Bryson, JB;
Machado, CB;
Crossley, M;
Stevenson, D;
Bros-Facer, V;
Burrone, J;
Greensmith, L;
(2014)
Optical control of muscle function by transplantation of stem cell-derived motor neurons in mice.
Science
, 344
(6179)
94 - 97.
10.1126/science.1248523.
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Abstract
Damage to the central nervous system caused by traumatic injury or neurological disorders can lead to permanent loss of voluntary motor function and muscle paralysis. Here, we describe an approach that circumvents central motor circuit pathology to restore specific skeletal muscle function. We generated murine embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons that express the light-sensitive ion channel channelrhodopsin-2, which we then engrafted into partially denervated branches of the sciatic nerve of adult mice. These engrafted motor neurons not only reinnervated lower hind-limb muscles but also enabled their function to be restored in a controllable manner using optogenetic stimulation. This synthesis of regenerative medicine and optogenetics may be a successful strategy to restore muscle function after traumatic injury or disease.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Optical control of muscle function by transplantation of stem cell-derived motor neurons in mice. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1248523 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1248523 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This isthe author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science 4 April 2014: Vol. 344 no. 6179 pp. 94-97 DOI: 10.1126/science.1248523 |
| Keywords: | Animals, Axons, Cell Line, Electric Stimulation, Embryonic Stem Cells, Female, Hindlimb, Isometric Contraction, Light, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Motor Neurons, Muscle Denervation, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, Muscle, Skeletal, Nerve Regeneration, Optogenetics, Rhodopsin, Sciatic Nerve, Transfection, Transgenes |
| 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 Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1426329 |
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