scholarly journals Fibroadipogenic Progenitors contribute to microvascular repair during skeletal muscle regeneration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ollitrault ◽  
Valentina Buffa ◽  
Rosamaria Correra ◽  
Angeliqua Sayed ◽  
Benedicte Hoareau ◽  
...  

Skeletal muscle injury results in a disruption of the muscle bed vascular network. A local source of vascular progenitors during muscle regeneration has not been clearly identified. Fibroadipogenic progenitors (FAPs) are required for proper regeneration, however they can also directly contribute to fibrotic and fatty infiltration in response to chronic muscle injury and muscle disease. We show here that acute muscle injury leads to hypoxia and glucose deprivation, triggering FAP proliferation and differentiation into endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo. In response to glucose deprivation, FAPs down regulate fibrotic and fat associated genes and acquire an endothelial cell fate, which is dependent upon mTORC2-HIF2a-eNOS pathway. These findings bring new insights into the mechanisms of vascular regeneration during muscle regeneration and define a highly plastic resident progenitor population that responds to oxygen/glucose-deprivation induced cell stress by promoting an endothelial cell fate.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kentaro Fukuda ◽  
Taisuke Kuroda ◽  
Norihisa Tamura ◽  
Hiroshi Mita ◽  
Hirofumi Miyata ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (19) ◽  
pp. 8428-8436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heon-Jin Lee ◽  
Wolfgang Göring ◽  
Matthias Ochs ◽  
Christian Mühlfeld ◽  
Gerd Steding ◽  
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ABSTRACT The Sox genes define a family of transcription factors that play a key role in the determination of cell fate during development. The preferential expression of the Sox15 in the myogenic precursor cells led us to suggest that the Sox15 is involved in the specification of myogenic cell lineages or in the regulation of the fusion of myoblasts to form myotubes during the development and regeneration of skeletal muscle. To identify the physiological function of Sox15 in mice, we disrupted the Sox15 by homologous recombination in mice. Sox15-deficient mice were born at expected ratios, were healthy and fertile, and displayed normal long-term survival rates. Histological analysis revealed the normal ultrastructure of myofibers and the presence of comparable amounts of satellite cells in the skeletal muscles of Sox15−/− animals compared to wild-type animals. These results exclude the role of Sox15 in the development of satellite cells. However, cultured Sox15−/− myoblasts displayed a marked delay in differentiation potential in vitro. Moreover, skeletal muscle regeneration in Sox15−/− mice was attenuated after application of a crush injury. These results suggest a requirement for Sox15 in the myogenic program. Expression analyses of the early myogenic regulated factors MyoD and Myf5 showed the downregulation of the MyoD and upregulation of the Myf5 in Sox15−/− myoblasts. These results show an increased proportion of the Myf5-positive cells and suggest a role for Sox15 in determining the early myogenic cell lineages during skeletal muscle development.


2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (24) ◽  
pp. 11089-11101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad A. Bryan ◽  
Dianne C. Mitchell ◽  
Lei Zhao ◽  
Wenbin Ma ◽  
Lewis J. Stafford ◽  
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ABSTRACT Rho family guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) regulate diverse cellular processes including cytoskeletal reorganization, cell adhesion, and differentiation via activation of the Rho GTPases. However, no studies have yet implicated Rho-GEFs as molecular regulators of the mesenchymal cell fate decisions which occur during development and repair of tissue damage. In this study, we demonstrate that the steady-state protein level of the Rho-specific GEF GEFT is modulated during skeletal muscle regeneration and that gene transfer of GEFT into cardiotoxin-injured mouse tibialis anterior muscle exerts a powerful promotion of skeletal muscle regeneration in vivo. In order to molecularly characterize this regenerative effect, we extrapolate the mechanism of action by examining the consequence of GEFT expression in multipotent cell lines capable of differentiating into a number of cell types, including muscle and adipocyte lineages. Our data demonstrate that endogenous GEFT is transcriptionally upregulated during myogenic differentiation and downregulated during adipogenic differentiation. Exogenous expression of GEFT promotes myogenesis of C2C12 cells via activation of RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 and their downstream effector proteins, while a dominant-negative mutant of GEFT inhibits this process. Moreover, we show that GEFT inhibits insulin-induced adipogenesis in 3T3L1 preadipocytes. In summary, we provide the first evidence that the Rho family signaling pathways act as potential regulators of skeletal muscle regeneration and provide the first reported molecular mechanism illustrating how a mammalian Rho family GEF controls this process by modulating mesenchymal cell fate decisions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoguang Liu ◽  
Weihua Xiao ◽  
Lifang Zhen ◽  
Yongzhan Zhou ◽  
Jian Shou

