Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue

Cultured meat technology is an emerging approach to meat production that generates edible meat tissue by cultivating animal-derived stem cells. Muscle stem cells (MuSCs) are essential seed cells for cultured meat production. However, due to the complexity of muscle tissue, obtaining highly pure MuSC...

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Main Authors: Zenan Hu, Zheng Liu, Renpeng Guo, Shijie Ding, Guanghong Zhou
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Published: Maximum Academic Press 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/fmr-0025-0001
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Zheng Liu
Renpeng Guo
Shijie Ding
Guanghong Zhou
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Zheng Liu
Renpeng Guo
Shijie Ding
Guanghong Zhou
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description Cultured meat technology is an emerging approach to meat production that generates edible meat tissue by cultivating animal-derived stem cells. Muscle stem cells (MuSCs) are essential seed cells for cultured meat production. However, due to the complexity of muscle tissue, obtaining highly pure MuSCs and maintaining their purity during passaging remains a significant challenge. Our research addressed the issue by reevaluating the cell sorting strategy for porcine MuSCs and other cell types. A new combination of markers—CD31, CD45, JAM1, ITGA5, and ITGA7—were introduced here, sorting the muscle mononuclear cells into three distinct groups. Immunofluorescence staining and RNA-sequencing indicated three distinct cell types—MuSCs, smooth muscle cells (SMCs), and fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAPs)—each displayed high expression levels of their characteristic markers. Additionally, after successive passaging, MuSCs obtained through this refined approach exhibited higher cell purity and improved myogenic properties compared to previous methods. Overall, this study presents a method for simultaneously obtaining MuSCs, SMCs, and FAPs with high purity from porcine muscle tissue, providing a high-quality source of seed cells for cultured meat production.
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spelling doaj-art-7a21345e765b487891297c33a74a4e852025-08-20T02:12:30ZengMaximum Academic PressFood Materials Research2771-46832025-01-015111110.48130/fmr-0025-0001fmr-0025-0001Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissueZenan Hu0Zheng Liu1Renpeng Guo2Shijie Ding3Guanghong Zhou4State Key Laboratory of Meat Quality Control and Cultured Meat Development, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, PR ChinaState Key Laboratory of Meat Quality Control and Cultured Meat Development, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, PR ChinaState Key Laboratory of Meat Quality Control and Cultured Meat Development, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, PR ChinaJoes Future Food Technology Co. Ltd., Nanjing 211225, Jiangsu, PR ChinaState Key Laboratory of Meat Quality Control and Cultured Meat Development, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, PR ChinaCultured meat technology is an emerging approach to meat production that generates edible meat tissue by cultivating animal-derived stem cells. Muscle stem cells (MuSCs) are essential seed cells for cultured meat production. However, due to the complexity of muscle tissue, obtaining highly pure MuSCs and maintaining their purity during passaging remains a significant challenge. Our research addressed the issue by reevaluating the cell sorting strategy for porcine MuSCs and other cell types. A new combination of markers—CD31, CD45, JAM1, ITGA5, and ITGA7—were introduced here, sorting the muscle mononuclear cells into three distinct groups. Immunofluorescence staining and RNA-sequencing indicated three distinct cell types—MuSCs, smooth muscle cells (SMCs), and fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAPs)—each displayed high expression levels of their characteristic markers. Additionally, after successive passaging, MuSCs obtained through this refined approach exhibited higher cell purity and improved myogenic properties compared to previous methods. Overall, this study presents a method for simultaneously obtaining MuSCs, SMCs, and FAPs with high purity from porcine muscle tissue, providing a high-quality source of seed cells for cultured meat production.https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/fmr-0025-0001cultured meatfacsrna-seqmuscssmcsfaps
spellingShingle Zenan Hu
Zheng Liu
Renpeng Guo
Shijie Ding
Guanghong Zhou
Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue
Food Materials Research
cultured meat
facs
rna-seq
muscs
smcs
faps
title Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue
title_full Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue
title_fullStr Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue
title_full_unstemmed Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue
title_short Isolation and purification of different high-purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue
title_sort isolation and purification of different high purity cell populations from pig muscle tissue
topic cultured meat
facs
rna-seq
muscs
smcs
faps
url https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/fmr-0025-0001
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