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- Title
Notch-mediated restoration of regenerative potential to aged muscle.
- Authors
Conboy, Irina M; Conboy, Michael J; Smythe, Gayle M; Rando, Thomas A
- Abstract
A hallmark of aging is diminished regenerative potential of tissues, but the mechanism of this decline is unknown. Analysis of injured muscle revealed that, with age, resident precursor cells (satellite cells) had a markedly impaired propensity to proliferate and to produce myoblasts necessary for muscle regeneration. This was due to insufficient up-regulation of the Notch ligand Delta and, thus, diminished activation of Notch in aged, regenerating muscle. Inhibition of Notch impaired regeneration of young muscle, whereas forced activation of Notch restored regenerative potential to old muscle. Thus, Notch signaling is a key determinant of muscle regenerative potential that declines with age.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2003, Vol 302, Issue 5650, p1575
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1087573