Objective Skeletal muscle contusion is one of the most common muscle injury in sports medicine and traumatology. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) transplantation is a promising strategy for muscle regeneration. However, the roles of BMSCs, especially the mechanisms involved, in the regeneration of contused skeletal muscle are still not fully recognized. The aim of the study is to evaluate the potential of BMSCs transplantation for muscle regeneration and mechanisms involved after contusion. Methods Ninety-nine C57BL/6J mice were divided into three groups: control group (n=11), muscle contusion and BMSCs treated group (n=44), muscle contusion and sham treated group (n=44). BMSCs were immediately transplanted into gastrocnemius muscles (GMs) following direct contusion. At different time points (3, 6, 12 and 24 days) post-injury, the animals were killed and then GMs were harvested. Morphological and gene expression analyses were used to elevate the effect of BMSCs transplantation and mechanisms involved. Results The results indicate that BMSCs transplantation impairs muscle regeneration, as well as more fibrotic scar formation after skeletal muscle contusion. Furthermore, macrophages, inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, matrix metalloproteinases and oxidative stress related enzymes were significantly increased after BMSCs transplantation. These results suggest that BMSCs transplantation impairs skeletal muscle regeneration and that macrophages, inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, matrix metalloproteinases and oxidative stress related enzymes may be involved in the process. Conclusions BMSCs transplantation aggravates inflammation, oxidative stress and fibrosis, and impairs skeletal muscle regeneration, which shed new light on the role of BMSCs in regenerative medicine and cautions the application of BMSCs for muscle injury.


2007 ◽  
Vol 179 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Deponti ◽  
Stéphanie François ◽  
Silvia Baesso ◽  
Clara Sciorati ◽  
Anna Innocenzi ◽  
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Regeneration of muscle fibers that are lost during pathological muscle degeneration or after injuries is sustained by the production of new myofibers. An important cell type involved in muscle regeneration is the satellite cell. Necdin is a protein expressed in satellite cell–derived myogenic precursors during perinatal growth. However, its function in myogenesis is not known. We compare transgenic mice that overexpress necdin in skeletal muscle with both wild-type and necdin null mice. After muscle injury the necdin null mice show a considerable defect in muscle healing, whereas mice that overexpress necdin show a substantial increase in myofiber regeneration. We also find that in muscle, necdin increases myogenin expression, accelerates differentiation, and counteracts myoblast apoptosis. Collectively, these data clarify the function and mechanism of necdin in skeletal muscle and show the importance of necdin in muscle regeneration.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxue Shi ◽  
Haohuang Xie ◽  
Yan Zhao ◽  
Cai Lin ◽  
Feifei Cui ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a major clinical problem that constitutes a tremendous economic burden on healthcare systems. Deep tissue injury (DTI) is a unique serious type of pressure ulcer that arises in skeletal muscle tissue. DTI arises in part because skeletal muscle tissues are more susceptible than skin to external compression. Unfortunately, few effective therapies are currently available for muscle injury. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), a potent mitogen and survival factor for various cells, plays a crucial role in the regulation of muscle development and homeostasis. The main purpose of this study was to test whether local administration of bFGF could accelerate muscle regeneration in a rat DTI model. Methods Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (age 12 weeks) were individually housed in plastic cages and a DTI PU model was induced according to methods described before. Animals were randomly divided into three groups: a normal group, a PU group treated with saline, and a PU group treated with bFGF (10 μg/0.1 ml) subcutaneously near the wound. Results We found that application of bFGF accelerated the rate of wound closure and promoted cell proliferation and tissue angiogenesis. In addition, compared to saline administration, bFGF treatment prevented collagen deposition, a measure of fibrosis, and up-regulated the myogenic marker proteins MyHC and myogenin, suggesting bFGF promoted injured muscle regeneration. Moreover, bFGF treatment increased levels of myogenesis-related proteins p-Akt and p-mTOR. Conclusions Our findings show that bFGF accelerated injured skeletal muscle regeneration through activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway and suggest that administration of bFGF is a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of skeletal muscle injury in PUs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ya Tan ◽  
Linyuan Shen ◽  
Mailin Gan ◽  
Yuan Fan ◽  
Xiao Cheng ◽  
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Skeletal muscle is the most abundant and a highly plastic tissue of the mammals, especially when it comes to regenerate after trauma, but there is limited information about the mechanism of muscle repair and its regeneration. In the present study, we found that miR-204 is downregulated after skeletal muscle injury. In vitro experiments showed that over-expression of miR-204 by transfecting with miR-204 mimics suppressed C2C12 cell proliferation, migration, and blocked subsequent differentiation, whereas inhibition of miR-204 by transfecting with miR-204 inhibitor showed the converse effects. Furthermore, through the dual luciferase reporter system, we demonstrated that miR-204 can target the 3’UTR regions of Pax7, IGF1, and Mef2c and inhibit their expression. Taken together, our results suggest that Pax7, IGF1, and Mef2c are the target genes of miR-204 in the process of myoblasts proliferation, cell migration, and differentiation, respectively, and may contribute to mouse skeletal muscle regeneration. Our results may provide new ideas and references for the skeletal muscle study and may also provide therapeutic strategies of skeletal muscle injury.


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