title: ATOH8: a novel marker in human muscle fiber regeneration.
abstract: Regenerating muscle fibers emerge from quiescent satellite cells, which differentiate into mature multinuclear myofibers upon activation. It has recently been found that ATOH8, a bHLH transcription factor, is regulated during myogenic differentiation. In this study, expression and localization of ATOH8, the other well-described regeneration markers, vimentin, nestin and neonatal myosin, and the satellite cell marker Pax7 were analyzed on protein level in human myopathy samples by immunofluorescence studies. On mRNA level, expression levels of ATOH8 and vimentin were studied by quantitative real-time PCR. ATOH8 is expressed in activated satellite cells and proliferating myoblasts of human skeletal muscle tissue. Quantitative analyses of ATOH8+, Pax7+, vimentin+, nestin+ and neonatal myosin+ muscle fibers showed the highest amount of regenerating muscle fibers in inflammatory myopathies, followed by muscular dystrophy. The relative co-expression of ATOH8 with the above-mentioned markers did not vary among the disorders. These results show that the novel regeneration marker ATOH8 contributes to muscle cell differentiation in healthy and diseased human muscle tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Heimer-Institute at the BG University-Hospital Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr University Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany, anne.guettsches@rub.de.
authors.forename: Anne-K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Güttsches
authors.forename: Ajeesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan-Renuka
authors.forename: Rudolf André
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kley
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tegenthoff
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brand-Saberi
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vorgerd
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D032448:Myoblasts, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D018979:Myositis, Inclusion Body / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D064231:Nestin / Q000378:metabolism; D051763:PAX7 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012038:Regeneration; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D032496:Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014746:Vimentin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D009218:Myosins; D064231:Nestin; D051763:PAX7 Transcription Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014746:Vimentin; C486727:ATOH8 protein, human; C577484:NES protein, human; C497321:PAX7 protein, human