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Ferraioli S, Sarigol F, Prakash C, Filipczak D, Foisner R, Naetar N. LAP2alpha facilitates myogenic gene expression by preventing nucleoplasmic lamin A/C from spreading to active chromatin regions. Nucleic Acids Res 2024:gkae752. [PMID: 39228367 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 08/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
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A-type lamins form a filamentous meshwork beneath the nuclear membrane that anchors large heterochromatic genomic regions at the nuclear periphery. A-type lamins also exist as a dynamic, non-filamentous pool in the nuclear interior, where they interact with lamin-associated polypeptide 2 alpha (LAP2α). Both proteins associate with largely overlapping euchromatic genomic regions in the nucleoplasm, but the functional significance of this interaction is poorly understood. Here, we report that LAP2α relocates towards regions containing myogenic genes in the early stages of muscle differentiation, possibly facilitating efficient gene regulation, while lamins A and C mostly associate with genomic regions away from these genes. Strikingly, upon depletion of LAP2α, A-type lamins spread across active chromatin and accumulate at regions of active H3K27ac and H3K4me3 histone marks in the vicinity of myogenic genes whose expression is impaired in the absence of LAP2α. Reorganization of A-type lamins on chromatin is accompanied by depletion of the active chromatin mark H3K27ac and a significantly impaired myogenic differentiation. Thus, the interplay of LAP2α and A-type lamins is crucial for proper positioning of intranuclear lamin A/C on chromatin to allow efficient myogenic differentiation.
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- Simona Ferraioli
- Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Medical University of Vienna, Max Perutz Labs, Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Medical University of Vienna, Max Perutz Labs, Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna, University of Vienna, Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Medical University of Vienna, Max Perutz Labs, Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Vienna BioCenter PhD Program, a Doctoral School of the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Medical University of Vienna, Max Perutz Labs, Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Medical University of Vienna, Max Perutz Labs, Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9 / Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Bianchi A, Mozzetta C, Pegoli G, Lucini F, Valsoni S, Rosti V, Petrini C, Cortesi A, Gregoretti F, Antonelli L, Oliva G, De Bardi M, Rizzi R, Bodega B, Pasini D, Ferrari F, Bearzi C, Lanzuolo C. Dysfunctional polycomb transcriptional repression contributes to lamin A/C-dependent muscular dystrophy. J Clin Invest 2021; 130:2408-2421. [PMID: 31999646 DOI: 10.1172/jci128161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Lamin A is a component of the inner nuclear membrane that, together with epigenetic factors, organizes the genome in higher order structures required for transcriptional control. Mutations in the lamin A/C gene cause several diseases belonging to the class of laminopathies, including muscular dystrophies. Nevertheless, molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of lamin A-dependent dystrophies are still largely unknown. The polycomb group (PcG) of proteins are epigenetic repressors and lamin A interactors, primarily involved in the maintenance of cell identity. Using a murine model of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), we show here that lamin A loss deregulated PcG positioning in muscle satellite stem cells, leading to derepression of non-muscle-specific genes and p16INK4a, a senescence driver encoded in the Cdkn2a locus. This aberrant transcriptional program caused impairment in self-renewal, loss of cell identity, and premature exhaustion of the quiescent satellite cell pool. Genetic ablation of the Cdkn2a locus restored muscle stem cell properties in lamin A/C-null dystrophic mice. Our findings establish a direct link between lamin A and PcG epigenetic silencing and indicate that lamin A-dependent muscular dystrophy can be ascribed to intrinsic epigenetic dysfunctions of muscle stem cells.
