Muscle Disorder Clinical Trial
Official title:
In Vivo Analysis of Muscle Stem Cell Vascular Niche in Patients Presenting Chronic and Acute Lower Limb Ischemia (MyostemIschemia)
Skeletal muscle regenerates after injury, due to the satellite cells (SCs), the muscle stem cells that activate, proliferate, differentiate and fuse to form new myofibers. While SCs are indispensable for regeneration, there is increasing evidence for the need for an adequate cellular environment. Among the closest cellular partners of SCs are vascular cells. During muscle regeneration, endothelial cells (ECs) stimulate SC differentiation while SCs exhibit pro-angiogenic properties indicating a coupling between angiogenesis and myogenesis.The specific signaling cues controlling these relationships are still poorly characterized, specially in specific pathologic context such as limb ischemia. The investigators research aims to evaluate the role of chronic and acute lower limb ischemia on the SC status and interaction with ECs in human patients.
Post-injury muscle regeneration is a multifaceted process requiring the coordination of
myogenesis and angiogenesis. Whether this coordination is altered in pathological context has
been poorly investigated, whether the original defect stems from the myogenic cell
(degenerative myopathy) or the vessel (chronic limb ischemia).
Chronic limb ischemia in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) causes muscle
weakness and decreases exercise tolerance. PAD patients with chronic limb ischemia suffer
mainly from intermittent claudication on walking or rest pain in more advanced stage, i.e. in
critical limb ischemia . PAD is associated with muscle cell apoptosis and atrophy, fiber type
switching (from type I to type II), increased muscle fat content and denervation . The
underlying mechanisms are from hemodynamic origin and linked to atherosclerotic obstructions
of the major arteries supplying the lower extremities. However, additional mechanisms
contribute to the limb manifestations, where a reduction in blood flow alone cannot explain
exercise limitation in symptomatic PAD patients. These mechanisms include a cascade of
pathological responses during exercise-induced ischemia and reperfusion at rest, endothelial
dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, and muscle metabolic abnormalities).
Surprisingly, the implication of SCs in the pathophysiology of chronic limb ischemia has been
overlooked. One could assume that the regenerative capacity of SCs in advanced PAD is
overwhelmed by prolonged ischemia. In this case, a decrease in SC regenerative capacities
could participate in the aggravation of muscle atrophy and limb perfusion, considering their
known pro-angiogenic properties. Consistently, a preclinical study demonstrated that combined
delivery of pro-angiogenic and myogenic factors improves ischemic muscle recovery , while
endovascular surgery and administration of angiogenic factors (recombinant proteins or gene
therapy) or angiogenic cells (cell therapy) showed limited effects. This indicates that
promoting angiogenesis along with myogenesis may be a more suitable therapeutic strategy.
Impaired angiogenesis and/or impaired myogenesis are thus novel players in chronic limb
ischemia and could represent potential therapeutic targets to delay or alleviate muscle
dysfunction.
For PAD patients, muscle biopsies will take place during femoro-popliteal bypass surgery.
Control muscle biopsies will be performed in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery of the
lower limb or femora-popliteal bypass for non-ischemic reasons (popliteal aneurysm, popliteal
entrapment syndrome) In parallel, human SCs in non-PAD patients with <6h acute limb ischemia
(from embolic origin) will be obtained. For the PAD study, patients with autoimmune disease,
active cancer, end stage renal disease or tissue necrosis or edema close to the site of
biopsy will be excluded from this study.
Three major assessments will be performed:
1. Topographic study: Number, distribution, and relative proximity of SC, and capillaries,
fiber type, based on immunohistochemistry applied to standard thin transverse sections,
and to thicker segments of cleared muscle.
2. Functional study: in vitro and in vivo comparison of myogenic potential of SC between
ischemic and control patients, based on SC primary cell culture, and SC-ECs co-culture
system. Ultimately, SC transplantation in injured muscle of immunodepressed mice will
aim to evaluate myogenic capacities.
3. Transcriptomic analysis: of SCs and ECs sorted from ischemic muscle from PAD patients,
control muscle and patients with acute ischemia.
The investigators goal is to analyze and compare the molecular adaptation of ECs and SCs
towards chronic ischemia (in a context of muscle atrophy and weakness) as compared with acute
ischemia (in a context of normal muscle function) Particular attention in the analysis will
be given to the pathways already involved in myogenesis/angiogenesis coupling during muscle
regeneration.
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