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Human myotube formation is determined by MyoD-Myomixer/Myomaker axis.
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- Elevated MyoD1 levels expand genome-wide binding and the repertoire of regulated genes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- The uncoordinated-5 homologue A is a key receptor in netrin-ligand-mediated fast-twitch myotube formation in male mice.Physiological reports · 2026Article
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- CHAMP1 is an essential regulator for human myoblast fusion and muscle development.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Development of a split-toxin CRISPR screening platform to systematically identify regulators of human myoblast fusion.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with M-cadherin and stabilizes its cell surface expression in mouse C2C12 myoblasts.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Differentially expressed fusogens specify myocyte states to drive myogenesis.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Impaired myogenesis in limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Bi-allelic MYMX variants cause a syndromic congenital myopathy with recognizable facial palsy, growth restriction, and dysmorphism.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
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- miRNA-182-5p promotes myogenic differentiation of C2C12 cells via the suppression of ZBTB7A.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Ultrastructural insights into early myoblast differentiation induced by shockwave stimulation.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Exercise promotes skeletal muscle growth in adolescents via modulating Mettl3-mediated m6A methylation of MyoD in muscle satellite cells.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2024Article
- Ectopic expression of Myomaker and Myomixer in slow muscle cells induces slow muscle fusion and myofiber death.Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao · 2024Article
- Spatiotemporal coordination of actin regulators generates invasive protrusions in cell-cell fusion.Nature cell biology · 2024Article
- A change in cis-regulatory logic underlying obligate versus facultative muscle multinucleation in chordates.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Myoblast fusion is essential for formations of myofibers, the basic cellular and functional units of skeletal muscles. Recent genetic studies in mice identified two long-sought membrane proteins, Myomaker and Myomixer, which cooperatively drive myoblast fusion. It is unknown whether and how human muscles, with myofibers of tremendously larger size, use this mechanism to achieve multinucleations. Here, we report an interesting fusion model of human myoblasts where Myomaker is sufficient to induce low-grade fusion, while Myomixer boosts its efficiency to generate giant myotubes. By CRISPR mutagenesis and biochemical assays, we identified MyoD as the key molecular switch of fusion that is required and sufficient to initiate Myomixer and Myomaker expression. Mechanistically, we defined the E-box motifs on promoters of Myomixer and Myomaker by which MyoD induces their expression for multinucleations of human muscle cells. Together, our study uncovered the key molecular apparatus and the transcriptional control mechanism underlying human myoblast fusion.
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