OBJECTIVE: Cachexia, a debilitating syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle wasting, is associated to many chronic diseases and diminishes the quality of life and survival of patients. Tumor-derived factors and proinflammatory cytokines, including TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-1 beta, mediate cachexia. In response to elevated cytokine levels, increased proteasome-mediated proteolysis and auto-phagocytosis result in muscle wasting. The histologic features of muscle cachexia are not fully elucidated. Therefore, we analysed alterations of different cell populations in cachectic muscle. METHODS: By immunohistochemical and cytological approaches, we characterized changes in the abundance of cellular populations in the musculature of a murine model of cancer cachexia (C26-bearing mice). RESULTS: Cachectic muscle displayed a decreased DNA content proportional to muscle mass wastage. A decrease in the number of nuclei occurred in the muscular but not in the stromal compartment. Cachectic muscle showed: mild modulation of myeloperoxidase activity, a neutrophil marker; reduction of macrophages in the endomysium; decrease in CD3(+) lymphocyte number. Conversely, a statistically significant enrichment in Sca-1(+) CD45(+) hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) occurred in cachectic muscle. DISCUSSION: The elevated levels of cytokines which characterize cachexia may represent a trigger for inflammatory cell activation. However, we find that in cachexia, inflammatory cells in muscle are not increased while muscle tissue nuclei decline. Our data suggest that the inflammatory cell-mediated stress is not an etiologic component of muscle wasting in cachexia. The relative increase in HSCs in cachectic skeletal muscle suggests an attempt to maintain muscle homeostasis by recruitment and/or activation of stem cells.

Skeletal muscle is enriched in hematopoietic stem cells and not inflammatory cells in cachectic mice / Berardi, Emanuele; Aulino, Paola; Ivana, Murfuni; Toschi, Angelica; Padula, Fabrizio; Bianca M., Scicchitano; Coletti, Dario; Adamo, Sergio. - In: NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0161-6412. - STAMPA. - 30:2(2008), pp. 160-169. (Intervento presentato al convegno Conference on Long Lasting Denervated Muscle tenutosi a Padua, ITALY nel APR, 2007) [10.1179/174313208x281046].

Skeletal muscle is enriched in hematopoietic stem cells and not inflammatory cells in cachectic mice

BERARDI, EMANUELE;AULINO, PAOLA;TOSCHI, ANGELICA;PADULA, Fabrizio;COLETTI, Dario;ADAMO, Sergio
2008

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OBJECTIVE: Cachexia, a debilitating syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle wasting, is associated to many chronic diseases and diminishes the quality of life and survival of patients. Tumor-derived factors and proinflammatory cytokines, including TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-1 beta, mediate cachexia. In response to elevated cytokine levels, increased proteasome-mediated proteolysis and auto-phagocytosis result in muscle wasting. The histologic features of muscle cachexia are not fully elucidated. Therefore, we analysed alterations of different cell populations in cachectic muscle. METHODS: By immunohistochemical and cytological approaches, we characterized changes in the abundance of cellular populations in the musculature of a murine model of cancer cachexia (C26-bearing mice). RESULTS: Cachectic muscle displayed a decreased DNA content proportional to muscle mass wastage. A decrease in the number of nuclei occurred in the muscular but not in the stromal compartment. Cachectic muscle showed: mild modulation of myeloperoxidase activity, a neutrophil marker; reduction of macrophages in the endomysium; decrease in CD3(+) lymphocyte number. Conversely, a statistically significant enrichment in Sca-1(+) CD45(+) hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) occurred in cachectic muscle. DISCUSSION: The elevated levels of cytokines which characterize cachexia may represent a trigger for inflammatory cell activation. However, we find that in cachexia, inflammatory cells in muscle are not increased while muscle tissue nuclei decline. Our data suggest that the inflammatory cell-mediated stress is not an etiologic component of muscle wasting in cachexia. The relative increase in HSCs in cachectic skeletal muscle suggests an attempt to maintain muscle homeostasis by recruitment and/or activation of stem cells.
2008
cancer cachexia; hematopoietic stem cells; inflammatory cells; muscle inflammation; muscle injury; muscle wasting
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Skeletal muscle is enriched in hematopoietic stem cells and not inflammatory cells in cachectic mice / Berardi, Emanuele; Aulino, Paola; Ivana, Murfuni; Toschi, Angelica; Padula, Fabrizio; Bianca M., Scicchitano; Coletti, Dario; Adamo, Sergio. - In: NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0161-6412. - STAMPA. - 30:2(2008), pp. 160-169. (Intervento presentato al convegno Conference on Long Lasting Denervated Muscle tenutosi a Padua, ITALY nel APR, 2007) [10.1179/174313208x281046].
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