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- Andrea Bianchi
- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi," Milan, Italy.,Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy
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- Santa Lucia Foundation, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi," Milan, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi," Milan, Italy.,Santa Lucia Foundation, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi," Milan, Italy
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- Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Santa Lucia Foundation, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi," Milan, Italy.,Institute of Biomedical Technologies, CNR, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi," Milan, Italy
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- IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Department of Experimental Oncology, Milan, Italy.,Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Genetics "Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza," CNR, Pavia, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi," Milan, Italy.,Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CNR, Rome, Italy
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- Santa Lucia Foundation, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.,Institute of Biomedical Technologies, CNR, Milan, Italy
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Ignatieva EV, Ivanova OA, Komarova MY, Khromova NV, Polev DE, Kostareva AA, Sergushichev A, Dmitrieva RI. LMNA Mutations G232E and R482L Cause Dysregulation of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation, Bioenergetics, and Metabolic Gene Expression Profile. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E1057. [PMID: 32906763 PMCID: PMC7563596 DOI: 10.3390/genes11091057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Laminopathies are a family of monogenic multi-system diseases resulting from mutations in the LMNA gene which include a wide range of neuromuscular disorders. Although lamins are expressed in most types of differentiated cells, LMNA mutations selectively affect only specific tissues by mechanisms that remain largely unknown. We have employed the combination of functional in vitro experiments and transcriptome analysis in order to determine how two LMNA mutations associated with different phenotypes affect skeletal muscle development and metabolism. We used a muscle differentiation model based on C2C12 mouse myoblasts genetically modified with lentivirus constructs bearing wild-type human LMNA (WT-LMNA) or R482L-LMNA/G232E-LMNA mutations, linked to familial partial lipodystrophy of the Dunnigan type and muscular dystrophy phenotype accordingly. We have shown that both G232E/R482L-LMNA mutations cause dysregulation in coordination of pathways that control cell cycle dynamics and muscle differentiation. We have also found that R482/G232E-LMNA mutations induce mitochondrial uncoupling and a decrease in glycolytic activity in differentiated myotubes. Both types of alterations may contribute to mutation-induced muscle tissue pathology.
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- Elena V. Ignatieva
- National Almazov Medical Research Centre, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 197341 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (E.V.I.); (O.A.I.); (M.Y.K.); (N.V.K.); (A.A.K.)
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- National Almazov Medical Research Centre, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 197341 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (E.V.I.); (O.A.I.); (M.Y.K.); (N.V.K.); (A.A.K.)
- ITMO University, Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, International Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Genomics, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- National Almazov Medical Research Centre, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 197341 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (E.V.I.); (O.A.I.); (M.Y.K.); (N.V.K.); (A.A.K.)
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- National Almazov Medical Research Centre, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 197341 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (E.V.I.); (O.A.I.); (M.Y.K.); (N.V.K.); (A.A.K.)
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- Research Resource Center “Biobank”, St Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint-Petersburg, Russia;
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- National Almazov Medical Research Centre, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 197341 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (E.V.I.); (O.A.I.); (M.Y.K.); (N.V.K.); (A.A.K.)
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- ITMO University, Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, International Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Genomics, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- National Almazov Medical Research Centre, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 197341 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (E.V.I.); (O.A.I.); (M.Y.K.); (N.V.K.); (A.A.K.)
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Levy Y, Ross JA, Niglas M, Snetkov VA, Lynham S, Liao CY, Puckelwartz MJ, Hsu YM, McNally EM, Alsheimer M, Harridge SD, Young SG, Fong LG, Español Y, Lopez-Otin C, Kennedy BK, Lowe DA, Ochala J. Prelamin A causes aberrant myonuclear arrangement and results in muscle fiber weakness. JCI Insight 2018; 3:120920. [PMID: 30282816 PMCID: PMC6237469 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.120920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Physiological and premature aging are frequently associated with an accumulation of prelamin A, a precursor of lamin A, in the nuclear envelope of various cell types. Here, we aimed to underpin the hitherto unknown mechanisms by which prelamin A alters myonuclear organization and muscle fiber function. By experimentally studying membrane-permeabilized myofibers from various transgenic mouse lines, our results indicate that, in the presence of prelamin A, the abundance of nuclei and myosin content is markedly reduced within muscle fibers. This leads to a concept by which the remaining myonuclei are very distant from each other and are pushed to function beyond their maximum cytoplasmic capacity, ultimately inducing muscle fiber weakness.
