Project description:The expression of proinflammatory signals at the site of muscle injury are essential for efficient tissue repair and their dysregulation can lead to inflammatory myopathies. In these studies, we examined the contribution of satellite cells, the stem cell population of skeletal muscle, to proinflammatory signaling. Mouse satellite cells in culture express Tnfa, Ccl2, and Il6 within 2 hours of lipopolysaccharide treatment. Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed the satellite cell cultures were heterogeneous, consisting of seven clusters representing the continuum between activation and differentiation. Lipopolysaccharide treatment led to transcription of a broad profile of the C-C and C-X-C chemokines (eg. Ccl2, Ccl5, and Cxcl0) and cytokines (eg. Tgfb1, Bmp2, Il18 and Il33) associated innate immune cell recruitment and satellite cell proliferation. One cell cluster was enriched for genes in the antiviral interferon pathway that could be induced with lipopolysaccharide treatment. Activation of antiviral interferon pathway in satellite cells was also detectable at the site of cardiotoxin induced muscle injury. These data demonstrate that capability of satellite cells are responsive to inflammatory signals to secrete chemokines and cytokines. Further, we identified a novel subset of satellite cells with activated antiviral interferon pathway in the absence of injury or infection.
Project description:Acute skeletal muscle injury is followed by satellite cell activation, proliferation, and differentiation to replace damaged fibers with newly regenerated muscle fibers, processes that involve satellite cell interactions with various niche signals. Here we show that satellite cell specific deletion of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, followed by suppression of recombination escapers, leads to defects in regeneration and satellite cell pool repopulation in both the transplantation and in situ injury contexts. Mechanistically, we show that endothelial cells and FAPs are the major source of the ligand, Sdf1α, and that CXCR4 is principally required for proper activation and for transit through the first cell division, and to a lesser extent the later cell divisions. In the absence of CXCR4, gene expression in quiescent satellite cells is not severely disrupted, but in activated satellite cells a subset of genes normally induced by activation fail to upregulate normally. These data demonstrate that CXCR4 signaling is essential to normal early activation, proliferation, and self-renewal of satellite cells.
Project description:The influence of the extracellular matrix (ECM) within the stem cell niche remains poorly understood. We found that Syndecan-4 (Sdc4) and Frizzled-7 (Fzd7) form a coreceptor complex in satellite cells and that binding of the ECM glycoprotein Fibronectin (FN) to Sdc4 stimulates the ability of Wnt7a to induce the symmetric expansion of satellite stem cells. Newly activated satellite cells dynamically remodel their niche via transient high-level expression of FN. Knockdown of FN in prospectively isolated satellite cells severely impaired their ability to repopulate the satellite cell niche. Conversely, in vivo overexpression of FN with Wnt7a dramatically stimulated the expansion of satellite stem cells in regenerating muscle. Therefore, activating satellite cells remodel their niche through autologous expression of FN that provides feedback to stimulate Wnt7a signaling through the Fzd7/Sdc4 coreceptor complex. Thus, FN and Wnt7a together regulate the homeostatic levels of satellite stem cells and satellite myogenic cells during regenerative myogenesis. The data set contains one microarray of pooled quiescent skeletal muscle satellite cells
Project description:Following skeletal muscle injury, muscle stem cells (satellite cells) are activated, proliferate, and differentiate to form myofibers. We show that mRNA decay protein AUF1 regulates satellite cell function through targeted degradation of specific mRNAs. AUF1 targets certain mRNAs containing 3 AU-rich elements (AREs) for rapid decay. Auf1-/- (KO) mice undergo accelerated skeletal muscle wasting with age and impaired muscle repair following injury. Satellite cell mRNA analysis and regeneration studies demonstrate that auf1-/- satellite cell self-renewal is impaired due to increased stability and overexpression of ARE-mRNAs. Control of ARE-mRNA decay by AUF1 and potentially other ARE-binding proteins represents a mechanism for adult stem cell regulation and is implicated in human muscle wasting diseases. We report the RNA transcript expression profiles from sorted satellite cells isolated from wild type (WT) and AUF1-null (KO) mice hindlimb muscles Examination of RNA transcript expression from satellite cells of two genotypes Please note that mice are bred through a C57BL/6 strain of 129 background.
