Preparation and Culturing of Atlantic Salmon Muscle Cells for In Vitro Studies

Methods Mol Biol. 2019:1889:319-330. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8897-6_19.

Abstract

This chapter outlines methods for isolating myosatellites from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), how to keep them in culture and differentiate them into mature myocytes. The protocol further describes how to trans-differentiate the myocytes into osteoblasts (bone cells).

Keywords: Atlantic salmon; Differentiation; In vitro; Muscle cell; Myosatellite; Trans-differentiation.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomarkers
  • Cell Culture Techniques
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cell Transdifferentiation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Muscle Cells* / cytology
  • Muscle Cells* / metabolism
  • Salmo salar*
  • Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle / cytology
  • Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle / metabolism

Substances

  • Biomarkers