Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 19, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19072044
Keywords
Skeletal muscle; regeneration; myogenesis; adipogenesis; muscle stem cells; satellite cells; inflammation; PPARg
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- Etat de Vaud
- FNRS
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Skeletal muscle is a regenerative tissue which can repair damaged myofibers through the activation of tissue-resident muscle stem cells (MuSCs). Many muscle diseases with impaired regeneration cause excessive adipose tissue accumulation in muscle, alter the myogenic fate of MuSCs, and deregulate the cross-talk between MuSCs and fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs), a bi-potent cell population which supports myogenesis and controls intra-muscular fibrosis and adipocyte formation. In order to better characterize the interaction between adipogenesis and myogenesis, we studied muscle regeneration and MuSC function in whole body Pparg null mice generated by epiblast-specific Cre/lox deletion (Pparg(Delta/Delta)). We demonstrate that deletion of PPAR gamma completely abolishes ectopic muscle adipogenesis during regeneration and impairs MuSC expansion and myogenesis after injury. Ex vivo assays revealed that perturbed myogenesis in Pparg(Delta/Delta) mice does not primarily result from intrinsic defects of MuSCs or from perturbed myogenic support from FAPs. The immune transition from a pro-to anti-inflammatory MuSC niche during regeneration is perturbed in Pparg(Delta/Delta) mice and suggests that PPAR gamma signaling in macrophages can interact with ectopic adipogenesis and influence muscle regeneration. Altogether, our study demonstrates that a PPAR gamma-dependent adipogenic response regulates muscle fat infiltration during regeneration and that PPAR gamma is required for MuSC function and efficient muscle repair.
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