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Yadav A, Dabur R. Skeletal muscle atrophy after sciatic nerve damage: Mechanistic insights. Eur J Pharmacol 2024; 970:176506. [PMID: 38492879 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2024.176506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Sciatic nerve injury leads to molecular events that cause muscular dysfunction advancement in atrophic conditions. Nerve damage renders muscles permanently relaxed which elevates intracellular resting Ca2+ levels. Increased Ca2+ levels are associated with several cellular signaling pathways including AMPK, cGMP, PLC-β, CERB, and calcineurin. Also, multiple enzymes involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation are activated by Ca2+ influx into mitochondria during muscle contraction, to meet increased ATP demand. Nerve damage induces mitophagy and skeletal muscle atrophy through increased sensitivity to Ca2+-induced opening of the permeability transition pore (PTP) in mitochondria attributed to Ca2+, ROS, and AMPK overload in muscle. Activated AMPK interacts negatively with Akt/mTOR is a highly prevalent and well-described central pathway for anabolic processes. Over the decade several reports indicate abnormal behavior of signaling machinery involved in denervation-induced muscle loss but end up with some controversial outcomes. Therefore, understanding how the synthesis and inhibitory stimuli interact with cellular signaling to control muscle mass and morphology may lead to new pharmacological insights toward understanding the underlying mechanism of muscle loss after sciatic nerve damage. Hence, the present review summarizes the existing literature on denervation-induced muscle atrophy to evaluate the regulation and expression of differential regulators during sciatic damage.
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- Aarti Yadav
- Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124001, Haryana, India
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- Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124001, Haryana, India.
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Careccia G, Mangiavini L, Cirillo F. Regulation of Satellite Cells Functions during Skeletal Muscle Regeneration: A Critical Step in Physiological and Pathological Conditions. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:512. [PMID: 38203683 PMCID: PMC10778731 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Skeletal muscle regeneration is a complex process involving the generation of new myofibers after trauma, competitive physical activity, or disease. In this context, adult skeletal muscle stem cells, also known as satellite cells (SCs), play a crucial role in regulating muscle tissue homeostasis and activating regeneration. Alterations in their number or function have been associated with various pathological conditions. The main factors involved in the dysregulation of SCs' activity are inflammation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis. This review critically summarizes the current knowledge on the role of SCs in skeletal muscle regeneration. It examines the changes in the activity of SCs in three of the most common and severe muscle disorders: sarcopenia, muscular dystrophy, and cancer cachexia. Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in their dysregulations is essential for improving current treatments, such as exercise, and developing personalized approaches to reactivate SCs.
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- Giorgia Careccia
- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy;
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy;
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy
- Institute for Molecular and Translational Cardiology (IMTC), 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy
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Farrelly-Waters M, Smith J, Parmar K. The efficacy of bupivacaine for the treatment of strabismus. Strabismus 2022; 30:42-47. [PMID: 35147478 DOI: 10.1080/09273972.2021.2022714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Bupivacaine (BPX) is a widely used local anesthetic. Ophthalmologists have found a unique use of BPX to alter the elasticity and contractile properties of extraocular muscles to straighten strabismus. The utilization of BPX to treat strabismus has been well documented. The purpose of this review is to examine the overall efficacy of BPX when used in isolation for the treatment of strabismus, based on the published literature. METHODOLOGY A literature search was carried out to identify papers published between the years 1980 and 2021, which examined the impact of BPX as a stand-alone treatment for strabismus. RESULTS Eight articles were identified as matching the inclusion criteria. The authors reported that volumes of ≤1.00 mL are unlikely to be significant enough to improve ocular alignment and increasing volume strength is associated with greater changes in ocular alignment. The overall change in ocular alignment varied from 0-16PD between the different studies included, with similar effects being noted for deviations between 10 and 20PD and deviations as large as 55PD. It has been documented that there is no significant difference in the outcomes of BPX treatment for esotropia and exotropias, but some clinical differences have been noted with esotropia (or the lateral rectus) responding better to BPX. Bupivacaine has been demonstrated to be less effective in patients with chronic nerve palsies. All but one author documented increases in the injected muscle's volume and maximum cross-sectional area from month one to three followed thereafter by a gradual decrease in both measurements. It was noted that despite the reduction in both measurements, the change in ocular alignment continued to show improvements. No sight-threatening or persistent complications were reported within any of the studies or case reports included within this review. In the interest of patient experience, the majority of patients reported that BPX improved their eye alignment, while a third reported feelings of discomfort during the procedure. CONCLUSION Bupivacaine is a viable option for the treatment of small angle deviations and is not recommended for use in long-standing cranial nerve palsies or those associated with atrophy. Care is needed in determining the required dose to avoid the need for re-injection and impacting patient experience.
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- Department of Orthoptics, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester
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- Department of Orthoptics, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester
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Gupta R, Chan JP, Uong J, Palispis WA, Wright DJ, Shah SB, Ward SR, Lee TQ, Steward O. Human motor endplate remodeling after traumatic nerve injury. J Neurosurg 2021; 135:220-227. [PMID: 32947259 DOI: 10.3171/2020.8.jns201461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Current management of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries is variable with operative decisions based on assumptions that irreversible degeneration of the human motor endplate (MEP) follows prolonged denervation and precludes reinnervation. However, the mechanism and time course of MEP changes after human peripheral nerve injury have not been investigated. Consequently, there are no objective measures by which to determine the probability of spontaneous recovery and the optimal timing of surgical intervention. To improve guidance for such decisions, the aim of this study was to characterize morphological changes at the human MEP following traumatic nerve injury. METHODS A prospective cohort (here analyzed retrospectively) of 18 patients with traumatic brachial plexus and axillary nerve injuries underwent biopsy of denervated muscles from the upper extremity from 3 days to 6 years after injury. Muscle specimens were processed for H & E staining and immunohistochemistry, with visualization via confocal and two-photon excitation microscopy. RESULTS Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated varying degrees of fragmentation and acetylcholine receptor dispersion in denervated muscles. Comparison of denervated muscles at different times postinjury revealed progressively increasing degeneration. Linear regression analysis of 3D reconstructions revealed significant linear decreases in MEP volume (R = -0.92, R2 = 0.85, p = 0.001) and surface area (R = -0.75, R2 = 0.56, p = 0.032) as deltoid muscle denervation time increased. Surprisingly, innervated and structurally intact MEPs persisted in denervated muscle specimens from multiple patients 6 or more months after nerve injury, including 2 patients who had presented > 3 years after nerve injury. CONCLUSIONS This study details novel and critically important data about the morphology and temporal sequence of events involved in human MEP degradation after traumatic nerve injuries. Surprisingly, human MEPs not only persisted, but also retained their structures beyond the assumed 6-month window for therapeutic surgical intervention based on previous clinical studies. Preoperative muscle biopsy in patients being considered for nerve transfer may be a useful prognostic tool to determine MEP viability in denervated muscle, with surviving MEPs also being targets for adjuvant therapy.
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- Ranjan Gupta
- 1Peripheral Nerve Research Lab, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine
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- 1Peripheral Nerve Research Lab, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine
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- 1Peripheral Nerve Research Lab, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine
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- 1Peripheral Nerve Research Lab, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine
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- 1Peripheral Nerve Research Lab, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine
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- 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego
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- 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego
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- 3Congress Medical Foundation, Pasadena; and
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- 4Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine, California
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Gu X, Jin B, Qi Z, Yin X. Identification of potential microRNAs and KEGG pathways in denervation muscle atrophy based on meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13560. [PMID: 34193880 PMCID: PMC8245453 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92489-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanism of muscle atrophy has been studied a lot, but there is no comprehensive analysis focusing on the denervated muscle atrophy. The gene network that controls the development of denervated muscle atrophy needs further elucidation. We examined differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from five denervated muscle atrophy microarray datasets and predicted microRNAs that target these DEGs. We also included the differentially expressed microRNAs datasets of denervated muscle atrophy in previous studies as background information to identify potential key microRNAs. Finally, we compared denervated muscle atrophy with disuse muscle atrophy caused by other reasons, and obtained the Den-genes which only differentially expressed in denervated muscle atrophy. In this meta-analysis, we obtained 429 up-regulated genes, 525 down-regulated genes and a batch of key microRNAs in denervated muscle atrophy. We found eight important microRNA-mRNA interactions (miR-1/Jun, miR-1/Vegfa, miR-497/Vegfa, miR-23a/Vegfa, miR-206/Vegfa, miR-497/Suclg1, miR-27a/Suclg1, miR-27a/Mapk14). The top five KEGG pathways enriched by Den-genes are Insulin signaling pathway, T cell receptor signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, Toll-like receptor signaling pathway and B cell receptor signaling pathway. Our research has delineated the RNA regulatory network of denervated muscle atrophy, and uncovered the specific genes and terms in denervated muscle atrophy.
