Spatial proteomics of skeletal muscle using thin cryosections reveals metabolic adaption at the muscle-tendon transition zone
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ABSTRACT: Morphological studies of skeletal muscle tissue have provided detailed insights into the architecture of muscle fibers, the surrounding cells, and the extracellular matrix. However, a spatial proteomics analysis of the skeletal muscle, including the muscle-tendon transition zone, is lacking. Here, we prepared thin cryotome muscle sections along the longitudinal axis of the mouse soleus muscle and measured each muscle slice using short LC-MS gradients. We generated more than 3000 high-resolution longitudinal protein profiles of central to distal skeletal muscle regions and created a molecular network of different skeletal muscle regions that reveals the complex architecture of the muscle-tendon transition zone. Among the proteins that show an increasing profile from muscle to tendon, we find proteins related to neuronal activity, fatty acid biosynthesis, and the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Blocking the RAS in cultured mouse tenocytes using losartan reduces the synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins, including collagen and fibronectin. Overall, our analysis of thin cryotome sections provides a spatial proteome of skeletal muscle and reveals that the RAS acts as an additional regulator of the matrix within muscle-tendon junctions.
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Eclipse, timsTOF Pro 2
ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (mouse)
TISSUE(S): Skeletal Muscle, Cell Culture
SUBMITTER: Luisa Marie Schmidt
LAB HEAD: Marcus Krüger
PROVIDER: PXD046596 | Pride | 2024-05-22
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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