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Extracellular matrix is required for muscle differentiation in primary cell cultures of larval Mytilus trossulus (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

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Components of the extracellular matrix may modulate the growth factor effects that play important roles in the proliferation and differentiation of precursor cells. We developed an in vitro cultivation protocol for cells of the larval marine bivalve Mytilus trossulus to study the role that extracellular matrix components may play in myodifferentiation and replication-mediated DNA synthesis using immunofluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Here, we demonstrate that the extracellular matrix regulates the expression of muscle proteins, leading to their assembly and the terminal muscle differentiation of larval cells during cultivation. We further show that the myogenesis process progresses in cells cultivated on fibronectin, carbon or poly-l-lysine but is inhibited in cells grown on a collagen carpet. Consistent with a decrease in muscle protein expression in cells cultivated on collagen, we demonstrate an increase in the number of BrdU-positive cells in comparison with cells cultured on other substrates during the entire cultivation period. Moreover, we demonstrate that the matrix-dependent myogenic differentiation of larval mussel cells is reversible. Round-shaped cells cultivated on collagen were able to differentiate into muscle cells after reseeding on fibronectin, carbon or poly-l-lysine. In addition, cells cultured on collagen and then transplanted to fibronectin exhibited distinct cross-striation and contractile activity. Taken together, our data suggest that the extracellular matrix participates in the regulation of the proliferation and myodifferentiation of mussel trochophore progenitor cells and validate novel approaches for successfully culturing cells from bivalves over extended periods.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 13-04-00946); the study was partly performed at the “CHROMAS” center (St. Petersburg State University, Russia) and used technical resources of the “Vostok” Marine Biological Station and the core facility of IMB FEB RAS. V. Dyachuk received financial support from the Organizing Committee to attend the Marine Invertebrate Cell Culture symposium.

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Dyachuk, V. Extracellular matrix is required for muscle differentiation in primary cell cultures of larval Mytilus trossulus (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Cytotechnology 65, 725–735 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-013-9577-z

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