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- Xinyi Gu
- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China.,Key Laboratory of Trauma and Neural Regeneration (Peking University), Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China.,Key Laboratory of Trauma and Neural Regeneration (Peking University), Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China.,Key Laboratory of Trauma and Neural Regeneration (Peking University), Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China. .,Key Laboratory of Trauma and Neural Regeneration (Peking University), Beijing, 100044, China.
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Xia Q, Huang X, Huang J, Zheng Y, March ME, Li J, Wei Y. The Role of Autophagy in Skeletal Muscle Diseases. Front Physiol 2021; 12:638983. [PMID: 33841177 PMCID: PMC8027491 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.638983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle is the most abundant type of tissue in human body, being involved in diverse activities and maintaining a finely tuned metabolic balance. Autophagy, characterized by the autophagosome–lysosome system with the involvement of evolutionarily conserved autophagy-related genes, is an important catabolic process and plays an essential role in energy generation and consumption, as well as substance turnover processes in skeletal muscles. Autophagy in skeletal muscles is finely tuned under the tight regulation of diverse signaling pathways, and the autophagy pathway has cross-talk with other pathways to form feedback loops under physiological conditions and metabolic stress. Altered autophagy activity characterized by either increased formation of autophagosomes or inhibition of lysosome-autophagosome fusion can lead to pathological cascades, and mutations in autophagy genes and deregulation of autophagy pathways have been identified as one of the major causes for a variety of skeleton muscle disorders. The advancement of multi-omics techniques enables further understanding of the molecular and biochemical mechanisms underlying the role of autophagy in skeletal muscle disorders, which may yield novel therapeutic targets for these disorders.
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- Qianghua Xia
- Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Applied Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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El-Habta R, Andersson G, Kingham PJ, Backman LJ. Anti-apoptotic effect of adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction in denervated rat muscle. Stem Cell Res Ther 2021; 12:162. [PMID: 33663595 PMCID: PMC7934515 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-021-02230-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recovery of muscle function after peripheral nerve injury is often poor, and this can be attributed to muscle fiber atrophy and cell death. In the current study, we have investigated the effects of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) on muscle cell apoptosis and its potential to preserve muscle tissue following denervation. METHODS Rat gastrocnemius muscle was denervated by sciatic nerve transection. At 2 and 4 weeks after injury, muscles were examined histologically and apoptosis was measured using TUNEL assay and PCR array for a range of apoptotic genes. Additionally, an in vitro TNF-α apoptosis model was established using SVF cells co-cultured indirectly with primary rat myoblasts. Annexin V and TUNEL were used together with Western blotting to investigate the signaling pathways. RESULTS Denervated muscles showed significantly higher TUNEL reactivity at 2 and 4 weeks following nerve injury, and an increased expression of caspase family genes, mitochondria-related apoptotic genes, and tumor necrosis factor family genes. In cultured rat primary myoblasts, Annexin V labeling was significantly increased at 12 h after TNF-α treatment, and this was followed by a significant increase in TUNEL reactivity at 48 h. Western blotting showed that caspase-7 was activated/cleaved as well as the downstream substrate, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Co-culture of myoblasts with SVF significantly reduced all these measures of apoptosis. Bax and Bcl-2 levels were not changed suggesting that the TNF-α-induced apoptosis occurred via mitochondria-independent pathways. The protective effect of SVF was also shown in vivo; injections of SVF cells into denervated muscle significantly improved the mean fiber area and diameter, as well as reduced the levels of TUNEL reactivity. CONCLUSIONS This study provides new insights into how adipose tissue-derived cells might provide therapeutic benefits by preserving muscle tissue.
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- R El-Habta
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Section for Hand and Plastic Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Anatomy, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Wong A, Garcia SM, Tamaki S, Striedinger K, Barruet E, Hansen SL, Young DM, Pomerantz JH. Satellite cell activation and retention of muscle regenerative potential after long-term denervation. Stem Cells 2021; 39:331-344. [PMID: 33326654 DOI: 10.1002/stem.3316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Irreversible denervation atrophy remains an unsolved clinical problem, and the role of skeletal muscle stem cell (MuSC, satellite cell) depletion in this process is unclear. We investigated the ability of MuSCs to regenerate muscle in the context of denervation. Three to 12 months following sciatic denervation in mice, MuSC number, size, EdU uptake, rate of division, and mitochondrial activity were increased. Following acute myotoxin injury, denervated muscles formed new muscle fibers in situ. MuSCs isolated via flow cytometry from denervated mouse muscle, or from atrophic denervated gluteus maximus muscles of humans with complete spinal cord injuries two decades prior, formed new muscle fibers and reoccupied the anatomic niche after transplantation into uninjured muscle. Our results show unequivocally that, even after prolonged denervation, MuSCs retain intrinsic regenerative potential similar to that of uninjured MuSCs. Treatment of denervation atrophy will require elucidating the non-MuSC environmental changes in muscle that prevent functional regeneration.
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- Alvin Wong
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Program in Craniofacial Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Henze H, Jung MJ, Ahrens HE, Steiner S, von Maltzahn J. Skeletal muscle aging – Stem cells in the spotlight. Mech Ageing Dev 2020; 189:111283. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Agha O, Mueller‐Immergluck A, Liu M, Zhang H, Theologis AA, Clark A, Kim HT, Liu X, Feeley BT, Bailey JF. Intervertebral disc herniation effects on multifidus muscle composition and resident stem cell populations. JOR Spine 2020; 3:e1091. [PMID: 32613166 PMCID: PMC7323461 DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Paraspinal muscles are crucial for vertebral stabilization and movement. These muscles are prone to develop fatty infiltration (FI), fibrosis, and atrophy in many spine conditions. Fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAPs), a resident muscle stem cell population, are the main contributors of muscle fibrosis and FI. FAPs are involved in a complex interplay with satellite cells (SCs), the primary myogenic progenitor cells within muscle. Little is known about the stem cell composition of the multifidus. The aim of this study is to examine FAPs and SCs in the multifidus in disc herniation patients. Multifidus muscle samples were collected from 10 patients undergoing decompressive spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. Hamstring muscle was collected from four patients undergoing hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction as an appendicular control. Multifidus tissue was analyzed for FI and fibrosis using Oil-Red-O and Masson's trichrome staining. FAPs and SCs were visualized using immunostaining and quantified with fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) sorting. Gene expression of these cells from the multifidus were analyzed with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and compared to those from hamstring muscle. FI and fibrosis accounted for 14.2%± 7.4% and 14.8%±4.2% of multifidus muscle, respectively. The multifidus contained more FAPs (11.7%±1.9% vs 1.4%±0.2%; P<.001) and more SCs (3.4%±1.6% vs 0.08%±0.02%; P=.002) than the hamstring. FAPs had greater α Smooth Muscle Actin (αSMA) and adipogenic gene expression than FAPs from the hamstring. SCs from the multifidus displayed upregulated expression of stem, proliferation, and differentiation genes. CONCLUSION The multifidus in patients with disc herniation contains large percentages of FAPs and SCs with different gene expression profiles compared to those in the hamstring. These results may help explain the tendency for the multifidus to atrophy and form FI and fibrosis as well as elucidate potential approaches for mitigating these degenerative changes by leveraging these muscle stem cell populations.
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- Obiajulu Agha
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Exercise PhysiologyBeijing Sport UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgerySan Francisco Veterans Affair Health Care SystemSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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Bohnert KL, Hastings MK, Sinacore DR, Johnson JE, Klein SE, McCormick JJ, Gontarz P, Meyer GA. Skeletal Muscle Regeneration in Advanced Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. Foot Ankle Int 2020; 41:536-548. [PMID: 32059624 PMCID: PMC8783612 DOI: 10.1177/1071100720907035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Decreased lean muscle mass in the lower extremity in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is thought to contribute to altered joint loading, immobility, and disability. However, the mechanism behind this loss is unknown and could derive from a reduction in size of myofibers (atrophy), destruction of myofibers (degeneration), or both. Degenerative changes require participation of muscle stem (satellite) cells to regenerate lost myofibers and restore lean mass. Determining the degenerative state and residual regenerative capacity of DPN muscle will inform the utility of regeneration-targeted therapeutic strategies. METHODS Biopsies were acquired from 2 muscles in 12 individuals with and without diabetic neuropathy undergoing below-knee amputation surgery. Biopsies were subdivided for histological analysis, transcriptional profiling, and satellite cell isolation and culture. RESULTS Histological analysis revealed evidence of ongoing degeneration and regeneration in DPN muscles. Transcriptional profiling supports these findings, indicating significant upregulation of regeneration-related pathways. However, regeneration appeared to be limited in samples exhibiting the most severe structural pathology as only extremely small, immature regenerated myofibers were found. Immunostaining for satellite cells revealed a significant decrease in their relative frequency only in the subset with severe pathology. Similarly, a reduction in fusion in cultured satellite cells in this group suggests impairment in regenerative capacity in severe DPN pathology. CONCLUSION DPN muscle exhibited features of degeneration with attempted regeneration. In the most severely pathological muscle samples, regeneration appeared to be stymied and our data suggest that this may be partly due to intrinsic dysfunction of the satellite cell pool in addition to extrinsic structural pathology (eg, nerve damage). CLINICAL RELEVANCE Restoration of DPN muscle function for improved mobility and physical activity is a goal of surgical and rehabilitation clinicians. Identifying myofiber degeneration and compromised regeneration as contributors to dysfunction suggests that adjuvant cell-based therapies may improve clinical outcomes.
