Muscle Satellite Cells and Endothelial Cells: Close Neighbors and Privileged Partners
Inserm · Université Paris-Est Créteil · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Genetically engineered mice (Myf5nLacZ/+, Myf5GFP-P/+) allowing direct muscle satellite cell (SC) visualization indicate that, in addition to being located beneath myofiber basal laminae, SCs are strikingly close to capillaries. After GFP(+) bone marrow transplantation, blood-borne cells occupying SC niches previously depleted by irradiation were similarly detected near vessels, thereby corroborating the anatomical stability of juxtavascular SC niches. Bromodeoxyuridine pulse-chase experiments also localize quiescent and less quiescent SCs near vessels. SCs, and to a lesser extent myonuclei, were nonrandomly associated with capillaries in humans. Significantly, they were correlated with capillarization of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 9.28
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 74
Authors
11- CCChristo ChristovCorresponding
Inserm, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
- FCFabrice Chrétien
Inserm, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
- RARana Abou-Khalil
Inserm, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
- GBGuillaume Bassez
Inserm, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
- GVGrégoire Vallet
Inserm, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Myogenesis
- Myocyte
- Cell biology
- Bromodeoxyuridine
- Anatomy
- Immunology
- Immunohistochemistry