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- Yotam Levy
- School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and
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- School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and
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- School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and
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- School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and
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- Proteomics Facility, Centre of Excellence for Mass Spectrometry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Universitario de Oncología (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Universitario de Oncología (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Spain
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA.,Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, National University Health System, Singapore.,Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore
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- Divisions of Rehabilitation Science and Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and
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Dibenedetto S, Niklison-Chirou M, Cabrera CP, Ellis M, Robson LG, Knopp P, Tedesco FS, Ragazzi M, Di Foggia V, Barnes MR, Radunovic A, Marino S. Enhanced Energetic State and Protection from Oxidative Stress in Human Myoblasts Overexpressing BMI1. Stem Cell Reports 2017; 9:528-542. [PMID: 28735850 PMCID: PMC5549966 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 06/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Polycomb group gene BMI1 is essential for efficient muscle regeneration in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and its enhanced expression in adult skeletal muscle satellite cells ameliorates the muscle strength in this model. Here, we show that the impact of mild BMI1 overexpression observed in mouse models is translatable to human cells. In human myoblasts, BMI1 overexpression increases mitochondrial activity, leading to an enhanced energetic state with increased ATP production and concomitant protection against DNA damage both in vitro and upon xenografting in a severe dystrophic mouse model. These preclinical data in mouse models and human cells provide a strong rationale for the development of pharmacological approaches to target BMI1-mediated mitochondrial regulation and protection from DNA damage to sustain the regenerative potential of the skeletal muscle in conditions of chronic muscle wasting.
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- Silvia Dibenedetto
- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Centre for Translational Bioinformatics, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Division of Neuropathology, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, 21 University Street, London WC1X 0JS, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, 21 University Street, London WC1X 0JS, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Centre for Translational Bioinformatics, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Neuroscience and Trauma Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK.
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Wang X, Zabell A, Koh W, Tang WHW. Lamin A/C Cardiomyopathies: Current Understanding and Novel Treatment Strategies. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2017; 19:21. [PMID: 28299614 DOI: 10.1007/s11936-017-0520-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
OPINION STATEMENT Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the third leading cause of heart failure in the USA. A major gene associated with DCM with cardiac conduction system disease is lamin A/C (LMNA) gene. Lamins are type V filaments that serve a variety of roles, including nuclear structure support, DNA repair, cell signaling pathway mediation, and chromatin organization. In 1999, LMNA was found responsible for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) and, since then, has been found in association with a wide spectrum of diseases termed laminopathies, including LMNA cardiomyopathy. Patients with LMNA mutations have a poor prognosis and a higher risk for sudden cardiac death, along with other cardiac effects like dysrhythmias, development of congestive heart failure, and potential need of a pacemaker or ICD. As of now, there is no specific treatment for laminopathies, including LMNA cardiomyopathy, because the mechanism of LMNA mutations in humans is still unclear. This review discusses LMNA mutations and how they relate to DCM, the necessity for further investigation to better understand LMNA mutations, and potential treatment options ranging from clinical and therapeutic to cellular and molecular techniques.
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- Xi Wang
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA. .,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. .,Center for Clinical Genomics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Fukada SI, Ma Y, Ohtani T, Watanabe Y, Murakami S, Yamaguchi M. Isolation, characterization, and molecular regulation of muscle stem cells. Front Physiol 2013; 4:317. [PMID: 24273513 PMCID: PMC3824104 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle has great regenerative capacity which is dependent on muscle stem cells, also known as satellite cells. A loss of satellite cells and/or their function impairs skeletal muscle regeneration and leads to a loss of skeletal muscle power; therefore, the molecular mechanisms for maintaining satellite cells in a quiescent and undifferentiated state are of great interest in skeletal muscle biology. Many studies have demonstrated proteins expressed by satellite cells, including Pax7, M-cadherin, Cxcr4, syndecan3/4, and c-met. To further characterize satellite cells, we established a method to directly isolate satellite cells using a monoclonal antibody, SM/C-2.6. Using SM/C-2.6 and microarrays, we measured the genes expressed in quiescent satellite cells and demonstrated that Hesr3 may complement Hesr1 in generating quiescent satellite cells. Although Hesr1- or Hesr3-single knockout mice show a normal skeletal muscle phenotype, including satellite cells, Hesr1/Hesr3-double knockout mice show a gradual decrease in the number of satellite cells and increase in regenerative defects dependent on satellite cell numbers. We also observed that a mouse's genetic background affects the regenerative capacity of its skeletal muscle and have established a line of DBA/2-background mdx mice that has a much more severe phenotype than the frequently used C57BL/10-mdx mice. The phenotype of DBA/2-mdx mice also seems to depend on the function of satellite cells. In this review, we summarize the methodology of direct isolation, characterization, and molecular regulation of satellite cells based on our results. The relationship between the regenerative capacity of satellite cells and progression of muscular disorders is also summarized. In the last part, we discuss application of the accumulating scientific information on satellite cells to treatment of patients with muscular disorders.