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- Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, High Point University, High Point, NC, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Departments of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Lu X, Liang B, Li S, Chen Z, Chang W. Modulation of HOXA9 after skeletal muscle denervation and reinnervation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2020; 318:C1154-C1165. [PMID: 32233950 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00055.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Homeobox A9 (HOXA9), the expression of which is promoted by mixed lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1) and WD-40 repeat protein 5 (WDR5), is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor that plays an essential role in regulating stem cell activity. HOXA9 has been found to inhibit skeletal muscle regeneration and delay recovery after muscle wounding in aged mice, but little is known about its role in denervated/reinnervated muscles. We performed detailed time-dependent expression analyses of HOXA9 and its promoters, MLL1 and WDR5, in rat gastrocnemius muscles after the following three types of sciatic nerve surgeries: nerve transection (denervation), end-to-end repair (repair), and sham operation (sham). Then, the specific mechanisms of HOXA9 were detected in vitro by transfecting primary satellite cells with empty pIRES2-DsRed2, pIRES2-DsRed2-HOXA9, empty pPLK/GFP-Puro, and pPLK/GFP-Puro-HOXA9 small hairpin RNA (shRNA) plasmids. We found, for the first time, that HOXA9 protein expression simultaneously increased with increasing denervated muscle atrophy severity and that upregulated MLL1 and WDR5 expression was partly associated with denervation. Indeed, in vitro experiments revealed that HOXA9 inhibited myogenic differentiation, affected the best known atrophic signaling pathways, and promoted apoptosis but did not eliminate the differentiation potential of primary satellite cells. HOXA9 may promote denervated muscle atrophy by regulating the activity of satellite cells.
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- Xiaomei Lu
- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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Nikolaou S, Cramer AA, Hu L, Goh Q, Millay DP, Cornwall R. Proteasome inhibition preserves longitudinal growth of denervated muscle and prevents neonatal neuromuscular contractures. JCI Insight 2019; 4:128454. [PMID: 31661460 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.128454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Muscle contractures are a prominent and disabling feature of many neuromuscular disorders, including the 2 most common forms of childhood neurologic dysfunction: neonatal brachial plexus injury (NBPI) and cerebral palsy. There are currently no treatment strategies to directly alter the contracture pathology, as the pathogenesis of these contractures is unknown. We previously showed in a mouse model of NBPI that contractures result from impaired longitudinal muscle growth. Current presumed explanations for growth impairment in contractures focus on the dysregulation of muscle stem cells, which differentiate and fuse to existing myofibers during growth, as this process has classically been thought to control muscle growth during the neonatal period. Here, we demonstrate in a mouse model of NBPI that denervation does not prevent myonuclear accretion and that reduction in myonuclear number has no effect on functional muscle length or contracture development, providing definitive evidence that altered myonuclear accretion is not a driver of neuromuscular contractures. In contrast, we observed elevated levels of protein degradation in NBPI muscle, and we demonstrate that contractures can be pharmacologically prevented with the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib. These studies provide what we believe is the first strategy to prevent neuromuscular contractures by correcting the underlying deficit in longitudinal muscle growth.
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- Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, and.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.,Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Biotoxins in muscle regeneration research. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2019; 40:291-297. [PMID: 31359301 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-019-09548-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Skeletal muscles are characterized by their unique regenerative capacity following injury due to the presence of muscle precursor cells, satellite cells. This characteristic allows researchers to study muscle regeneration using experimental injury models. These injury models should be stable and reproducible. Variety of injury models have been used, among which the intramuscular injection of myotoxic biotoxins is considered the most common and widespread method in muscle regeneration research. By using isolated biotoxins, researchers could induce acute muscle damage and regeneration in a controlled and reproducible manner. Therefore, it is considered an easy method for inducing muscle injury in order to understand the different mechanisms involved in muscle injuries and tissue response following injury. However, different toxins and venoms have different compositions and subsequently the possible effects of these toxins on skeletal muscle vary according to their composition. Moreover, regeneration of injured muscle by venoms and toxins varies according to the target of toxin or venom. Therefore, it is essential for researcher to be aware of the mechanism and possible target of toxin-induced injury. The current paper provides an overview of the biotoxins used in skeletal muscle research.
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The Role of Muscle Stem Cells in Regeneration and Recovery after Denervation: A Review. Plast Reconstr Surg 2019; 143:779-788. [PMID: 30817650 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000005370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Skeletal muscle denervation is a complex clinical problem that still lacks a comprehensive solution. Previous studies have suggested that prolonged periods of denervation lead to a decline in the muscle stem cell population, negatively affecting the ability of muscle to regenerate following reinnervation. Recent advances in the understanding of muscle stem cell biology, along with new techniques that increase the ability to identify and manipulate these cells, provide an opportunity to definitively address the impact of muscle stem cells in recovery from denervation and their potential role in treatment. METHODS A comprehensive review of the literature on the biology of muscle denervation, and the effect of denervation injury on muscle stem cell behavior, was performed. RESULTS In this review, the authors discuss the current understanding of muscle stem cell biology in the setting of denervation atrophy, review barriers to successful reinnervation, and review options available to patients following denervation injury. The authors also discuss potential use of muscle stem cells in future therapies. CONCLUSIONS Although the clinical treatment of prolonged denervation injury has improved in recent years, regeneration of native muscle remains elusive. Muscle stem cells have been demonstrated to be of central importance in muscle regeneration following injury, and may be a powerful tool that provides effective new options for future treatments. Additional work clarifying the effect of denervation injury on satellite cells is needed to determine whether they are a limiting factor in recovery and to demonstrate whether their clinical use as a cell-based therapy in denervation injury can be efficacious.
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Anderson SE, Han WM, Srinivasa V, Mohiuddin M, Ruehle MA, Moon JY, Shin E, San Emeterio CL, Ogle ME, Botchwey EA, Willett NJ, Jang YC. Determination of a Critical Size Threshold for Volumetric Muscle Loss in the Mouse Quadriceps. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2019; 25:59-70. [PMID: 30648479 PMCID: PMC6389771 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2018.0324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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IMPACT STATEMENT The goal of this study was to determine the threshold for a critically sized, nonhealing muscle defect by characterizing key components in the balance between fibrosis and regeneration as a function of injury size in the mouse quadriceps. There is currently limited understanding of what leads to a critically sized muscle defect and which muscle regenerative components are functionally impaired. With the substantial increase in preclinical VML models as testbeds for tissue engineering therapeutics, defining the critical threshold for VML injuries will be instrumental in characterizing therapeutic efficacy and potential for subsequent translation.
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- Shannon E. Anderson
- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Department of Orthopedics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
- Atlanta Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Unversity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Agüera E, Castilla S, Luque E, Jimena I, Ruz-Caracuel I, Leiva-Cepas F, Peña J. Denervated muscle extract promotes recovery of muscle atrophy through activation of satellite cells. An experimental study. JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE 2019; 8:23-31. [PMID: 30719380 PMCID: PMC6349589 DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2017.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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PURPOSE The objective of the present study was to determine whether a denervated muscle extract (DmEx) could stimulate satellite cell response in denervated muscle. METHODS Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: normal rats, normal rats treated with DmEx, denervated rats, and denervated rats treated with DmEx. The soleus muscles were examined using immunohistochemical techniques for proliferating cell nuclear antigen, desmin, and myogenic differentiation antigen (MyoD), and electron microscopy was used for analysis of the satellite cells. RESULTS The results indicate that while denervation causes activation of satellite cells, DmEx also induces myogenic differentiation of cells localized in the interstitial space and the formation of new muscle fibers. Although DmEx had a similar effect in nature on innervated and denervated muscles, this response was of greater magnitude in denervated vs. intact muscles. CONCLUSION Our study shows that treatment of denervated rats with DmEx potentiates the myogenic response in atrophic denervated muscles.
