TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation and Characterization of Satellite Cells from Rat Head Branchiomeric Muscles
AU - Carvajal Monroy, Paola L
AU - Yablonka-Reuveni, Zipora
AU - Grefte, Sander
AU - Kuijpers-Jagtman, Anne Marie
AU - Wagener, Frank A D T G
AU - Von den Hoff, Johannes W
PY - 2015/7/20
Y1 - 2015/7/20
N2 - Fibrosis and defective muscle regeneration can hamper the functional recovery of the soft palate muscles after cleft palate repair. This causes persistent problems in speech, swallowing, and sucking. In vitro culture systems that allow the study of satellite cells (myogenic stem cells) from head muscles are crucial to develop new therapies based on tissue engineering to promote muscle regeneration after surgery. These systems will offer new perspectives for the treatment of cleft palate patients. A protocol for the isolation, culture and differentiation of satellite cells from head muscles is presented. The isolation is based on enzymatic digestion and trituration to release the satellite cells. In addition, this protocol comprises an innovative method using extracellular matrix gel coatings of millimeter size, which requires only low numbers of satellite cells for differentiation assays.
AB - Fibrosis and defective muscle regeneration can hamper the functional recovery of the soft palate muscles after cleft palate repair. This causes persistent problems in speech, swallowing, and sucking. In vitro culture systems that allow the study of satellite cells (myogenic stem cells) from head muscles are crucial to develop new therapies based on tissue engineering to promote muscle regeneration after surgery. These systems will offer new perspectives for the treatment of cleft palate patients. A protocol for the isolation, culture and differentiation of satellite cells from head muscles is presented. The isolation is based on enzymatic digestion and trituration to release the satellite cells. In addition, this protocol comprises an innovative method using extracellular matrix gel coatings of millimeter size, which requires only low numbers of satellite cells for differentiation assays.
U2 - 10.3791/52802
DO - 10.3791/52802
M3 - Article
C2 - 26274878
SN - 1940-087X
SP - e52802
JO - Journal of Visualized Experiments
JF - Journal of Visualized Experiments
IS - 101
ER -