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- So-Ichiro Fukada
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University Osaka, Japan
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Lin S, Shen H, Jin B, Gu Y, Chen Z, Cao C, Hu C, Keller C, Pear WS, Wu L. Brief report: Blockade of Notch signaling in muscle stem cells causes muscular dystrophic phenotype and impaired muscle regeneration. Stem Cells 2013; 31:823-8. [PMID: 23307608 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Revised: 11/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Muscular dystrophies are a group of devastating diseases characterized by progressive muscle weakness and degeneration, with etiologies including muscle gene mutations and regenerative defects of muscle stem cells. Notch signaling is critical for skeletal myogenesis and has important roles in maintaining the muscle stem cell pool and preventing premature muscle differentiation. To investigate the functional impact of Notch signaling blockade in muscle stem cells, we developed a conditional knock-in mouse model in which endogenous Notch signaling is specifically blocked in muscle stem cell compartment. Mice with Notch signaling inhibition in muscle stem cells showed several muscular dystrophic features and impaired muscle regeneration. Analyses of satellite cells and isolated primary myoblasts revealed that Notch signaling blockade in muscle stem cells caused reduced activation and proliferation of satellite cells but enhanced differentiation of myoblasts. Our data thus indicate that Notch signaling controls processes that are critical to regeneration in muscular dystrophy, suggesting that Notch inhibitor therapies could have potential side effects on muscle functions.
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- Shuibin Lin
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-3633, USA
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Emerin, a conserved LEM-domain protein, is among the few nuclear membrane proteins for which extensive basic knowledge—biochemistry, partners, functions, localizations, posttranslational regulation, roles in development and links to human disease—is available. This review summarizes emerin and its emerging roles in nuclear “lamina” structure, chromatin tethering, gene regulation, mitosis, nuclear assembly, development, signaling and mechano-transduction. We also highlight many open questions, exploration of which will be critical to understand how this intriguing nuclear membrane protein and its “family” influence the genome.
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- Jason M Berk
- Department of Cell Biology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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Zuela N, Bar DZ, Gruenbaum Y. Lamins in development, tissue maintenance and stress. EMBO Rep 2012; 13:1070-8. [PMID: 23146893 PMCID: PMC3512410 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Lamins are nuclear intermediate filament proteins. They provide mechanical stability, organize chromatin and regulate transcription, replication, nuclear assembly and nuclear positioning. Recent studies provide new insights into the role of lamins in development, differentiation and tissue response to mechanical, reactive oxygen species and thermal stresses. These studies also propose the existence of separate filament networks for A- and B-type lamins and identify new roles for the different networks. Furthermore, they show changes in lamin composition in different cell types, propose explanations for the more than 14 distinct human diseases caused by lamin A and lamin C mutations and propose a role for lamin B1 in these diseases.
