Department of Sports and Medical Science, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan.
Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Japan.
J Cell Physiol. 2023 Sep;238(9):2103-2119. doi: 10.1002/jcp.31070. Epub 2023 Jul 12.
Skeletal muscle maintenance depends largely on muscle stem cells (satellite cells) that supply myoblasts required for muscle regeneration and growth. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is the major intracellular protein degradation pathway. We previously reported that proteasome dysfunction in skeletal muscle significantly impairs muscle growth and development. Furthermore, the inhibition of aminopeptidase, a proteolytic enzyme that removes amino acids from the termini of peptides derived from proteasomal proteolysis, impairs the proliferation and differentiation ability of C2C12 myoblasts. However, no evidence has been reported on the role of aminopeptidases with different substrate specificities on myogenesis. In this study, therefore, we investigated whether the knockdown of aminopeptidases in differentiating C2C12 myoblasts affects myogenesis. The knockdown of the X-prolyl aminopeptidase 1, aspartyl aminopeptidase, leucyl-cystinyl aminopeptidase, methionyl aminopeptidase 1, methionyl aminopeptidase 2, puromycine-sensitive aminopeptidase, and arginyl aminopeptidase like 1 gene in C2C12 myoblasts resulted in defective myogenic differentiation. Surprisingly, the knockdown of leucine aminopeptidase 3 (LAP3) in C2C12 myoblasts promoted myogenic differentiation. We also found that suppression of LAP3 expression in C2C12 myoblasts resulted in the inhibition of proteasomal proteolysis, decreased intracellular branched-chain amino acid levels, and enhanced mTORC2-mediated AKT phosphorylation (S473). Furthermore, phosphorylated AKT induced the translocation of TFE3 from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, promoting myogenic differentiation through increased expression of myogenin. Overall, our study highlights the association of aminopeptidases with myogenic differentiation.
骨骼肌的维持在很大程度上依赖于肌肉干细胞(卫星细胞),它们为肌肉再生和生长提供成肌细胞。泛素-蛋白酶体系统是细胞内主要的蛋白质降解途径。我们之前报道过,骨骼肌中的蛋白酶体功能障碍会显著损害肌肉的生长和发育。此外,抑制氨肽酶,一种从蛋白酶体蛋白水解产生的肽的末端去除氨基酸的蛋白水解酶,会损害 C2C12 成肌细胞的增殖和分化能力。然而,目前还没有证据表明具有不同底物特异性的氨肽酶在成肌过程中的作用。因此,在这项研究中,我们研究了分化中的 C2C12 成肌细胞中氨肽酶的敲低是否会影响成肌。C2C12 成肌细胞中 X-脯氨酰氨肽酶 1、天冬氨酰氨肽酶、亮氨酰-胱氨酰氨肽酶、蛋氨酰氨肽酶 1、蛋氨酰氨肽酶 2、嘌呤霉素敏感氨肽酶和精氨酰氨肽酶样 1 基因的敲低导致成肌分化缺陷。令人惊讶的是,C2C12 成肌细胞中亮氨酰氨肽酶 3 (LAP3) 的敲低促进了成肌分化。我们还发现,C2C12 成肌细胞中 LAP3 表达的抑制导致蛋白酶体蛋白水解的抑制、细胞内支链氨基酸水平的降低以及 mTORC2 介导的 AKT 磷酸化 (S473) 的增强。此外,磷酸化的 AKT 诱导 TFE3 从细胞核转位到细胞质,通过增加肌细胞生成素的表达促进成肌分化。总的来说,我们的研究强调了氨肽酶与成肌分化的关联。