Skeletal muscle cell hypertrophy induced by inhibitors of metalloproteases; myostatin as a potential mediator.

Abstract

Cell growth and differentiation are controlled in many tissues by paracrine factors, which often require proteolytic processing for activation. Metalloproteases of the metzincin family, such as matrix metalloproteases and ADAMs, recently have been shown to be involved in the shedding of growth factors, cytokines, and receptors. In the present study, we show that hydroxamate-based inhibitors of metalloproteases (HIMPs), such as TAPI and BB-3103, increase the fusion of C(2)C(12) myoblasts and provoke myotube hypertrophy. HIMPs did not seem to effect hypertrophy via proteins that have previously been shown to regulate muscle growth in vitro, such as insulin-like growth factor-I, calcineurin, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Instead, the proteolytic maturation of myostatin (growth differentiation factor-8) seemed to be reduced in C(2)C(12) cells treated with HIMPs, as suggested by the presence of nonprocessed myostatin precursor only in hypertrophic myotubes. Myostatin is a known negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth, belonging to the transforming growth factor-beta/bone morphogenetic protein superfamily. These results indicate that metalloproteases are involved in the regulation of skeletal muscle growth and differentiation, that the proteolytic maturation of myostatin in C(2)C(12) cells may be directly or indirectly linked to the activity of some unidentified HIMP-sensitive metalloproteases, and that the lack of myostatin processing on HIMP treatment may be a mediator of myotube hypertrophy in this in vitro model.

• Authors: C Huet, Z F Li, H Z Liu, R A Black, M F Galliano, E Engvall
• Journal: American journal of physiology. Cell physiology (Am J Physiol Cell Physiol) Vol. 281 Issue 5 Pg. C1624-34 (Nov 2001) ISSN: 0363-6143 [Print] United States
• PMID: 11600426 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Hydroxamic Acids
• Indicators and Reagents
• Ligands
• MSTN protein, human
• Myostatin
• Protease Inhibitors
• Transforming Growth Factor beta
• Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
• Metalloendopeptidases

Topics

• Blotting, Western
• Cell Differentiation (drug effects)
• Cell Size (drug effects, physiology)
• Clone Cells
• Humans
• Hydroxamic Acids (pharmacology)
• Indicators and Reagents
• Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (metabolism)
• Ligands
• Metalloendopeptidases (antagonists & inhibitors)
• Microtubules (drug effects, ultrastructure)
• Muscle, Skeletal (cytology, drug effects, ultrastructure)
• Myostatin
• Protease Inhibitors (pharmacology)
• Transforming Growth Factor beta (physiology)