Publication: The distribution and time-dependent expression of MAGL during skeletal muscle wound healing in rats
Authors
Jiang, Shu-Kun ; Zhang, Miao ; Tian, Zhi-Ling ; Wang, Lin-Lin ; Zhao, Rui ; Li, Shan-shan ; Liu, Min ; Wang, Meng ; Guan, Da-Wei
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F. Hernández y Juan F. Madrid. Universidad de Murcia: Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología
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DOI
10.14670/HH-11-625
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Abstract
Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is widely
distributed in mammals and largely responsible for
metabolizing 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). Little is
known about its expression in skeletal muscles after
trauma. A preliminary study on time-dependent
expression and distribution of MAGL was performed by
immunohistochemical staining, Western blotting and
quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) during skeletal
muscle wound healing in rats. An animal model of
skeletal muscle contusion was established in 40
Sprague-Dawley male rats. Samples were taken at 1, 3,
5, 7, 9, 13, 17 and 21 days after contusion, respectively
(5 rats in each posttraumatic interval). 5 rats were
employed as control. Weak immunoreactivity of MAGL
was observed in the sarcoplasm of myofibers in control
rats. Intensive immunoreactivties of MAGL were
observed in polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs), roundshaped mononuclear cells (MNCs), spindle-shaped
fibroblastic cells (FBCs) and regenerated multinucleated
myotubes in the injured tissue. Subsequently,
neutrophils, macrophages and myofibroblasts were
identified as MAGL-positive cells by double
immunofluorescent procedure. MAGL expression was
remarkably up-regulated after contusion by qPCR and
Western blot analysis. The results demonstrate that the
expression of MAGL is distributed in certain cell types
and time-dependently expressed in skeletal muscles after
trauma, suggesting that MAGL may be involved in
inflammatory response, fibrogenesis and muscle
regeneration during skeletal muscle wound healing.
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Citation
Histology and histopathology, Vol. 30, nº10, (2015)
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