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. 2016 Sep 13;7:403. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00403

Table 1.

Summary of changes in skeletal muscle satellite cells, MRFs, mitochondria and microRNAs.

Disease progression in SODG93A mice ALS patients
P40 P60 P90 P120
Satellite cells ↓ In satellite cell number both in slow and fast fibers (Manzano et al., 2013) ↑ In satellite cell number in slow fibers and ND in satellite cell number in fast fibers (Manzano et al., 2013) ↓ In satellite cell number in slow fibers and ↑ in satellite cell number in fast fibers (Manzano et al., 2013) ↑ In satellite cell number in slow fibers and ND in satellite cell number in fast fibers (Manzano et al., 2013) Muscle tissue: ND in satellite cell number
↑ Co staining of MyoG/Pax7
↓ Co-staining of MyoD/Pax7, Myf5. (Pradat et al., 2011)
MRFs ND in Pax7, Myf5, Myod1 and Myog mRNA. ND in Pax7, MYF5, MYOD1, MYOG protein (Manzano et al., 2013) ↑ Pax7 and Myog mRNA.
↑ MYF5 protein (Manzano et al., 2013)
↑ Myf5, Myod1 and Myog mRNA.
↑ Pax7, MYF5, MYOD1 protein (Manzano et al., 2013)
↑ Pax7, Myf5, Myod1 and Myog mRNA.
ND in Pax7, MYF5, MYOD1 and MYOG protein (Manzano et al., 2013)
Myoblast cultures:
↑ MyoD mRNA, ND Pax7 mRNA, (Scaramozza et al., 2014).
Myotube cultures:
↓ MyoG protein (Scaramozza et al., 2014)
Mitochondria ↓ PGC-1a, NRF-1, Tfam, mnSOD mRNA. ND in PGC-1a, NRF-1, Tfam, mnSOD, AChRε protein (Thau et al., 2012) ↓ migration rate of mt-PAGFP (↓ mt-fusion and fission). ND in mt-morphology. Mt-membrane depolarization. Fragmentation of the mt-network (Dupuis et al., 2004; Faes and Callewaert, 2011; Bozzo et al., 2016) ↓ PGC-1a, PGC-1β, ERRa, NRF-1, Mfn1, Mfn2 and COXIV mRNA (Russell et al., 2012)
↓ PGC-1a and Utrn mRNA. ND in PGC-1a, NRF-1, Tfam, mnSOD, AChRε protein (Thau et al., 2012)
↓ PGC-1a, PGC-1β, ERRa, NRF-1, Mfn1, Mfn2 and COXIV mRNA (Russell et al., 2012)
↓ PGC-1a, NRF-1, Tfam, mnSOD mRNA.
↓ NRF-1 protein (Thau et al., 2012)
↓ NADH:CoQ oxidoreductase, cytochrome c oxidase (COX), mitochondrial DNA and mitochondria Mn-SOD (Wiedemann et al., 1998; Vielhaber et al., 2000)
↓ PGC-1a, PGC-1β, ERRa, NRF-1, Mfn1, Mfn2 and COXIV mRNA.
↓ PGC-1a, Mfn1 and COXIV protein. ND in Mfn2 and NRF-1.
↓ CS and COX activity (Russell et al., 2012)
↓ PGC-1a, NRF-1, NRF-2, Utrn mRNA. ND in PGC-1a, NRF-1, Tfam, mnSOD protein (Thau et al., 2012)
miRNAs ND in miR-206 (at post-natal age of 1 month) (Williams et al., 2009) ↑ miR-206 (at post-natal age of 8 months).
ND in miR-206 (at post-natal of 5 months) (Williams et al., 2009)
↑ miR-23a,-29b,-31,-206,-455. (Russell et al., 2012)

P40, post-natal age of 40 days; MRF, myogenic regulatory factor; ND, no significant difference compared to control group; mt, mitochondrial.