Effects of Catecholamine on the Fusion of Chick Embryo Myoblasts in vitro

鷄胚筋原細胞의 融合에 미치는 카테콜아민의 影響

  • Kang, Man-Sik (Dept. of Zoology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ha, Doo-Bong (Dept. of Zoology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Chung-Choo (Dept. of Zoology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Yung-Chul (Dept. of Biology Education, Kongju Teachers College) ;
  • Hyockman Kwon (Dept. of Zoology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1984.04.01

Abstract

In order to investigate the effect of neurotransmitter on myoblast differentiation in vitro, the effects of dopamine and epinephrine on myoblast fusion and on the intracellular cAMP level in cultured myoblasts were examined. Dopamine $(3\\times10^{-5}M)$ and epinephrine $(3\\times10^{-5}M)$, when added at 34 hr after cell plating, markedly inhibited myoblast fusion, and dopamine was more potent than epinephrine. Both dopamine and epinephrine had no effect on intracellular cAMP level. At the same time, exogeneous dbcAMP, $PGE_1$, and aspirin were used to examine whether cAMP is involved in myoblast differentiation. dbcAMP $(1\\times10^{-4}M)$ inhibited myoblast fusion, whereas $PGE_1 (3\\times10^{-6}M)$ had no inhibitory effect, rather enhancing myoblast fusion. Aspirin, an inhibitor of PG synthetase, was shown to inhibit myoblast fusion. Possible mechanism by which dopamine or epinephrine at a specific concentration used inhibits myoblast fusion is discussed.

근원세포가 분화하는 과정에서 신경전달물질의 영향을 연구하기 위하여 배양한 근세포에 dopamine과 epinephrine을 처리하여 근원세포의 융합과 세포내 cAMP의 농도에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. Dopamine $(3\\times10^{-5}M)$과 epinephrine $(3\\times10^{-5}M)$을 세포배양후 34시간에 처리했을 때 근원세포의 융합이 크게 억제되었으며, 특히 dopamine의 효과가 epinephrine보다 현저하게 나타났다. 한편, 세포내 cAMP농도는 dopamine과 epinephrine을 처리해도 거의 변화가 없었다. 근원세포의 분화에 cAMP가 관계하는지를 조사하기 위해 dbcAMP, $PGE_1$ 및 aspirin을 처리하였는데, dbcAMP $(1\\times10^{-4}M)$는 근원세포의 융합을 억제한 반면, $PGE_1 (3\\times10^{-6}M)$은 오히려 융합을 촉진하였고, PG 합성효소의 억제물질인 aspirin은 융합 억제효과를 보였다. Dopamine과 epinephrine이 근원세포의 융합과정에 작용하는 가능성있는 기작에 대해서 고찰하였다.

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