Extracellular vesicles may provide an alternative detoxification pathway during skeletal muscle myoblast ageing

María Fernández‐Rhodes, Emma Buchan, Stephanie D. Gagnon, Jiani Qian, Lee Gethings, Rebecca Lees, Ben Peacock, Andrew J. Capel, Neil R. W. Martin, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer, Mark P. Lewis, Owen G. Davies*

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Abstract

Skeletal muscle (SM) acts as a secretory organ, capable of releasing myokines and extracellular vesicles (SM‐EVs) that impact myogenesis and homeostasis. While age‐related changes have been previously reported in murine SM‐EVs, no study has comprehensively profiled SM‐EV in human models. To this end, we provide the first comprehensive comparison of SM‐EVs from young and old human primary skeletal muscle cells (HPMCs) to map changes associated with SM ageing. HPMCs, isolated from young (24 ± 1.7 years old) and older (69 ± 2.6 years old) participants, were immunomagnetically sorted based on the presence of the myogenic marker CD56 (N‐CAM) and cultured as pure (100% CD56+) or mixed populations (MP: 90% CD56+). SM‐EVs were isolated using an optimised protocol combining ultrafiltration and size exclusion chromatography (UF + SEC) and their biological content was extensively characterised using Raman spectroscopy (RS) and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC‐MS). Minimal variations in basic EV parameters (particle number, size, protein markers) were observed between young and old populations. However, biochemical fingerprinting by RS highlighted increased protein (amide I), lipid (phospholipids and phosphatidylcholine) and hypoxanthine signatures for older SM‐EVs. Through LC‐MS, we identified 84 shared proteins with functions principally related to cell homeostasis, muscle maintenance and transcriptional regulation. Significantly, SM‐EVs from older participants were comparatively enriched in proteins involved in oxidative stress and DNA/RNA mutagenesis, such as E3 ubiquitin‐protein ligase TTC3 (TTC3), little elongation complex subunit 1 (ICE1) and Acetyl‐CoA carboxylase 1 (ACACA). These data suggest SM‐EVs could provide an alternative pathway for homeostasis and detoxification during SM ageing.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere171
JournalJournal of Extracellular Biology
Volume3
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Aug 2024

Keywords

  • skeletal muscle
  • human primary cells
  • ageing
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • extracellular vesicles
  • LC‐MS/MS

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