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- Noam Zuela
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Holt LJ, Turner N, Mokbel N, Trefely S, Kanzleiter T, Kaplan W, Ormandy CJ, Daly RJ, Cooney GJ. Grb10 regulates the development of fiber number in skeletal muscle. FASEB J 2012; 26:3658-69. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-199349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Lowenna J. Holt
- Diabetes and Obesity Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Diabetes and Obesity Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- St. Vincent's Hospital Clinical SchoolUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Diabetes and Obesity Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Diabetes and Obesity Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Diabetes and Obesity Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Peter Wills Bioinformatics CentreGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Cancer Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- St. Vincent's Hospital Clinical SchoolUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Cancer Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- St. Vincent's Hospital Clinical SchoolUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Diabetes and Obesity Research ProgramGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- St. Vincent's Hospital Clinical SchoolUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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Magagnotti C, Bachi A, Zerbini G, Fattore E, Fermo I, Riba M, Previtali SC, Ferrari M, Andolfo A, Benedetti S. Protein profiling reveals energy metabolism and cytoskeletal protein alterations in LMNA mutation carriers. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2012; 1822:970-9. [PMID: 22326558 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2012.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nuclear envelope-related muscular dystrophies, in particular those referred to as laminopathies, are relatively novel and unclear diseases, also considering the increasing number of mutations identified so far in genes of the nuclear envelope. As regard LMNA gene, only tentative relations between phenotype, type and localization of the mutations have been established in striated muscle diseases, while laminopathies affecting adipose tissue, peripheral nerves or progerioid syndromes could be linked to specific genetic variants. This study describes the biochemical phenotype of neuromuscular laminopathies in samples derived from LMNA mutant patients. Since it has been reported that nuclear alterations, due to LMNA defects, are present also in fibroblasts from Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and familial partial lipodystrophy patients, we analyzed 2D-maps of skin fibroblasts of patients carrying 12 different LMNA mutations spread along the entire gene. To recognize distinctive proteins underlying affected biochemical pathways, we compared them with fibroblasts from healthy controls and, more importantly, fibroblasts from patients with non-lamin related neuromuscular disorders. We found less abundance of cytoskeletal/structural proteins, confirming a dominant role for Lamin A/C in structural support of nuclear architecture. Interestingly, we also established significant changes in the expression of proteins involved in cellular energy production and oxidative stress response. To our knowledge, this is the first report where proteomics was applied to characterize ex-vivo cells from LMNA patients, suggesting that this may represent a new approach to better understand the molecular mechanisms of these rare diseases and facilitate the development of novel therapeutic treatments.
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- Cinzia Magagnotti
- ProMiFa, Protein Microsequencing Facility, Division of Cell Biology and Genetics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Cowling BS, Cottle DL, Wilding BR, D'Arcy CE, Mitchell CA, McGrath MJ. Four and a half LIM protein 1 gene mutations cause four distinct human myopathies: a comprehensive review of the clinical, histological and pathological features. Neuromuscul Disord 2011; 21:237-51. [PMID: 21310615 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 01/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mutations in the four and a half LIM protein 1 (FHL1) gene were recently identified as the cause of four distinct skeletal muscle diseases. Since the initial report outlining the first fhl1 mutation in 2008, over 25 different mutations have been identified in patients with reducing body myopathy, X-linked myopathy characterized by postural muscle atrophy, scapuloperoneal myopathy and Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Reducing body myopathy was first described four decades ago, its underlying genetic cause was unknown until the discovery of fhl1 mutations. X-linked myopathy characterized by postural muscle atrophy is a novel disease where fhl1 mutations are the only cause. This review will profile each of the FHL1, with a comprehensive analysis of mutations, a comparison of the clinical and histopathological features and will present several hypotheses for the possible disease mechanism(s).
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- Belinda S Cowling
- Translational Medicine and Neurogenetics, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
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Scharner J, Brown CA, Bower M, Iannaccone ST, Khatri IA, Escolar D, Gordon E, Felice K, Crowe CA, Grosmann C, Meriggioli MN, Asamoah A, Gordon O, Gnocchi VF, Ellis JA, Mendell JR, Zammit PS. Novel LMNA mutations in patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and functional characterization of four LMNA mutations. Hum Mutat 2011; 32:152-67. [PMID: 20848652 DOI: 10.1002/humu.21361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mutations in LMNA cause a variety of diseases affecting striated muscle including autosomal Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), LMNA-associated congenital muscular dystrophy (L-CMD), and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B (LGMD1B). Here, we describe novel and recurrent LMNA mutations identified in 50 patients from the United States and Canada, which is the first report of the distribution of LMNA mutations from a large cohort outside Europe. This augments the number of LMNA mutations known to cause EDMD by 16.5%, equating to an increase of 5.9% in the total known LMNA mutations. Eight patients presented with either p.R249W/Q or p.E358K mutations and an early onset EDMD phenotype: two mutations recently associated with L-CMD. Importantly, 15 mutations are novel and include eight missense mutations (p.R189P, p.F206L, p.S268P, p.S295P, p.E361K, p.G449D, p.L454P, and p.W467R), three splice site mutations (c.IVS4 + 1G>A, c.IVS6 - 2A>G, and c.IVS8 + 1G>A), one duplication/in frame insertion (p.R190dup), one deletion (p.Q355del), and two silent mutations (p.R119R and p.K270K). Analysis of 4 of our lamin A mutations showed that some caused nuclear deformations and lamin B redistribution in a mutation specific manner. Together, this study significantly augments the number of EDMD patients on the database and describes 15 novel mutations that underlie EDMD, which will contribute to establishing genotype-phenotype correlations.
