title: [Participation of bone-marrow stem cells in the differentiation of mdx mice striated muscle].
abstract: Two sets of experiments were carried out. The first one involved chimeric mice, obtained by intravenously injections of bone marrow derived cells taken from transgenic C57BL/6 mice, expressing GFP, to 5 Gy X-ray irradiated mdx or C57BL/6 mice. In 2 months M. quadriceps femoris of chimeric mice were destroyed by surgical clamp. Following the next 4-5 weeks, the same muscles were studied for the presence of GFP-positive striated muscle fibres. In the case of chimeric C57BL/6 mice GFP-positive striated muscle fibres were observed in 0.3 +/- 0.5 and in 0.2 +/- 0.3 % of destroyed muscle, and in lateral (control) muscle, consequently. In the case of chimeric mdx mice, positive results were observed in 1.7 +/- 0.4 and in 0.5 +/- 0.3 % of destroyed and control muscles, respectively. In the second set of experiments, the GFP-positive bone marrow cells were used for multiple intramuscular injections to M. quadriceps femoris of C57BL/6 or mdx mice in a dose of 2 x 10(5)-5 x 10(5) cells per mouse. Before injection, GFP-positive bone marrow cells were fractionated in a 63 % Percoll solution and then were exhausted from differentiated cells by magnetic manner using CD4, CD8, CD38, CD45R, CD119, Ly-6G, and F4/80 antibodies. After 2-3 weeks, as many as 0.15 +/- 0.40 and 0.1 +/- 0.2 % of GFP-positive muscle fibres were found in injected and control muscles of C57BL/6 mice, respectively. In the case of mdx mice, the frequency of GFP-positive striated muscle fibres was 2.0 +/- 0.8 and 1.2 +/- 0.6 % for injected and control muscles, respectively. A conclusion is made that bone marrow stem cells can take part in differentiation of mdx mouse muscles after their delivery by needle injections.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlov
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Evtifeeva
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Serikov
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Perverzev
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Karmanova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Zenin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002678:Chimera; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018101:Mice, Inbred mdx; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins