Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in human health.Muscle stem cells(MuSCs)serve as the major cell type contribut-ing to muscle regeneration by directly differentiating to mature muscle cells.MuSCs usually remain q...Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in human health.Muscle stem cells(MuSCs)serve as the major cell type contribut-ing to muscle regeneration by directly differentiating to mature muscle cells.MuSCs usually remain quiescent with occasionally self-renewal and are activated to enter cell cycle for proliferation followed by differentiation upon muscle injury or under pathological conditions.The quiescence maintenance,activation,proliferation,and differentiation of MuSCs are tightly regulated.The MuSC cell-intrinsic regulatory network and the microenvironments work coordi-nately to orchestrate the fate transition of MuSCs.The heterogeneity of MuSCs further complicates the regulation of MuSCs.This review briefly summarizes the current progress on the heterogeneity of MuSCs and the microenviron-ments,epigenetic,and transcription regulations of MuSCs.展开更多
目的研究TNF-α对主动脉平滑肌细胞(VSMC)内1型1,4,5-三磷酸肌醇受体(IP3RⅠ)表达的影响,揭示TNF-α影响VSMC收缩功能参与感染性休克的发生机制。方法原代分离培养大鼠VSMC。按TNF-α处理的不同时间点(0、4、8、24h)分4组。分别应用West...目的研究TNF-α对主动脉平滑肌细胞(VSMC)内1型1,4,5-三磷酸肌醇受体(IP3RⅠ)表达的影响,揭示TNF-α影响VSMC收缩功能参与感染性休克的发生机制。方法原代分离培养大鼠VSMC。按TNF-α处理的不同时间点(0、4、8、24h)分4组。分别应用Western blot、免疫荧光、RT-PCR、双荧光素酶检测方法,观察TNF-α对IP3RⅠmRNA、蛋白表达及其启动子活性的影响。结果 TNF-α处理组细胞内IP3RⅠ分布未见变化,8、24h组荧光强度增强提示IP3RⅠ蛋白含量增加,IP3RⅠ蛋白表达升高(4h:1.059±0.005 vs 1.000±0.002,P=0.010;8h:2.416±0.042 vs 1.000±0.002,P<0.01;24h:2.138±0.010vs 1.000±0.002,P<0.01,n=9),IP3RⅠmRNA表达明显增加(4h:2.260±0.889 vs 1.00±0.02,P=0.193;8h:5.449±2.279 vs1.00±0.02,P=0.000;24h:3.049±1.684 vs 1.00±0.02,P=0.042,n=9)。转染PGL3-IP3RⅠpromoter质粒后TNF-α组IP3RⅠ启动子活性明显增强(3.56±0.65 vs 1.00±0.05,P=0.020,n=9)。结论 TNF-α可上调IP3RⅠ基因启动子活性,从而引起IP3RⅠ蛋白表达升高,增强VSMC内IP3Rs系统介导的Ca2+释放作用,这可能是TNF-α影响VSMC收缩功能参与感染性休克血管调控的机制之一。展开更多
Long non-coding(lnc)RNA plays important roles in many cellular processes.The function of the vast majority of lncRNAs remains unknown.Here we identified that lncRNA-1700113A16RIK existed in skeletal muscle stem cells(...Long non-coding(lnc)RNA plays important roles in many cellular processes.The function of the vast majority of lncRNAs remains unknown.Here we identified that lncRNA-1700113A16RIK existed in skeletal muscle stem cells(MuSCs)and was significantly elevated during MuSC differentiation.Knockdown of 1700113A16RIK inhibits the differentiation of muscle stem cells.In contrast,overexpression of 1700113A16RIK promotes the differentiation of muscle stem cells.Further study shows the muscle specific transcription factor Myogenin(MyoG)positively regulates the expression of 1700113A16RIK by binding to the promoter region of 1700113A16RIK.Mechanistically,1700113A16RIK may regulate the expression of myogenic genes by directly binding to 3’UTR of an important myogenic transcription factor MEF2D,which in turn promotes the translation of MEF2D.Taken together,our results defined 1700113A16RIK as a positive regulator of MuSC differentiation and elucidated a mechanism as to how 1700113A16RIK regulated MuSC differentiation.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science(XDA16020400 to PH)Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2017YFA0102700 to PH)National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170804 to PH).
