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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 222, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202211073
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Okafor et al. conducted single-cell chromatin accessibility analysis and identified Betaglycan protein as a marker of self-renewing muscle satellite cells. They also revealed the features and mechanisms of self-renewing MuSCs, while providing a key resource for comprehensive analysis of muscle regeneration.
Okafor et al. conducted single-cell chromatin accessibility analysis. They identified Betaglycan protein as a marker of self-renewing muscle satellite cells that can be purified and efficiently contribute to muscle regeneration after transplantation. Mechanistically, SMAD4 is genetically required for self-renewal in vivo by restricting differentiation. A balance between self-renewal and differentiation is critical for the regenerative capacity of tissue-resident stem cells. In skeletal muscle, successful regeneration requires the orchestrated activation, proliferation, and differentiation of muscle satellite cells (MuSCs) that are normally quiescent. A subset of MuSCs undergoes self-renewal to replenish the stem cell pool, but the features that identify and define self-renewing MuSCs remain to be elucidated. Here, through single-cell chromatin accessibility analysis, we reveal the self-renewal versus differentiation trajectories of MuSCs over the course of regeneration in vivo. We identify Betaglycan as a unique marker of self-renewing MuSCs that can be purified and efficiently contributes to regeneration after transplantation. We also show that SMAD4 and downstream genes are genetically required for self-renewal in vivo by restricting differentiation. Our study unveils the identity and mechanisms of self-renewing MuSCs, while providing a key resource for comprehensive analysis of muscle regeneration.
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