title: CD20-related signaling pathway is differently activated in normal and dystrophic circulating CD133(+) stem cells.
abstract: Among the heterogeneous population of circulating hematopoietic and endothelial progenitors, we identified a subpopulation of CD133(+) cells displaying myogenic properties. Unexpectedly, we observed the expression of the B-cell marker CD20 in blood-derived CD133(+) stem cells. The CD20 antigen plays a role in the modulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis through signaling pathways activation. Several observations suggest that an increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) could be involved in the etiology of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Here, we show that a CD20-related signaling pathway able to induce an increase in [Ca(2+)](i) is differently activated after brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) stimulation of normal and dystrophic blood-derived CD133(+) stem cells, supporting the assumption of a "CD20-related calcium impairment" affecting dystrophic cells. Presented findings represent the starting point toward the expansion of knowledge on pathways involved in the pathology of DMD and in the behavior of dystrophic blood-derived CD133(+) stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Centro Dino Ferrari, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parolini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meregalli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belicchi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Razini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lopa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Del Carlo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maciotta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bresolin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Porretti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Torrente
mesh_terms: D000071916:AC133 Antigen; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018951:Antigens, CD20 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D051379:Mice; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000071916:AC133 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD; D018951:Antigens, CD20; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D016207:Cytokines; D016189:Dystrophin; D006023:Glycoproteins; C000606023:PROM1 protein, human; D010455:Peptides; C000606024:Prom1 protein, mouse; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D002118:Calcium