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- Juergen Scharner
- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, United Kingdom
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Meng J, Muntoni F, Morgan JE. Stem cells to treat muscular dystrophies – Where are we? Neuromuscul Disord 2011; 21:4-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2010] [Revised: 09/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A-type laminopathies are a group of diseases resulting from mutations in the intermediate filament proteins lamin A and C (both encoded by the LMNA gene), but for which the pathogenic mechanisms are little understood. In some laminopathies, there is a good correlation between the presence of a specific LMNA mutation and the disease diagnosed. In others however, many different mutations can give rise to the same clinical condition, even though the mutations may be distributed throughout one, or more, of the three functionally distinct protein domains of lamin A/C. Conversely, certain mutations can cause multiple laminopathies, with related patients carrying an identical mutation even having separate diseases, often affecting different tissues. Therefore clarifying genotype–phenotype links may provide important insights into both disease penetrance and mechanism. In the present paper, we review recent developments in genotype–phenotype correlations in laminopathies and discuss the factors that could influence pathology.
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Zhang L, Ran L, Garcia GE, Wang XH, Han S, Du J, Mitch WE. Chemokine CXCL16 regulates neutrophil and macrophage infiltration into injured muscle, promoting muscle regeneration. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2009; 175:2518-27. [PMID: 19893053 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.090275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Only a few specific chemokines that mediate interactions between inflammatory and satellite cells in muscle regeneration have been identified. The chemokine CXCL16 differs from other chemokines because it has both a transmembrane region and active, soluble chemokine forms. Indeed, we found increased expression of CXCL16 and its receptor, CXCR6, in regenerating myofibers. Muscle regeneration in CXCL16-deficient (CXCL16KO) mice was severely impaired compared with regeneration in wild-type mice. In addition, there was decreased MyoD and myogenin expression in regenerating muscle in CXCL16KO mice, indicating impaired satellite cell proliferation and differentiation. After 1 month, new myofibers in CXCL16KO mice remained significantly smaller than those in muscle of wild-type mice. To understand how CXCL16 regulates muscle regeneration, we examined cells infiltrating injured muscle. There were more infiltrating neutrophils and fewer macrophages in injured muscle of CXCL16KO mice compared with events in wild-type mice. Moreover, absence of CXCL16 led to different expression of cytokines/chemokines in injured muscles: mRNAs of macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha, MIP-1beta, and MIP-2 were increased, whereas regulated on activation normal T cell expressed and secreted, T-cell activation-3, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 mRNAs were lower compared with results in muscles of wild-type mice. Impaired muscle regeneration in CXCL16KO mice also resulted in fibrosis, which was linked to transforming growth factor-beta1 expression. Thus, CXCL16 expression is a critical mediator of muscle regeneration, and it suppresses the development of fibrosis.
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- Liping Zhang
- Nephrology Division, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Further characterisation of the molecular signature of quiescent and activated mouse muscle satellite cells. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5205. [PMID: 19370151 PMCID: PMC2666265 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Accepted: 03/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Satellite cells are the resident stem cells of adult skeletal muscle. To date though, there is a paucity of native markers that can be used to easily identify quiescent satellite cells, with Pax7 probably being the best that is currently available. Here we have further characterized a number of recently described satellite cell markers, and also describe novel ones. Caveolin-1, integrin α7 and the calcitonin receptor proved reliable markers for quiescent satellite cells, being expressed by all satellite cells identified with Pax7. These three markers remained expressed as satellite cells were activated and underwent proliferation. The nuclear envelope proteins lamin A/C and emerin, mutations in which underlie Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, were also expressed in both quiescent and proliferating satellite cells. Conversely, Jagged-1, a Notch ligand, was not expressed in quiescent satellite cells but was induced upon activation. These findings further contribute to defining the molecular signature of muscle satellite cells.
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