Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (12): 5340-5348.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.12.002

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Explore the "Cross-talk" between Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells and the Niche Cells Based on Single-cell Sequencing Technology

CAO Guancong1(), MA Lu1, REN Lingzhi2, LI Yang1, SHI Xin'e1, YANG Gongshe1, LI Xiao1,*()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
    2. Gushi County Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Gushi 465200, China
  • Received:2024-05-27 Online:2024-12-23 Published:2024-12-27
  • Contact: LI Xiao E-mail:caoguancong@nwafu.edu.cn;nicelixiao@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Abstract:

Single-cell sequencing is a cutting-edge technology for high-throughput sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes of individual cells, offering a powerful tool to characterize individual cells and elucidate interactions between cells, and has provided many new insights in tumorigenesis and stem cell biology. Mammalian skeletal muscle is a heterogeneous tissue dominated by myofibers, including various kinds of cells such as muscle satellite cells, fibro-adipogenic progenitors and macrophages, et al. Benefiting from the rapid development of single-cell sequencing technology, the understanding of the composition of cell populations and the interactions between different kinds of cells within skeletal muscle has gradually expanded. Here, the biological meanings of the interaction of muscle satellite cells with the niche cells on the growth, metabolism and regeneration of skeletal muscle has been reviewed, with the aim to provide new ideas to improve the growth rate and meat quality of meat-producing animals.

Key words: skeletal muscle, single-cell sequencing, muscle satellite cells, cell communication

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