[HTML][HTML] Loss of niche-satellite cell interactions in syndecan-3 null mice alters muscle progenitor cell homeostasis improving muscle regeneration

A Pisconti, GB Banks, F Babaeijandaghi, ND Betta… - Skeletal muscle, 2016 - Springer
A Pisconti, GB Banks, F Babaeijandaghi, ND Betta, FMV Rossi, JS Chamberlain, BB Olwin
Skeletal muscle, 2016Springer
Background The skeletal muscle stem cell niche provides an environment that maintains
quiescent satellite cells, required for skeletal muscle homeostasis and regeneration.
Syndecan-3, a transmembrane proteoglycan expressed in satellite cells, supports
communication with the niche, providing cell interactions and signals to maintain quiescent
satellite cells. Results Syndecan-3 ablation unexpectedly improves regeneration in
repeatedly injured muscle and in dystrophic mice, accompanied by the persistence of …
Background
The skeletal muscle stem cell niche provides an environment that maintains quiescent satellite cells, required for skeletal muscle homeostasis and regeneration. Syndecan-3, a transmembrane proteoglycan expressed in satellite cells, supports communication with the niche, providing cell interactions and signals to maintain quiescent satellite cells.
Results
Syndecan-3 ablation unexpectedly improves regeneration in repeatedly injured muscle and in dystrophic mice, accompanied by the persistence of sublaminar and interstitial, proliferating myoblasts. Additionally, muscle aging is improved in syndecan-3 null mice. Since syndecan-3 null myofiber-associated satellite cells downregulate Pax7 and migrate away from the niche more readily than wild type cells, syxndecan-3 appears to regulate satellite cell homeostasis and satellite cell homing to the niche.
Conclusions
Manipulating syndecan-3 provides a promising target for development of therapies to enhance muscle regeneration in muscular dystrophies and in aged muscle.
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