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- Eduardo Agüera
- Department of Neurology, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14004, Spain
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- Department of Critical Care and Emergency, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14004, Spain
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- Department of Morphological Sciences, Section of Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14004, Spain
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- Department of Morphological Sciences, Section of Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14004, Spain
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- Department of Morphological Sciences, Section of Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14004, Spain
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- Department of Morphological Sciences, Section of Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14004, Spain
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- Department of Morphological Sciences, Section of Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14004, Spain
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Forcina L, Miano C, Musarò A. The physiopathologic interplay between stem cells and tissue niche in muscle regeneration and the role of IL-6 on muscle homeostasis and diseases. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2018; 41:1-9. [PMID: 29778303 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Skeletal muscle is a complex, dynamic tissue characterized by an elevated plasticity. Although the adult muscle is mainly composed of multinucleated fibers with post mitotic nuclei, it retains a remarkable ability to regenerate in response to traumatic events. The regenerative potential of the adult skeletal muscle relies in the activity of satellite cells, mononucleated cells residing within the muscle in intimate association with myofibers. Satellite cells normally remain quiescent in their sublaminar position, sporadically entering the cell cycle to guarantee an efficient cellular turnover, by fusing with pre-existing myofibers, and to maintain the stem cell pool. However, after muscle injury satellite cells undergo an extensive increase of their activity in response to environmental stimuli, thereby participating to the regeneration of a functional muscle tissue. Nevertheless, regeneration is affected in several pathologic conditions and by a wide range of environmental signals that are highly variable, not only through time, but also depending on the physiological or pathological conditions of the musculature. Among these factors, the interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays a critical physiopathologic role on muscle homeostasis and diseases. The basis of muscle regeneration and the impact of IL-6 on the physiopathology of skeletal muscle will be discussed.
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- Laura Forcina
- DAHFMO-Unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Via A. Scarpa, 14, Rome 00161, Italy
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- DAHFMO-Unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Via A. Scarpa, 14, Rome 00161, Italy
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- DAHFMO-Unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Via A. Scarpa, 14, Rome 00161, Italy; Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy.
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Jensen VFH, Molck AM, Soeborg H, Nowak J, Chapman M, Lykkesfeldt J, Bogh IB. Proximal Neuropathy and Associated Skeletal Muscle Changes Resembling Denervation Atrophy in Hindlimbs of Chronic Hypoglycaemic Rats. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2017; 122:165-175. [PMID: 28815909 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common complications of diabetic hyperglycaemia. Insulin-induced hypoglycaemia (IIH) might potentially exacerbate or contribute to neuropathy as hypoglycaemia also causes peripheral neuropathy. In rats, IIH induces neuropathy associated with skeletal muscle changes. Aims of this study were to investigate the progression and sequence of histopathologic changes caused by chronic IIH in rat peripheral nerves and skeletal muscle, and whether such changes were reversible. Chronic IIH was induced by infusion of human insulin, followed by an infusion-free recovery period in some of the animals. Sciatic, plantar nerves and thigh muscle were examined histopathologically after four or eight weeks of infusion and after the recovery period. IIH resulted in high incidence of axonal degeneration in sciatic nerves and low incidence in plantar nerves indicating proximo-distal progression of the neuropathy. The neuropathy progressed in severity (sciatic nerve) and incidence (sciatic and plantar nerve) with the duration of IIH. The myopathy consisted of groups of angular atrophic myofibres which resembled histopathologic changes classically seen after denervation of skeletal muscle, and severity of the myofibre atrophy correlated with severity of axonal degeneration in sciatic nerve. Both neuropathy and myopathy were still present after four weeks of recovery, although the neuropathy was less severe. In conclusion, the results suggest that peripheral neuropathy induced by IIH progresses proximo-distally, that severity and incidence increase with duration of the hypoglycaemia and that these changes are partially reversible within four weeks. Furthermore, IIH-induced myopathy is most likely secondary to the neuropathy.
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- Vivi F H Jensen
- Section for Experimental Animal Models, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Toxicology, Safety Pharm and Pathology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark
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- Department of Toxicology, Safety Pharm and Pathology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark
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- Department of Toxicology, Safety Pharm and Pathology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark
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- Department of Toxicology, Safety Pharm and Pathology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark
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- Section for Experimental Animal Models, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Toxicology, Safety Pharm and Pathology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark
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Willand MP, Rosa E, Michalski B, Zhang JJ, Gordon T, Fahnestock M, Borschel GH. Electrical muscle stimulation elevates intramuscular BDNF and GDNF mRNA following peripheral nerve injury and repair in rats. Neuroscience 2016; 334:93-104. [PMID: 27476437 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Despite advances in surgery, patients with nerve injuries frequently have functional deficits. We previously demonstrated in a rat model that daily electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) following peripheral nerve injury and repair enhances reinnervation, detectable as early as two weeks post-injury. In this study, we explain the enhanced early reinnervation observed with electrical stimulation. In two groups of rats, the tibial nerve was transected and immediately repaired. Gastrocnemius muscles were implanted with intramuscular electrodes for sham or muscle stimulation. Muscles were stimulated daily, eliciting 600 contractions for one hour/day, repeated five days per week. Sixteen days following nerve injury, muscles were assessed for functional reinnervation by motor unit number estimation methods using electromyographic recording. In a separate cohort of rats, surgical and electrical stimulation procedures were identical but muscles and distal nerve stumps were harvested for molecular analysis. We observed that stimulated muscles had significantly higher motor unit number counts. Intramuscular levels of brain-derived and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF and GDNF) mRNA were significantly upregulated in muscles that underwent daily electrical stimulation compared to those without stimulation. The corresponding levels of trophic factor mRNA within the distal stump were not different from one another, indicating that the intramuscular electrical stimulus does not modulate Schwann cell-derived trophic factor transcription. Stimulation over a three-month period maintained elevated muscle-derived GDNF but not BDNF mRNA. In conclusion, EMS elevates intramuscular trophic factor mRNA levels which may explain how EMS enhances neural regeneration following nerve injury.
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- Michael P Willand
- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; SickKids Research Institute Program in Neuroscience and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; SickKids Research Institute Program in Neuroscience and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Talbert EE, Guttridge DC. Impaired regeneration: A role for the muscle microenvironment in cancer cachexia. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2015; 54:82-91. [PMID: 26385617 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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While changes in muscle protein synthesis and degradation have long been known to contribute to muscle wasting, a body of literature has arisen which suggests that regulation of the satellite cell and its ensuing regenerative program are impaired in atrophied muscle. Lessons learned from cancer cachexia suggest that this regulation is simply not a consequence, but a contributing factor to the wasting process. In addition to satellite cells, evidence from mouse models of cancer cachexia also suggests that non-satellite progenitor cells from the muscle microenvironment are also involved. This chapter in the series reviews the evidence of dysfunctional muscle repair in multiple wasting conditions. Potential mechanisms for this dysfunctional regeneration are discussed, particularly in the context of cancer cachexia.
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- Erin E Talbert
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Human Cancer Genetics Program, and the Arthur G. James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Human Cancer Genetics Program, and the Arthur G. James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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This review concentrates on the biology of long-term denervated muscle, especially as it relates to newer techniques for restoring functional mass. After denervation, muscle passes through three stages: 1) immediate loss of voluntary function and rapid loss of mass, 2) increasing atrophy and loss of sarcomeric organization, and 3) muscle fiber degeneration and replacement of muscle by fibrous connective tissue and fat. Parallel to the overall program of atrophy and degeneration is the proliferation and activation of satellite cells, and the appearance of neomyogenesis within the denervated muscle. Techniques such as functional electrical stimulation take advantage of this capability to restore functional mass to a denervated muscle.
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- Bruce M Carlson
- Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Brooks NE, Myburgh KH. Skeletal muscle wasting with disuse atrophy is multi-dimensional: the response and interaction of myonuclei, satellite cells and signaling pathways. Front Physiol 2014; 5:99. [PMID: 24672488 PMCID: PMC3955994 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Maintenance of skeletal muscle is essential for health and survival. There are marked losses of skeletal muscle mass as well as strength and physiological function under conditions of low mechanical load, such as space flight, as well as ground based models such as bed rest, immobilization, disuse, and various animal models. Disuse atrophy is caused by mechanical unloading of muscle and this leads to reduced muscle mass without fiber attrition. Skeletal muscle stem cells (satellite cells) and myonuclei are integrally involved in skeletal muscle responses to environmental changes that induce atrophy. Myonuclear domain size is influenced differently in fast and slow twitch muscle, but also by different models of muscle wasting, a factor that is not yet understood. Although the myonuclear domain is 3-dimensional this is rarely considered. Apoptosis as a mechanism for myonuclear loss with atrophy is controversial, whereas cell death of satellite cells has not been considered. Molecular signals such as myostatin/SMAD pathway, MAFbx, and MuRF1 E3 ligases of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway and IGF1-AKT-mTOR pathway are 3 distinctly different contributors to skeletal muscle protein adaptation to disuse. Molecular signaling pathways activated in muscle fibers by disuse are rarely considered within satellite cells themselves despite similar exposure to unloading or low mechanical load. These molecular pathways interact with each other during atrophy and also when various interventions are applied that could alleviate atrophy. Re-applying mechanical load is an obvious method to restore muscle mass, however how nutrient supplementation (e.g., amino acids) may further enhance recovery (or reduce atrophy despite unloading or ageing) is currently of great interest. Satellite cells are particularly responsive to myostatin and to growth factors. Recently, the hibernating squirrel has been identified as an innovative model to study resistance to atrophy.
