G-CSF supports long-term muscle regeneration in mouse models of muscular dystrophy

Nozomi Hayashiji, Shinsuke Yuasa, Yuko Miyagoe-Suzuki, Mie Hara, Naoki Ito, Hisayuki Hashimoto, Dai Kusumoto, Tomohisa Seki, Shugo Tohyama, Masaki Kodaira, Akira Kunitomi, Shin Kashimura, Makoto Takei, Yuki Saito, Shinichiro Okata, Toru Egashira, Jin Endo, Toshikuni Sasaoka, Shin'ichi Takeda, Keiichi Fukuda

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Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a chronic and life-threatening disease that is initially supported by muscle regeneration but eventually shows satellite cell exhaustion and muscular dysfunction. The life-long maintenance of skeletal muscle homoeostasis requires the satellite stem cell pool to be preserved. Asymmetric cell division plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of the satellite cell pool. Here we show that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (G-CSFR) is asymmetrically expressed in activated satellite cells. G-CSF positively affects the satellite cell population during multiple stages of differentiation in ex vivo cultured fibres. G-CSF could be important in developing an effective therapy for DMD based on its potential to modulate the supply of multiple stages of regenerated myocytes. This study shows that the G-CSF-G-CSFR axis is fundamentally important for long-term muscle regeneration, functional maintenance and lifespan extension in mouse models of DMD with varying severities.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6745
JournalNature communications
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13-04-2015
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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