Project description:Transcriptomic analysis of FACS-sorted Pax7nGFP quiescent skeletal muscle satellite cells cells from young, and old mice. Results provide knowledge about the molecular mechanisms underlying age-related skeletal muscle satellite cells homeostasis.
Project description:Global gene expression patterns were determined from microarray results from sham surgery or following 1 week of plantaris muscle hypertrophy induced by synergist ablation in young adult Pax7-DTA mice (4 months). Vehicle treated mice have their full complement of satellite cells; tamoxifen treated mice have had their satellite cells genetically depleted through Cre-loxP technology
Project description:Global gene expression patterns were determined from microarray results from sham surgery or following 1 week of plantaris muscle hypertrophy induced by synergist ablation in young adult Pax7-DTA mice (4 months). Vehicle treated mice have their full complement of satellite cells; tamoxifen treated mice have had their satellite cells genetically depleted through Cre-loxP technology After sham surgery or 1 week of overload, Affymetrix chips (mouse430_2.0) were used with 1 µg of total RNA derived from a pooled sample of the right and left plantaris muscles from 11 animals.
Project description:Regeneration of skeletal muscle depends on a population of adult stem cells (satellite cells) that remain quiescent throughout life. Satellite cell regenerative functions decline with aging. We report that geriatric satellite cells, compared to old and adult cells, are incapable of maintaining their normal quiescent state in muscle homeostatic conditions, and this irreversibly affects their intrinsic regenerative and self-renewal capacities. We analyzed the global changes in gene expression occurring within muscle stem cells (satellite cells) in homeostatic conditions during physiological aging. Pure satellite cell populations from dissociated skeletal muscle from Young (2-3 months) and Adult (6 months) mice were isolated using a well-established flow cytometry protocol gating on integrin a7(+)/CD34(+) (positive selection) and Lin- (CD31, CD45, CD11b, Sca1) (negative selection).