Traditional meat production has major sustainability and ethical concerns. Cultivated meat helps to address these concerns by reducing the need for mass animal farming. Muscle progenitor cells (MPCs) harvested from skeletal muscle are a promising cell source for cultivated meat. While various protocols have been developed for MPC isolation, which protocol is best suited for the cultivated meat industry requires further investigation. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to optimize the MPC isolation technique to produce a pure myogenic cell population and provide the cultivated meat industry with standardized procedures for production. For these proof-of-concept experiments, skeletal muscles harvested from the hindlimb muscles of mice were used. Cells were isolated from the harvested muscle then subjected to one of three protocols for MPC enrichment: pre-plating, ice-cold treatment (ICT), or fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS). The pre-plating and ICT protocols resulted in impure cell populations with few MPCs after one week in culture. Therefore, FACS using two cell-surface markers, NCAM and CD34, was employed as a more specific method for MPC sorting. CD34+NCAM1- cells grew quickly, however, unwanted cell types remained following FACS. In contrast, CD34+NCAM1+ cells had a consistent small, rounded shape and slow proliferation rate. These cells remained viable in culture for several months and had high Pax7 expression, indicating they were a pure population of myogenic cells. CD34+NCAM1+ cells maintained their capacity to differentiate after culturing for an extended period, demonstrating their potential use for cultivated meat production. The results of this study provide a better understanding of the differences between previously published MPC isolation techniques. Future studies will investigate the potential for CD34+NCAM1+ cells to be grown on a larger scale. These experiments provide insight into MPC populations that may exist in livestock species and will help to streamline the early stages of cultivated meat production. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc) / Traditional meat production is associated with numerous challenges including animal welfare concerns, human health concerns, and harmful environmental consequences. The global population is predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, emphasizing the importance of alternative food sources to meet the increased food demand. Cultivated meat is a promising new protein source, with the intended purpose of providing a sustainable food source with reduced ethical concerns compared to conventional meat. While there are several challenges to overcome throughout the production process, a major consideration in the early stages of cultivated meat production is cell sourcing. Muscle cells harvested from a tissue biopsy are one proposed starting cell source which has the potential to make up most of the tissue in cultivated meat products. This thesis aimed to improve upon previously published protocols used for muscle cell isolation and provide an optimized cell population for use in cultivated meat production. The cell sorting protocol described in this thesis provides a highly efficient technique for muscle cell purification and long-term growth. The resulting cell population has many characteristics that are pertinent to cultivated meat and may advance the early stages of production.

Efficient muscle regeneration is essential in mammals in order to overcome daily stress such as wounds, exercise and pathologic processes. This regeneration relies on muscle stem cells, the satellite cells. After a lesion, satellite cells are activated, proliferate and differentiate in fonctionnal muscle fibers. Our laboratory has previously shown that the transcription factor GATA-6 is expressed in the satellite cells. The present thesis confirms the expression of this factor in this cell type. Also, it seems that GATA-6 could be implicated in the maintaining of quiescence of these cells. The GATA-6 heterozygous mouse muscle is characterized by an increase level of Myf5 and Pax7+ cells. Moreover, suppression of one copy of the GATA-6 gene in a muscular dystrophy model mouse, the mdx mice, alleviates its phenotype. Further experiments on a muscle-specific GATA-6 null mouse will allow a better understanding of the role of GATA-6 in muscle regeneration. / Keywords. GATA-6, muscle regeneration, mdx, satellite cells

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 18, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

