Division of Special Needs Dentistry and Orofacial Pain, Department of Oral Health and Clinical Science, Tokyo Dental College, 2-9-18 Kandamisaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061, Japan.
Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Dental College, 2-9-18 Kandamisaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061, Japan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Apr 2;24(7):6634. doi: 10.3390/ijms24076634.
Myostatin (Myo) is known to suppress skeletal muscle growth, and was recently reported to control tendon homeostasis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the regulatory involvement of Myo in the myotendinous junction (MTJ) in vivo and in vitro. After Achilles tendon injury in mice, we identified unexpected cell accumulation on the tendon side of the MTJ. At postoperative day 7 (POD7), the nuclei had an egg-like profile, whereas at POD28 they were spindle-shaped. The aspect ratio of nuclei on the tendon side of the MTJ differed significantly between POD7 and POD28 ( = 4.67 × 10). We then investigated Myo expression in the injured Achilles tendon. At the MTJ, Myo expression was significantly increased at POD28 relative to POD7 ( = 0.0309). To investigate the action of Myo in vitro, we then prepared laminated sheets of myoblasts (C2C12) and fibroblasts (NIH3T3) (a pseudo MTJ model). Myo did not affect the expression of Pax7 and desmin (markers of muscle development), scleraxis and temonodulin (markers of tendon development), or Sox9 (a common marker of muscle and tendon development) in the cell sheets. However, Myo changed the nuclear morphology of scleraxis-positive cells arrayed at the boundary between the myoblast sheet and the fibroblast sheet (aspect ratio of the cell nuclei, myostatin(+) vs. myostatin(-): = 0.000134). Myo may strengthen the connection at the MTJ in the initial stages of growth and wound healing.
肌肉生长抑制素(Myo)已知可抑制骨骼肌生长,最近有报道称其可控制肌腱稳态。本研究的目的是研究 Myo 在体内和体外对肌肌腱结合处(MTJ)的调节作用。在小鼠跟腱损伤后,我们在 MTJ 的肌腱侧发现了意想不到的细胞堆积。在术后第 7 天(POD7),细胞核呈卵形,而在 POD28 时呈梭形。MTJ 肌腱侧的细胞核的纵横比在 POD7 和 POD28 之间有显著差异(=4.67×10)。然后,我们研究了受伤跟腱中 Myo 的表达。在 MTJ 处,与 POD7 相比,Myo 在 POD28 的表达显著增加(=0.0309)。为了研究 Myo 在体外的作用,我们制备了肌母细胞(C2C12)和纤维母细胞(NIH3T3)的层状薄片(伪 MTJ 模型)。Myo 不影响细胞层中 Pax7 和结蛋白(肌肉发育标志物)、Scleraxis 和 Tenomodulin(肌腱发育标志物)或 Sox9(肌肉和肌腱发育的共同标志物)的表达。然而,Myo 改变了排列在肌母细胞层和纤维母细胞层边界处的 Scleraxis 阳性细胞的核形态(细胞核纵横比,Myostatin(+) vs. Myostatin(-):=0.000134)。Myo 可能在生长和伤口愈合的初始阶段加强 MTJ 处的连接。