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  • Tissue Engineering
  • Regenerative Medicine

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  • Current biomaterials fail to fully restore skeletal muscle function post-injury, leading to permanent loss.
  • Growing evidence highlights the importance of matrix viscoelasticity in regenerative processes.
  • Understanding how mechanical properties influence cell behavior is key for effective muscle repair strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the hypothesis that matrix viscoelasticity regulates muscle cell function and regeneration.
  • To explore the impact of different hydrogel viscoelastic properties on myoblast and satellite cell behavior.
  • To develop advanced biomaterials that can guide specific cellular responses for skeletal muscle recovery.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized norbornene-modified type I collagen hydrogels crosslinked with a tetrazine-based system.
  • Engineered hydrogels with varying viscoelastic properties, specifically slow-relaxing and fast-relaxing matrices.
  • Assessed myoblast spreading, proliferation, differentiation, and satellite cell stemness on these engineered substrates.

Main Results:

  • Myoblast spreading, proliferation, and differentiation were enhanced on and within slow-relaxing hydrogels.
  • Satellite cell stemness, vital for muscle regeneration, was maintained exclusively on soft, fast-relaxing hydrogels.
  • Demonstrated a direct correlation between collagen-based substrate viscoelasticity and muscle cell phenotype in vitro.

Conclusions:

  • Hydrogel viscoelasticity directly influences skeletal muscle cell behavior, including proliferation, differentiation, and stemness.
  • Tailoring matrix mechanical properties, specifically relaxation time and stiffness, is critical for optimizing muscle regeneration.
  • These findings provide a foundation for designing advanced biomaterials to guide cellular functions essential for skeletal muscle repair.