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Age-Related Changes in the Matrisome of the Mouse Skeletal Muscle

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910564

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aging; extracellular matrix; proteomics; ultrastructure; immunohistochemistry; sarcopenia

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  1. FAR_DIP 2020 [E42F20000190001]
  2. Departmental funding (FUR)

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This study characterized the matrisome in the aging skeletal muscle for the first time, demonstrating significant statistical differences in several matrisome proteins between aged and adult muscle. The findings provide new insights into the mechanisms regulating myocellular behavior in aging and their contribution to age-related muscle dysfunction.
Aging is characterized by a progressive decline of skeletal muscle (SM) mass and strength which may lead to sarcopenia in older persons. To date, a limited number of studies have been performed in the old SM looking at the whole, complex network of the extracellular matrix (i.e., matrisome) and its aging-associated changes. In this study, skeletal muscle proteins were isolated from whole gastrocnemius muscles of adult (12 mo.) and old (24 mo.) mice using three sequential extractions, each one analyzed by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Muscle sections were investigated using fluorescence- and transmission electron microscopy. This study provided the first characterization of the matrisome in the old SM demonstrating several statistically significantly increased matrisome proteins in the old vs. adult SM. Several proteomic findings were confirmed and expanded by morphological data. The current findings shed new light on the mutually cooperative interplay between cells and the extracellular environment in the aging SM. These data open the door for a better understanding of the mechanisms modulating myocellular behavior in aging (e.g., by altering mechano-sensing stimuli as well as signaling pathways) and their contribution to age-dependent muscle dysfunction.

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