Understanding muscle regenerative decline with aging: new approaches to bring back youthfulness to aged stem cells

Aging is characterized by the progressive dysfunction of most tissues and organs, which has been linked to the regenerative decline of their resident stem cells over time. Skeletal muscle provides a stark example of this decline. Its stem cells, also called satellite cells, sustain muscle regenerati...

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Autores: Muñoz Cánoves, Pura, 1962-, Neves, Joana, Sousa-Victor, Pedro
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositório:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/56556
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.15182
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Aging
Regeneration
Rejuvenation
Sarcopenia
Satellite cell
Skeletal muscle
Stem cell
Tissue repair
Descrição
Resumo:Aging is characterized by the progressive dysfunction of most tissues and organs, which has been linked to the regenerative decline of their resident stem cells over time. Skeletal muscle provides a stark example of this decline. Its stem cells, also called satellite cells, sustain muscle regeneration throughout life, but at advanced age they fail for largely undefined reasons. Here, we discuss current understanding of the molecular processes regulating satellite cell maintenance throughout life and how age-related failure of these processes contributes to muscle aging. We also highlight the emerging field of rejuvenating biology to restore features of youthfulness in satellite cells, with the ultimate goal of slowing down or reversing the age-related decline in muscle regeneration.