We conclude that Sfrp1 and Sfrp2 act to prevent myoblasts from entering the terminal differentiation process.
We then examined the effect of a novel inhibitor of cellular arginine-specific mono (ADP-ribosyl) transferases , meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) , on differentiation of cultured embryonic chick skeletal myoblasts.
Two classes of enzymes , poly (ADP-ribose) synthetase and mono (ADP-ribosyl) transferases , catalyze covalent attachment of multiple or single residues , respectively , of the ADP-ribose moiety of NAD + to various proteins.
Poly (ADP-ribose) synthetase catalyses the synthesis of poly (ADP-ribose) from NAD + , thereby releasing the DNA from histones to a transcriptionally and reparationally active form.