A tale of two niches: differential functions for VCAM-1 in satellite cells under basal and injured conditions
Autor: | Hyo-Jung Choo, Katherine E. Vest, Grace K. Pavlath, Zachary Thompson, James P. Canner |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine Satellite Cells Skeletal Muscle Cell Survival Physiology Niche Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Mice 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Animals Regeneration Stem Cell Niche VCAM-1 Muscle Skeletal Protein kinase B Cells Cultured Mice Knockout biology Cell adhesion molecule VLA-4 Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Cell biology Mice Inbred C57BL 030104 developmental biology chemistry Apoptosis Female Satellite (biology) Stem cell Research Article |
Zdroj: | American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 313:C392-C404 |
ISSN: | 1522-1563 0363-6143 |
DOI: | 10.1152/ajpcell.00119.2017 |
Popis: | Cell-cell adhesion molecules play key roles in maintaining quiescence or promoting activation of various stem cells in their niche. Muscle stem cells called satellite cells (SC) are critical for skeletal muscle regeneration after injury, but little is known about the role of adhesion molecules in regulating the behavior of these stem cells. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is a cell-cell adhesion protein expressed on quiescent and activated SC whose function is unknown in this context. We deleted Vcam1 from SC using an inducible Cre recombinase in young mice. In the injured niche, Vcam1−/−SC underwent premature lineage progression to a more differentiated state as well as apoptosis leading to a transient delay in myofiber growth during regeneration. Apoptosis was also increased in Vcam1−/−SC in vitro concomitant with decreased levels of phosphorylated Akt, a prosurvival signal activated by VCAM-1 signaling in other cell types. During muscle regeneration, we observed an influx of immune cells expressing α4 integrin, a component of the major, high-affinity VCAM-1 ligand, α4β1 integrin. Furthermore, α4 integrin mRNA and protein were induced in SC 2 days after injury. These results suggest that SC interact with other SC as well as immune cells through α4β1 integrin in the injured niche to promote expansion of SC. In the uninjured niche, multiple cell types also expressed α4 integrin. However, only basal fusion of Vcam1−/−SC with myofibers was decreased, contributing to decreased myofiber growth. These studies define differential roles for VCAM-1 in SC depending on the state of their niche. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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Abstrakt: | Cell-cell adhesion molecules play key roles in maintaining quiescence or promoting activation of various stem cells in their niche. Muscle stem cells called satellite cells (SC) are critical for skeletal muscle regeneration after injury, but little is known about the role of adhesion molecules in regulating the behavior of these stem cells. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is a cell-cell adhesion protein expressed on quiescent and activated SC whose function is unknown in this context. We deleted Vcam1 from SC using an inducible Cre recombinase in young mice. In the injured niche, Vcam1−/−SC underwent premature lineage progression to a more differentiated state as well as apoptosis leading to a transient delay in myofiber growth during regeneration. Apoptosis was also increased in Vcam1−/−SC in vitro concomitant with decreased levels of phosphorylated Akt, a prosurvival signal activated by VCAM-1 signaling in other cell types. During muscle regeneration, we observed an influx of immune cells expressing α4 integrin, a component of the major, high-affinity VCAM-1 ligand, α4β1 integrin. Furthermore, α4 integrin mRNA and protein were induced in SC 2 days after injury. These results suggest that SC interact with other SC as well as immune cells through α4β1 integrin in the injured niche to promote expansion of SC. In the uninjured niche, multiple cell types also expressed α4 integrin. However, only basal fusion of Vcam1−/−SC with myofibers was decreased, contributing to decreased myofiber growth. These studies define differential roles for VCAM-1 in SC depending on the state of their niche. |
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ISSN: | 15221563 03636143 |
DOI: | 10.1152/ajpcell.00119.2017 |