PMID- 22264717 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120917 LR - 20220623 IS - 0015-5500 (Print) IS - 0015-5500 (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 6 DP - 2011 TI - Role of transplanted bone marrow cells in response to skeletal muscle injury. PG - 232-41 AB - The recently discovered capacity of bone marrow cells (BMCs) to contribute to injury-induced skeletal muscle regeneration has brought new possibilities in the treatment of skeletal muscle diseases. However, a suitable method of BMC transplantation usable for such therapy has to be established. In this work, recipient mice were intramuscularly injected with cardiotoxin, then whole-body lethally irradiated to eradicate satellite cells in their injured tibialis anterior (TA) muscles and to suppress haematopoiesis, and subsequently intravenously transplanted with lacZ+ BMCs with the aim to investigate the role of exogenous BMCs in response to skeletal muscle injury. Seven to 33 days after grafting, recipient TA muscles were examined to detect donor-derived X-gal+ cells and analysed by quantitative PCR. In injured recipients' muscles, X-gal positivity was identified 14 and 33 days after grafting in some infiltrating neutrophils and macrophages, infrequently in fibroblasts of endomysium, and in many large multinucleated cells (devoid of myogenic markers desmin and nestin) resembling foreign body giant cells situated in the vicinity of necrotic muscle fibres. qPCR confirmed the presence of transplanted lacZ+ BMCs in injured recipients' muscles. Our results proved the ability of intravenously transplanted adult BMCs to settle in injured muscles and generate blood cells that infiltrated endomysium and took part in the cleaning reaction. After inhibition of endogenous myogenesis, BMCs were not able to participate in formation of new muscle fibres due to persisting necrosis of degenerated muscle fibres. Instead, BMCs attempted to resorb necrotic structures, which confirmed the indispensable role of bone marrow-derived macrophages in skeletal muscle regeneration. FAU - Cizkova, D AU - Cizkova D AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. cizkovad@lfhk.cuni.cz FAU - Vavrova, J AU - Vavrova J FAU - Micuda, S AU - Micuda S FAU - Filip, S AU - Filip S FAU - Brcakova, E AU - Brcakova E FAU - Bruckova, L AU - Bruckova L FAU - Mokry, J AU - Mokry J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Czech Republic TA - Folia Biol (Praha) JT - Folia biologica JID - 0234640 RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 3.2.1.31 (Glucuronidase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*cytology/metabolism MH - *Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - DNA/metabolism MH - Glucuronidase/metabolism MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*injuries/*pathology MH - Whole-Body Irradiation EDAT- 2012/01/24 06:00 MHDA- 2012/09/18 06:00 CRDT- 2012/01/24 06:00 PHST- 2012/01/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/01/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/09/18 06:00 [medline] AID - file/5604/FB2011A0033.pdf [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Folia Biol (Praha). 2011;57(6):232-41.