Skeletal satellite cells are adult stem cells located among muscle fibers. Proliferation, migration and subsequent differentiation of these cells are critical steps in the repair of muscle injury. We document in this study the roles and mechanisms through which the NAPDH oxidase complex regulates skeletal satellite cell proliferation. The NADPH oxidase subunits Nox2, Nox4, p22phox, p47phox and p67 phox were detected in primary human and murine skeletal muscle satellite cells. In human satellite cells, NADPH oxidase-fusion proteins were localized in the cytosolic and membrane compartments of the cell, except for p47 phox, which was detected in the nucleus. In proliferating subconfluent satellite cells, both Nox2 and Nox4 contributed to O2- production. However, Nox4 expression was significantly attenuated in confluent cells and in differentiated myotubes. Proliferation of satellite cells was significantly reduced by antioxidants (N-acetylcysteine and apocynin), inhibition of p22phox expression using siRNA oligonucleotides, and reduction of Nox4 and p47phox activities with dominant-negative vectors resulted in attenuation of activities of the Erk1/2, PI-3 kinase/AKT and NFkappaB pathways and significant reduction in cyclin D1 levels. We conclude that NADPH oxidase is expressed in skeletal satellite cells and that its activity plays an important role in promoting proliferation of these cells.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2006. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

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La thérapie cellulaire représente une alternative intéressante aux approchespharmacologiques dans le cadre de certaines pathologies comme les dystrophiesneuromusculaires ou l’ischémie du myocarde. La transplantation de précurseurs adultes deces tissus peut améliorer ces pathologies. Toutefois, le faible nombre de ces précurseursdans l’organisme et la difficulté de leur culture et expansion in vitro sont des facteurslimitants. Grâce à leurs propriétés spécifiques, les cellules souches embryonnaires (ES)constituent une source alternative pour la thérapie cellulaire. Cependant, leur efficacité dedifférenciation dans un lignage donné doit être finement contrôlée avant de pouvoir lesutiliser avec succès.Afin de mieux connaître le potentiel thérapeutique des cellules dérivées de cellulesES, il est essentiel de caractériser les mécanismes moléculaires qui engagent les cellules ESvers différents lignages. Nous nous sommes plus particulièrement intéressés à la voie designalisation p38MAPK, qui est largement impliquée dans la différenciation cellulaire et lasurvie cellulaire. Nous avons plus précisement étudié l’implication de p38MAPK au coursdes différenciations endothéliale, du muscle lisse et du muscle squelettique.Nous avons mis en évidence que les cellules ES p38!-/- ne se différencient plus encellules endothéliales, en cellules du muscle lisse et en cellules du muscle squelettique. Laré-expression de p38MAPK dans ces cellules restaure partiellement les différenciationsdérivées du mésoderme (les différenciations endothéliale, du muscle lisse,cardiomyocytaire et de muscle squelettique). Parallèlement grâce à une inhibitionspécifique de la voie p38MAPK au cours de la différenciation des cellules ES, nous avonsmontré que la voie p38MAPK agit via deux mécanismes moléculaires distincts successifspour réguler la différenciation mésodermique des cellules ES. Le premier mécanisme estcorrèlé à l’expression de Brachyury, un marqueur précoce du mésoderme, alors que lesecond mécanisme est indépendant de Brachyury.Nous avons ensuite poursuivi l’étude de l’implication de p38MAPK dans lamyogénèse des cellules ES et nous avons pu mettre en évidence que p38MAPK estnécessaire à la fois pour l’engagement précoce et la différenciation terminale des cellulesmusculaires.En combinant des approches biochimiques et génétiques, nous avons démontré que lavoie de signalisation p38MAPK est nécessaire très précocement à la différenciation deslignages issus du mésoderme.Ces résultats permettent une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes moléculairesimpliqués dans la différenciation des cellules ES, ce qui constitue une étape préalable ausuccés de futures thérapies cellulaires. / Embryonic stem (ES) cells give rise, in vivo, to all of the three germ layers and, invitro, to differentiate into a broad variety of cell lineages which opens up largeperspectives in regenerative medicine. We previously found that the p38MAPKpathway controls the commitment of ES cells toward either cardiomyogenesis (p38on) or neurogenesis (p38 off ). In this study, we show that p38a knock-out ES cellsdo not differentiate into cardiac, endothelial, smooth muscle, and skeletal musclelineages. Reexpression of p38MAPK in these cells partially rescues theirmesodermal differentiation defects and corrects the high level of spontaneousneurogenesis of knock-out cells. Wild-type ES cells were treated with a p38MAPKspecificinhibitor during the differentiation process. These experiments allowed us toidentify 2 early independent successive p38MAPK functions in the formation ofmesodermal lineages. Further, the first one correlates with the regulation of theexpression of Brachyury, an essential mesodermal-specific transcription factor, byp38MAPK. Moreover, we also showed that p38MAPK is required for the late stageskeletal muscle differentiation. In conclusion, by genetic and biochemicalapproaches, we demonstrate that p38MAPK activity is essential for the commitmentof ES cell into cardiac, endothelial, smooth muscle, and skeletal muscle mesodermallineages.

