• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.689-694
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• 1999

This experiment was carried out to isolate the partial bovine (Bos Taurus coreanae) myogenic factor encoding gene, MyoD, using the rat myogenic factor (MyoD) gene sequence and to compare the gene sequence between another myogenic factor (Myf 5) and MyoD gene of the bovine. To make the probe and isolate the MyoD gene, PCR was performed to amplify rat and bovine MyoD gene including exon I, II and intron I. The homology between mouse and bovine MyoD is high; bovine MyoD gene shows 17 different gene sequence region compared to rat MyoD. Among those, two regions have significant differences; one is the exon I part between 2834 and 2850 bp, the other is intron part between 3274 and 3303 bp of the mouse. At this region homology was 40% in the former and 50% in the latter. Homology between bovine MyoD and Myf5 was 83% in the exon 1. Especially exon I in the Myf5 602-617 bp and 651-683 bp have significant differences. These results suggest that MyoD gene have a similar gene structure in mouse and bovine and MyoD and Myf5 of the bovine, at least in part, have a similar expression and activity.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.1029-1036
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• 2017

Objective: In the livestock industry, the regulatory mechanisms of muscle proliferation and differentiation can be applied to improve traits such as growth and meat production. We investigated the regulatory pathway of MyoD and its role in muscle differentiation in quail myoblast cells. Methods: The MyoD gene was mutated by the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 technology and single cell-derived MyoD mutant sublines were identified to investigate the global regulatory mechanism responsible for muscle differentiation. Results: The mutation efficiency was 73.3% in the mixed population, and from this population we were able to establish two QM7 MyoD knockout subline (MyoD KO QM7#4) through single cell pick-up and expansion. In the undifferentiated condition, paired box 7 expression in MyoD KO QM7#4 cells was not significantly different from regular QM7 (rQM7) cells. During differentiation, however, myotube formation was dramatically repressed in MyoD KO QM7#4 cells. Moreover, myogenic differentiation-specific transcripts and proteins were not expressed in MyoD KO QM7#4 cells even after an extended differentiation period. These results indicate that MyoD is critical for muscle differentiation. Furthermore, we analyzed the global regulatory interactions by RNA sequencing during muscle differentiation. Conclusion: With CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genomic editing, single cell-derived sublines with a specific knockout gene can be adapted to various aspects of basic research as well as in functional genomics studies.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.906-911
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• 2003

The function of genes related to spectinomycin biosynthesis (spcD, speA, speB, spcS2) from Streptomyces spectabilis ATCC 27741, a spectinomycin producer, was analyzed. Each gene was subcloned from a spectinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster and overexpressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) using pET vector. After incubating each purified protein with its possible substrates, the final products were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). From these results, spcD, speA, and speB have been identified to be dTDP-glucose synthase, myo-inositol monophosphatase, and myo-inositol dehydrogenase, respectively. In addition, the results suggest that the spcS2 gene product functions downstream of the speB gene product in the biosynthetic pathway of spectinomycin. Taken together, the present study elucidates the early steps of the biosynthetic pathway for 6-deoxyhexose (6-DOH) part (actinospectose) and aminocyclitol part (actinamine) of spectinomycin.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.362-372
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• 2015

Setdb1, an H3-K9 specific histone methyltransferase, is associated with transcriptional silencing of euchromatic genes through chromatin modification. Functions of Setdb1 during development have been extensively studied in embryonic and mesenchymal stem cells as well as neurogenic progenitor cells. But the role of Sedtdb1 in myogenic differentiation remains unknown. In this study, we report that Setdb1 is required for myogenic potential of C2C12 myoblast cells through maintaining the expressions of MyoD and muscle-specific genes. We find that reduced Setdb1 expression in C2C12 myoblast cells severely delayed differentiation of C2C12 myoblast cells, whereas exogenous Setdb1 expression had little effect on. Gene expression profiling analysis using oligonucleotide microarray and RNA-Seq technologies demonstrated that depletion of Setdb1 results in downregulation of MyoD as well as the components of muscle fiber in proliferating C2C12 cells. In addition, exogenous expression of MyoD reversed transcriptional repression of MyoD promoter-driven luciferase reporter by Setdb1 shRNA and rescued myogenic differentiation of C2C12 myoblast cells depleted of endogenous Setdb1. Taken together, these results provide new insights into how levels of key myogenic regulators are maintained prior to induction of differentiation.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.623-635
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• 2021

