Project description:The satellite cell of skeletal muscle provides a paradigm for quiescent and activated tissue stem cell states. We have carried out transcriptome analyses by comparing satellite cells from adult skeletal muscles, where they are mainly quiescent, with cells from growing muscles, regenerating (mdx) muscles, or with cells in culture, where they are activated. Our study gives new insights into the satellite cell biology during activation and in respect with its niche. We used microarrays to study the global programme of gene expression underlying adult satellite cell quiescence compared to activation states and to identify distinct classes of up-regulated genes in these two different states Skeletal muscle satellite cells were isolated by flow cytrometry using the GFP fluorescence marker from Pax3GFP/+ mice skeletal muscle. The transcriptome of quiescent satellite cells from adult Pax3GFP/+ muscle was compared to the transcriptome of activated satellite cells obtained from three different samples: 1) regenerating Pax3GFP/+:mdx/mdx muscle (Ad.mdx) , 2) growing 1 week old Pax3GFP/+ muscle (1wk), and 3) adult Pax3GFP/+ cells after 3 days in culture (Ad.cult).
Project description:Muscle stem cells, also known as satellite cells, represent the main myogenic population accounting for skeletal muscle homeostasis and regeneration. Here, using the Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin followed by sequencing (ATAC-seq), we investigated the epigenetic landscape of activated human and murine satellite cells. Our analysis identified a compendium of putative regulatory elements defining activated satellite cells and myoblasts, respectively.
Project description:The PDZ-LIM superfamily member is present in the nucleus of many cells and consists of one PDZ domain at the N-terminus and one or more LIM domains at the C-terminus. The family includes 10 genes, of which PDLIM3, PDLIM5 and LMO7 genes have been shown to promote mouse myoblast differentiation and participate in the regulation of skeletal muscle growth and development. To explore whether chicken PDLIM3, PDLIM5 and LMO7 genes have the same function, this study explored the expression of these genes in the before and after birth of chicken, and after the chicken skeletal muscle satellite cells cultured in vitro interfered with the expression of these genes. The proliferation and differentiation of satellite cells were finally analyzed by transcriptome sequencing. The molecular pathways involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation were analyzed. The main results are as follows: Transcriptome sequencing revealed that the differentially expressed genes of chicken skeletal muscle satellite cells interfering with PDLIM3 gene expression were mainly enriched in cGMP-PKG, Oxytocin, MAPK, Tight junction and other signaling pathways, and involved in cytoskeletal protein binding, actin binding, muscle tissue regeneration and development, adhesion and other functions. Transcriptome sequencing revealed that compared with the control group, the differentially expressed genes of chicken skeletal muscle satellite cells that interfered with PDLIM5 gene expression were mainly enriched in signaling pathways such as Tight junction, Oxytocin, p53, MAPK, and involved in myocyte production and muscle contraction. Muscle cell differentiation, and participate in cytoskeletal protein binding, actin cytoskeleton formation, actin and actin binding.
Project description:Experimental cell therapies for skeletal muscle conditions have shown little success, primarily because they used committed myogenic progenitors rather than true muscle stem cells, known as satellite cells. Here we present a method to generate in vitro–derived satellite cells (idSCs) from skeletal muscle tissue. When transplanted in small numbers into mouse muscle, mouse idSCs fuse into myofibers, repopulate the satellite cell niche, self-renew, support multiple rounds of muscle regeneration, and improve force production on par with freshly isolated satellite cells. in damaged skeletal muscle. We profiled the epigenomic and transcriptional differences between idSCs and satellite cells, and used these differences to identify core signaling pathways and genes that confer idSC functionality. Finally, fromhuman muscle biopsies we successfully generated satellite cell–like cells in vitro. After further development, idSCs may provide a scalable source of cells for the treatment of genetic muscle disorders, trauma-induced muscle damage and age-related muscle weakness.
Project description:Skeletal muscle aging results in a gradual loss of skeletal muscle mass, skeletal muscle function and decreased regenerative capacity, which can lead to sarcopenia and increased mortality. While the mechanisms underlying sarcopenia remain unclear, the skeletal muscle stem cell, or satellite cell, is required for muscle regeneration. Therefore, identification of signaling pathways affecting satellite cell function during aging may provide insights into therapeutic targets for combating sarcopenia. Here, we show that a cell-autonomous loss in self-renewal occurs via novel alterations in FGF and p38αβ MAPK signaling in old satellite cells. We further demonstrate that pharmacological manipulation of these pathways can ameliorate age-associated self-renewal defects. Thus, our data highlight an age-associated deregulation of a satellite cell homeostatic network and reveals potential therapeutic opportunities for the treatment of progressive muscle wasting. Satellite cells were isolated from young (3-6mo) and aged (20-25mo) adult mice; individual date files represent 2 independent pools of RNA from 4-8 mice at each timepoint.
Project description:In response to skeletal muscle injury, adult myogenic stem cells, known as satellite cells, are activated and undergo proliferation and differentiation to regenerate new muscle fibers. The skeletal muscle-specific microRNA, miR-206, is up-regulated in satellite cells following muscle injury, but its role in muscle regeneration has not been defined. Here we show that skeletal muscle regeneration in response to cardiotoxin injury is impaired in mice lacking miR-206. Loss of miR-206 also accelerates and exacerbates the dystrophic phenotype of mdx mice, a model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. MiR-206 promotes satellite cell differentiation and fusion to form multinucleated myofibers by suppressing a collection of negative regulators of myogenesis. Our findings reveal an essential role for miR-206 in satellite cell differentiation during skeletal muscle regeneration and as a modulator of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. total RNA obtained from TA muscle of mdx and 3 miR-206 KO; mdx mice at 3 months of age.
Project description:Adult muscle stem cells, also known as muscle satellite cells, which are the resident tissue stem cells of skeletal muscle, provide myonuclei for postnatal muscle growth and for maintenance and regeneration in adults. Satellite cells specifically express the transcription factor pax7. The purpose of this study was to identify pax7 target genes and clarify the role of pax7 in muscle stem cell maintenance. We succeeded in generating Pax7-YFP knockin mice (Pax7-YFP KI) that can visualize endogenous pax7 expressed in satellite cells with YFP fluorescent protein. Novel pax7 target genes were identified by ChIP-sequencing (chromatin immunoprecipitation) analysis with muscle stem cells of Pax7-YFP KI mice.