Profiling of mouse Fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) aging and activation upon skeletal muscle injury. Mus musculus

Utilizing glycerol intramuscular injections in M. musculus provides a model of skeletal muscle damage followed by skeletal muscle regeneration. In particular, glycerol-induced muscle injury triggers accute activation of muscle Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors, also called FAPs. However, aging dramatically impairs FAP function. We characterized genome-wide expression profiles of young and old FAPs in the non-proliferative and activated state, freshly isolated to non-injured or damaged muscles, respectively. Our goal was to uncover new regulatory signalings specific to FAP entry into the activation program that are affected with age. Overall design: Fibro/Adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) were isolated in either quiescent / non-proliferative or activated state from uninjured or 3 days after glycerol-induced injury of tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius and quadriceps, respectively. Young (2-4 months old) and old (20-24 months old) wildtype C57BL/6J male were used, with six biological replicates per group.