ABSTRACT: Analysis of skeletal muscle satellite cells with specific knockout (KO) of Patatin-like phospholipase domain containing protein 2 (Pnpla2) gene in mouse (named Pnpla2PKO). Pnpla2 knockout disrupts lipid droplet catabolism in satellite cells and causes energy insufficiency and oxidative stress, accompanied by global lipid remodeling, which eventually impedes their expansion and fusion, leading to impairments in muscle regeneration.
Project description:Analysis of skeletal muscle satellite cells with specific knockout (KO) of Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 2 (Cpt2) gene in mouse (named Cpt2PKO). Cpt2 knockout disrupts fatty acid oxidation in satellite cells and causes energy insufficiency and alteration of protein acetylation, which eventually impedes their expansion and differentiation, leading to impairments in muscle regeneration.
Project description:Background and Aims: Analysis of aging-induced impairments in satellite cells (SCs) – the stem cells of skeletal muscle that are required for its regeneration. Hox genes are known to control stem cell function and development of various tissues.
Project description:In this study, we investigated signaling pathways in Skeletal muscle precursors that are altered with aging and age-related deficits in muscle regenerative potential. We performed fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) to obtain highly purified skeletal muscle satellite cells from young, middle-aged and old mice. Parabiosis experiments indicate that impaired regeneration in aged mice is reversible by exposure to a young circulation, suggesting that young blood contains humoral "rejuvenating" factors that can restore regenerative function. Here, we demonstrate that the circulating protein growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is a rejuvenating factor for skeletal muscle. Supplementation of systemic GDF11 levels, which normally decline with age, by heterochronic parabiosis or systemic delivery of recombinant protein, reversed functional impairments and restored genomic integrity in aged muscle stem cells (satellite cells). Increased GDF11 levels in aged mice also improved muscle structural and functional features and increased strength and endurance exercise capacity. These data indicate that GDF11 systemically regulates muscle aging and may be therapeutically useful for reversing age-related skeletal muscle and stem cell dysfunction. We used Affymetrix Mouse Genome array to identify global transcriptional changes associated with age in skeletal muscle precursors.
Project description:RNA-seq was performed to investigate the role of Rrm2b in skeletal muscle. Type II skeletal muscle fibers were collected from wild-type (C57BL/6) mice and two Rrm2b knockout models, the skeletal muscle-specific knockout (Rrm2b F/F;HSA-Cre, smKO) and satellite cell-specific knockout (Rrm2b F/F;Pax7-CreERT2, scKO).
Project description:Skeletal muscle stem cells, called satellite cells, are responsible for postnatal muscle growth, homeostasis and regeneration. Attempts to utilize the regenerative potential of muscle stem cells for therapeutic purposes so far failed. The transcription factor Pax7 defines satellite cells across species 1-4 . We previously established human PAX7-positive cell colonies with high regenerative potential 5 . We now identified PAX7-negative human muscle-derived cell colonies (PAX7neg) also positive for the myogenic markers desmin and MYF5. These included cells from a unique myopathic patient with rigid spine and respiratory insufficiency due to a homozygous PAX7 c.86-1G>A mutation (PAX7null). Single cell and bulk transcriptome analysis showed high intra- and inter-donor heterogeneity and revealed the endothelial cell marker CLEC14A to be highly expressed in PAX7null cells. All PAX7neg cell populations, including PAX7null, formed myofibers after transplantation into mice, and regenerated muscle after reinjury. Transplanted PAX7neg cells repopulated the satellite cell niche where they re-expressed PAX7. Strikingly, PAX7null cells expressing CLEC14A were also identified below the basal lamina. In summary, transplanted human cells do not depend on PAX7 for muscle regeneration. Thus, Pax7 is not a suitable marker for selection of optimal cells for muscle regenerative therapies.
Project description:It has been known for some time that muscle repair potential becomes increasingly compromised with advancing age, and that this age-related defect is associated with reduced activity of muscle satellite cells and with the presence of chronic, low grade inflammation in the muscle. Working from the hypothesis that a heightened inflammatory tone in aged muscle could contribute to poor regenerative capacity, we developed genetic systems to inducibly alter inflammatory gene expression in satellite cells or muscle fibers by modulation of the activity of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), a master transcriptional regulator of inflammation whose activity is upregulated in many cell types and tissues with age. These studies revealed that activation of NF-κB activity in muscle fibers, but not in satellite cells, drives muscle dysfunction and that lifelong inhibition of NF-κB activity in myofibers preserves muscle regenerative potential with aging via cell-non-autonomous effects on satellite cell function. Further analysis of differential gene expression in muscles with varying NF-κB activity identified a secreted phospholipase (PLA2G5) as a myofiber-expressed NF-κB-regulated gene that governs muscle regenerative capacity with age. Together, these data suggest a model in which NF-κB activation in muscle fibers increases PLA2G5 expression and drives the impairment in regenerative function characteristic of aged muscle. Importantly, inhibition of NF-κB function reverses this impairment, suggesting that FDA-approved drugs, like salsalate, a prodrug form of sodium salicylate, may provide new therapeutic avenues for elderly patients with reduced capacity to recover effectively from muscle injury.
Project description:Mutations in PNPLA1 (patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 1) cause autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, but the mechanism involved remains unclear. Here we show that PNPLA1, an enzyme expressed in highly differentiated keratinocytes, plays a crucial role in the biosynthesis of acylceramide, a lipid component essential for skin barrier function. Pnpla1-deficient mice showed neonatal lethality due to epidermal permeability barrier defects with severe transepidermal water loss, decreased intercellular lipid lamellae in the stratum corneum, and impaired terminal differentiation of keratinocytes. In Pnpla1–/– epidermis, three unique linoleate-containing lipids, including acylceramides, acylglucosylceramides and (O-acyl)-ω-hydroxy fatty acids, were almost absent with reciprocal increases in their precursors ω-hydroxy (glucosyl)ceramides and ω-hydroxy fatty acids, indicating that PNPLA1 catalyzes the ω-O-esterification step with linoleic acid to form acylceramides. Our results suggest that PNPLA1 represents the missing piece in the process of acylceramide biosynthesis required for establishment of a permeability barrier.
Project description:Skeletal muscle has remarkable capacity to regenerate upon injury due to the presence of satellite cells. The maintenance and function of satellite cells are regulated by circadian clock. Cryptocrhome 2 (CRY2) is a key component of the circadian clock and its role in skeletal muscle regeneration remains controversial. Here, we report that CRY2 is down-regulated during muscle regeneration. Using the satellite cell specific CRY2 knockout mice (CRY2scko), we show that deletion of CRY2 enhances muscle regeneration. Single myofiber analysis showed that deletion of CRY2 enhances satellite cell self-renewal. In the absence of CRY2, the ERK1/2 and JNK1/2 signaling pathways become activated, which phosphorylates the transcription factor ETS1, which in turn binds to the promoter of PAX7 to induce its transcription. CRY2 deficient myoblasts survived better in ischemic muscle. Deletion of CRY2 also alleviated myopathy in mdx mice. Therefore, CRY2 plays an essential role in regulating satellite cell function and skeletal muscle regeneration.
Project description:Our phenotypic data suggest that lactoferrin knockdown reduces satellite cell proliferative capacity. The mouse muscle tissue was digested with collagenase, and satellite cells were obtained by flow sorting. We performed transcriptome analysis of wt and lactoferrin knockout cells grown for 4 days in vitro.