Isolation of adult mouse myogenic progenitors: functional heterogeneity of cells within and engrafting skeletal muscle.
Skeletal muscle regeneration in adults is thought to occur through the action of myogenic satellite cells located in close association with mature muscle fibers; however, these precursor cells have not been prospectively isolated, and recent studies have suggested that additional muscle progenitors, including cells of bone marrow or hematopoietic origin, may exist. To clarify the origin(s) of adult myogenic cells, we used phenotypic, morphological, and functional criteria to identify and prospectively isolate a subset of myofiber-associated cells capable at the single cell level of generating myogenic colonies at high frequency. Importantly, although muscle-engrafted cells from marrow and/or circulation localized to the same anatomic compartment as myogenic satellite cells and expressed some though not all satellite cell markers, they displayed no intrinsic myogenicity. Together, these studies describe the clonal isolation of functional adult myogenic progenitors and demonstrate that these cells do not arise from hematopoietic or other bone marrow or circulating precursors.
Sherwood
Richard I
RI
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Christensen
Julie L
JL
Conboy
Irina M
IM
Conboy
Michael J
MJ
Rando
Thomas A
TA
Weissman
Irving L
IL
Wagers
Amy J
AJ
D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D012038:Regeneration; D032496:Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells
D015415:Biomarkers; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins