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ArticleCells2025

Extracellular Vesicles from Regenerating Skeletal Muscle Mitigate Muscle Atrophy in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model.

Jinghui Gao, Aria Sikal, Rachel Hankin, Yaochao Zheng, Elijah Sterling, Kenny Chan, Yao Yao

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Article in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jinghui GaoRegenerative Bioscience Center, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Aria SikalRegenerative Bioscience Center, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-1176-3005
Rachel HankinRegenerative Bioscience Center, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Yaochao ZhengRegenerative Bioscience Center, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1646-5964
Elijah SterlingRegenerative Bioscience Center, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Kenny ChanDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Yao YaoRegenerative Bioscience Center, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8851-7885

Funding

University of Georgia startup
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neuromuscular disease characterized by progressive motor neuron degeneration and muscle atrophy, with no effective treatments available. Chronic inflammation, which impairs muscle regeneration and promotes proteolysis, is a key contributor to ALS-related muscle atrophy and a promising therapeutic target. Here, we applied extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from regenerating skeletal muscles 14 days post-acute injury (CTXD14SkM-EVs), which possess a unique anti-inflammatory profile, to target muscle defects in ALS. We found that CTXD14SkM-EVs enhanced myoblast differentiation and fusion in a cellular muscle-wasting model induced by pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha. Intramuscular administration of these EVs into an ALS mouse model mitigated muscle atrophy by promoting muscle regeneration, shifting macrophage polarization from pro-inflammatory M1 to anti-inflammatory M2 state, and suppressing the aberrant Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NF-κB) signaling, a key driver of muscle protein degradation. These results underscore the therapeutic potential of regenerating muscle-derived EVs for combating muscle atrophy in ALS.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisExtracellular VesiclesMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyRegenerationAnimalsCell DifferentiationDisease Models, AnimalHumansMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyoblastsNF-kappa BNF-kappa Bamyotrophic lateral sclerosisextracellular vesiclesmuscle atrophyregenerating skeletal muscle

Identifiers

PMID40136713
PMCPMC11941016

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