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- Naomi E Brooks
- Health and Exercise Science Research Group, School of Sport, University of Stirling Stirling, UK
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- Muscle Research Group, Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Akhmedov D, Berdeaux R. The effects of obesity on skeletal muscle regeneration. Front Physiol 2013; 4:371. [PMID: 24381559 PMCID: PMC3865699 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Obesity and metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus are accompanied by increased lipid deposition in adipose and non-adipose tissues including liver, pancreas, heart and skeletal muscle. Recent publications report impaired regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle following injury in obese mice. Although muscle regeneration has not been thoroughly studied in obese and type 2 diabetic humans and mechanisms leading to decreased muscle regeneration in obesity remain elusive, the initial findings point to the possibility that muscle satellite cell function is compromised under conditions of lipid overload. Elevated toxic lipid metabolites and increased pro-inflammatory cytokines as well as insulin and leptin resistance that occur in obese animals may contribute to decreased regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle. In addition, obesity-associated alterations in the metabolic state of skeletal muscle fibers and satellite cells may directly impair the potential for satellite cell-mediated repair. Here we discuss recent studies that expand our understanding of how obesity negatively impacts skeletal muscle maintenance and regeneration.
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- Dmitry Akhmedov
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX, USA
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Togliatto G, Trombetta A, Dentelli P, Cotogni P, Rosso A, Tschöp MH, Granata R, Ghigo E, Brizzi MF. Unacylated ghrelin promotes skeletal muscle regeneration following hindlimb ischemia via SOD-2-mediated miR-221/222 expression. J Am Heart Assoc 2013; 2:e000376. [PMID: 24308935 PMCID: PMC3886736 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Background Surgical treatment of peripheral artery disease, even if successful, does not prevent reoccurrence. Under these conditions, increased oxidative stress is a crucial determinant of tissue damage. Given its reported antioxidant effects, we investigated the potential of unacylated‐ghrelin (UnAG) to reduce ischemia‐induced tissue damage in a mouse model of peripheral artery disease. Methods and Results We show that UnAG but not acylated ghrelin (AG) induces skeletal muscle regeneration in response to ischemia via canonical p38/mitogen‐actived protein kinase signaling UnAG protected against reactive oxygen species–induced cell injuries by inducing the expression of superoxide dismutase‐2 (SOD‐2) in satellite cells. This led to a reduced number of infiltrating CD68+ cells and was followed by induction of the myogenic process and a reduction in functional impairment. Moreover, we found that miR‐221/222, previously linked to muscle regeneration processes, was up‐regulated and negatively correlated with p57Kip2 expression in UnAG‐treated mice. UnAG, unlike AG, promoted cell‐cycle entry in satellite cells of mice lacking the genes for ghrelin and its receptor (GHSR1a). UnAG‐induced p38/mitogen‐actived protein kinase phosphorylation, leading to activation of the myogenic process, was prevented in SOD‐2–depleted SCs. By siRNA technology, we also demonstrated that SOD‐2 is the antioxidant enzyme involved in the control of miR‐221/222–driven posttranscriptional p57Kip2 regulation. Loss‐of‐function experiments targeting miR‐221/222 and local pre–miR‐221/222 injection in vivo confirmed a role for miR‐221/222 in driving skeletal muscle regeneration after ischemia. Conclusions These results indicate that UnAG‐induced skeletal muscle regeneration after ischemia depends on SOD‐2–induced miR‐221/222 expression and highlight its clinical potential for the treatment of reactive oxygen species–mediated skeletal muscle damage.
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Wu X, Rathbone CR. Satellite cell functional alterations following cutaneous burn in rats include an increase in their osteogenic potential. J Surg Res 2013; 184:e9-16. [PMID: 23582758 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2013] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Significant consequences of severe burn include skeletal muscle atrophy and heterotopic ossification (HO). The cellular mechanisms underlying either of these conditions are not known. Whether the functionality of satellite cells stem cells resident in skeletal muscle is affected by changes in circulatory factors following burn was determined to better understand their role in atrophy and HO. MATERIALS AND METHODS Serum (20%) from sham-treated animals or burned animals (40% total body surface area full-thickness burn) was used to culture satellite cells isolated from either sham or burn animals. Satellite cells were separated based on fiber type (i.e., fast-twitch or slow-twitch in some cases). To gain greater insight into the potential role for satellite cells in controlling muscle mass following burn, the effect of serum taken from burn animals on satellite cell proliferation, migration, and myogenic differentiation was evaluated. Osteogenic differentiation was assessed to evaluate the potential of satellite cells to contribute to HO. RESULTS Burn serum (BS) increased the proliferative capacity of cells from fast-twitch muscle, and the migratory capacity of satellite cells taken from both fast- and slow-twitch muscles. BS increased both the myogenic and osteogenic differentiation of satellite cells taken from both sham and burn animals. CONCLUSIONS The unexpected increase in myogenic functionality of satellite cells with BS is difficult to rectify, given the degree of atrophy that occurs. However, the increased osteogenic capacity of satellite cells with BS suggests they may play a role in burn-induced HO.
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- Xiaowu Wu
- Extremity Trauma and Regenerative Medicine, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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Adult skeletal muscle in mammals is a stable tissue under normal circumstances but has remarkable ability to repair after injury. Skeletal muscle regeneration is a highly orchestrated process involving the activation of various cellular and molecular responses. As skeletal muscle stem cells, satellite cells play an indispensible role in this process. The self-renewing proliferation of satellite cells not only maintains the stem cell population but also provides numerous myogenic cells, which proliferate, differentiate, fuse, and lead to new myofiber formation and reconstitution of a functional contractile apparatus. The complex behavior of satellite cells during skeletal muscle regeneration is tightly regulated through the dynamic interplay between intrinsic factors within satellite cells and extrinsic factors constituting the muscle stem cell niche/microenvironment. For the last half century, the advance of molecular biology, cell biology, and genetics has greatly improved our understanding of skeletal muscle biology. Here, we review some recent advances, with focuses on functions of satellite cells and their niche during the process of skeletal muscle regeneration.
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- Hang Yin
- Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Geldanamycin accelerated peripheral nerve regeneration in comparison to FK-506 in vivo. Neuroscience 2012; 223:114-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2012] [Revised: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Apoptosis is a tightly regulated biological process that plays an important role in coordinating cellular proliferation and differentiation. The pathological consequences of aberrant regulation of apoptosis have been widely demonstrated in carcinogenesis, neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, viral infections, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The study of apoptosis has been initiated in skeletal muscle biology. Consistent data have indicated the activation of apoptotic events in muscle atrophic conditions including neuromuscular diseases, muscle disuse, and sarcopenia. Although these results seem to link apoptosis to muscle atrophy, the causative role of apoptosis in this process still needs to be established. Further perspective studies are desired to reveal the precise mechanism and the exact physiologic role of apoptosis in muscle adaptation. This article aims to stimulate research into apoptosis in skeletal muscle. It reviews the apoptotic response of skeletal muscle to the atrophic conditions, namely, denervation, disuse, and aging, and discusses the proposed potential physiological links of apoptosis with muscle loss.
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- Parco M Siu
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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Liu XH, Yao S, Qiao RF, Levine AC, Kirschenbaum A, Pan J, Wu Y, Qin W, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Nandrolone reduces activation of Notch signaling in denervated muscle associated with increased Numb expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 414:165-9. [PMID: 21945932 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, slows denervation-atrophy in rat muscle. The molecular mechanisms responsible for this effect are not well understood. Androgens and anabolic steroids activate Notch signaling in animal models of aging and thereby mitigate sarcopenia. To explore the molecular mechanisms by which nandrolone prevents denervation-atrophy, we investigated the effects of nandrolone on Notch signaling in denervated rat gastrocnemius muscle. Denervation significantly increased Notch activity reflected by elevated levels of nuclear Notch intracellular domain (NICD) and expression of Hey1 (a Notch target gene). Activation was greatest at 7 and 35 days after denervation but remained present at 56 days after denervation. Activation of Notch in denervated muscle was prevented by nandrolone associated with upregulated expression of Numb mRNA and protein. These data demonstrate that denervation activates Notch signaling, and that nandrolone abrogates this response associated with increased expression of Numb, suggesting a potential mechanism by which nandrolone reduces denervation-atrophy.
