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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages 142-147Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/35004013
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Gene expression in skeletal muscle is regulated by the firing pattern of motor neurons, but the signalling systems involved in excitation-transcription coupling are unknown. Here, using in vivo transfection in regenerating muscle, we show that constitutively active pas and a Ras mutant that selectively activates the MAPK(ERK) pathway are able to mimic the effects of slow motor neurons on expression of myosin genes. Conversely, the effect of slow motor neurons is inhibited by a dominant-negative Has mutant. MAPK(ERK) activity is increased by innervation and by low-frequency electrical stimulation. These results indicate that Ras-MAPK signalling is involved in promoting nerve-activity-dependent differentiation of slow muscle fibres in vivo.
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