Cossu, Giulio;
Tonlorenzi, Rossana;
Brunelli, Silvia;
Sampaolesi, Maurilio;
Messina, Graziella;
Azzoni, Emanuele;
Benedetti, Sara;
... Ugarte, Gonzalo; + view all
(2022)
Mesoangioblasts at 20: From the embryonic aorta to the patient bed.
Frontiers in Genetics
, 13
, Article 1056114. 10.3389/fgene.2022.1056114.
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Abstract
In 2002 we published an article describing a population of vessel-associated progenitors that we termed mesoangioblasts (MABs). During the past decade evidence had accumulated that during muscle development and regeneration things may be more complex than a simple sequence of binary choices (e.g., dorsal vs. ventral somite). LacZ expressing fibroblasts could fuse with unlabelled myoblasts but not among themselves or with other cell types. Bone marrow derived, circulating progenitors were able to participate in muscle regeneration, though in very small percentage. Searching for the embryonic origin of these progenitors, we identified them as originating at least in part from the embryonic aorta and, at later stages, from the microvasculature of skeletal muscle. While continuing to investigate origin and fate of MABs, the fact that they could be expanded in vitro (also from human muscle) and cross the vessel wall, suggested a protocol for the cell therapy of muscular dystrophies. We tested this protocol in mice and dogs before proceeding to the first clinical trial on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients that showed safety but minimal efficacy. In the last years, we have worked to overcome the problem of low engraftment and tried to understand their role as auxiliary myogenic progenitors during development and regeneration.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mesoangioblasts at 20: From the embryonic aorta to the patient bed |
| Location: | Switzerland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fgene.2022.1056114 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1056114 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2023 Cossu, Tonlorenzi, Brunelli, Sampaolesi, Messina, Azzoni, Benedetti, Biressi, Bonfanti, Bragg, Camps, Cappellari, Cassano, Ciceri, Coletta, Covarello, Crippa, Cusella-De Angelis, De Angelis, Dellavalle, Diaz-Manera, Galli, Galli, Gargioli, Gerli, Giacomazzi, Galvez, Hoshiya, Guttinger, Innocenzi, Minasi, Perani, Previtali, Quattrocelli, Ragazzi, Roostalu, Rossi, Scardigli, Sirabella, Tedesco, Torrente and Ugarte. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Keywords: | mesoderm, muscle development, muscular dystrophy, myogenic stem cells, pericyte |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10163820 |
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