miRNA mediated downregulation of non-muscle Cyclase associated protein 1 is required for myogenic differentiation
Singh, A. K.; Rai, A.; Weber, A.; Posern, G.
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Myoblast fusion is crucial for the formation, growth and regeneration of healthy skeletal muscle, but the molecular mechanisms that govern fusion and myofiber formation remain poorly understood. Here we report that Cyclase-associated protein 1 (Cap1), a regulator of actin dynamics, plays a critical role in cytoskeletal remodeling during myoblast fusion and formation of myotubes. Cap1 mRNA and protein are expressed in murine C2C12 and human LHCN-M2 myoblasts, but its abundance decreases during myogenic differentiation. Perturbing the temporally controlled expression of Cap1 by overexpression or Crispr-Cas9 mediated knockout impaired actin rearrangement, myoblast alignment, expression of profusion molecules, differentiation into multinucleated myotubes and myosin heavy chain expression. Endogenous Cap1 expression is posttranscriptionally downregulated during differentiation by canonical myomiRs miR-1, miR-133 and miR-206, which have conserved binding sites in the 3 UTR of the Cap1 mRNA. Deletion of the endogenous 3 UTR in C2C12 cells phenocopies overexpression of Cap1 by inhibiting myotube formation. Our findings implicate Cap1 and its myomiR-mediated downregulation in the myoblast fusion process and the generation of skeletal muscle.
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