Nanoenzyme-Reinforced Multifunctional Scaffold Based on Ti3C2Tx MXene Nanosheets for Promoting Structure-Functional Skeletal Muscle Regeneration via Electroactivity and Microenvironment Management

Hua Zheng, Fang Cheng, Dong Guo, Xijing He, Li Zhou, Qiuyu Zhang

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Abstract

The completed volumetric muscle loss (VML) regeneration remains a challenge due to the limited myogenic differentiation as well as the oxidative, inflammatory, and hypoxic microenvironment. Herein, a 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene@MnO2 nanocomposite with conductivity and microenvironment remodeling was fabricated and applied in developing a multifunctional hydrogel (FME) scaffold to simultaneously conquer these hurdles. Among them, Ti3C2Tx MXene with electroconductive ability remarkably promotes myogenic differentiation via enhancing the myotube formation and upregulating the relative expression of the myosin heavy chain (MHC) protein and myogenic genes (MyoD and MyoG) in myogenesis. The MnO2 nanoenzyme-reinforced Ti3C2Tx MXene significantly reshapes the hostile microenvironment by eliminating reactive oxygen species (ROS), regulating macrophage polarization from M1 to M2 and continuously supplying O2. Together, the FME hydrogel as a bioactive multifunctional scaffold significantly accelerates structure-functional VML regeneration in vivo and represents a multipronged strategy for the VML regeneration via electroactivity and microenvironment management.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7379-7388
Number of pages10
JournalNano Letters
Volume23
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Aug 2023

Keywords

  • TiCTx MXene@MnO-based hydrogel scaffold
  • electroactivity
  • microenvironment management
  • structure−functional VML regeneration

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