Project description:Chick is an ideal model system for myogenesis study. Lots of genes would change their expression during myogenesis, however, is there any difference about gene expression between chick and mice? Our study represents the first detailed analysis of the transcriptomes of chicken primary myoblasts and myotubes, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. The data reported here may provide an important understanding of the genes involved in the regulation of chicken myogenesis.
Project description:Chick is an ideal model system for myogenesis study. Lots of genes would change their expression during myogenesis, however, is there any difference about gene expression between chick and mice? Our study represents the first detailed analysis of the transcriptomes of chicken primary myoblasts and myotubes, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. The data reported here may provide an important understanding of the genes involved in the regulation of chicken myogenesis.
Project description:Gene expression analysis in human skeletal myoblasts (undifferentiated mononucleated cells, cultured in growth medium - 15% FBS) and human skeletal myotubes (pre-formed myotubes, cultured in differentiation medium – 2% horse serum) exposed to the HDACi TSA (50nM) for 24 hours TSA treated undifferentiated human primary myoblasts and terminally differentiated human myotubes
Project description:We show the application of 5mC antibody-based methylated DNA immunoprecipitation followed sequencing technology for high-through profiling of DNA methylation in mouse C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes. By analyzing the methylation status of immunoprecipitated DNA fragments, we generated genome-wide DNA methyaltion maps in mouse C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes. We find that DNA methylation levels in myoblasts at rDNA promter and coding regions are higher than that in myotubes but not changed in intergenic regions.
Project description:To determine the lncRNA expression profile in C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes, we used mouse lncRNA microarray from Arraystar to examine the expression of lncRNAs in C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes.
Project description:To determine the circRNA expression profile in C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes, we used mouse circRNA microarray from Arraystar to examine the expression of circRNAs in C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes.
Project description:Satellite cells play an important role in post-natal growth and regeneration of skeletal muscle. They can be defined as a population adult muscle stem cells based on their self renewal capability and ability to differentiate into skeletal muscle fibers. Functional Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) is essential for the process of skeletal muscle differentiation in satellite cell derived primary myoblasts. Furthermore, the biochemical function of pRb is largely associated with its ability to interact with chromatin modifying factors such as histone deacetylases (HDACs) and histone methyltransferases thus inhibiting transcription of target gene promoters. Hence, expression profiling of pRb null primary myoblasts and myotubes will provide a global picture of the downstream targets of pRb transcriptional regulation in relation to cell cycle control, apoptosis inhibition, and muscle differentiation. Keywords: other
Project description:This study aimed to interrogate the interrelationship between 3D genome organization and global gene expression during muscle development using a mouse C2C12 cell line as an in vitro model. The C2C12 cell line is a well-established and extensively studied in vitro model derived from serial passage of myoblasts cultured from the thigh muscle of C3H mice after a crush injury. C2C12 cells divide when mitogens are present in the culture medium and spontaneously differentiate into muscle-like multinucleated (myotubes) cells if the medium is depleted of mitogens (i.e. serum; (Bischoff 1986)). C2C12 cells were either harvested as: 1) proliferating myoblasts (Myoblasts); 2) myotubes that were not treated with AraC (as such these myotubes contained myoblasts) - Myotubes(Day3); or 3) myotubes which were treated with AraC (myoblasts were largely depleted from these myotube cultures; Myotubes(Day7+AraC).