Adult skeletal muscle is a plastic tissue that can adapt its size to workload. Here, we show that RhoA within myofibers is needed for overload-induced hypertrophy by controlling satellite cell (SC) fusion to the growing myofibers without affecting protein synthesis. At the molecular level, we demonstrate that RhoA controls in a cell autonomous manner Erk1/2 activation and the expressions of extracellular matrix (ECM) regulators such as and macrophage chemo-attractants such as / Their decreased expression in RhoA mutants is associated with ECM and fibrillar collagen disorganization and lower macrophage infiltration. Moreover, matrix metalloproteinases inhibition and macrophage depletion in controls phenocopied the altered growth of RhoA mutants while having no effect in mutants showing that their action is RhoA-dependent. These findings unravel the implication of RhoA within myofibers, in the building of a permissive microenvironment for muscle hypertrophic growth and for SC accretion through ECM remodeling and inflammatory cell recruitment.
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