Immune aging impairs muscle regeneration via macrophage-derived anti-oxidant selenoprotein P
Dieu-Huong Hoang, Jessica Bouvière, Johanna Galvis, Pauline Moullé, Orane Mercier, Eugenia Migliavacca, Ananga Ghosh, Gaëtan Juban, Sophie Liot, Pascal Stuelsatz, Fabien Le Grand, Jérôme N. Feige, Rémi Mounier, Bénédicte Chazaud
Abstract
Muscle regeneration is impaired with aging, due to both intrinsic defects of muscle stem cells (MuSCs) and alterations of their niche. Here, we monitor the cells constituting the MuSC niche over time in young and old regenerating mouse muscle. Aging alters the expansion of all niche cells, with prominent phenotypes in macrophages that show impaired resolution of inflammation. RNA sequencing of FACS-isolated mononucleated cells uncovers specific profiles and kinetics of genes and molecular pathways in old versus young muscle cells, indicating that each cell type responds to aging in a specific manner. Moreover, we show that macrophages have an altered expression of Selenoprotein P (Sepp1). Macrophage-specific deletion of Sepp1 is sufficient to impair the acquisition of their restorative profile and causes inefficient skeletal muscle regeneration. When transplanted in aged mice, bone marrow from young WT mice, but not Sepp1-KOs, restores muscle regeneration. This work provides a unique resource to study MuSC niche aging, reveals that niche cell aging is asynchronous and establishes the antioxidant Selenoprotein P as a driver of age-related decline of muscle regeneration.