Cross‐talk between motor neurons and myotubes via endogenously secreted neural and muscular growth factors

Autor: Jasdeep Saini, Alessandro Faroni, Adam J. Reid, Vincent Mouly, Gillian Butler‐Browne, Adam P. Lightfoot, Jamie S. McPhee, Hans Degens, Nasser Al‐Shanti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Physiological Reports, Vol 9, Iss 8, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2051-817X
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14791
Popis: Abstract Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) research is vital to advance the understanding of neuromuscular patho‐physiology and development of novel therapies for diseases associated with NM dysfunction. In vivo, the micro‐environment surrounding the NMJ has a significant impact on NMJ formation and maintenance via neurotrophic and differentiation factors that are secreted as a result of cross‐talk between muscle fibers and motor neurons. Recently we showed the formation of functional NMJs in vitro in a co‐culture of immortalized human myoblasts and motor neurons from rat‐embryo spinal‐cord explants, using a culture medium free from serum and neurotrophic or growth factors. The aim of this study was to assess how functional NMJs were established in this co‐culture devoid of exogenous neural growth factors. To investigate this, an ELISA‐based microarray was used to compare the composition of soluble endogenously secreted growth factors in this co‐culture with an a‐neural muscle culture. The levels of seven neurotrophic factors brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial‐cell‐line‐derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), insulin‐like growth factor‐binding protein‐3 (IGFBP‐3), insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1), neurotrophin‐3 (NT‐3), neurotrophin‐4 (NT‐4), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were higher (p
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