Differentiation of myoblasts into myotubes is essential for skeletal muscle development and regeneration. Caspase-3 and caspase-9 are required for efficient myoblast differentiation. The caspase-activated endonuclease activity, CAD, and the DNA-damage repair protein XRCC1 have also been shown to be required to complete differentiation. DNA-damage associated with differentiation is accompanied by phosphorylation of Histone 2AX, an event normally catalysed by kinases ATR, ATM or DNA-PK. However, the kinase responsible for phosphorylation during differentiation is not known. Here we show that inhibition of DNA-PK, but not of ATR or ATM, blocked histone phosphorylation during differentiation. We also show that DNA-PK inhibition and siRNA-mediated DNA-PK knockdown blocked cell fusion. These data implicate a new role for DNA-PK in myogenic differentiation.
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Connolly, P. F., & Fearnhead, H. O. (2016). DNA-PK activity is associated with caspase-dependent myogenic differentiation. FEBS Journal, 3626–3636. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.13832
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