Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation

Complete skeletal muscle regeneration after traumatic injuries remains a challenge due to impaired regenerative capability and dysregulated microenvironments. Autophagy plays a crucial role in the muscle regeneration process by regulating myogenic and non-myogenic cells. Herein, we report a bioactiv...

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Main Authors: Li Zhou, Haixia Zhuang, Xinyu Ye, Wei Yuan, Kai Wang, Donghan Hu, Xiangya Luo, Qiuyu Zhang
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-12-01
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Haixia Zhuang
Xinyu Ye
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Kai Wang
Donghan Hu
Xiangya Luo
Qiuyu Zhang
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description Complete skeletal muscle regeneration after traumatic injuries remains a challenge due to impaired regenerative capability and dysregulated microenvironments. Autophagy plays a crucial role in the muscle regeneration process by regulating myogenic and non-myogenic cells. Herein, we report a bioactive MXene hydrogel (FPGM) capable of upregulating autophagy and increasing muscle innervation to restore skeletal muscle structure and function. FPGM possessed excellent electrical conductivity, tissue adhesive ability and antioxidation, which could eliminate excess reactive oxygen species to reduce oxidative stress and decrease the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokine. FPGM upregulated the autophagy level of myoblasts and promoted the migration and tube formation of endothelial cells as well as myogenic differentiation with negligible toxicity. FPGM accelerated muscle fiber formation and skeletal muscle regeneration by improving autophagy, which could regulate microenvironment through raising M2 macrophages to alleviate excessive inflammation, facilitating angiogenesis and decreasing fibrous scar tissue formation in vivo. Importantly, FPGM could efficiently restore muscle function by improving muscle innervation, tibialis anterior compound muscle action potential amplitude and neuromuscular conduction. This work demonstrates that bioactive MXene hydrogel should be a promising candidate for complete skeletal muscle regeneration.
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spelling doaj-art-9bd807498bd8425897eb6f1b620aa7dc2025-08-20T02:32:21ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Smart Materials in Medicine2590-18342024-12-015451452810.1016/j.smaim.2024.10.002Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervationLi Zhou0Haixia Zhuang1Xinyu Ye2Wei Yuan3Kai Wang4Donghan Hu5Xiangya Luo6Qiuyu Zhang7Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510700, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, PR China; Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, PR China; Corresponding author. Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510700, PR China.Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510260, PR ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, PR ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, PR ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, PR ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, PR ChinaKey Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510700, PR ChinaKey Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, PR China; Corresponding author. Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, PR China.Complete skeletal muscle regeneration after traumatic injuries remains a challenge due to impaired regenerative capability and dysregulated microenvironments. Autophagy plays a crucial role in the muscle regeneration process by regulating myogenic and non-myogenic cells. Herein, we report a bioactive MXene hydrogel (FPGM) capable of upregulating autophagy and increasing muscle innervation to restore skeletal muscle structure and function. FPGM possessed excellent electrical conductivity, tissue adhesive ability and antioxidation, which could eliminate excess reactive oxygen species to reduce oxidative stress and decrease the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokine. FPGM upregulated the autophagy level of myoblasts and promoted the migration and tube formation of endothelial cells as well as myogenic differentiation with negligible toxicity. FPGM accelerated muscle fiber formation and skeletal muscle regeneration by improving autophagy, which could regulate microenvironment through raising M2 macrophages to alleviate excessive inflammation, facilitating angiogenesis and decreasing fibrous scar tissue formation in vivo. Importantly, FPGM could efficiently restore muscle function by improving muscle innervation, tibialis anterior compound muscle action potential amplitude and neuromuscular conduction. This work demonstrates that bioactive MXene hydrogel should be a promising candidate for complete skeletal muscle regeneration.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590183424000516MXene hydrogelAutophagyMuscle innervationMuscle regenerationFunction recovery
spellingShingle Li Zhou
Haixia Zhuang
Xinyu Ye
Wei Yuan
Kai Wang
Donghan Hu
Xiangya Luo
Qiuyu Zhang
Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation
Smart Materials in Medicine
MXene hydrogel
Autophagy
Muscle innervation
Muscle regeneration
Function recovery
title Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation
title_full Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation
title_fullStr Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation
title_full_unstemmed Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation
title_short Bioactive MXene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation
title_sort bioactive mxene hydrogel promotes structural and functional regeneration of skeletal muscle through improving autophagy and muscle innervation
topic MXene hydrogel
Autophagy
Muscle innervation
Muscle regeneration
Function recovery
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590183424000516
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