Muscle fiber and satellite cell apoptosis in the aging human thyroarytenoid muscle: a stereological study with confocal laser scanning microscopy
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L T Malmgren1, C E Jones, L M Bookman
1Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. malmgrel@mail.upstate.edu
Objective:
This study determines the role of changes in numerical densities of apoptotic myonuclei and satellite cells in age-related remodeling of the thyroarytenoid muscle (TA).
Design:
Changes in numerical densities of apoptotic myonuclei and satellite cells were estimated for the entire TA by using stereological techniques.
Results:
There was an increase in N(V apoptotic myonucleus, fiber type) (P < 0.05) and in the percentage of apoptotic myonuclei (P < 0.05) in type 1 but not in type 2 muscle fibers. There was also an increase in N(V apoptotic satellite cell, fiber type) (P < 0.05) and in the percentage of apoptotic satellite cells (P < 0.05) in type 1 fibers but not in type 2 fibers.
Conclusion:
Apoptosis may contribute to age-related fiber loss and atrophy in the TA.
Significance:
Therapeutic techniques based on decreasing the frequency of apoptosis may block age-related fiber loss and atrophy in the TA.
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