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3D Mechanical Confinement Directs Muscle Stem Cell Fate and Function.

GaYoung Park¹, Josh A Grey^1,2,3,4, Foteini Mourkioti^5,6,7

¹Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.

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Summary

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Mechanical confinement in 3D environments acts as a brake on muscle stem cell (MuSC) regeneration. Increased 3D confinement reduces MuSC activation and differentiation, impacting muscle repair mechanisms.

Keywords:

3D confinement hydrogels mechanobiology mechano‐epigenetics muscle stem cells skeletal muscle

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Cell Biology
Regenerative Medicine

Background:

Muscle stem cells (MuSCs) are vital for skeletal muscle repair.
The MuSC niche environment changes dimensionally and mechanically during regeneration.
Understanding mechanical influences on MuSCs is key to muscle regeneration research.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how 3D confinement and stiffness regulate MuSC function during later regeneration stages.
To explore the impact of mechanical cues on MuSC stemness, activation, proliferation, and differentiation.
To elucidate the role of the physical niche in MuSC fate determination.

Main Methods:

Engineered an asymmetric 3D hydrogel bilayer platform with tunable physical constraints.
Mimicked the mechanical properties of the regenerating MuSC niche.
Assessed MuSC function (stemness, activation, proliferation, differentiation) under varying 3D confinement levels.

Main Results:

Increased 3D confinement maintained Pax7 expression, reduced MuSC activation and proliferation, and inhibited differentiation.
3D confinement led to smaller nuclear size and decreased H4K16ac levels, indicating modulated nuclear architecture and epigenetics.
Unconfined 2D MuSCs showed larger nuclei and higher H4K16ac, promoting activation and myogenic commitment.

Conclusions:

3D mechanical confinement is a critical regulator of MuSC fate during muscle regeneration.
Mechanical confinement acts as a brake on myogenic commitment, influencing stemness and differentiation.
This study reveals mechano-epigenetic mechanisms governing MuSC behavior in response to their physical niche.