中国组织工程研究 ›› 2026, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 1114-1121.doi: 10.12307/2026.024

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毛喉素调控ERK和Akt信号通路促进C2C12成肌细胞分化

黄柳艳,张文烯,陈淑雯,余诗美,戴  忠,左长清   

  1. 广东医科大学药学院,广东省东莞市   523808


  • 收稿日期:2024-12-05 接受日期:2025-01-13 出版日期:2026-02-18 发布日期:2025-06-23
  • 通讯作者: 左长清,博士,副教授,广东医科大学药学院,广东省东莞市 523808 并列通讯作者:戴忠,博士,副教授,广东医科大学药学院,广东省东莞市 523808
  • 作者简介:黄柳艳,女,1999年生,广东省韶关市人,壮族,广东医科大学药学院在读硕士。
  • 基金资助:
    广东省基础与应用基础研究基金项目(2023A1515140157),项目负责人:左长清

Forskolin promotes C2C12 myoblast differentiation via regulating the ERK and Akt signaling pathways

Huang Liuyan, Zhang Wenxi, Chen Shuwen, Yu Shimei, Dai Zhong, Zuo Changqing   

  1. School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2024-12-05 Accepted:2025-01-13 Online:2026-02-18 Published:2025-06-23
  • Contact: Zuo Changqing, PhD, Associate professor, School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong Province, China Co-corresponding author: Dai Zhong, PhD, Associate professor, School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Huang Liuyan, Master candidate, School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:
    Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, No. 2023A1515140157 (to ZCQ)

摘要:


文题释义:
毛喉素(forskolin):是一种从毛喉鞘蕊花中提取到的二萜类天然化合物,能直接、快速地激活腺苷酸环化酶,该酶能提高细胞内环磷酸腺苷的水平。作为经典的环磷酸腺苷激活剂,毛喉素已被发现在众多疾病的靶点中发挥作用,但目前关于毛喉素在成肌细胞系中的作用机制尚未见文献报道。
肌细胞生成素(myogenin):是一种肌肉特异的转录因子,是生肌调节因子MRFs家族的一员,肌细胞生成素能促进肌肉特异性靶基因的转录,并在肌肉分化、细胞周期退出和肌肉萎缩中发挥作用,可在组织培养中的多种细胞类型中诱导肌生成,对于骨骼肌的生长发育至关重要。

背景:毛喉素是一种从毛喉鞘蕊花中提取到的二萜类天然化合物,对骨骼肌的修复具有重要的调节作用。但毛喉素对C2C12骨骼肌细胞成肌分化的调控作用尚未得到充分探索。
目的:研究毛喉素对C2C12成肌细胞系分化的影响,并探讨其潜在的分子机制。
方法:在C2C12细胞生长过程中分别加入0,0.1,0.25,0.5,1,5,10,20 μmol/L毛喉素进行处理,CCK-8和qRT-PCR检测细胞增殖情况。在诱导C2C12细胞成肌分化过程中分别加入0,0.25,0.5,1 μmol/L毛喉素进行处理,免疫荧光染色及qRT-PCR检测C2C12细胞成肌分化状况;Western blot检测影响成肌分化的相关信号通路蛋白的表达水平。
结果与结论:①高浓度(> 1 μmol/L)毛喉素处理后,C2C12细胞的活力下降,细胞增殖被抑制。②与0 μmol/L组比较,成肌诱导4 d时,
qRT-PCR结果显示毛喉素能够上调Myh2、Myh4、Myomaker的表达,但是下调Myh7的表达;免疫荧光染色结果表明,毛喉素处理后C2C12细胞的融合指数和肌管直径均增加,肌管的数量增多。③Western blot结果表明成肌分化诱导2 d时,毛喉素处理明显抑制细胞外信号调节激酶1/2磷酸化蛋白表达水平,促进蛋白激酶 B磷酸化蛋白表达;毛喉素处理会显著上调成肌分化转录因子肌细胞生成素蛋白表达水平。④结果表明,毛喉素可能通过调控细胞外信号调节激酶1/2及蛋白激酶 B信号传导促进C2C12骨骼肌细胞成肌分化。

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1777-122X(黄柳艳) 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

关键词: 毛喉素, 成肌分化, C2C12细胞, ERK1/2, Akt, 骨骼肌, 肌细胞生成素, 细胞增殖

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Forskolin, a diterpenoid natural compound extracted from Coleus forskohlii, has a crucial regulatory role in skeletal muscle repair. However, the regulatory role of forskolin on myogenic differentiation of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells has not been fully explored.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of forskolin on the differentiation of C2C12 myoblast cell line and probe into the underlying molecular mechanisms.
METHODS: C2C12 cells were treated with 0, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 5, 10 and 20 μmol/L forskolin during growth, and cell proliferation was detected by cell counting kit-8 and qRT-PCR. C2C12 cells were treated with 0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1 μmol/L forskolin during the induction of myogenic differentiation. Immunofluorescence staining and qRT-PCR were used to detect C2C12 cells differentiation. Western blot was used to detect the expression level of myogenic differentiation-related signaling pathway proteins.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The viability of C2C12 cells was decreased and cell proliferation was inhibited after treatment with high concentrations (> 1 μmol/L) of forskolin. (2) The qRT-PCR results showed that forskolin up-regulated the expression of Myh2, Myh4, Myomaker, but down-regulated the expression of Myh7 compared with the 0 μmol/L group, when C2C12 cells were differentiated for 4 days. Immunofluorescence staining results showed that the fusion index and myotube diameter of C2C12 cells were increased after forskolin treatment, and the number of myotubes was also increased. (3) Western blot results showed that the phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 expression was inhibited; however, the phosphorylated protein kinase B was promoted after treatment with forskolin. The protein expression level of the myogenic differentiation transcription factor Myogenin was significantly up-regulated after treatment with forskolin. The above results demonstrate that forskolin may promote myogenic differentiation of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells through the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and protein kinase B signaling pathway.

Key words: myogenic differentiation, C2C12 cell, ERK1/2, Akt, skeletal muscle, myogenin, cell proliferation

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