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar se a terapia por ultrassom influencia o processo de reparação em ratos submetidos à laceração muscular. A amostra foi composta por 61 ratos Wistar, aleatoriamente distribuídos em 9 grupos: controle, 4LMST (lesão muscular / eutanásia no 4º dia pós-operatório), 7LMST (lesão muscular / eutanásia no 7º dia pós-operatório), 4US2 (lesão muscular / 2 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 4º dia), 7US2 (lesão muscular / 2 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 7º dia), 4US4 (lesão muscular / 4 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 4º dia), 7US4 (lesão muscular / 4 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 7º dia), 4US6 (lesão muscular / 6 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 4º dia) e 7US6 (lesão muscular / 6 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 7º dia). Todos os animais dos grupos 4US2, 7US2, 4US4, 7US4, 4US6 e 7US6 foram irradiados com ultrassom terapêutico de frequência igual a 1 MHz, frequência de repetição de pulso de 100 Hz, pulsos com duração de 2 ms (ciclo de trabalho de 20%), irradiância de 0,5 W/cm2. A emissão das ondas ultrassonoras ocorreu de forma pulsada. A taxa de não uniformidade do feixe (BNR) foi menor que 6,0 e a área de radiação efetiva (ERA) foi de 0,5 cm2. A lesão foi realizada por procedimento operatório, de forma a gerar-se uma secção transversal de 1 cm de comprimento e 3 mm de profundidade no músculo gastrocnêmio dos ratos, a partir de 2,5 cm do osso calcâneo. Foram feitas análises de birrefringência e picrosirius. Os animais do grupo 4US4 apresentaram retardo óptico menor que os demais animais sacrificados no 4º dia pós-operatório. Os animais dos grupos 7US4 e 7US6 apresentaram percentual de colágeno total maior que os demais animais lesionados e tratados e o mesmo percentual do apresentado pelo grupo controle. Assim, concluiu-se que a terapia por ultrassom, com tempo de irradiação de 4 e 6 minutos por sessão, aumenta o percentual de colágeno total intramuscular, no local da lesão, quando mantida por, pelo menos 7 dias e diminui o retardo óptico do colágeno situado no local da lesão, no início do processo de reparação tecidual (até o 4º dia pós-operatório), se irradiado por 4 minutos por sessão / The aim of this study was to analyze the ultrasonic therapy effect on repair process in rats under muscular injury. The sample included 61 Wistar rats, randomly distributed in 9 groups: control, 4LMST (muscular injury / euthanasia in 4th postoperative day), 7LMST (muscular injury / euthanasia in 7th postoperative day), 4US2 (muscular injury / 2 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 4th day), 7US2 (muscular injury / 2 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 7th), 4US4 (muscular injury / 4 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 4th day), 7US4 (muscular injury / 4 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 7th day), 4US6 (muscular injury / 6 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 4th day), 7US6 (muscular injury / 6 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 7th day). All animals from the 4US2, 7US2, 4US4, 7US4, 4US6 and 7US6 groups were irradiated with the same 1 MHz ultrasonic therapeutic frequency, 100Hz pulse repetition frequency, 2 ms pulse duration, 0,5 W/cm2 intensity. The ultrasonic waves emission occurred as pulsed. The beam nonuniformity rate (NBR) was less than 6.0 and the effective radiation area (ERA) was 0,5 cm2. The injury was performed through an operative procedure in order to produce a transverse section of 1 cm length and 3 mm deep in rat gastrocnemius muscles, from 2.5 cm of the calcaneus bone. It was realized birefringence and picrosirius analysis. The animals from the group 4US4 showed an optical delay lower than the 4th postoperative euthanasia animals. The animals from the groups 7US4 and 7US6 showed a total collagen percentual higher than the other injured and treated animals and the same percentual of control animals. Therefore, we concluded the ultrasonic therapy, with irradiation times of 4 and 6 minutes per session, increases the total intramuscular collagen, lesion limited, since a 7-day ultrasonic therapy is followed, which is able to diminish collagen optical delay in the lesion, in early tissue repair process (until 4th postoperative day), if irradiated for 4 minutes per session

