The 31-kDa caspase-generated cleavage product of p130Cas antagonizes the action of MyoD during myogenesis

Da Eun Jeong, Eun Kyung Lee, Woo Keun Song, Wook Kim

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Abstract

Myogenesis is regulated by the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) myogenic regulatory factor MyoD, which induces muscle-specific gene expression by binding to the E-box sequence as a heterodimer with ubiquitous bHLH E2A (E12/E47) proteins. Here, we report that a 31-kDa caspase-generated cleavage product of Crk-associated substrate (p130Cas), herein called 31-kDa, is downregulated during muscle cell differentiation. 31-kDa contains a helix-loop-helix (HLH) domain that shows greater sequence homology with Id (inhibitor of DNA binding) proteins than with bHLH proteins. This HLH domain, lacking the basic region required for DNA binding, mediated the direct interaction of 31-kDa with MyoD. Overexpression of 31-kDa in C3H10T1/2 cells inhibited not only the transcriptional activation of p21Waf1/Cip1 and E-box-dependent muscle-specific genes by MyoD and/or E2A but also MyoD-induced myosin heavy chain expression and myogenic conversion. In sum, our results suggest a role for 31-kDa as a negative regulator of MyoD in the muscle differentiation program.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)509-513
Number of pages5
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume444
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Feb 2014

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) , funded by the Korean Ministry of Education (No. 2009-0093826 ). W.K.S. was supported by the Bio Imaging and Cell Dynamics Research Center, funded by the Korean Ministry of Science , ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) ( 2007-0056157 ). E.K.L. was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Korean MSIP ( 2012M3A9D1054476 ).

Keywords

  • 31-kDa fragment
  • MyoD
  • Myogenesis
  • bHLH
  • p130Cas

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