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Isolation, Culture, Characterization, and Differentiation of Human Muscle Progenitor Cells from the Skeletal Muscle Biopsy Procedure
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2019
We present techniques for isolating, culturing, characterizing, and differentiating human primary muscle progenitor cells (hMPCs) obtained from skeletal muscle biopsy tissue. hMPCs obtained and characterized through these methods can be used to subsequently address research questions related to human myogenesis and skeletal muscle regeneration.
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Isolation and Differentiation of Stromal Vascular Cells to Beige/Brite Cells
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2013
Primary white preadipocytes isolated from white adipose tissues in mice can be differentiated into beige/brite cells. Presented here is a reliable cellular model system to study the molecular regulation of "browning" of white fat.
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Fluorescence-based Measurement of Store-operated Calcium Entry in Live Cells: from Cultured Cancer Cell to Skeletal Muscle Fiber
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2012
The extent of store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) can be monitored using fluorescent Ca2+ indicators. Mn2+ quenching of such indicators assays SOCE in cultured cells and skeletal muscle fibers. A technique allowing spatial and temporal resolution of SOCE by confocal imaging of mechanically skinned muscle fibers is also described.
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Embryonic Stem Cell Culture and Differentiation
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2023
Culturing embryonic stem (ES) cells requires conditions that maintain these cells in an undifferentiated state to preserve their capacity for self-renewal and pluripotency. Stem cell biologists are continuously optimizing methods to improve the efficiency of ES cell culture, and are simultaneously trying to direct the differentiation of ES cells into specific cell types that could be used in regenerative medicine. This video describes the basic principles of ES cell culture, and demonstrates a...
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Isolation of Intact Mitochondria from Skeletal Muscle by Differential Centrifugation for High-resolution Respirometry Measurements
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2017
Here, a quadriceps muscle specimen is taken from an anaesthetized pig and mitochondria are isolated by differential centrifugation. Then, the respiratory rates of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I, II and IV are determined using high-resolution respirometry.
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MyoD and myogenin act as regulatory proteins that help shift precursor cells toward a muscle-specific program. Their activity is associated with withdrawal from the cell cycle and progression toward organized muscle structures. Examining these regulators helps biologists connect changes in gene regulation with the acquisition of specialized muscle properties during development and regeneration.
Cell-cycle exit separates continued precursor-cell multiplication from the structural changes required for muscle formation. Once myoblasts stop dividing, they can align with neighboring cells and participate in fusion into myotubes. This coordination links control of cell proliferation with tissue organization, making it important for understanding how developing muscle progresses from precursor populations to mature fibers.
Altered regulation of muscle-forming genes can interfere with the coordinated progression from precursor cells to specialized fibers. Because muscle differentiation contributes to development, growth, repair, and regeneration, regulatory disruption may affect more than one stage of muscle biology. Studying these changes provides a framework for investigating how abnormal gene control contributes to muscular disorders.
Experimental models can reproduce or examine stages of muscle development and provide systems for studying growth, repair, and regeneration. They also allow investigators to explore how precursor cells respond during specialization and how regulatory changes influence outcomes. These models connect cellular mechanisms with broader questions about tissue formation and muscle-related disease.
In stem-cell research, differentiation models help examine whether precursor cells can be directed toward a muscle-related fate. In tissue engineering, they provide a way to study the formation and maturation of muscle-like structures. These applications are relevant to efforts that seek to understand, model, or eventually support the restoration of damaged muscle tissue.
Muscle differentiation models provide organized biological systems in which researchers can investigate responses to candidate treatments. They can also help evaluate ideas for regenerative therapies by linking cellular specialization with muscle repair and regeneration. The resulting observations may clarify whether a treatment influences developmental programs, tissue recovery, or processes associated with muscular disorders.