The effect of deer antler extract on muscle differentiation and muscle atrophy were evaluated to minimize muscle loss following aging. Various deer antler extracts (HWE, hot water extract of deer antler; FE, HWE of fermented deer antler; ET, enzyme-assisted extract of deer antler; UE, extract prepared by ultrasonication of deer antler) were evaluated for their effect on muscle differentiation and inhibition of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside (AICAR)-induced muscle atrophy in C2C12 cells. Morphological changes according to the effect of antler extracts on muscle differentiation were confirmed by Jenner-Giemsa staining. In addition, the expression levels of genes related to muscle differentiation and atrophy were confirmed through qRT-PCR. In the presence of antler extracts, the length and thickness of myotubes and myogenin differentiation 1 (MyoD1) and myogenic factor 5 (Myf5) gene expression were increased compared to those in the control group (CON). Gene expression of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), MyoD1, and myogenin, along with the muscle atrophy factors muscle RING finger-1 (MuRF-1) and forkhead box O3a (FoxO3a) upon addition of deer antler extracts to muscle-atrophied C2C12 cells was determined by qRT-PCR after treatment with AICAR. The expression of MuRF-1 and FoxO3a decreased in the groups treated with antler extracts compared to that in the group treated with AICAR alone. In addition, gene expression of MyoD1 and myogenin in the muscle atrophy cell model was significantly increased compared that into the CON. Therefore, our findings indicate that antler extract can increase the expression of MyoD1, Myf5 and myogenin, inhibit muscle atrophy, and promote muscle differentiation.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2007

MyoD, expressed in skeletal muscle lineages of vertebrate embryo, is one of muscle-specific basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors, which plays a key role in the determination and differentiation of all skeletal muscle lineages. In this study, a cDNA of grass carp MyoD was cloned and characterized from total RNA of grass carp embryos by RT-PCR. The full-length cDNA of grass carp MyoD is 1597 bp. The cDNA sequence analysis reveals an open reading frame of 825 bp coding for a protein of 275 amino acids, which includes a bHLH domain composed of basic domain (1-84th amino acids) and HLH domain (98-142th amino acids), without signal peptide. Then the MyoD cDNA of grass carp was cloned to yeast expression vector pPICZ$\alpha$A and transformed into P. pastoris GS115 strain, the recombinant MyoD protein with a molecular weight of about 31KD was obtained after inducing for 2d with 0.5% methanol in pH 8.0 BMGY medium, and the maximum yield was about 250 mg/L in shaking-flask fermentation. The results were expected to benefit for further studies on the crystal structure and physiological function of fish MyoD.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.117-122
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• 1998

D-raf, a Drosophila homolog of the human c-raf-1, is known as a signal transducer in cell proliferation and differentiation. A previous study found that the D-raf gene expression is regulated by the DNA replication-related element (DRE)/DRE-binding factor (DREF) system. In this study, we found the sequences homologous to transcription factor C/EBP, MyoD, STAT and Myc recognition sites in the D-raf promoter. We have generated various base substitutional mutations in these recognition sites and subsequently examined their effects on D-raf promoter activity through transient CAT assays in Kc cells with reporter plasmids p5'-878DrafCAT carrying the mutations in these binding sites. Through gel mobility shift assay using nuclear extracts of Kc cells, we detected factors binding to these recognition sites. Our results show that transcription factor C/EBP, STAT and Myc binding sites in D-raf promoter region play a positive role in transcriptional regulation of the D-raf gene and the Myo D binding site plays a negative role.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.169-182
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• 2003

