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ERBB3 and NGFR mark a distinct skeletal muscle progenitor cell in human development and hPSCs

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Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can be directed to differentiate into skeletal muscle progenitor cells (SMPCs). However, the myogenicity of hPSC-SMPCs relative to human fetal or adult satellite cells remains unclear. We observed that hPSC-SMPCs derived by directed differentiation are less functional in vitro and in vivo compared to human satellite cells. Using RNA sequencing, we found that the cell surface receptors ERBB3 and NGFR demarcate myogenic populations, including PAX7 progenitors in human fetal development and hPSC-SMPCs. We demonstrated that hPSC skeletal muscle is immature, but inhibition of transforming growth factor-β signalling during differentiation improved fusion efficiency, ultrastructural organization and the expression of adult myosins. This enrichment and maturation strategy restored dystrophin in hundreds of dystrophin-deficient myofibres after engraftment of CRISPR–Cas9-corrected Duchenne muscular dystrophy human induced pluripotent stem cell-SMPCs. The work provides an in-depth characterization of human myogenesis, and identifies candidates that improve the in vivo myogenic potential of hPSC-SMPCs to levels that are equal to directly isolated human fetal muscle cells.

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Fig. 1: hPSC-SMPCs have reduced in vitro and in vivo myogenic potential relative to fetal or adult SCs.
Fig. 2: HNK1−NCAM+ increases myogenic cell numbers but does not increase myogenicity in vivo.
Fig. 3: RNA-seq identifies unique gene signatures in fetal and hPSC-derived muscle.
Fig. 4: Increased myogenic ability resides in the ERBB3+NGFR+ fraction of human fetal muscle during primary and secondary myogenesis.
Fig. 5: Increased myogenic ability resides in the ERBB3+NGFR+ fraction of SMPCs from multiple hPSC lines and directed differentiation protocols.
Fig. 6: Inhibition of TGF-β signalling induces hPSC skeletal muscle maturation.
Fig. 7: In vivo engraftment of CRISPR–Cas9-corrected DMD hiPSC-SMPCs restores dystrophin to levels approaching uncultured fetal muscle.

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Acknowledgements

We thank S. Younesi, J. Marshall, M. Emami, E. Korsakova, K. Saleh, V. Rezek, J. Wen and C. Kumagai-Cresse for helping with stem cell culture and mouse experiments. Furthermore, we thank E. Mokhonova for performing the western blots. We also thank J. Morgan’s laboratory for training on cell engraftments. The following cores were used: CDMD Muscle Phenotyping and Imaging Core, High Throughput and Cell Repository Core, and Bioinformatics and Genomics Core; the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA (BSCRC) Flow Cytometry Core; the UCLA Technology Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, JCCC Electron Microscopy Core, the CFAR Flow Cytometry Core (NIH P30CA016042, 5P30AI028697); and the UCLA Humanized Mouse Core (CFAR, NIAID AI028697). M.R.H. is the recipient of a BSCRC and Schaffer Fellowship, a CDMD-Cure Duchenne Fellowship and a CDMD-NIH Paul Wellstone Center Training Fellowship (U54 AR052646). D.E. was funded by an NIH grant K01AR061415, Department of Defense (DoD) grant W81XWH-13-1-0465 and California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) grant RB5-07230. Funding was provided by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) R01AR064327 to A.D.P., and NIAMS 5P30AR05723 to M.J.S., the CDMD at UCLA, the NIH/NCATS, the UCLA CTSI (UL1TR000124), the BSCRC Research Award (A.D.P.), the Rose Hills Foundation Research Award to A.D.P., and a CIRM Inception and CIRM Quest (DISC1-08823 and DISC2-08824 to A.D.P.).

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    Michael R. Hicks, Majib Jan, Haibin Xi, Courtney S. Young, Melissa J. Spencer & April D. Pyle

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    Michael R. Hicks, Ascia Eskin, Majib Jan, Haibin Xi, Courtney S. Young, Stanley F. Nelson, Melissa J. Spencer & April D. Pyle

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    Michael R. Hicks, Julia Hiserodt, Katrina Paras, Wakana Fujiwara, Majib Jan, Haibin Xi & April D. Pyle

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M.R.H., B.V.H. and A.D.P. conceived the study. M.R.H., B.V.H. and M.J.S. designed the experiments. A.E., B.V.H., S.F.N. and M.R.H. analysed the data. M.R.H., B.V.H., J.H., K.P., W.F., M.J., H.X. and C.S.Y. conducted the experiments. M.R.H. and A.D.P. wrote the manuscript. M.R.H., A.D.P., B.V.H., J.H., K.P., C.S.Y., M.J.S. and S.F.N. edited the manuscript. Funding acquisition, M.R.H., A.D.P. and D.E.; Resources, D.E.; A.D.P. supervised the study.

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Supplementary Table 1

Engraftment quantification of all human fetal and hPSC skeletal muscle in all mdx-NSG mice.

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Gene Lists of key biological processes upregulated by CD31-CD45-NCAM+ cultured fetal muscle cells and HNK1-NCAM+ hPSC-SMPCs.

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Gene Lists of key biological processes upregulated by directly-isolated fetal muscle cells and hPSC-SMPCs.

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Gene Lists of key biological processes upregulated by directly-isolated fetal muscle cells and CD31-CD45-NCAM+ cultured fetal muscle cells.

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Gene primer lists.

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Antibody lists for IF and FACS.

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