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A Zebrafish Embryo Culture System Defines Factors that Promote Vertebrate Myogenesis across Species

Authors
Xu, C., Tabebordbar, M., Iovino, S., Ciarlo, C., Liu, J., Castiglioni, A., Price, E., Liu, M., Barton, E.R., Kahn, C.R., Wagers, A.J., and Zon, L.I.
ID
ZDB-PUB-131218-7
Date
2013
Source
Cell   155(4): 909-921 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Liu, Jing-xia, Zon, Leonard I.
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none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Colforsin/pharmacology
  • Culture Techniques
  • Cyclic AMP/metabolism
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical*
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism
  • Mice
  • Muscle Development/drug effects*
  • Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
  • Muscle, Skeletal/physiology
  • Muscular Dystrophies/therapy
  • Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle/metabolism
  • Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
PubMed
24209627 Full text @ Cell
Abstract

Ex vivo expansion of satellite cells and directed differentiation of pluripotent cells to mature skeletal muscle have proved difficult challenges for regenerative biology. Using a zebrafish embryo culture system with reporters of early and late skeletal muscle differentiation, we examined the influence of 2,400 chemicals on myogenesis and identified six that expanded muscle progenitors, including three GSK3β inhibitors, two calpain inhibitors, and one adenylyl cyclase activator, forskolin. Forskolin also enhanced proliferation of mouse satellite cells in culture and maintained their ability to engraft muscle in vivo. A combination of bFGF, forskolin, and the GSK3β inhibitor BIO induced skeletal muscle differentiation in human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and produced engraftable myogenic progenitors that contributed to muscle repair in vivo. In summary, these studies reveal functionally conserved pathways regulating myogenesis across species and identify chemical compounds that expand mouse satellite cells and differentiate human iPSCs into engraftable muscle.

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