Abstract
Differentiation of cultured myogenic progenitor cells (satellite cells and mononucleated myoblasts) derived from hindlimb muscles of rat embryos and newborn animals was studied. Immunocytochemical methods and PCR analysis revealed expression of heavy myosin chains at the earliest stages of myogenesis (in mononucleated myoblasts). Expression of the gene encoding the embryonic form of myosin and a low level of expression of the gene encoding perinatal myosin in cultured progenitor cells derived from embryonic muscles was detected by PCR. Cells derived from muscles of newborn animals also expressed these two myosin forms, though at a lower level. The progenitor cells derived from muscles of rat embryos and newborn animals were found to express myosin 2a, which is characteristic of fast-twitch definitive muscle fibers.
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