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar se a terapia por ultrassom influencia o processo de reparação em ratos submetidos à laceração muscular. A amostra foi composta por 61 ratos Wistar, aleatoriamente distribuídos em 9 grupos: controle, 4LMST (lesão muscular / eutanásia no 4º dia pós-operatório), 7LMST (lesão muscular / eutanásia no 7º dia pós-operatório), 4US2 (lesão muscular / 2 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 4º dia), 7US2 (lesão muscular / 2 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 7º dia), 4US4 (lesão muscular / 4 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 4º dia), 7US4 (lesão muscular / 4 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 7º dia), 4US6 (lesão muscular / 6 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 4º dia) e 7US6 (lesão muscular / 6 minutos de irradiação ultrassonora por dia / eutanásia no 7º dia). Todos os animais dos grupos 4US2, 7US2, 4US4, 7US4, 4US6 e 7US6 foram irradiados com ultrassom terapêutico de frequência igual a 1 MHz, frequência de repetição de pulso de 100 Hz, pulsos com duração de 2 ms (ciclo de trabalho de 20%), irradiância de 0,5 W/cm2. A emissão das ondas ultrassonoras ocorreu de forma pulsada. A taxa de não uniformidade do feixe (BNR) foi menor que 6,0 e a área de radiação efetiva (ERA) foi de 0,5 cm2. A lesão foi realizada por procedimento operatório, de forma a gerar-se uma secção transversal de 1 cm de comprimento e 3 mm de profundidade no músculo gastrocnêmio dos ratos, a partir de 2,5 cm do osso calcâneo. Foram feitas análises de birrefringência e picrosirius. Os animais do grupo 4US4 apresentaram retardo óptico menor que os demais animais sacrificados no 4º dia pós-operatório. Os animais dos grupos 7US4 e 7US6 apresentaram percentual de colágeno total maior que os demais animais lesionados e tratados e o mesmo percentual do apresentado pelo grupo controle. Assim, concluiu-se que a terapia por ultrassom, com tempo de irradiação de 4 e 6 minutos por sessão, aumenta o percentual de colágeno total intramuscular, no local da lesão, quando mantida por, pelo menos 7 dias e diminui o retardo óptico do colágeno situado no local da lesão, no início do processo de reparação tecidual (até o 4º dia pós-operatório), se irradiado por 4 minutos por sessão / The aim of this study was to analyze the ultrasonic therapy effect on repair process in rats under muscular injury. The sample included 61 Wistar rats, randomly distributed in 9 groups: control, 4LMST (muscular injury / euthanasia in 4th postoperative day), 7LMST (muscular injury / euthanasia in 7th postoperative day), 4US2 (muscular injury / 2 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 4th day), 7US2 (muscular injury / 2 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 7th), 4US4 (muscular injury / 4 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 4th day), 7US4 (muscular injury / 4 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 7th day), 4US6 (muscular injury / 6 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 4th day), 7US6 (muscular injury / 6 minutes ultrasonic therapy per day / euthanasia in 7th day). All animals from the 4US2, 7US2, 4US4, 7US4, 4US6 and 7US6 groups were irradiated with the same 1 MHz ultrasonic therapeutic frequency, 100Hz pulse repetition frequency, 2 ms pulse duration, 0,5 W/cm2 intensity. The ultrasonic waves emission occurred as pulsed. The beam nonuniformity rate (NBR) was less than 6.0 and the effective radiation area (ERA) was 0,5 cm2. The injury was performed through an operative procedure in order to produce a transverse section of 1 cm length and 3 mm deep in rat gastrocnemius muscles, from 2.5 cm of the calcaneus bone. It was realized birefringence and picrosirius analysis. The animals from the group 4US4 showed an optical delay lower than the 4th postoperative euthanasia animals. The animals from the groups 7US4 and 7US6 showed a total collagen percentual higher than the other injured and treated animals and the same percentual of control animals. Therefore, we concluded the ultrasonic therapy, with irradiation times of 4 and 6 minutes per session, increases the total intramuscular collagen, lesion limited, since a 7-day ultrasonic therapy is followed, which is able to diminish collagen optical delay in the lesion, in early tissue repair process (until 4th postoperative day), if irradiated for 4 minutes per session