Project description:Porcine satellite cells play a vital role in the construction, development, and self-renewal of skeletal muscle. In this study, porcine satellite cells were exposed to mimic viral infection poly (I:C) during proliferation and differentiation phases at 0h, 12h, 24h and 48h time points. The untreated and treated porcine satellite cells during proliferation and differentiation phases were further analyzed by RNA sequencing technology. In the proliferation and differentiation phases of porcine satellite cells grown under poly (I:C), 88, 119, 104 and 95 genes were differentially expressed in 0h – 12h treated, 12h – 24h treated, 0h – 24h treated and 24h – 48h untreated comparison libraries, respectively. The GO terms analysis results showed that in the proliferation phase of treated porcine satellite cells, the up-regulated genes related to the immune system were highly expressed. In addition, the gene expression associated with muscle structure development, response to growth factor emerged in the differentiation phase of untreated porcine satellite cells. The biological pathways associated with Influenza A, Toll-like signaling as well as chemokine signaling were revealed through poly (I:C) stimulation of porcine satellite cells. The differentially expressed genes were confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR. Our findings expanded the understanding of gene expression and signaling pathways about the infiltrated mechanism of the virus into porcine skeletal muscle satellite cells.
Project description:Satellite glia are the major glial type found in ganglia of the peripheral nervous system that wrap around cell bodies of sympathetic and sensory neurons that are very diverse. Other than their close physical association with peripheral neurons, little is known about this glial population. Here, we performed single cell RNA sequencing analysis and identified five different populations of satellite glia from sympathetic and sensory ganglia. We identify three shared populations of satellite glia enriched in immune-response genes, immediate-early genes and ion channels/ECM-interactors, respectively. Sensory- and sympathetic-specific satellite glia are differentially enriched for modulators of lipid metabolism. Sensory glia are also specifically enriched for genes involved in glutamate turnover. Further, satellite glia and Schwann cells can be distinguished by unique transcriptional signatures. This study reveals remarkable heterogeneity of satellite glia in the peripheral nervous system.
Project description:The chemokine receptor CXCR4 regulates satellite cell activation, early expansion, and self-renewal, in response to skeletal muscle injury
Project description:Antigenic stimulation through cross-linking the IgE receptor and epithelial cell-derived cytokine IL-33 are potent stimuli of mast cell (MC) activation. Moreover, IL-33 primes a variety of cell types, including MCs to respond more vigorously to external stimuli. However, target genes induced by the combined IL-33 priming and antigenic stimulation have not been investigated in human skin mast cells (HSMCs) in a genome-wide manner. Furthermore, epigenetic changes induced by the combined IL-33 priming and antigenic stimulation have not been evaluated. In this study, we found that IL-33 priming of HSMCs enhanced their capacity to promote transcriptional synergy of the IL1B and CXCL8 genes by 16- and 3-fold, respectively, in response to combined IL-33 and antigen stimulation compared to without IL-33 priming. We identified the target genes in IL-33-primed HSMCs in response to the combined IL-33 and antigenic stimulation using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). We found that the majority of genes synergistically upregulated in the IL-33-primed HSMCs in response to the combined IL-33 and antigenic stimulation were predominantly proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine genes. Moreover, the combined IL-33 priming and antigenic stimulation increase chromatin accessibility in the synergy target genes but not synergistically. Transcription factor binding motif analysis revealed more binding sites for NF-κB, AP-1, GABPA, and RAP1 in the induced or increased chromatin accessible regions of the synergy target genes. Our study demonstrates that IL-33 priming greatly potentiates MCs’ ability to transcribe proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine genes in response to antigenic stimulation, shining light on how epithelial cell-derived cytokine IL-33 can cause exacerbation of skin MC-mediated allergic inflammation.