Muscle Cell News Volume 7.24 | Jul 11 2022

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    Vol. 7.24 – 11 July, 2022
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    Phenotypic Screening with Deep Learning Identifies HDAC6 Inhibitors As Cardioprotective in a BAG3 Mouse Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    To identify candidate therapeutics, scientists developed an in vitro dilated cardiomyopathy model using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes deficient in B-cell lymphoma 2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3).
    [Science Translational Medicine]

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    SNTA1-Deficient Human Cardiomyocytes Demonstrate Hypertrophic Phenotype and Calcium Handling Disorder

    Researchers identified the phenotype of SNTA1-deficiency using human cardiomyocytes.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    MicroRNA-223-3p Promotes Pyroptosis of Cardiomyocyte and Release of Inflammasome Factors via Downregulating the Expression Level of SPI1 (PU.1)

    The authors investigated how miRNAs regulated myocardial cell pyroptosis in diabetic cardiomyopathy development.
    [Toxicology]

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    p63 Silencing Induces Epigenetic Modulation To Enhance Human Cardiac Fibroblast to Cardiomyocyte-Like Differentiation

    Researchers demonstrated that modulation of the epigenetic regulator gene p63 improved the efficiency of human cell cardio-differentiation.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Lenvatinib Causes Reduced Expression of Carnitine/Organic Cation Transporter 2 and Carnitine Deficiency in the Skeletal Muscle of Rats

    In cultured C2C12 myocytes, lenvatinib inhibited carnitine/organic cation transporter 2 expression in a dose-dependent manner at the protein level.
    [Toxicology Letters]

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    Aerobic Training Increases Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity in Human Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells From Sedentary Individuals

    Researchers assessed mitochondrial content and capacity in fully differentiated CD56+ human skeletal muscle cells from lean active and sedentary individuals with obesity at baseline.
    [American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology]

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    MiR-18 Inhibitor Promotes the Differentiation of Bovine Skeletal Muscle-Derived Satellite Cells by Increasing MEF2D Expression

    Investigators revealed that miR-18 inhibited the differentiation of bovine skeletal muscle-derived satellite cells, whereas a miR-18 inhibitor significantly promoted cell differentiation.
    [Journal of Animal Science]

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    Extracellular Vesicle miR-32 Derived From Macrophage Promotes Arterial Calcification in Mice With Type 2 Diabetes via Inhibiting VSMC Autophagy

    Scientists found that macrophages and their extracellular vehicles promoted vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) osteogenic differentiation and upregulated miR-32 expression in VSMCs.
    [Journal of Translational Medicine]

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    Novel Purine Analogues Regulate Il-1β Release via Inhibition of Jak Activity in Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

    Researchers investigated the anti-inflammatory effect of two purine analogues, MK118 bearing a nitrate ester moiety and the methyl-substituted analogue MK196 in aortic smooth muscle cells, with emphasis on IL-1β release.
    [European Journal of Pharmacology]

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    Glycolaldehyde Induces Synergistic Effects on Vascular Inflammation in Tnf-α-Stimulated Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    The authors investigated the effect of glycolaldehyde on the expression of adhesion molecules in the mouse vascular smooth muscle cell line, MOVAS-1.
    [PLoS One]

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    AT2 Receptor Stimulation Inhibits Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Senescence Induced by Angiotensin II and Hyperglycemia

    Scientists examined the possible cross-talk between angiotensin II and hyperglycemia on vascular smooth muscle cell senescence, and the roles of AT2 receptor agonist, compound 21 on it.
    [American Journal of Hypertension]

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    Cardiomyocyte Maturation–The Road Is Not Obstructed

    The authors summarize the structural and functional differences between human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and mature cardiomyocytes, and introduced various methods to induce cardiomyocyte maturation.
    [Stem Cell Reviews and Reports]

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    Differences in Muscle Satellite Cell Dynamics During Muscle Hypertrophy and Regeneration

    Investigators discuss six specific examples of differences in muscle satellite cell dynamics between regeneration and hypertrophy processes.
    [Skeletal Muscle]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    RetinalGeniX Technologies, Inc. Acquires DNA/GPS Inc.

    RetinalGeniXâ„¢ Technologies, Inc. announced the acquisition of DNA/GPS Inc. RetinalGeniX has acquired the rights to the platform technology designed by Dr. Perich, which allows healthcare providers to give diagnoses of systemic diseases including heart disease, Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s and more.
    [RetinalGeniX Technologies, Inc.(GlobeNewswire, Inc.)]

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    King’s College London – London, England, United Kingdom

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    National University of Ireland Galway – Galway, Ireland

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    The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong, China

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    The University of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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    Duke University – Durham, North Carolina, United States

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