Nuclear to cytoplasmic shuttling of ERK promotes differentiation of muscle stem/progenitor cells.

ABSTRACT: The transition between the proliferation and differentiation of progenitor cells is a key step in organogenesis, and alterations in this process can lead to developmental disorders. The extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK) signaling pathway is one of the most intensively studied signaling mechanisms that regulates both proliferation and differentiation. How a single molecule (e.g. ERK) can regulate two opposing cellular outcomes is still a mystery. Using both chick and mouse models, we shed light on the mechanism responsible for the switch from proliferation to differentiation of head muscle progenitors and implicate ERK subcellular localization. Manipulation of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-ERK signaling pathway in chick embryos in vitro and in vivo demonstrated that block

SUBMITTER: Michailovici I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4067960 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature