Muscle Cell News Volume 8.13 | Apr 17 2023

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    2023-04-17 | MUSCN 8.13


    Muscle Cell News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 8.13 – 17 April, 2023
    TOP STORY

    FOXK1 Regulates Wnt Signaling to Promote Cardiogenesis

    Using flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, cardiac beating, transcriptional and ChIP qPCR assays, bulk RNAseq, and ATACseq analyses, FOXK1 was observed to be an important regulator of cardiogenesis.
    [Cardiovascular Research]

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    Overexpression of KCNJ2 Enhances Maturation of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

    Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) were generated using a 2D in vitro monolayer differentiation protocol. Human KCNJ2 construct with green fluorescent protein tag was created and overexpressed in iPSC-CMs via lentiviral transduction.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Cardiomyocyte Ploidy Is Dynamic during Postnatal Development and Varies across Genetic Backgrounds

    Investigators assessed cardiomyocyte number, cell cycle activity, and ploidy dynamics across two divergent mouse strains: C57BL/6J and A/J.
    [Development]

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    WDR5 Is Required for DUX4 Expression and Its Pathological Effects in FSHD Muscular Dystrophy

    The authors found that WD Repeat Domain 5 (WDR5) was required for the expression of double homeobox 4 (DUX4) and its targets in primary facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy muscle (FSHD) cells.
    [Nucleic Acids Research]

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    Human Skeletal Muscle Methylome after Low Carbohydrate Energy Balanced Exercise

    Scientists investigated the human skeletal muscle DNA methylome after exercise in low carbohydrate (CHO) energy balance compared with exercise in low-CHO energy deficit conditions.
    [American Journal Of Physiology-Endocrinology And Metabolism]

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    Saponin Extract from Achyranthes bidentata Blume Alleviates Disuse-Induced Muscle Atrophy through PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway

    The saponin extract of the roots of Achyranthes bidentata was prepared and analyzed, and its activity on myoblast differentiation was assayed with C2C12 cell culture.
    [Journal Of Ethnopharmacology]

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    The Long Non-Coding RNA Carmn is a Critical Regulator of Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle Contractile Function and Motility

    Investigators revealed a critical role of cardiac mesoderm enhancer-associated noncoding RNA, Carmn, a smooth muscle cell (SMC)-specific lncRNA, in regulating visceral SMC phenotype and contractility of the gastrointestinal tract.
    [Gastroenterology]

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    FXR1 Regulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Cytoskeleton, VSMC Contractility, and Blood Pressure by Multiple Mechanisms

    Mass spectrometry identified that fragile-X-related protein (FXR1) interacted with cytoskeletal proteins, particularly Arp2 and CYFIP1.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Endothelial Cell Senescence Exacerbates Pulmonary Hypertension by Inducing Juxtacrine Notch Signaling in Smooth Muscle Cells

    Investigators showed that endothelial cell senescence played a negative role in pulmonary hypertension via juxtacrine interaction with smooth muscle cells.
    [iScience]

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    REVIEWS

    A Review on the Role of SNHG8 in Human Disorders

    Small nucleolar RNA host gene 8 (SNHG8) is a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) that has physiological roles in epithelial and muscle satellite cells. This lncRNA has been reported to be over-expressed in a variety of cancer cell lines.
    [Pathology – Research and Practice]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Lipella Pharmaceuticals Enters Manufacturing Collaboration Agreement with Cook MyoSite

    Lipella Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has entered into a manufacturing collaboration agreement with Cook MyoSite, Inc. to facilitate Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control documentation for Lipella’s drug candidate LP-10, aimed at treating hemorrhagic cystitis. LP-10 has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA.
    [Lipella Pharmaceuticals (MarketScreener)]

    Press Release

    Texas Cattlemen Have Taken Their Beef with Cell-Cultured Meat to the Lege

    Meat and meat production are changing. In 2013, Dutch scientist Mark Post proved to the world that meat could be grown from stem cells extracted from a live animal, in a lab.
    [Texas Monthly]

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