Spatial proteomics of skeletal muscle using thin cryosections reveals metabolic adaptation at the muscle-tendon transition zone

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  • Luisa Schmidt
  • Michael Saynisch
  • Christian Hoegsbjerg
  • Andreas Schmidt
  • Mackey, Abigail
  • Jan Wilm Lackmann
  • Stefan Müller
  • Manuel Koch
  • Bent Brachvogel
  • Kjær, Michael
  • Philipp Antczak
  • Marcus Krüger

Morphological studies of skeletal muscle tissue provide insights into the architecture of muscle fibers, the surrounding cells, and the extracellular matrix (ECM). However, a spatial proteomics analysis of the skeletal muscle including the muscle-tendon transition zone is lacking. Here, we prepare cryotome muscle sections of the mouse soleus muscle and measure each slice using short liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) gradients. We generate 3,000 high-resolution protein profiles that serve as the basis for a network analysis to reveal the complex architecture of the muscle-tendon junction. Among the protein profiles that increase from muscle to tendon, we find proteins related to neuronal activity, fatty acid biosynthesis, and the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Blocking the RAS in cultured mouse tenocytes using losartan reduces the ECM synthesis. Overall, our analysis of thin cryotome sections provides a spatial proteome of skeletal muscle and reveals that the RAS acts as an additional regulator of the matrix within muscle-tendon junctions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number114374
JournalCell Reports
Volume43
Issue number7
Number of pages22
ISSN2211-1247
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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  • CP: Metabolism, distance-based network, myotendinous junction, skeletal muscle, spatial proteomics

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