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003; 100: 15842-15846.
45. Kocamis H, Gulmez N, Aslan S, Nazli M. Follistatin alters myostatin gene expression in C2C12 muscle cells. Acta Vet Hung 2004; 52: 135-141.
46. He L, Vichev K, Macharia R, Huang R, Christ B, Patel K, Amthor H. Activin A inhibits formation of skeletal muscle during chick development. Anat Embryol (Berl) 2005; 209: 401-407.