Research article summary (published 30 Apr 2007):

Implication of the satellite cell in dystrophic muscle fibrosis: a self-perpetuating mechanism of collagen overproduction.

Full Abstract

Because of its mechanical function, skeletal muscle is heavily influenced by the composition of its extracellular matrix (ECM). Fibrosis generated by chronic damage, such as occurs in muscular dystrophies, is thus particularly disastrous in this tissue. Here, we examined the interrelationship between the muscle satellite cell and the production of collagen type I, a major component of fibrotic ECM, by using both C2C12, a satellite cell-derived cell line, and primary muscle satellite cells. In C2C12 cells, we found that expression of collagen type I mRNA decreases substantially during skeletal muscle differentiation. On a single-cell level, collagen type I and myogenin became mutually exclusive after 3 days in differentiation medium, whereas addition of collagen markedly suppressed differentiation of C2C12 cells. Primary cultures of satellite cells associated with isolated single fibers of the young (4 wk old) mdx dystrophic mouse and of C57BL/10ScSn wild-type controls expressed collagen type I and type III mRNA and protein. This pattern persisted in wild-type mice at all ages. But, curiously, in older (18-mo-old) mdx mice, although the myogenic cells continued to express type III collagen, type I expression became restricted to nonmyogenic cells. These cells typically constituted part of a cellular sheet surrounding the old mdx fibers. This combination of features strongly suggests that the progression to fibrosis in dystrophic muscle involves changes in the mechanisms controlling matrix production, which generates positive feedback that results in a reprogramming of myoblasts to a profibrotic function.

Author information

Author/s: Alexakis, Catherine (C); Partridge, Terence (T); Bou-Gharios, George (G);

Affiliation: Muscle Cell Biology Group, Medical Research Council Clinical Science Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: American journal of physiology. Cell physiology (Am J Physiol Cell Physiol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Aug; vol 293 (issue 2) : pp C661-9

Dates: Created 2007/08/06; Completed 2007/09/20;

PMID: 17475662, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Aging - metabolism Animals Antigens, CD34 - metabolism Cell Differentiation Cell Line Cell Proliferation Collagen Type I - biosynthesis; genetics; pharmacology Collagen Type III - biosynthesis; genetics Disease Models, Animal Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Fibrosis Mice

Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Inbred mdx Muscle, Skeletal - drug effects; metabolism; pathology Muscular Dystrophy, Animal - metabolism; pathology Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne - metabolism; pathology MyoD Protein - metabolism Myogenin - metabolism PAX7 Transcription Factor - metabolism Phenotype RNA, Messenger - metabolism Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle - drug effects; metabolism; pathology Up-Regulation

Associated Chemicals: Antigens, CD34 (0) ; Collagen Type I (0) ; Collagen Type III (0) ; MyoD Protein (0) ; MyoD1 myogenic differentiation protein (0) ; Myog protein, mouse (0) ; Myogenin (0) ; PAX7 Transcription Factor (0) ; Pax7 protein, mouse (0) ; RNA, Messenger (0)

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