scholarly journals The CXCR4/SDF-1 Axis in the Development of Facial Expression and Non-somitic Neck Muscles

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imadeldin Yahya ◽  
Gabriela Morosan-Puopolo ◽  
Beate Brand-Saberi
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expression ◽  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Neck Muscles ◽  
Paraxial Mesoderm ◽  
Trunk Muscles ◽  
Neck Muscle ◽  
Molecular Control ◽  
Branchial Arches ◽  
Muscle Progenitor Cells ◽  
Head Muscles

Trunk and head muscles originate from distinct embryonic regions: while the trunk muscles derive from the paraxial mesoderm that becomes segmented into somites, the majority of head muscles develops from the unsegmented cranial paraxial mesoderm. Differences in the molecular control of trunk versus head and neck muscles have been discovered about 25 years ago; interestingly, differences in satellite cell subpopulations were also described more recently. Specifically, the satellite cells of the facial expression muscles share properties with heart muscle. In adult vertebrates, neck muscles span the transition zone between head and trunk. Mastication and facial expression muscles derive from the mesodermal progenitor cells that are located in the first and second branchial arches, respectively. The cucullaris muscle (non-somitic neck muscle) originates from the posterior-most branchial arches. Like other subclasses within the chemokines and chemokine receptors, CXCR4 and SDF-1 play essential roles in the migration of cells within a number of various tissues during development. CXCR4 as receptor together with its ligand SDF-1 have mainly been described to regulate the migration of the trunk muscle progenitor cells. This review first underlines our recent understanding of the development of the facial expression (second arch-derived) muscles, focusing on new insights into the migration event and how this embryonic process is different from the development of mastication (first arch-derived) muscles. Other muscles associated with the head, such as non-somitic neck muscles derived from muscle progenitor cells located in the posterior branchial arches, are also in the focus of this review. Implications on human muscle dystrophies affecting the muscles of face and neck are also discussed.

scholarly journals Clonal analysis reveals a common origin between nonsomite-derived neck muscles and heart myocardium

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 1446-1451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabienne Lescroart ◽  
Wissam Hamou ◽  
Alexandre Francou ◽  
Magali Théveniau-Ruissy ◽  
Robert G. Kelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Heart Development ◽  
Trapezius Muscle ◽  
Branchial Arch ◽  
Clonal Analysis ◽  
Neck Muscles ◽  
Neck Muscle ◽  
Clonal Population ◽  
Branchial Arches ◽  
Heart Field

Neck muscles constitute a transition zone between somite-derived skeletal muscles of the trunk and limbs, and muscles of the head, which derive from cranial mesoderm. The trapezius and sternocleidomastoid neck muscles are formed from progenitor cells that have expressed markers of cranial pharyngeal mesoderm, whereas other muscles in the neck arise from Pax3-expressing cells in the somites. Mef2c-AHF-Cre genetic tracing experiments and Tbx1 mutant analysis show that nonsomitic neck muscles share a gene regulatory network with cardiac progenitor cells in pharyngeal mesoderm of the second heart field (SHF) and branchial arch-derived head muscles. Retrospective clonal analysis shows that this group of neck muscles includes laryngeal muscles and a component of the splenius muscle, of mixed somitic and nonsomitic origin. We demonstrate that the trapezius muscle group is clonally related to myocardium at the venous pole of the heart, which derives from the posterior SHF. The left clonal sublineage includes myocardium of the pulmonary trunk at the arterial pole of the heart. Although muscles derived from the first and second branchial arches also share a clonal relationship with different SHF-derived parts of the heart, neck muscles are clonally distinct from these muscles and define a third clonal population of common skeletal and cardiac muscle progenitor cells within cardiopharyngeal mesoderm. By linking neck muscle and heart development, our findings highlight the importance of cardiopharyngeal mesoderm in the evolution of the vertebrate heart and neck and in the pathophysiology of human congenital disease.

scholarly journals Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells: Friend or Foe in Vascular Disease?

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Oostrom ◽  
Joost Fledderus ◽  
Dominique de Kleijn ◽  
Gerard Pasterkamp ◽  
Marianne Verhaar
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Vascular Disease ◽  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Muscle Progenitor Cells

Advanced maturation by electrical stimulation: Differences in response between C2C12 and primary muscle progenitor cells

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marloes L. P. Langelaan ◽  
Kristel J. M. Boonen ◽  
Kang Yuen Rosaria-Chak ◽  
Daisy W. J. van der Schaft ◽  
Mark J. Post ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Muscle Progenitor Cells

scholarly journals Syndecan-4-Expressing Muscle Progenitor Cells in the SP Engraft as Satellite Cells during Muscle Regeneration

