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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2022

Epigenetic evidence for distinct contributions of resident and acquired myonuclei during long-term exercise adaptation using timed in vivo myonuclear labeling.

Kevin A Murach, Cory M Dungan, Ferdinand von Walden, Yuan Wen

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Article in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Myonuclear Dynamics After Skeletal Muscle Surgical Injury.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  13. A satellite cell-dependent epigenetic fingerprint in skeletal muscle identity genes after lifelong physical activity.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  19. DNA Methylation in the Adaptive Response to Exercise.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024
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4 authors.

Kevin A MurachMolecular Muscle Mass Regulation Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.ORCID 0000-0003-2783-7137
Cory M DunganThe Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.ORCID 0000-0003-4686-9417
Ferdinand von WaldenDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1134-2252
Yuan WenThe Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.ORCID 0000-0002-3210-1629

Funding

The role of satellite cells in adult skeletal muscle growth and maintenanceR01AR060701 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI MCCARTHY, JOHN JOSEPH, PETERSON, CHARLOTTE A. · 2010 to 2019
$3.3M
Exercise-induced skeletal muscle exosomes promote adipocyte lipolysisR01DK119619 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI MCCARTHY, JOHN JOSEPH, PETERSON, CHARLOTTE A. · 2018 to 2022
$2.3M
Myonuclear Epigenetics of Skeletal Muscle Mass Regulation with AgeR00AG063994 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE · PI MURACH, KEVIN · 2021 to 2023
$735k
Myonuclear Epigenetics of Skeletal Muscle Mass Regulation with AgeK99AG063994 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI MURACH, KEVIN · 2019 to 2020
$197k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060701NIA NIH HHS K99 AG063994NIA NIH HHS R00 AG063994NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscle fibers are syncytial postmitotic cells that can acquire exogenous nuclei from resident muscle stem cells, called satellite cells. Myonuclei are added to muscle fibers by satellite cells during conditions such as load-induced hypertrophy. It is difficult to dissect the molecular contributions of resident versus satellite cell-derived myonuclei during adaptation due to the complexity of labeling distinct nuclear populations in multinuclear cells without label transference between nuclei. To sidestep this barrier, we used a genetic mouse model where myonuclear DNA can be specifically and stably labeled via nonconstitutive H2B-GFP at any point in the lifespan. Resident myonuclei (Mn) were GFP-tagged in vivo before 8 wk of progressive weighted wheel running (PoWeR) in adult mice (>4-mo-old). Resident + satellite cell-derived myonuclei (Mn+SC Mn) were labeled at the end of PoWeR in a separate cohort. Following myonuclear isolation, promoter DNA methylation profiles acquired with low-input reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS) were compared to deduce epigenetic contributions of satellite cell-derived myonuclei during adaptation. Resident myonuclear DNA has hypomethylated promoters in genes related to protein turnover, whereas the addition of satellite cell-derived myonuclei shifts myonuclear methylation profiles to favor transcription factor regulation and cell-cell signaling. By comparing myonucleus-specific methylation profiling to previously published single-nucleus transcriptional analysis in the absence (Mn) versus the presence of satellite cells (Mn+SC Mn) with PoWeR, we provide evidence that satellite cell-derived myonuclei may preferentially supply specific ribosomal proteins to growing myofibers and retain an epigenetic "memory" of prior stem cell identity. These data offer insights on distinct epigenetic myonuclear characteristics and contributions during adult muscle growth.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsCell NucleusEpigenesis, GeneticGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMuscle Fibers, SkeletalPhysical Conditioning, AnimalSatellite Cells, Skeletal MuscleStaining and LabelingTime FactorsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsDNA methylationhypertrophyRRBSsatellite cells

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PMID34817266
PMCPMC8765804

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