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. 1985 Mar;4(3):623–630. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1985.tb03675.x

Specific regulation of N-CAM/D2-CAM cell adhesion molecule during skeletal muscle development.

S E Moore, F S Walsh
PMCID: PMC554234  PMID: 3891323

Abstract

The expression of the N-CAM/D2-CAM cell adhesion molecule was studied in skeletal muscle. In cell cultures derived from adult human muscle N-CAM/D2-CAM was found at the cell surface of myoblasts and myotubes but not fibroblasts, showing that N-CAM/D2-CAM is a specific gene product of muscle. Western blots showed that the anti N-CAM/D2-CAM antibody reacted with a single protein band of 180 000 daltons in these cultures that differed in mobility from the broad band of 150 000-200 000 daltons found in brain. N-CAM/D2-CAM is also expressed by muscle at certain stages of development. Human foetal muscle of 10 and 20 weeks gestation showed N-CAM/D2-CAM around developing myofibres while both fast and slow adult muscle fibres did not express N-CAM/D2-CAM, suggesting that the protein is down regulated during myofibre maturation. This was studied further in developing rat muscle where N-CAM/D2-CAM was found on myofibres in the day 1 neonate, but had disappeared by day 9. N-CAM/D2-CAM is, however, re-expressed in human muscle disease where there is muscle regeneration such as in polymyositis, and here is associated with classic regenerating myofibres. N-CAM/D2-CAM expression is temporally regulated and is expressed only at times of synapse formation consistent with the idea that it may be involved in early nerve-muscle interactions.

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