期刊
EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
卷 41, 期 9, 页码 828-836出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.06.053
关键词
satellite cells; apoptosis; aging; bcl-2; caspases; in situ nick-end labeling
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [T32 GM008616] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS34380] Funding Source: Medline
The mechanisms causing the impaired regenerative response to injury observed in skeletal muscle of old animals are unknown. Satellite cells, stem cell descendants within adult skeletal muscle, are the primary source of regenerating muscle fibers. Apoptosis may be a mechanism responsible for the depletion of satellite cells in old animals. This work tested the hypothesis that aging increases the susceptibility of satellite cells to apoptosis. Satellite cells were cultured from the extensor digitorum longus muscles of young (3-month-old), adult (9-month-old), and old (31-month-old) Brown Norway rats. Satellite cells were treated for 24 h with the pro-apoptotic agents TNF-alpha (20 ng/mL) and Actinomycin D (250 ng/mL). Immunostaining for activated caspases and terminal deoxynucleotydil transferase-mediated dutp nick-end labeling (TUNEL) was performed to identify apoptotic satellite cells. Quantity of the anti-apoptotic protein bcl-2 was determined by Western blot analysis. Satellite cells from old animals demonstrated significantly higher percentages of cells with activated caspases and TUNEL-positive cells, and significantly lower amounts of bcl-2 compared to young and adult animals. These data support the hypothesis that aging increases satellite cell susceptibility to apoptosis. In old muscle, apoptosis may play a causative role in the depletion of satellite cells, impairing the regenerative response to injury. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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