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Kelly Tanaka ◽  
John K. Hall ◽  
Andrew A. Troy ◽  
D.D.W. Cornelison ◽  
Susan M. Majka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Satellite Cells ◽  
Muscle Regeneration ◽  
Muscle Progenitor Cells

Neck Muscle Responses to Stimulation of Monkey Superior Colliculus. II. Gaze Shift Initiation and Volitional Head Movements

2002 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 2000-2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Corneil ◽  
Etienne Olivier ◽  
Douglas P. Munoz
Keyword(s):  
Superior Colliculus ◽  
Neck Muscles ◽  
Head Movements ◽  
Emg Activity ◽  
Neck Muscle ◽  
Gaze Shift ◽  
Antagonist Muscles ◽  
Agonist And Antagonist ◽  
Agonist And Antagonist Muscles ◽  
Stimulation Of

We report neck muscle activity and head movements evoked by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus (SC) in head-unrestrained monkeys. Recording neck electromyography (EMG) circumvents complications arising from the head's inertia and the kinetics of muscle force generation and allows precise assessment of the neuromuscular drive to the head plant. This study served two main purposes. First, we sought to test the predictions made in the companion paper of a parallel drive from the SC onto neck muscles. Low-current, long-duration stimulation evoked both neck EMG responses and head movements either without or prior to gaze shifts, testifying to a SC drive to neck muscles that is independent of gaze-shift initiation. However, gaze-shift initiation was linked to a transient additional EMG response and head acceleration, confirming the presence of a SC drive to neck muscles that is dependent on gaze-shift initiation. We forward a conceptual neural architecture and suggest that this parallel drive provides the oculomotor system with the flexibility to orient the eyes and head independently or together, depending on the behavioral context. Second, we compared the EMG responses evoked by SC stimulation to those that accompanied volitional head movements. We found characteristic features in the underlying pattern of evoked neck EMG that were not observed during volitional head movements in spite of the seemingly natural kinematics of evoked head movements. These features included reciprocal patterning of EMG activity on the agonist and antagonist muscles during stimulation, a poststimulation increase in the activity of antagonist muscles, and synchronously evoked responses on agonist and antagonist muscles regardless of initial horizontal head position. These results demonstrate that the electrically evoked SC drive to the head cannot be considered as a neural replicate of the SC drive during volitional head movements and place important new constraints on the interpretation of electrically evoked head movements.

scholarly journals Reduction of Connexin 43 Attenuates Angiogenic Effects of Human Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells via Inactivation of Akt and NF-κB Pathway

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Yi Tien ◽  
Yih-Jer Wu ◽  
Cheng-Huang Su ◽  
Hsueh-Hsiao Wang ◽  
Chin-Ling Hsieh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Connexin 43 ◽  
Paracrine Effects ◽  
Angiogenic Potential ◽  
Junction Protein ◽  
Src Activation ◽  
Muscle Progenitor Cells

Objective: Circulating progenitor cells possess vasculogenesis property and participate in repair of vascular injury. Cx (connexin) 43—a transmembrane protein constituting gap junctions—is involved in vascular pathology. However, the role of Cx43 in smooth muscle progenitor cells (SPCs) remained unclear. Approach and Results: Human SPCs cultured from CD34 + peripheral blood mononuclear cells expressed smooth muscle cell markers, such as smooth muscle MHC (myosin heavy chain), nonmuscle MHC, calponin, and CD140B, and Cx43 was the most abundant Cx isoform. To evaluate the role of Cx43 in SPCs, short interference RNA was used to knock down Cx43 expression. Cellular activities of SPCs were reduced by Cx43 downregulation. In addition, Cx43 downregulation attenuated angiogenic potential of SPCs in hind limb ischemia mice. Protein array and ELISA of the supernatant from SPCs showed that IL (interleukin)-6, IL-8, and HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) were reduced by Cx43 downregulation. Simultaneously, Cx43 downregulation reduced the phosphorylation of NF-κB (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells) and Akt (protein kinase B) pathway and reactivation of NF-κB and Akt using betulinic acid, and SC79 could restore the secretion of growth factors and cytokines. Moreover, FAK (focal adhesion kinase)-Src (proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src) activation was increased by Cx43 downregulation, and inactivation of Akt–NF-κB could be restored by Src inhibitor (PP2), indicating that Akt–NF-κB inactivated by Cx43 downregulation arose from FAK-Src activation. Finally, the depressed cellular activities and secretion of SPCs after Cx43 downregulation were restored by FAK inhibitor PF-562271 or PP2. Conclusions: SPCs possess angiogenic potential to repair ischemic tissue mainly through paracrine effects. Gap junction protein Cx43 plays an important role in regulating cellular function and paracrine effects of SPCs through FAK-Src axis.

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