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
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.112311 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Tardif, Derek. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Division of Experimental Medicine.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 002701334, proquestno: AAIMR51348, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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