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Published on: March 22, 2013
Higher frequency electrical stimulation enhanced myloglossus satellite cell differentiation by upregulating
1Department of Otolaryngology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. gepingjiang@aliyun.com.
Objective:
We investigated the effect of electrical stimulation (ES) of varying pulse frequency on differentiation and proliferation of canine myloglossus satellite cells in vitro.
Materials And Methods:
Cellular viability and proliferation were assayed using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide (MTT) assay and flow cytometry fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis. Cellular differentiation and expression of mark molecule were assayed by Real Time-PCR and Western blot.
Results:
With increasing frequency ES, we found a significant increase in Myod (r=0.988, p<0.0001), myogenin (r=0.988, p<0.0001), MyHC-slow (r=0.988, p<0.0001), MyHC-fast (r=0.875, p<0.0001) protein expression, and Pax7 mRNA expression (r=0.712, p=0.001).
Conclusions:
Pax7 mRNA expression and MyoD, myogenin, and MyHC protein expression were increased with increment of electrical stimulation frequency in myloglossus muscle satellite. Higher frequency ES enhanced myloglossus satellite cell differentiation, not proliferation and viability.
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