Yamamoto Yutaro, Yamamoto Masahito, Hirouchi Hidetomo, Taniguchi Shuichiro, Watanabe Genji, Matsunaga Satoru, Abe Shinichi
Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan.
Anat Sci Int. 2024 Jan;99(1):138-145. doi: 10.1007/s12565-023-00748-0. Epub 2023 Nov 21.
Recently, it has become clear that peri-muscular tissues play a significant role in the deterioration of muscle function. Understanding the function and regeneration of muscle, as well as its surrounding tissues, is crucial to determining the causes of muscular illnesses. However, the regeneration process of the myotendinous junction (MTJ), the most closely related peri-muscular tissue, is still unknown. Therefore, we generated a mouse model of MTJ injury by collagenase injection and searched for the process of regeneration of the MTJ and its adjacent regions. The MTJ region was damaged by collagenase injection, which greatly increased the tendon cross sectional area. Collagenase injections increased the proportion of myofibers with a central nucleus, which is a characteristic of regenerating muscle. The collagenase injection group had myofibers with central nuclei and expressing MTJ markers. Additionally, we measured the length of MTJs using serial cross sections of the soleus muscle and discovered that MTJs at 2 weeks after collagenase injection were shorter compared to the control group, with a propensity to progressively recover their length over time. The results showed that MTJs undergo morphological regeneration even when severely damaged, and that this regeneration occurs in conjunction with muscle regeneration. We anticipate that these findings will be valuable in upcoming research on motor unit regeneration.
最近,越来越清楚的是,肌周组织在肌肉功能恶化中起重要作用。了解肌肉及其周围组织的功能和再生对于确定肌肉疾病的病因至关重要。然而,与肌肉关系最密切的肌周组织——肌腱连接点(MTJ)的再生过程仍然未知。因此,我们通过注射胶原酶建立了MTJ损伤的小鼠模型,并探寻MTJ及其相邻区域的再生过程。注射胶原酶会损伤MTJ区域,这大大增加了肌腱的横截面积。注射胶原酶增加了具有中央核的肌纤维比例,这是再生肌肉的一个特征。胶原酶注射组有具有中央核并表达MTJ标志物的肌纤维。此外,我们使用比目鱼肌的连续横切片测量了MTJ的长度,发现胶原酶注射后2周时的MTJ比对照组短,且有随时间逐渐恢复其长度的趋势。结果表明,即使受到严重损伤,MTJ也会发生形态学再生,并且这种再生与肌肉再生同时发生。我们预计这些发现将对即将开展的运动单位再生研究有价值。
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