Establishment and conditions for growth and differentiation of a myoblast cell line derived from the semimembranosus muscle of newborn piglets

• Published in: In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal 2008, Vol.44 (1), p.1-5
• Main Authors: Mau, Marcus, Oksbjerg, Niels, Rehfeldt, Charlotte
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animal Genetics and Genomics; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Artificial satellites; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cattle; Cell Biology; Cell Culture; Cell culture techniques; Cell Differentiation - physiology; Cell growth; Cell Line; Cell Proliferation; Cells, Cultured; Cellular differentiation; Cultured cells; Developmental Biology; Differentiation; Life Sciences; Muscle fibers; Muscle, Skeletal - cytology; Muscles; Myoblasts; Myoblasts - cytology; Myoblasts - physiology; Piglets; Porcine satellite cells; Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle - cytology; Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle - physiology; Semimembranosus muscle; Serum-free medium; Skeletal muscle; Skeletal muscle satellite cells; Stem Cells; Swine
• ISSN: 1071-2690; 1543-706X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11626-007-9069-6

To establish an adequate model to study the proliferation and differentiation of porcine skeletal muscle in response to bioactive compounds, a pool of satellite cells was derived from the semimembranosus muscle (SM) of newborn piglets using a Percoll gradient centrifugation. The final yield amounted to 4.1×106 cells/g muscle tissue. The percentage of muscle satellite cells has been determined by immunostaining for desmin and subsequent fluorescence analysis by flow cytometry, which revealed 95% of desmin-positive cells. For proliferation studies, satellite cell born myoblasts were seeded in gelatin-coated 96-well micro-plates at about 5×103 cells per well. Cells were grown for 1 day in MEMα plus 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 10% horse serum (HS), followed by 2 d cultivation in serum-free growth medium. For differentiation studies, myoblasts were cultured in matrigel-coated 24-well plates for 4 d with growth medium containing 10% FBS and 10% HS. At 80% confluence, cells were grown for 24 h in medium plus 10% FBS and 1 μM insulin to initiate differentiation. Subsequently, the cells were cultured in serum-free differentiation medium (SFDM) for 3 d to form myotubes. Cultures reached a maximum fusion rate of approximately 20% after 96 h. By establishing this culture system, we provide an advanced and appropriate in vitro model to study porcine skeletal muscle cell growth and differentiation including the responses to various bioactive compounds.