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Dexamethasone accelerates muscle regeneration by modulating kinesin-1-mediated focal adhesion signals.


ABSTRACT: During differentiation, skeletal muscle develops mature multinucleated muscle fibers, which could contract to exert force on a substrate. Muscle dysfunction occurs progressively in patients with muscular dystrophy, leading to a loss of the ability to walk and eventually to death. The synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex) has been used therapeutically to treat muscular dystrophy by an inhibition of inflammation, followed by slowing muscle degeneration and stabilizing muscle strength. Here, in mice with muscle injury, we found that Dex significantly promotes muscle regeneration via promoting kinesin-1 motor activity. Nevertheless, how Dex promotes myogenesis through kinesin-1 motors remains unclear. We found that Dex directly increases kinesin-1 motor activity, which is required for the expression of a myogenic marker (muscle myosin heavy chain 1/2), and also for the process of myoblast fusion and the formation of polarized myotubes. Upon differentiation, kinesin-1 mediates the recruitment of integrin ?1 onto microtubules allowing delivery of the protein into focal adhesions. Integrin ?1-mediated focal adhesion signaling then guides myoblast fusion towards a polarized morphology. By imposing geometric constrains via micropatterns, we have proved that cell adhesion is able to rescue the defects caused by kinesin-1 inhibition during the process of myogenesis. These discoveries reveal a mechanism by which Dex is able to promote myogenesis, and lead us towards approaches that are more efficient in improving skeletal muscle regeneration.

SUBMITTER: Lin JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7889929 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dexamethasone accelerates muscle regeneration by modulating kinesin-1-mediated focal adhesion signals.

Lin Jong-Wei JW   Huang Yi-Man YM   Chen Yin-Quan YQ   Chuang Ting-Yun TY   Lan Tien-Yun TY   Liu Yen-Wenn YW   Pan Hung-Wei HW   You Li-Ru LR   Wang Yang-Kao YK   Lin Keng-Hui KH   Chiou Arthur A   Kuo Jean-Cheng JC  

Cell death discovery 20210217 1


During differentiation, skeletal muscle develops mature multinucleated muscle fibers, which could contract to exert force on a substrate. Muscle dysfunction occurs progressively in patients with muscular dystrophy, leading to a loss of the ability to walk and eventually to death. The synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex) has been used therapeutically to treat muscular dystrophy by an inhibition of inflammation, followed by slowing muscle degeneration and stabilizing muscle strength. Here,  ...[more]

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