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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society2021

Trichostatin A regulates fibro/adipogenic progenitor adipogenesis epigenetically and reduces rotator cuff muscle fatty infiltration.

Xuhui Liu, Mengyao Liu, Lawrence Lee, Michael Davies, Zili Wang, Hubert Kim, Brian T Feeley

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Xuhui LiuDepartment of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2418-0291
Mengyao LiuDepartment of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lawrence LeeDepartment of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Michael DaviesDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Zili WangDepartment of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Hubert KimDepartment of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Brian T FeeleyDepartment of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
San Francisco VA Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Utilizing beige fat to improve muscle function after rotator cuff repairR01AR072669 · NIAMS · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI FEELEY, BRIAN · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
TGFb and BMP signaling in muscle atrophy and degradation after massive RCTI01BX002680 · VA · VETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO · PI KIM, HUBERT T. · 2016 to 2020
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BLRD VA I01 BX002680NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR072669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rotator cuff (RC) muscle fatty infiltration (FI) is an important factor that determines the clinical outcome of patients with RC repair. There is no effective treatment for RC muscle FI at this time. The goal of this study is to define the role Trichostatin A (TSA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor in regulating muscle fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) adipogenesis and treating muscle fatty degeneration after massive RC tears in a mouse model. We hypothesize that TSA reduces muscle FI after massive RC tears. HDAC activity was measured in FAPs in RC muscle after tendon/nerve transection or sham surgery. FAPs were treated with TSA for 2 weeks and FAP adipogenesis was evaluated with perilipin and Oil Red O staining, as well as reverse transcript-polymerase chain reaction for adipogenesis-related genes. About 0.5 mg/kg TSA or dimethyl sulfoxide was administered to C57B/L6 mice with massive rotator cuff tears through daily intraperitoneal injection for 6 weeks. Supraspinatus muscles were harvested for biochemical and histology analysis. We found that FAPs showed significantly higher HDAC activity after RC tendon/nerve transection. TSA treatment significantly reduced HDAC activity and inhibited adipogenesis of FAPs. TSA also abolished the role of bone morphogenetic protein-7 in inducing FAP adipogenesis and promoted FAP brown/beige adipose tissue (BAT) differentiation. TSA injection significantly increased histone H3 acetylation and reduced FI of rotator cuff muscles after massive tendon tears. Results from this study showed that TSA can regulate FAP adipogenesis and promote FAP BAT differentiation epigenetically. HDAC inhibition may be a new treatment strategy to reduce muscle FI after RC tears and repair.

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AdipogenesisAnimalsBone Morphogenetic Protein 7Cells, CulturedDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFemaleFibrosisHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHydroxamic AcidsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPostoperative ComplicationsRotator Cuff InjuriesStem CellsBone Morphogenetic Protein 7Histone Deacetylase InhibitorsHydroxamic Acidstrichostatin Aadipogenesisfibro-adipogenic progenitorHDAC inhibitormuscle fatty infiltrationrotator cuff tears

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PMID32970360
PMCPMC7987912
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