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Babaniamansour P, Jacho D, Niedzielski S, Rabino A, Garcia-Mata R, Yildirim-Ayan E. Modulating TRPV4 Channel Activity in Pro-Inflammatory Macrophages within the 3D Tissue Analog. Biomedicines 2024; 12:230. [PMID: 38275401 PMCID: PMC10813551 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12010230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Investigating macrophage plasticity emerges as a promising strategy for promoting tissue regeneration and can be exploited by regulating the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel. The TRPV4 channel responds to various stimuli including mechanical, chemical, and selective pharmacological compounds. It is well documented that treating cells such as epithelial cells and fibroblasts with a TRPV4 agonist enhances the Ca2+ influx to the cells, which leads to secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, while a TRPV4 antagonist reduces both Ca2+ influx and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion. In this work, we investigated the effect of selective TRPV4 modulator compounds on U937-differentiated macrophages encapsulated within three-dimensional (3D) matrices. Despite offering a more physiologically relevant model than 2D cultures, pharmacological treatment of macrophages within 3D collagen matrices is largely overlooked in the literature. In this study, pro-inflammatory macrophages were treated with an agonist, 500 nM of GSK1016790A (TRPV4(+)), and an antagonist, 10 mM of RN-1734 (TRPV4(-)), to elucidate the modulation of the TRPV4 channel at both cellular and extracellular levels. To evaluate macrophage phenotypic alterations within 3D collagen matrices following TRPV4 modulator treatment, we employed structural techniques (SEM, Masson's trichrome, and collagen hybridizing peptide (CHP) staining), quantitative morphological measures for phenotypic assessment, and genotypic methods such as quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry (IHC). Our data reveal that pharmacological modulation of the macrophage TRPV4 channel alters the cytoskeletal structure of macrophages and influences the 3D structure encapsulating them. Moreover, we proved that treating macrophages with a TRPV4 agonist and antagonist enhances the expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory genes, respectively, leading to the upregulation of surface markers CD80 and CD206. In the TRPV4(-) group, the CD206 gene and CD206 surface marker were significantly upregulated by 9- and 2.5-fold, respectively, compared to the control group. These findings demonstrate that TRPV4 modulation can be utilized to shift macrophage phenotype within the 3D matrix toward a desired state. This is an innovative approach to addressing inflammation in musculoskeletal tissues.
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Affiliation(s)
- Parto Babaniamansour
- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA; (P.B.); (S.N.)
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA; (P.B.); (S.N.)
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA; (P.B.); (S.N.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA; (P.B.); (S.N.)
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Long DE, Mantuano AJ, Confides AL, Miller BF, Kern PA, Butterfield TA, Dupont-Versteegden EE. Short-term repeated human biopsy sampling contributes to changes in muscle morphology and higher outcome variability. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2023; 135:1403-1414. [PMID: 37705447 PMCID: PMC10979834 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00441.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Changes in skeletal muscle are an important aspect of overall health. The collection of human muscle to study cellular and molecular processes for research requires a needle biopsy procedure which, in itself, can induce changes in the tissue. To investigate the effect of repeat tissue sampling, we collected skeletal muscle biopsy samples from vastus lateralis separated by 7 days. Cellular infiltrate, central nucleation, enlarged extracellular matrix, and rounding of muscle fibers were used as indices to define muscle damage, and we found that 16/26 samples (61.5%) revealed at least two of these symptoms in the secondary biopsy. The presence of damage influenced outcome measures usually obtained in human biopsies. Damaged muscle showed an increase in the number of small fibers even though average fiber and fiber type-specific cross-sectional area (CSA) were not different. This included higher numbers of embryonic myosin heavy chain-positive fibers (P = 0.001) as well as elevated satellite cell number (P = 0.02) in the damaged areas and higher variability in satellite cell count in the total area (P = 0.04). Collagen content was higher in damaged (P = 0.0003) as well as nondamaged areas (P = 0.05) of the muscle sections of the damaged compared with the nondamaged group. Myofibrillar protein and ribonucleic acid (RNA) fractional synthesis rates were not significantly different between the damaged compared with the nondamaged group. Results indicate that common outcomes as well as outcome variability in human muscle tissue are affected by previous biopsies. Therefore, the extent of potential damage should be assessed when performing repeated biopsies.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Indices of damage can be found in repeated biopsy samples of nonintervened control legs. Variables, directly and not directly related to muscle damage or regeneration, were compromised in second biopsy. There is a need to determine potential damage within muscle tissue when repeated muscle sampling is part of the study design. Muscle biopsy sampling may be a source of increased heterogeneity in human muscle data.
