Immunofluorescence Labeling of Skeletal Muscle in Development, Regeneration, and Disease

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Skeletal muscle is composed of long multinucleated cells, termed myofibers, that are formed through the activation and differentiation of resident muscle stem cells, called satellite cells. In healthy individuals, skeletal muscle enables voluntary locomotion while also playing a role in energy metabolism and thermoregulation. As skeletal muscle is integral to everyday processes, perturbations to skeletal muscle function can have devastating consequences. Here we describe an integral tool in biomedical research of skeletal muscle regeneration and disease, the immunofluorescence staining of myogenic cells. We highlight useful techniques for immunostaining myogenic cells, and we list validated antibodies for the staining of muscle proteins across different species and multiple developmental time points. This includes methods for unmasking antigens following formaldehyde fixation (using myosin heavy chain staining as an example) and practices for preserving endogenous fluorescent proteins by cardiac perfusion fixation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2566

Enthalten in:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 2566(2023) vom: 24., Seite 113-132

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Esper, Marie E [VerfasserIn]
Kodippili, Kasun [VerfasserIn]
Rudnicki, Michael A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1HG84L3525
Antibodies
Differentiation
EC 3.6.4.1
Formaldehyde
Heat-induced antigen retrieval
Immunofluorescence
Immunohistochemistry
Journal Article
Muscle Proteins
Muscle stem cell
Myogenesis
Myosin Heavy Chains
Myosin heavy chain
Pax7
Regeneration
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Satellite sell
Skeletal muscle

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Date Completed 28.09.2022

Date Revised 24.05.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-1-0716-2675-7_9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346685281