Song Minjung, Lavasani Mitra, Thompson Seth D, Lu Aiping, Ahani Bahar, Huard Johnny
Stem Cell Res Ther. 2013 Mar 25;4(2):33. doi: 10.1186/scrt183.
Loss of adult stem cell function during aging contributes to impaired tissue regeneration. Here, we tested the aging-related decline in regeneration potential of adult stem cells residing in the skeletal muscle.
We isolated muscle-derived stem/progenitor cells (MDSPCs) from progeroid Zmpste24-deficient mice (Zmpste24(-/-)) with accelerated aging phenotypes to investigate whether mutation in lamin A has an adverse effect on muscle stem/progenitor cell function.
Our results indicate that MDSPCs isolated from Zmpste24(-/-) mice show reduced proliferation and myogenic differentiation. In addition, Zmpste24(-/-) MDSPCs showed impaired muscle regeneration, with a limited engraftment potential when transplanted into dystrophic muscle, compared with wild-type (WT) MDSPCs. Exposure of progeroid Zmpste24(-/-) MDSPCs to WT MDSPCs rescued the myogenic differentiation defect in vitro.
These results demonstrate that adult stem/progenitor cell dysfunction contributes to impairment of tissue regeneration and suggest that factors secreted by functional cells are indeed important for the therapeutic effect of adult stem cells.
衰老过程中成年干细胞功能的丧失会导致组织再生受损。在此,我们测试了骨骼肌中成年干细胞再生潜能与衰老相关的下降情况。
我们从具有加速衰老表型的早衰型Zmpste24基因缺陷小鼠(Zmpste24(-/-))中分离出肌肉来源的干细胞/祖细胞(MDSPCs),以研究核纤层蛋白A的突变是否对肌肉干细胞/祖细胞功能有不利影响。
我们的结果表明,从Zmpste24(-/-)小鼠中分离出的MDSPCs增殖和肌源性分化能力降低。此外,与野生型(WT)MDSPCs相比,Zmpste24(-/-) MDSPCs的肌肉再生受损,移植到营养不良肌肉中时植入潜能有限。将早衰型Zmpste24(-/-) MDSPCs与WT MDSPCs共同培养可在体外挽救其肌源性分化缺陷。
这些结果表明成年干细胞/祖细胞功能障碍会导致组织再生受损,并提示功能细胞分泌的因子确实对成年干细胞的治疗效果很重要。