Hypoxia enhances the proliferation of skeletal myoblasts and possible mechanism / 中国应用生理学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the role of hypoxia in skeletal myoblasts proliferation and related mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The numbers and proliferous indexes of skeletal myoblasts were detected by flow cytometer under 20%, 3%, and 10% oxygen concentration. Hypoxia inducing factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) mRNA expression was determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). HIF-1alpha proteinum in endochylema and intranucelus were respectively detected by Western blot.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The numbers and proliferous indexes were higher (P < 0.05) in hypoxia group than those of control group. The expression HIF-1alpha mRNA had no difference in hypoxia and in normal groups. The level of HIF-1alpha proteinum in endochylema under normoxia was more than that in intranucelus and it was opposite under hypoxia.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Hypoxia can promote the proliferation of skeletal myoblasts. The possible mechanism of hypoxia promoting the proliferation of skeletal myoblasts might be that low oxygen concentration regulates HIF-la nuclear translocation.</p>