Muscle Cell News Volume 6.39 | Nov 15 2021

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    2021-11-15 | MUSCN 6.39


    Muscle Cell News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 6.39 – 15 November, 2021
    TOP STORY

    Hif-1a Suppresses ROS-Induced Proliferation of Cardiac Fibroblasts Following Myocardial Infarction

    Investigators reported that cardiac fibroblasts and mesenchymal progenitors were more hypoxic than other cardiac interstitial populations, expressed more hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α), and exhibited increased glycolytic metabolism.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Conventional Rigid 2D Substrates Cause Complex Contractile Signals in Monolayers of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes

    Spatiotemporal features of contraction were analyzed in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes monolayers attached to glass or plastic, detached, and attached to a flexible collagen hydrogel.
    [Journal of Physiology]

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    Subcellular Localization of Connexin 26 in Cardiomyocytes and in Cardiomyocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles

    Scientists obtained data on the localization of Connexin 26 at the subcellular level. Transmission electron microscopy immunogold analyses were performed on rat heart ventricles and differentiated H9c2 cardiac cell sections as well as on differentiated H9c2 derived extracellular vesicles.
    [Molecules]

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    Integrated Genomic and Proteomic Analyses Identify Stimulus-Dependent Molecular Changes Associated with Distinct Modes of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

    Investigators identified proteins that were distinctly modulated by different types of atrophy, such as the myokine CCN1/Cyr61, which regulated myofiber type switching during sarcopenia
    [Cell Reports]

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    Modeling the ACVR1R206H Mutation in Human Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells

    Researchers used fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a disease of progressive heterotopic ossification caused by activin receptor type-1 (ACVR1R206H) receptor mutation, to elucidate how ACVR1 affected skeletal muscle repair.
    [eLife]

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    Large-Scale Integration of Single-Cell Transcriptomic Data Captures Transitional Progenitor States in Mouse Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

    Scientists created a single-cell transcriptomic dataset of mouse skeletal muscle by integration, consensus annotation, and analysis of 23 newly collected single cell RNA sequencing datasets and 88 publicly available single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing datasets.
    [Communications Biology]

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    Integrative Transcription Start Site Analysis and Physiological Phenotyping Reveal Torpor-Specific Expression Program in Mouse Skeletal Muscle

    Researchers analyzed the gene expression landscape on the level of the RNA transcription start sites in mouse skeletal muscles under various metabolic states to identify torpor-specific transcribed regulatory patterns.
    [Communications Biology]

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    Fast Voltage-Dependent Sodium (NaV) Currents Are Functionally Expressed in Mouse Corpus Cavernosum Smooth Muscle Cells

    Investigators described for the first time, voltage-dependent sodium currents in mouse corpus cavernosum smooth muscle and investigated their function.
    [British Journal of Pharmacology]

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    Prostanoid TP Receptor Stimulation Enhances Contractile Activities in Guinea Pig Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle through Activation of Ca2+ Entry Channels: Potential Targets in the Treatment of Urinary Bladder Contractile Dysfunction

    Researchers examined the potential stimulatory effects of U46619 and five prostanoids on the contractile activities of urinary bladder smooth muscle, focusing on the role of the TP receptor and its associated Ca2+ influx routes to understand the roles of prostanoids in the regulation of urinary bladder contractile activity.
    [Life Sciences]

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    REVIEWS

    Bioinks and Bioprinting Strategies for Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering

    Scientists discuss recent advancements that have led to improvement of bioprinting strategies to construct large muscle structures, boost myogenesis in vitro and in vivo, and enhance tissue integration.
    [Advanced Materials]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Pluristem Completes Enrollment of Its Multinational Phase III Study of Muscle Regeneration Following Hip Fracture Surgery

    Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. announced that its multinational Phase III study, designed to determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of intramuscular administration of allogeneic PLX-PAD cells for the treatment of muscle injury following arthroplasty for hip fracture, is fully enrolled with 240 patients.
    [Pluristem Therapeutics Inc.]

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    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

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    Nestlé S.A. – Lausanne, Switzerland

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    The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute – Darlinghurst, Australia

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    Saint Louis University – St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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    Columbia University – New York, New York, United States

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