{"title":"Establishment and characterization of hTERT-immortalized porcine muscle stem cells, and their prospective uses","authors":"Witsanu Srila, Amorn Pangjantuk, Phongsakorn Kunhorm, Nipha Chaicharoenaudomrung, Parinya Noisa","doi":"10.1007/s10068-024-01785-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Myogenic differentiation ability made porcine muscle satellite cells (MSCs) promising candidates for cultured meat production. While in vitro, porcine primary cells lose differentiation capacity, have short lifespans, and change phenotype. For immortal porcine MSCs, human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene was overexpressed in parental cells to restore telomerase activity and lengthen cell longevity. After selection, G418-resistant cells were expanded and passed by different generations. The hTERT-immortalized MSCs presented spindle-like shape, telomere extension, and indefinite proliferation. In comparison to parental cells, immortal cells grew more rapidly and doubled faster. Immortal MSCs expressed muscle-specific protein and gene markers, were self-renewing stem cells, and could develop into myofibers in vitro. In culture plates with more than 100 generations, immortal MSCs formed tumors, but not lower passaged cells. Today, we showed that hTERT can immortalize primary porcine MSCs and preserve their stem cell characteristics. For research and cultured meat technologies, immortality may be valuable.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":566,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Biotechnology","volume":"34 and Processing Breakthroughs","pages":"1597 - 1604"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Food Science and Biotechnology","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10068-024-01785-9","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Myogenic differentiation ability made porcine muscle satellite cells (MSCs) promising candidates for cultured meat production. While in vitro, porcine primary cells lose differentiation capacity, have short lifespans, and change phenotype. For immortal porcine MSCs, human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene was overexpressed in parental cells to restore telomerase activity and lengthen cell longevity. After selection, G418-resistant cells were expanded and passed by different generations. The hTERT-immortalized MSCs presented spindle-like shape, telomere extension, and indefinite proliferation. In comparison to parental cells, immortal cells grew more rapidly and doubled faster. Immortal MSCs expressed muscle-specific protein and gene markers, were self-renewing stem cells, and could develop into myofibers in vitro. In culture plates with more than 100 generations, immortal MSCs formed tumors, but not lower passaged cells. Today, we showed that hTERT can immortalize primary porcine MSCs and preserve their stem cell characteristics. For research and cultured meat technologies, immortality may be valuable.
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The FSB journal covers food chemistry and analysis for compositional and physiological activity changes, food hygiene and toxicology, food microbiology and biotechnology, and food engineering involved in during and after food processing through physical, chemical, and biological ways. Consumer perception and sensory evaluation on processed foods are accepted only when they are relevant to the laboratory research work. As a general rule, manuscripts dealing with analysis and efficacy of extracts from natural resources prior to the processing or without any related food processing may not be considered within the scope of the journal. The FSB journal does not deal with only local interest and a lack of significant scientific merit. The main scope of our journal is seeking for human health and wellness through constructive works and new findings in food science and biotechnology field.