Figure 7.
Inhibition of NFAT activity by the expression of GFP-VIVIT does not inhibit myogenesis in L6 muscle cell cultures. (a) Primary myoblasts were infected with an NFAT responsive reporter and either control (Ctrl) or GFP-VIVIT retroviruses. Cells were induced to differentiate for 48 h in DM. Luciferase assays were performed on vehicle (V), ionomycin (I, 1 μM) plus PMA- (P, 10 nM), or IP plus CSA- (C, 1 μM) treated cultures. GFP-VIVIT inhibits NFAT activity in skeletal muscle cells. Data are reported as the fold increase over vehicle-treated control cells. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments each performed in triplicate. (b) L6 myoblasts were infected with either control or GFP-VIVIT retroviruses and induced to differentiate in DM. Cellular proteins were collected at various time points and analyzed by immunoblotting. GFP-VIVIT does not inhibit the expression of either myogenic marker. The blot shown is representative of two independent experiments.