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- Xin-Hua Liu
- Center of Excellence for Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury, James J. Peter VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
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Tellis CM, Rosen C, Close JM, Horton M, Yaruss JS, Verdolini-Abbott K, Sciote JJ. Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in human posterior cricoarytenoid muscle. J Voice 2011; 25:387-94. [PMID: 20685075 PMCID: PMC3917494 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mitochondrial alterations occur in skeletal muscle fibers throughout the normal aging process, resulting from increased accumulation of reactive oxide species (ROS). These result in respiratory chain abnormalities, which decrease the oxidative capacity of muscle fibers, leading to decreased contractile force, sarcopenia, or fiber necrosis. Intrinsic laryngeal muscles are a cranial muscle group that possesses some distinctive genotypic, phenotypic, and physiologic properties. Their susceptibility to mitochondrial alterations resulting from biological processes that increase levels of oxidative stress may be one of these distinctive characteristics. OBJECTIVES The incidence of cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency (COX(-)) was determined in human posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscle when compared with the human thyrohyoid (TH) muscle, an extrinsic laryngeal muscle that served as "control" muscle. Ten PCA and 10 TH muscles were harvested postlaryngectomy from 10 subjects ranging in age from 55 to 86 years. Differences in COX(-) were compared within and between muscle types using tissue section staining and standard morphometric analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS COX(-) fibers were identified in both the PCA and TH muscles. The PCA muscle had 10 times as may affected fibers as the TH muscle, with significant differences in COX(-) found between muscle type and fiber type (P=0.003). Almost all of this effect was the result of elevated levels of COX(-) in type I fibers from the PCA muscle (P=0.002) that showed a strong positive correlation with increased age. These results suggest that increased mitochondrial alterations may occur in the PCA muscle during normal aging.
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- Cari M Tellis
- Speech-Language Pathology Department, Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612, USA.
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PURPOSE To report the results of bupivacaine injection into the extraocular muscles to treat horizontal strabismus, both exotropia and esotropia. METHODS Bupivacaine, 4.5 ml of a 0.50% solution, was injected into the medial rectus muscle in each of 14 exotropic patients and into the lateral rectus muscle in each of 6 esotropic patients with electromyographic control. The measures of alignment were made before the procedure and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after injection. RESULTS Of 20 patients, 15 had improved ocular alignment with the average change of 8.46, 8.2, 8.33 and 9 prism diopters (PD) at 1,3, 6 and 12 months, respectively. Two of 5 (40%) incomitant strabismus patients and 13 of 15 (86.66%) comitant strabismus patients had improvement in ocular alignment. Eleven of 14 exotropic patient and 4 of 6 esotropic patients had improvement in ocular alignment, averaging 9.73, 9.36, 9.54 and 6 PD in the exotropic group and 5, 5, 5, and 10.5 PD in the esotropic group. There was no serious complication from the injections. CONCLUSIONS Bupivacaine injection improved ocular alignment in some patients. Denervated extraocular muscle did not respond well to bupivacaine. Bupivacaine improved ocular alignment equally in esotropic and exotropic patients.
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Chopard A, Hillock S, Jasmin BJ. Molecular events and signalling pathways involved in skeletal muscle disuse-induced atrophy and the impact of countermeasures. J Cell Mol Med 2009; 13:3032-50. [PMID: 19656243 PMCID: PMC4516463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00864.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Disuse-induced skeletal muscle atrophy occurs following chronic periods of inactivity such as those involving prolonged bed rest, trauma and microgravity environments. Deconditioning of skeletal muscle is mainly characterized by a loss of muscle mass, decreased fibre cross-sectional area, reduced force, increased fatigability, increased insulin resistance and transitions in fibre types. A description of the role of specific transcriptional mechanisms contributing to muscle atrophy by altering gene expression during muscle disuse has recently emerged and focused primarily on short period of inactivity. A better understanding of the transduction pathways involved in activation of proteolytic and apoptotic pathways continues to represent a major objective, together with the study of potential cross-talks in these cellular events. In parallel, evaluation of the impact of countermeasures at the cellular and molecular levels in short- and long-term disuse experimentations or microgravity environments should undoubtedly and synergistically increase our basic knowledge in attempts to identify new physical, pharmacological and nutritional targets to counteract muscle atrophy. These investigations are important as skeletal muscle atrophy remains an important neuromuscular challenge with impact in clinical and social settings affecting a variety of conditions such as those seen in aging, cancer cachexia, muscle pathologies and long-term space exploration.
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- Angèle Chopard
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Caron AZ, Drouin G, Desrosiers J, Trensz F, Grenier G. A novel hindlimb immobilization procedure for studying skeletal muscle atrophy and recovery in mouse. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 106:2049-59. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91505.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Skeletal muscle atrophy is a serious concern for patients afflicted by limb restriction due to surgery (e.g., arthrodesis), several articular pathologies (e.g., arthralgia), or simply following cast immobilization. To study the molecular events involved in this immobilization-induced debilitating condition, a convenient mouse model for atrophy is lacking. Here we provide a new immobilization procedure exploiting the normal flexion of the mouse hindlimb using a surgical staple to fix the ventral part of the foot to the distal part of the calf. Histological analysis revealed that our approach induced significant skeletal muscle atrophy by reducing the myofiber size of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle by 36% compared with the untreated contralateral TA within a few days postimmobilization. Two molecular markers for atrophy, atrogin-1/muscle atrophy F-box (atrogin-1/MAFbx) and muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF-1) mRNAs, were significantly upregulated by 1.9- and 5.9-fold, respectively. Interestingly, our model also revealed the presence of an early inflammatory process during atrophy, characterized by the mRNA upregulation of TNF-α, IL-1, and IL-6 (1.9-, 2.4-, and 3.4-fold, respectively) simultaneously with the upregulation of the common leukocyte marker CD45 (6.1-fold). Moreover, muscle rapidly recovered on remobilization, an event associated with significantly increased levels of uncoupling protein-3 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α mRNA, key components of prooxidative muscle metabolism. This model offers unexpected new insights into the molecular events involved in immobilization atrophy.
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Malatesta M, Perdoni F, Muller S, Zancanaro C, Pellicciari C. Nuclei of aged myofibres undergo structural and functional changes suggesting impairment in RNA processing. Eur J Histochem 2009; 53:e12. [PMID: 19683983 PMCID: PMC3167280 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2009.e12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Advancing adult age is associated with a progressive decrease in skeletal muscle mass, strength and quality known as sarcopenia. The mechanisms underlying age-related skeletal muscle wasting and weakness are manifold and still remain to be fully elucidated. Despite the increasing evidence that the progress of muscle diseases leading to muscle atrophy/dystrophy may be related to defective RNA processing, no data on the morpho-functional features of skeletal muscle nuclei in sarcopenia are available at present. In this view, we have investigated, by combining morphometry and immunocytochemistry at light and electron microscopy, the fine structure of myonuclei as well as the distribution and amount of RNA processing factors in skeletal myofibres of biceps brachii and quadriceps femoris from adult and old rats. Results demonstrate that the myonuclei of aged type II fibres show an increased amount of condensed chromatin and lower amounts of phosphorylated polymerase II and DNA/RNA hybrid molecules, clearly indicating a decrease in pre-mRNA transcription rate compared to adult animals. In addition, myonuclei of aged fibres show decreased amounts of nucleoplasmic splicing factors and an accumulation of cleavage factors, polyadenilated RNA and perichromatin granules, suggesting a reduction in the processing and transport rate of premRNA. During ageing, it seems therefore that in rat myonuclei the entire production chain of mRNA, from synthesis to cytoplasmic export, is less efficient. This failure likely contributes to the reduced responsiveness of muscle cells to anabolic stimuli in the elderly.
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- M Malatesta
- Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologico-Biomediche, Sezione di Anatomia e Istologia, University of Verona, Italy.
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Rhoads RP, Fernyhough ME, Liu X, McFarland DC, Velleman SG, Hausman GJ, Dodson MV. Extrinsic regulation of domestic animal-derived myogenic satellite cells II. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2009; 36:111-26. [PMID: 19261429 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2008.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The existence of myogenic satellite cells was reported some 47 years ago, and, since that time, satellite cell research has flourished. So much new information is generated (daily) on these cells that it can be difficult for individuals to keep abreast of important issues related to their activation and proliferation, the modulation of the activity of other cell types, the differentiation of the cells to facilitate normal skeletal muscle growth and development, or to the repair of damaged myofibers. The intent of this review is to summarize new information about the extrinsic regulation of myogenic satellite cells and to provide specific mechanisms involved in altering satellite cell physiology. Where possible, examples from agriculturally important animals are used for illustrative purposes.
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- R P Rhoads
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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The effect of muscle loading on skeletal muscle regenerative potential: an update of current research findings relating to aging and neuromuscular pathology. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2009; 88:145-55. [PMID: 19169178 DOI: 10.1097/phm.0b013e3181951fc5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Skeletal muscle is a dynamic tissue with a remarkable ability to continuously respond to environmental stimuli. Among its adaptive responses is the widely investigated ability of skeletal muscle to regenerate after loading or injury or both. Although significant basic science efforts have been dedicated to better understand the underlying mechanism controlling skeletal muscle regeneration, there has been relatively little impact in the clinical approaches used to treat skeletal muscle injuries and wasting. The purpose of this review article is to provide an overview of the basic biology of satellite cell function in response to muscle loading and to relate these findings in the context of aging and neuromuscular pathology for the rehabilitation medicine specialist.
