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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
Cell transplantation could be a potential therapy for heart damage. Skeletal myoblasts have been expected to be a good cell source for autologous transplantation; however, the safety and efficacy of their transplantation are still controversial. Recent studies have revealed that skeletal muscle possesses the stem cell population that is distinct from myoblasts. To elucidate whether skeletal muscle stem cells can transdifferentiate into cardiomyocytes, we cocultured skeletal muscle cells isolated from transgenic mice expressing green fluorescent protein with cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats. Skeletal muscle-derived cells expressed cardiac-specific proteins such as cardiac troponin T and atrial natriuretic peptide as well as cardiac-enriched transcription factors such as Nkx2E (formerly called Csx/Nkx2.5) and GATA4 by coculture with cardiomyocytes. Skeletal muscle-derived cells also expressed cadherin and connexin 43 at the junctions with neighboring cardiomyocytes. Cardiomyocyte-like action potentials were recorded from beating skeletal muscle-derived cells. Treatment of nifedipine or culture in Ca2+-free media suppressed contraction of cardiomyocytes and inhibited skeletal muscle cells to express cardiac-specific proteins. Cyclic stretch completely restored this inhibitory effect. These results suggest that some part of skeletal muscle cells can transdifferentiate into cardiomyocytes and that direct cell-to-cell contact and contraction of neighboring cardiomyocytes are important for the transdifferentiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Atrial Natriuretic Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cadherins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Connexin 43, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GATA4 Transcription Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NKX2-5 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nifedipine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nkx2-5 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Troponin T, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xenopus Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1361-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Atrial Natriuretic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Connexin 43, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-GATA4 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Intercellular Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Nifedipine, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Troponin T, pubmed-meshheading:12738802-Xenopus Proteins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Beating is necessary for transdifferentiation of skeletal muscle-derived cells into cardiomyocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article