Abstract

The effects of chick brain-spinal cord extract on morphological development and cyclic nucleotide levels of cultured chick embryo skeletal muscle cells were determined. It had previously been shown that the extract stimulated morphological differentiation, protein synthesis, and choliniesterase activity of muscle cells. Myoblasts fused earlier and an increase in number as well as diameter of myotubes were seen in the extract treated cultures. Cyclic nucleotides levels were higher (almost twice the controls for both adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate and guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate) and preceded their occurrence in the control cultures. It was suggested that factor(s) in the extract interact with membrane receptor(s) to alter nucleotide levels which, in turn, allow the effects to be expressed.

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