Wnt/?-catenin signaling via Axin2 is required for myogenesis and, together with YAP/Taz and Tead1, active in IIa/IIx muscle fibers

Huraskin D, Eiber N, Reichel M, Zidek LM, Kravic B, Bernkopf D, von Maltzahn J, Behrens J, Hashemolhosseini S (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Development Company of Biologists

Publisher: Company of Biologists

Book Volume: 143

Pages Range: 3128-42

Journal Issue: 17

DOI: 10.1242/dev.139907

Abstract

Canonical Wnt/?-catenin signaling plays an important role in myogenic differentiation, but its physiological role in muscle fibers remains elusive. Here, we studied activation of Wnt/?-catenin signaling in adult muscle fibers and muscle stem cells in an Axin2 reporter mouse. Axin2 is a negative regulator and a target of Wnt/?-catenin signaling. In adult muscle fibers, Wnt/?-catenin signaling is only detectable in a subset of fast fibers that have a significantly smaller diameter than other fast fibers. In the same fibers, immunofluorescence staining for YAP/Taz and Tead1 was detected. Wnt/?-catenin signaling was absent in quiescent and activated satellite cells. Upon injury, Wnt/?-catenin signaling was detected in muscle fibers with centrally located nuclei. During differentiation of myoblasts expression of Axin2, but not of Axin1, increased together with Tead1 target gene expression. Furthermore, absence of Axin1 and Axin2 interfered with myoblast proliferation and myotube formation, respectively. Treatment with the canonical Wnt3a ligand also inhibited myotube formation. Wnt3a activated TOPflash and Tead1 reporter activity, whereas neither reporter was activated in the presence of Dkk1, an inhibitor of canonical Wnt signaling. We propose that Axin2-dependent Wnt/?-catenin signaling is involved in myotube formation and, together with YAP/Taz/Tead1, associated with reduced muscle fiber diameter of a subset of fast fibers.

Authors with CRIS profile

Danyil Huraskin Lehrstuhl für Biochemie und Pathobiochemie Martin Reichel Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bojana Kravic Lehrstuhl für Biochemie und Pathobiochemie Dominic Bernkopf Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Medizin II (Molekulare Tumorforschung) Jürgen Behrens Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Medizin II (Molekulare Tumorforschung) Said Hashemolhosseini Lehrstuhl für Biochemie und Pathobiochemie

Involved external institutions

Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut (FLI) DE Germany (DE)

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APA:

Huraskin, D., Eiber, N., Reichel, M., Zidek, L.M., Kravic, B., Bernkopf, D.,... Hashemolhosseini, S. (2016). Wnt/?-catenin signaling via Axin2 is required for myogenesis and, together with YAP/Taz and Tead1, active in IIa/IIx muscle fibers. Development, 143(17), 3128-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.139907

MLA:

Huraskin, Danyil, et al. "Wnt/?-catenin signaling via Axin2 is required for myogenesis and, together with YAP/Taz and Tead1, active in IIa/IIx muscle fibers." Development 143.17 (2016): 3128-42.

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