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The number of satellite cells in slow and fast fibres from human vastus lateralis muscle
Authors:Fawzi Kadi  Nadia Charifi  Jan Henriksson
Institution:(1) Department of Physical Education and Health, Örebro University, 70182 Örebro, Sweden;(2) Laboratory of Physiology, GIP Exercise Sports & Health, University Jean-Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France;(3) Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract:The aim of this investigation was to study the distribution of satellite cells in slow (type I fibres) and fast (type II fibres) fibres from human vastus lateralis muscle. This muscle is characterised by a mixed fibre type composition and is considered as the site of choice for biopsies in research work and for clinical diagnosis. Biopsy samples were obtained from five healthy young volunteers and a total of 1,747 type I fibres and 1,760 type II fibres were assessed. Satellite cells and fibre type composition were studied on serial muscle cross-sections stained with specific monoclonal antibodies. From a total of 218 satellite cells, 116 satellite cells were found in contact with type I fibres (53.6±8% of the satellite cells associated to type I fibres) and 102 satellite cells in contact with type II fibres (46.4±8% of the satellite cells associated to type II fibres). There was no significant difference (P=0.4) between the percentages of satellite cells in contact with type I and with type II fibres. Additionally, there was no relationship between the mean number of satellite cells per fibre and the mean cross-sectional area of muscle fibres. In conclusion, our results show that there is no fibre type-specific distribution of satellite cells in a human skeletal muscle with mixed fibre type composition.
Keywords:Satellite cell  Myonuclei  Muscle fibre type  Phenotype
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