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- Douglas E Long
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Department of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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Ismaeel A, Van Pelt DW, Hettinger ZR, Fu X, Richards CI, Butterfield TA, Petrocelli JJ, Vechetti IJ, Confides AL, Drummond MJ, Dupont-Versteegden EE. Extracellular vesicle distribution and localization in skeletal muscle at rest and following disuse atrophy. Skelet Muscle 2023; 13:6. [PMID: 36895061 PMCID: PMC9999658 DOI: 10.1186/s13395-023-00315-1] [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: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Skeletal muscle (SkM) is a large, secretory organ that produces and releases myokines that can have autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine effects. Whether extracellular vesicles (EVs) also play a role in the SkM adaptive response and ability to communicate with other tissues is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate EV biogenesis factors, marker expression, and localization across cell types in the skeletal muscle. We also aimed to investigate whether EV concentrations are altered by disuse atrophy. METHODS To identify the potential markers of SkM-derived EVs, EVs were isolated from rat serum using density gradient ultracentrifugation, followed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements or qPCR. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data from rat SkM were analyzed to assess the EV biogenesis factor expression, and cellular localization of tetraspanins was investigated by immunohistochemistry. Finally, to assess the effects of mechanical unloading on EV expression in vivo, EV concentrations were measured in the serum by nanoparticle tracking analysis in both a rat and human model of disuse. RESULTS In this study, we show that the widely used markers of SkM-derived EVs, α-sarcoglycan and miR-1, are undetectable in serum EVs. We also found that EV biogenesis factors, including the tetraspanins CD63, CD9, and CD81, are expressed by a variety of cell types in SkM. SkM sections showed very low detection of CD63, CD9, and CD81 in myofibers and instead accumulation within the interstitial space. Furthermore, although there were no differences in serum EV concentrations following hindlimb suspension in rats, serum EV concentrations were elevated in human subjects after bed rest. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide insight into the distribution and localization of EVs in SkM and demonstrate the importance of methodological guidelines in SkM EV research.
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- Ahmed Ismaeel
- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
- College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, 900 S. Limestone, CTW 210E, Lexington, KY, 40536-0200, USA.
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Hettinger ZR, Hu S, Mamiya H, Sahu A, Iijima H, Wang K, Gilmer G, Miller A, Nasello G, Dâ Amore A, Vorp DA, Rando TA, Xing J, Ambrosio F. Dynamical modeling reveals RNA decay mediates the effect of matrix stiffness on aged muscle stem cell fate. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.24.529950. [PMID: 36865124 PMCID: PMC9980169 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.24.529950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
Abstract
Loss of muscle stem cell (MuSC) self-renewal with aging reflects a combination of influences from the intracellular (e.g., post-transcriptional modifications) and extracellular (e.g., matrix stiffness) environment. Whereas conventional single cell analyses have revealed valuable insights into factors contributing to impaired self-renewal with age, most are limited by static measurements that fail to capture nonlinear dynamics. Using bioengineered matrices mimicking the stiffness of young and old muscle, we showed that while young MuSCs were unaffected by aged matrices, old MuSCs were phenotypically rejuvenated by young matrices. Dynamical modeling of RNA velocity vector fields in silico revealed that soft matrices promoted a self-renewing state in old MuSCs by attenuating RNA decay. Vector field perturbations demonstrated that the effects of matrix stiffness on MuSC self-renewal could be circumvented by fine-tuning the expression of the RNA decay machinery. These results demonstrate that post-transcriptional dynamics dictate the negative effect of aged matrices on MuSC self-renewal.
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