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Gundersen K, Bruusgaard JC. Nuclear domains during muscle atrophy: nuclei lost or paradigm lost? J Physiol 2008; 586:2675-81. [PMID: 18440990 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.154369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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According to the current paradigm, muscle nuclei serve a certain cytoplasmic domain. To preserve the domain size, it is believed that nuclei are injected from satellite cells fusing to fibres undergoing hypertrophy, and lost by apoptosis during atrophy. Based on single fibre observations in and ex vivo we suggest that nuclear domains are not as constant as is often indicated. Moreover, recent time lapse in vivo imaging of single fibres suggests that at least for the first few weeks, atrophy is not accompanied by any loss of nuclei. Apoptosis is abundant in muscle tissue during atrophy conditions, but in our opinion it has not been unequivocally demonstrated that such nuclei are myonuclei. As we see it, the preponderance of current evidence suggests that disuse atrophy is not accompanied by loss of nuclei, at least not for the first 2 months. Moreover, it has not been proven that myonuclear apoptosis does occur in permanent fibres undergoing atrophy; it seems more likely that it is confined to stromal cells and satellite cells. If muscle atrophy is not related to loss of nuclei, design of intervention therapies should focus on protein metabolism rather than regeneration from stem cells.
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- Kristian Gundersen
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1041 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.
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Ma J, Shen J, Garrett JP, Lee CA, Li Z, Elsaidi GA, Ritting A, Hick J, Tan KH, Smith TL, Smith BP, Koman LA. Gene expression of myogenic regulatory factors, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits, and GAP-43 in skeletal muscle following denervation in a rat model. J Orthop Res 2007; 25:1498-505. [PMID: 17568415 DOI: 10.1002/jor.20414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Neuromuscular junction destabilization following nerve injury contributes to irreversible functional impairment. Myogenic Regulatory Factors (MRF's) including myoblast determination factor (MyoD), MRF-4, Myogenin, and myogenic factors-5 (myf-5), and Growth-associated protein 43 KDa (GAP43) regulate gene expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunits (alpha, beta, delta, gamma, and epsilon). We hypothesized that nerve injury induces altered gene expression of MRF's, nAChRs, and GAP-43 in the skeletal muscle which destabilize neuromuscular junctions. The tibial nerve was transected in 42 juvenile male Sprague-Dawley rats. Denervated and contralateral control gastrocnemius m. mRNA for nAChR subunits, MRF's, and GAP-43 were determined by real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (real time RT-PCR). After transection, muscle mass decreased for 1 year with a nadir of 75% at 3 months. Alpha, gamma, and epsilon subunit genes increased by 3 and peaked at 7 days before returning to control levels (P < 0.05). Beta subunits and GAP-43 tended to increase. Delta subunits peaked at 3 days returning to control levels by 30 days. By one month, most of the nAChR subunits had returned to control levels. Alpha, beta, gamma, and delta subunit expression remained significantly lower than control up to 1 year later (P < 0.05). MRF4, Myogenin, and MyoD expression paralleled that of alpha, gamma, and epsilon nAChR subunits (P < 0.05). Gene expression of nAChR alpha, gamma, delta and epsilon subunits was biphasic in the first month after nerve injury, similar to that of MRF's. nAChR subunits and MRF's may play a critical role in neuromuscular junction stability.
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- Jianjun Ma
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Rodrigues ADC, Andreo JC, Júnior GMR, dos Santos NB, Moraes LHR, Lauris JRP. Fat cell invasion in long-term denervated skeletal muscle. Microsurgery 2007; 27:664-7. [DOI: 10.1002/micr.20428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Apoptosis is necessary for maintaining the integrity of proliferative tissues, such as epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal system. The role of apoptosis in post mitotic tissues, such as skeletal muscle, is less well defined. Apoptosis during muscle atrophy occurs in both myonuclei and other muscle cell types. Apoptosis of myonuclei likely contributes to the loss of muscle mass, but the mechanisms underlying this process are largely unknown. Caspase-dependent as well as -independent pathways have been implicated and the mode by which atrophy is induced likely determines the apoptotic mechanisms that are utilized. It remains to be determined whether a decrease in apoptosis will alleviate atrophy and distinct research strategies may be required for different causes of skeletal muscle loss.
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- Esther E Dupont-Versteegden
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Geriatrics, Little Rock, AR 72205, United States.
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Dupont-Versteegden EE. Apoptosis in muscle atrophy: relevance to sarcopenia. Exp Gerontol 2006; 40:473-81. [PMID: 15935591 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Revised: 04/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The loss of muscle mass with aging, or sarcopenia, is an important contributor to the functional decline and loss of independence observed with aging. Little is known about the role of apoptosis in sarcopenia. Studies in adult animals have shown that apoptosis is involved in the loss of muscle nuclei during acute disuse atrophy, and caspase-3 dependent pathways play an important role in this process. Elevated apoptosis has also been observed in muscles of aged animals, but this does not depend upon caspase-3 pathways to the same extent as disuse atrophy. Moreover, disuse atrophy induced in aged animals is associated with a higher amount of apoptosis than in young and intracellular mechanisms are different from those in young, depending more on caspase-independent pathways. The functional relevance of the increase in apoptosis with respect to the loss of muscle fibers and muscle cross-sectional area with aging remains to be determined and interventions to decrease apoptosis in muscle need to be evaluated.
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- Esther E Dupont-Versteegden
- Department of Geriatrics, Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Dupont-Versteegden EE, Strotman BA, Gurley CM, Gaddy D, Knox M, Fluckey JD, Peterson CA. Nuclear translocation of EndoG at the initiation of disuse muscle atrophy and apoptosis is specific to myonuclei. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R1730-40. [PMID: 16873557 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00176.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Skeletal muscle atrophy is associated with an increase in apoptosis, and we showed previously that endonuclease G (EndoG) is localized to nuclei following unloading. The goal of this study was to determine whether the onset of apoptosis in response to disuse was consistent with the hypothesis that EndoG is involved in myofiber nuclear loss. Atrophy was induced by hindlimb suspension for 12 h or 1, 2, 4 and 7 days in 6-mo-old rats. Soleus myofiber cross-sectional area decreased significantly by 2 days, whereas muscle mass and muscle-to-body mass ratio decreased by 4 and 7 days, respectively. By contrast, a significant increase in apoptosis, evidenced by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive nuclei, occurred as early as 12 h after suspension, preceding the elevation in muscle atrophy F-box gene expression. The early increase in apoptosis appeared to be specific to myofiber nuclei, whereas TUNEL-positive interstitial cells did not become significantly elevated until 2 days after suspension. Furthermore, TUNEL-positive myofiber nuclei colocalized with EndoG as early as 12 h after suspension, and no such localization was observed in interstitial cells. Although no significant change in total activated caspase-3, -7, or -12 protein abundance was apparent, activated caspase-3 was expressed in interstitial cells undergoing apoptosis, some of which were endothelial cells. These data indicate that apoptosis is an early, and therefore possibly causative, event in the process of muscle atrophy, and that EndoG nuclear translocation is specific for myofiber nuclear apoptosis, whereas interstitial cells may undergo apoptosis via a more classical, caspase-dependent pathway.
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Bossola M, Mirabella M, Ricci E, Costelli P, Pacelli F, Tortorelli AP, Muscaritoli M, Rossi Fanelli F, Baccino FM, Tonali PA, Doglietto GB. Skeletal muscle apoptosis is not increased in gastric cancer patients with mild–moderate weight loss. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 38:1561-70. [PMID: 16697691 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Revised: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 03/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Numerous experimental and clinical studies have shown that skeletal muscle apoptotis may increase in wasting conditions and suggest that apoptosis might contribute to the loss of lean body mass. Data in cancer patients are still lacking. The present study aimed at verifying whether apoptosis was enhanced in the skeletal muscle of 16 patients with gastric cancer with respect to controls. A biopsy specimen was obtained from the rectus abdominis muscle. The occurrence of apoptosis in muscle biopsies was determined morphologically by the fluorescent transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay and by immunohistochemistry for caspase-3 and caspase-1. Mean weight loss was 6+/-2% in cancer patients and 0.5+/-0.1% in controls (p<0.0001). Serum albumin levels (g/dL) were 3.7+/-0.3 in cancer patients and 4.1+/-0.2 in controls (p<0.05). The percentage of apoptotic myonuclei was similar in cancer patients and in controls (1.5+/-0.3 versus 1.4+/-0.2, respectively; p=ns), in gastric cancer patients with mild (1.6+/-0.4) or moderate-severe weight loss (1.4+/-0.5) (p=ns), and in the different stages of disease (stages I-II: 1.5+/-0.7; stage III: 1.3+/-0.4; stage IV: 1.6+/-0.3; p=ns). By immunohistochemistry, caspase-1 and caspase-3 positive fibers were absent in controls and in neoplastic patients. Poly-ADP-ribosyl polymerase, a typical caspase-3 substrate whose processing is indicative of caspase-3 activation, was not cleaved in muscle biopsies of cancer patients. These data suggest that skeletal muscle apoptosis is not increased in neoplastic patients with mild-moderate weight loss and argue against the hypotheses that caspase-3 activation might be an essential step of myofibrillar proteolysis in cancer-related muscle wasting.