ADRP 유전자가 24개월령 한우 등심조직에서 발현량이 급격히 증가하여 30개월령 등심조직에서는 발현량이 다소 감소하는 발현양상 분석결과로부터 이전 연구에서는 ADRP 유전자를 한우 성장단계 특이발현 유전자로 선정하였다. 본 연구에서는 ADRP 유전자의 발현조절 기작을 분석하기 위하여 promoter 영역을 포함하는 ADRP 유전자 전체영역을 cloning하였으며, 구조를 분석하고 promoter의 특성을 조사하였다. 한우 ADRP cDNA 단편을 probe로 합성하여 Southern blot 분석을 실시한 결과로부터 ADRP 유전자가 한우 genome 상에서 single copy로 존재하고 크기는 대략 12 kb에 해당하는 것을 확인하였다. Genomic DNA library screening을 실시하여 promoter 영역을 포함하는 ADRP 전체 유전자에 해당하는 clone을 확보하고 HwADRPg-1으로 명명한 후, 염기서열을 결정하고 분석하였다. 한우 ADRP 유전자, HwADRPg-1은 8개의 exon과 7개의 intron으로 구성되어 있으며 모든 exon-intron 경계는 GT/AG 원칙을 따르고 있었고, coding 영역은 7,633 bp로서 6개의 intron에 의해 7개의 exon으로 나누어져 있었다. HwADRPg-1의 promoter 영역에서는 TATAA box는 발견되지 않았으며, -70 위치에 근육 특이적 transcription activator인 Myo G 서열이 존재하였고, -629 위치에는 지방세포의 분화를 유도하는 것으로 알려진 C/EBP (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein) 서열이 존재하였다. HwADRPg-1의 조절영역에 있는 Myo G factor가 근육조직에서 ADRP 유전자가 발현될 수 있도록 하며, 근육의 발달정도를 신호로써 감지하여 근육조직에서 성장단계에 따른 ADRP 유전자의 발현량을 조절할 것으로 추정되고, 다른 종류의 지방세포 특이적인 전사인자 및 지방세포의 분화정도를 신호로 인식하는 전사단계 조절인자를 조사하기 위하여 promoter 영역의 추가분석이 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2018

myo-Inositol (MI)을 대사하여 다른 물질로 전환하는 미생물을 과수원 토양으로부터 분리하였다. 분리균 YB-46은 유일한 탄소원으로 MI이 첨가된 배지에서 성장하였고 16S rDNA 염기서열에 따라 Enterobacter 속의 균주로 추정되었다. Fosmid pCC1FOS 벡터를 사용하여 제조된 거대 유전체 은행으로부터 MI을 미지의 대사 물질로 전환하는 Escherichia coli 형질전환주를 선발하였다. 이로부터 플라스미드를 분리하고 삽입된 유전자의 일부 염기서열을 결정한 결과 336 아미노 잔기로 구성된 myo-inositol dehytrogenase (IolG)를 암호화하는 iolG 유전자가 발견되었다. 분리균 YB-46의 IolG는 E. aerogenes와 Bacillus subtilis의 IolG와 약 50% 수준의 상동성을 보였다. 카르복실 말단에 hexahistidine이 연결되도록 제조한 His-tagged IoG (HtIolG)의 유전자를 재조합 대장균에서 발현하여 균체 파쇄액으로부터 HtIolG를 정제하였다. 정제된 HtIolG는 $45^{\circ}C$와 pH 10.5에서 최대 활성을 보였고 MI과 D-glucose에 대한 활성이 가장 높았으며 D-chiro-inositol, D-mannitol 및 D-xylose에도 90% 이상의 활성을 보였다. 최적 반응조건에서 MI을 기질로 하여 반응 동력학적 계수를 측정한 결과 $K_m$과 $V_{max}$가 1.83 mM과 $0.724{\mu}mol/min/mg$로 확인되었다. HtIolG의 활성은 $Zn^{2+}$에 의해 1.7배 증가하였으며, $Co^{2+}$와 SDS에 의해서는 크게 감소하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2010

Laser irradiation is known to affect various tissues such as skin, bone, nerve, and skeletal muscle. Laser irradiation promotes ATP synthesis, facilitates wound healing, and stimulates cell proliferation and angiogenesis. In skeletal muscle, laser irradiation is related to the proliferation of skeletal muscle satellite cells. Normal skeletal muscle contains remodeling capacity from myogenic cells that are derived from mononuclear satellite cells. Their processes are activated by the expression of genes related with myogenesis such as muscle-specific transcription factors (MyoD and Myf5) and VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor). In this study, we hypothesized that laser irradiation would enhance and regulate muscle cell proliferation and regeneration through modulation of the gene expressions related with the differentiation of skeletal muscle satellite cells. $C_2C_{12}$ myoblastic cells were exposed to continuous/non-continuous laser irradiation (660nm/808nm) for 10 minutes daily for either 1 day or 5 days. After laser irradiation, cell proliferation and gene expression (MyoD, Myf5, VEGF) were quantified. Continuous 660nm laser irradiation significantly increased cell proliferation and gene expression compared to control, continuous 808nm laser irradiation, and non-continuous 660nm laser irradiation groups. These results indicate that continuous 660nm laser irradiation can be applied to the treatment and regeneration of skeletal muscle tissue.