文摘Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in human health.Muscle stem cells(MuSCs)serve as the major cell type contribut-ing to muscle regeneration by directly differentiating to mature muscle cells.MuSCs usually remain quiescent with occasionally self-renewal and are activated to enter cell cycle for proliferation followed by differentiation upon muscle injury or under pathological conditions.The quiescence maintenance,activation,proliferation,and differentiation of MuSCs are tightly regulated.The MuSC cell-intrinsic regulatory network and the microenvironments work coordi-nately to orchestrate the fate transition of MuSCs.The heterogeneity of MuSCs further complicates the regulation of MuSCs.This review briefly summarizes the current progress on the heterogeneity of MuSCs and the microenviron-ments,epigenetic,and transcription regulations of MuSCs.
文摘目的研究TNF-α对主动脉平滑肌细胞(VSMC)内1型1,4,5-三磷酸肌醇受体(IP3RⅠ)表达的影响,揭示TNF-α影响VSMC收缩功能参与感染性休克的发生机制。方法原代分离培养大鼠VSMC。按TNF-α处理的不同时间点(0、4、8、24h)分4组。分别应用Western blot、免疫荧光、RT-PCR、双荧光素酶检测方法,观察TNF-α对IP3RⅠmRNA、蛋白表达及其启动子活性的影响。结果 TNF-α处理组细胞内IP3RⅠ分布未见变化,8、24h组荧光强度增强提示IP3RⅠ蛋白含量增加,IP3RⅠ蛋白表达升高(4h:1.059±0.005 vs 1.000±0.002,P=0.010;8h:2.416±0.042 vs 1.000±0.002,P<0.01;24h:2.138±0.010vs 1.000±0.002,P<0.01,n=9),IP3RⅠmRNA表达明显增加(4h:2.260±0.889 vs 1.00±0.02,P=0.193;8h:5.449±2.279 vs1.00±0.02,P=0.000;24h:3.049±1.684 vs 1.00±0.02,P=0.042,n=9)。转染PGL3-IP3RⅠpromoter质粒后TNF-α组IP3RⅠ启动子活性明显增强(3.56±0.65 vs 1.00±0.05,P=0.020,n=9)。结论 TNF-α可上调IP3RⅠ基因启动子活性,从而引起IP3RⅠ蛋白表达升高,增强VSMC内IP3Rs系统介导的Ca2+释放作用,这可能是TNF-α影响VSMC收缩功能参与感染性休克血管调控的机制之一。
基金This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science(XDA16020400 to P.H.)Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2017YFA0102700 to P.H.)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170804 to P.H.and 81200355 to W.Y.)CAS-Youth Innovation Program Association(2016246 to W.Y.)Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(18ZR1446300 to W.Y.).
文摘Long non-coding(lnc)RNA plays important roles in many cellular processes.The function of the vast majority of lncRNAs remains unknown.Here we identified that lncRNA-1700113A16RIK existed in skeletal muscle stem cells(MuSCs)and was significantly elevated during MuSC differentiation.Knockdown of 1700113A16RIK inhibits the differentiation of muscle stem cells.In contrast,overexpression of 1700113A16RIK promotes the differentiation of muscle stem cells.Further study shows the muscle specific transcription factor Myogenin(MyoG)positively regulates the expression of 1700113A16RIK by binding to the promoter region of 1700113A16RIK.Mechanistically,1700113A16RIK may regulate the expression of myogenic genes by directly binding to 3’UTR of an important myogenic transcription factor MEF2D,which in turn promotes the translation of MEF2D.Taken together,our results defined 1700113A16RIK as a positive regulator of MuSC differentiation and elucidated a mechanism as to how 1700113A16RIK regulated MuSC differentiation.