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- Maurizio Bossola
- Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo A.Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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de Castro Rodrigues A, Andreo JC, de Mattos Rodrigues SP. Myonuclei and satellite cells in denervated rat muscles: An electron microscopy study. Microsurgery 2006; 26:396-8. [PMID: 16783804 DOI: 10.1002/micr.20258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The study and description of a separated cell type have been dependent on the evolution of the electron microscope. There have been few experiments designed to induce changes in myonucleus and satellite-cell populations in vivo without physically injuring muscle. In this regard, the most practical method to experimentally alter myonucleus and satellite-cell populations is denervation. The sciatic nerve was sectioned in order to observe myonuleus and satellite-cell behavior. After 7, 16, and 38 weeks postdenervation, the soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles were observed under electron microscopy. In each studied period, the pattern, distribution, and possible cellular alterations were observed in the studied muscles. Myonuclei exhibited alterations such as shrinkage, nuclear membrane separation, condensed chromatin, ghost nuclei as well as normal ones, and disorganized myofibrils. The maximum and minimum myonucleus diameters were measured in each studied period. In both muscles, the maximum diameters decreased. On the other hand, the minimum myonucleus diameters did not show any differences. Regarding satellite cells, activation characteristics were observed. In both muscles, the satellite cells were located distant of capillary after denervation. Characterization of the different types of nuclei abnormalities, especially in chromatin condensation, should provide useful information for future morphological studies.
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- Antonio de Castro Rodrigues
- Department of Biological Science, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, University of Sao Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Batt J, Bain J, Goncalves J, Michalski B, Plant P, Fahnestock M, Woodgett J. Differential gene expression profiling of short and long term denervated muscle. FASEB J 2005; 20:115-7. [PMID: 16291642 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3640fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Skeletal muscle function and viability are dependent upon intact innervation. Peripheral nerve injury and muscle denervation cause muscle atrophy. Time to re-innervation is one of the most important determinants of functional outcome. While short-term denervation can result in nearly fully reversible changes in muscle mass, prolonged denervation leads to irreversible muscle impairment from profound atrophy, myocyte death and fibrosis. We performed transcriptional profiling to identify genes that were altered in expression in short-term (1 month) and long-term (3 month) denervated muscle and validated the microarray data by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Genes controlling cell death, metabolism, proteolysis, stress responses and protein synthesis/translation were altered in expression in the denervated muscle. A differential pattern of expression of genes encoding cell cycle regulators and extracellular matrix components was identified that correlated with the development of irreversible post-denervation changes. Genes encoding mediators of protein degradation were differentially expressed between 1 and 3 month denervated muscle suggesting different signaling networks are recruited over time to induce and maintain muscle atrophy. Understanding of the timing and type of pathological processes that are triggered by denervation may allow the design of interventions that delay or protect muscle from loss of nerve function.
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- Jane Batt
- Clinical Sciences Division, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Kujawa M, Baran W, Jankowska-Steifer E. Quantitative ultrastructural changes in satellite cells of rats immobilized after soleus muscle denervation. Exp Mol Pathol 2005; 78:78-85. [PMID: 15596065 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2004.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Quantitative ultrastructural evaluation of satellite cells (SCs) of rats immobilized for 7, 14, and 36 days after soleus muscle denervation was performed. Alterations in SCs of experimental animals concerned mainly the decrease in the size of cells and their nuclei, in the volume fractions of the nucleus and nucleolus, as well as in the number of ribosome-like structures. They suggest that immobilization which proceeded denervation caused a decline in cell activity. An increase in the volume fraction and number of endosome/lysosome-like structures, suggesting elevated processes of degradation was also observed. The changes occurred mainly in the period between 7 and 14 days after muscle denervation and immobilization. In all groups of experimental animals an increase in number of caveolae-like structures on both, inner (muscle fiber-facing) and outer (basal lamina-facing) sides of SCs was found. Thus, it is likely that SCs of denervated and immobilized rats are affected by signal molecules released by muscle fibers and/or other cell types present in muscle. A tendency in changes in SCs, observed in the present study, was similar to those which we noticed previously in denervated soleus muscle. However, immobilization after denervation aggravated some of the ultrastructural alterations or the changes appeared earlier.
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- Marek Kujawa
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Center of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-004 Warsaw, Poland.
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Muscle-fiber loss is a characteristic of many progressive neuromuscular disorders. Over the past decade, identification of a growing number of apoptosis-associated factors and events in pathological skeletal muscle provided increasing evidence that apoptotic cell-death mechanisms account significantly for muscle-fiber atrophy and loss in a wide spectrum of neuromuscular disorders. It became obvious that there is not one specific pathway for muscle fibers to undergo apoptotic degradation. In contrast, certain neuromuscular diseases seem to involve characteristic expression patterns of apoptosis-related factors and pathways. Furthermore, there are some characteristics of muscle-fiber apoptosis that rely on the muscle fiber itself as an extremely specified cell type. Multinucleated muscle fibers with successive muscle-fiber segments controlled by individual nuclei display some specifics different from apoptosis of mononucleated cells. This review focuses on the expression patterns of apoptosis-associated factors in different primary and secondary neuromuscular disorders and gives a synopsis of current knowledge.
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- Dominique S Tews
- Edinger-Institute, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Deutschordenstrasse 46, D-60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Tews DS, Behrhof W, Schindler S. Expression patterns of initiator and effector caspases in denervated human skeletal muscle. Muscle Nerve 2005; 31:175-81. [PMID: 15625686 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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There is evidence that apoptotic cell death contributes to the loss of denervated muscle fibers. In 17 patients with neurogenic muscular atrophy, we studied the expression of the apoptosis mediators APAF-1/caspase-9 and degrading caspases-2, -3, and -7 by immunohistochemical and western blot analyses. Muscle with neurogenic atrophy showed distinct upregulation of caspase-9 and -7 and no expression for APAF-1 (apoptosis protease-activating factor-1) and caspase-2 and -3. Expression of caspase-7 was restricted to atrophic fibers, but caspase-9 was also found in normal-sized muscle fibers where its expression was often confined to single fiber segments. These findings indicate that upregulated expression of caspase-9 can initiate the proteolytic cascade involving the downstream executioner caspase-7, which mediates degradation of denervated muscle fibers. However, apoptotic events may be restricted to single muscle-fiber segments, where apoptotic cell degradation contributes to the long-term process of atrophy. Pharmacological inhibition of caspases may be a therapeutic strategy in diminishing muscle atrophy.
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- Dominique S Tews
- Neurological (Edinger) Institute, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Deutschordenstrasse 46, D-60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Hyatt JPK, Roy RR, Baldwin KM, Wernig A, Edgerton VR. Activity-unrelated neural control of myogenic factors in a slow muscle. Muscle Nerve 2005; 33:49-60. [PMID: 16184607 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The properties of skeletal muscles are modulated by neural and nonneural factors, and the neural factors can be modulated by activity-independent as well as activity-dependent mechanisms. Given that daily activation of fast muscles is considerably less than of slow muscles, we hypothesized that the myogenic properties of the rat soleus (a slow muscle) would be more dependent on activity-dependent than activity-independent factors. Muscle mass, MyoD, and myogenin mRNA and protein levels, and satellite cell proliferation and differentiation rates (bromodeoxyuridine incorporation) were examined at 3, 14, and 28 days after either spinal cord isolation (SI, neuromuscular connectivity intact with minimal activation) or denervation (no neural influence). Soleus atrophy was similar in the SI and denervated groups at each time point, although increases in whole-muscle expression of myogenin and, to a lesser degree, MyoD were lower (P < 0.05) in SI than denervated soleus muscles. Proliferation and differentiation of satellite cells, as well as mitotic activity of connective tissue cells, were lower (P < 0.05) in SI than denervated soleus muscles. In some instances, these changes were not observed until the later time points, i.e., 14 or 28 days. These results demonstrate that the motoneurons that innervate the slow soleus muscle have a significant modulatory influence on some muscle properties via mechanisms that are independent of activation. These activity-independent modulatory influences, however, are less in the slow soleus than previously observed in fast muscles.
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- Jon-Philippe K Hyatt
- Department of Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1761, USA
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