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Membrane glycoproteins are involved in the differentiation of the BC3H1 muscle cell line. 1987

G Simard, and J A Connolly

Department of Anatomy, University of Toronto, Canada.

The nonfusing muscle cell line BC3H1 expresses a family of muscle-specific proteins when the fetal bovine serum (FBS) concentration is reduced from 20 to 1%. We have used a series of glycosylation inhibitors to assess the role played by glycoproteins in the initiation of differentiation in this cell line. Tunicamycin (TNM) and 2-deoxy-D-glucose, added to cells when the FBS concentration was reduced, blocked creatine phosphokinase (CPK) induction by 70-95%. These effects were dose dependent and reversible. TNM and 2-deoxy-D-glucose also reversed CPK induction in differentiated cells. Leupeptin and N-acetylglucosamine did not reverse these effects. 1-Deoxynojirimycin, 1-deoxymannojirimycin, and swainsonine have no effect on induced CPK expression, whereas castanospermine, a glucosidase I inhibitor, blocked its induction completely. As attempts to use conditioned medium from cells grown in 1 or 20% FBS have no effect on this differentiation process we conclude that high mannose structures, but not complex form glycoproteins, bound to the surface of BC3H1 cells play a role in transducing signals for differentiation and are probable mediators of cell/cell contact.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007212	Indolizines
D007976	Leupeptins	A group of acylated oligopeptides produced by Actinomycetes that function as protease inhibitors. They have been known to inhibit to varying degrees trypsin, plasmin, KALLIKREINS, papain and the cathepsins.
D008562	Membrane Glycoproteins	Glycoproteins found on the membrane or surface of cells.	Cell Surface Glycoproteins,Surface Glycoproteins,Cell Surface Glycoprotein,Membrane Glycoprotein,Surface Glycoprotein,Glycoprotein, Cell Surface,Glycoprotein, Membrane,Glycoprotein, Surface,Glycoproteins, Cell Surface,Glycoproteins, Membrane,Glycoproteins, Surface,Surface Glycoprotein, Cell,Surface Glycoproteins, Cell
D008565	Membrane Proteins	Proteins which are found in membranes including cellular and intracellular membranes. They consist of two types, peripheral and integral proteins. They include most membrane-associated enzymes, antigenic proteins, transport proteins, and drug, hormone, and lectin receptors.	Cell Membrane Protein,Cell Membrane Proteins,Cell Surface Protein,Cell Surface Proteins,Integral Membrane Proteins,Membrane-Associated Protein,Surface Protein,Surface Proteins,Integral Membrane Protein,Membrane Protein,Membrane-Associated Proteins,Membrane Associated Protein,Membrane Associated Proteins,Membrane Protein, Cell,Membrane Protein, Integral,Membrane Proteins, Integral,Protein, Cell Membrane,Protein, Cell Surface,Protein, Integral Membrane,Protein, Membrane,Protein, Membrane-Associated,Protein, Surface,Proteins, Cell Membrane,Proteins, Cell Surface,Proteins, Integral Membrane,Proteins, Membrane,Proteins, Membrane-Associated,Proteins, Surface,Surface Protein, Cell
D009132	Muscles	Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.	Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D009844	Oligosaccharides	Carbohydrates consisting of between two (DISACCHARIDES) and ten MONOSACCHARIDES connected by either an alpha- or beta-glycosidic link. They are found throughout nature in both the free and bound form.	Oligosaccharide
D002454	Cell Differentiation	Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs.	Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D002460	Cell Line	Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely.	Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D003402	Creatine Kinase	A transferase that catalyzes formation of PHOSPHOCREATINE from ATP + CREATINE. The reaction stores ATP energy as phosphocreatine. Three cytoplasmic ISOENZYMES have been identified in human tissues: the MM type from SKELETAL MUSCLE, the MB type from myocardial tissue and the BB type from nervous tissue as well as a mitochondrial isoenzyme. Macro-creatine kinase refers to creatine kinase complexed with other serum proteins.	Creatine Phosphokinase,ADP Phosphocreatine Phosphotransferase,ATP Creatine Phosphotransferase,Macro-Creatine Kinase,Creatine Phosphotransferase, ATP,Kinase, Creatine,Macro Creatine Kinase,Phosphocreatine Phosphotransferase, ADP,Phosphokinase, Creatine,Phosphotransferase, ADP Phosphocreatine,Phosphotransferase, ATP Creatine
D003837	Deoxy Sugars	Sugars that in which one or more hydroxyl groups of the pyranose or furanose ring is substituted by hydrogen.	Deoxy Sugar,Sugar, Deoxy,Sugars, Deoxy