MSTN基因对猪骨骼肌发育调控的作用及其研究进展

肌肉生长抑制素(myostatin,MSTN)基因在调控猪机体骨骼肌形成、分化过程中起负作用,会阻碍肌细胞和肌纤维的生长,该基因的缺失或降低会引起动物机体的肌肉过度发育。并与猪个体生长、发育和脂肪沉积都有重要关联,可以用于改善和调节猪个体发育情况及瘦肉和脂肪比例。本研究主要对MSTN基因的结构、特点、作用机制、互作关联等生物学功能及相关研究进展进行综述,为日后提高畜禽生长速度、产肉率、肉品质和培育新品系提供参考。     

松江鲈肌肉生长抑制素基因克隆和序列特征分析

肌肉生长抑制素(myostatin)属于转化生长因子β(TGF-β)超家族中的一个成员,是控制骨骼肌生长发育的重要细胞因子.该研究以松江鲈肌肉总RNA为模板,采用RT-PCR、5'-RACE和3'-RACE的方法,获得了松江鲈MSTN基因的3个片段,测序后拼接得到2568 bp全长cDNA序列,其包含了1131个核苷酸的开放性阅读框,翻译编码376个氨基酸.松江鲈MSTN具有MSTN的共同特征,有蛋白酶水解位点RARR和10个保守的半胱氨酸残基:核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分析发现,松江鲈MSTN基因序列与石首鱼、条纹狼鲈、美洲白鲈、金眼石鮨等同源性较高;与哺乳动物和鸟类同源性较低.系统发育分析表明,松江鲈MSTN与石首鱼亲缘关系最近.RT-PCR分析表明,该基因在肌肉表达量最高;在肠中也有较高表达:在脑和肿脏中也能检测到表达.此结果表明,松江鲈MSTN基因除对肌肉生长发育有调控作用以外,可能还有其他功能.     

小鼠肌肉生长抑制素基因短发夹RNA促进MyoD在C2C12细胞中的表达

肌肉生长抑制素(myostatin,MSTN)属于转化生长因子-β(transforming growth factor-β,TGF-β)超家族,主要功能为负向调节骨骼肌的生长.肌肉生长抑制素基因敲除小鼠肌肉出现显著增加,而将干涉该基因的短发夹RNA注射并电击转化入大鼠胫前肌则引起肌肉重量、肌纤维以及MHCⅡ表达的增加.通过与小鼠肌肉生长抑制素基因表达载体共转染HEK293细胞,筛选到两条能够高效抑制小鼠肌肉生长抑制素基因表达的小干涉RNA.构建了这两条小RNA的表达载体Mst-shRNA1和Mst-shRNA2,用其分别转染小鼠C2C12成肌细胞,并通过G418药物筛选和流式细胞仪富集整合了短发夹RNA表达载体的阳性细胞.通过采用Real-time PCR和Western blot分析,检测到在分别整合了Mst-shRNA1和Mst-shRNA2的C2C12细胞中,内源性肌肉生长抑制素基因的mRNA水平分别下降了10.2%和35.5%,蛋白质表达则分别下降了29.3%和64.7%.同时,在这两组中MyoD的表达上升了24.4%和40.4%,证明通过RNA干涉实现的肌肉生长抑制素基因的抑制导致了下游MyoD基...     

黄河裸裂尻鱼肌肉生长抑制素基因克隆及表达分析

肌肉生长抑制素(myostatin,MSTN)属于转化生长因子β(TGF-β)超家族中的一个成员,是骨骼肌生长发育的负调控因子。该文以黄河裸裂尻鱼肌肉总RNA为模板,采用RT-PCT、5’-RACE和3’-RACE法获得MSTN基因全长cDNA序列为2180bp,包含长为1128bp的开放阅读框,编码375个氨基酸。以肌肉总DNA为模板,通过PCR法进一步获得了MSTN基因的2个内含子序列,分析表明,黄河裸裂尻鱼MSTN基因与其他脊椎动物具有相似的基因结构(包括3个外显子和2个内含子)。黄河裸裂尻鱼MSTN具有脊椎动物MSTN的共同序列特征,含有1个蛋白酶水解位点RXXR和8个位于TGF-β功能区域保守的半胱氨酸残基。氨基酸序列同源性分析表明,黄河裸裂尻鱼MSTN序列与其他鲤科鱼类MSTN具有较高的同源性;而与哺乳动物和禽类的MSTN同源性较低。系统发育分析表明,黄河裸裂尻鱼MSTN与其他鲤科鱼类聚于同一进化支。RT-PCR分析表明,该基因在黄河裸裂尻鱼9个被检组织中均有表达,但在心、肾、肠、精巢中表达量较高。Real-TimePCR分析显示,MSTN基因在胚胎中的相对表达量,随胚胎发育阶段的不同而有所差异,暗示MSTN的功能可能并不局限在对肌肉生长发育的负调控作用,可能还有其他功能。     

Arg缓解MSTN对猪肌肉间充质干细胞成脂-分化的抑制

间充质干细胞可分化为脂肪细胞并沉积脂质,从而增加动物脂肪沉积.因此,猪肌肉间充质干细胞被认为是肌内脂肪的重要来源之一.本研究主要在体外探讨了肌肉生长抑制素（MSTN）对猪肌肉来源间充质干细胞成脂分化的影响及Arg的调控作用.结果表明,外源添加MSTN活性蛋白极显著地降低了胞内甘油三酯水平,而添加Arg或MSTN抗体则表现相反的作用（P〈0.01）.同时添加Arg可缓解MSTN对间充质干细胞脂质沉积的抑制作用（P〈0.01）.生脂转录因子表达模式分析表明,外源添加MSTN抑制了细胞PPARγ2和aP2的表达,添加Arg和MSTN抗体增强了细胞ADD1的表达（P〈0.01）.此外,同时添加MSTN蛋白和Arg较仅添加MSTN蛋白极显著增强了细胞ADD1和PPARδ的表达（P〈0.01）,同时添加MSTN和Arg抗体较仅添加MSTN抗体显著增强了细胞ADD1,PPARδ,C/EBPα,PPARγ2和LPL的表达（P〈0.05）.由此可见,MSTN抑制了猪肌肉来源间充质干细胞成脂分化,添加Arg至少部分地通过上调ADD1和PPARδ的表达来缓解MSTN对成脂分化的抑制作用.     

锌指核酸酶技术制备肌肉生长抑制素基因敲除的五指山小型猪成纤维细胞

敲除猪肌肉生长抑制素(Myostatin, MSTN)基因可能提高猪瘦肉率, MSTN基因敲除猪也可作为相关疾病的动物模型。文章利用锌指核酸酶(Zinc-finger nucleases, ZFNs)技术敲除五指山小型猪胎儿成纤维细胞MSTN基因, 为制备MSTN基因敲除猪奠定基础。ZFNs质粒或编码ZFNs的mRNA均能高效敲除MSTN基因, 使用ZFNs mRNA能直接得到MSTN+/-和MSTN-/-两种基因型的细胞克隆。DNA序列测定与分析发现, 细胞克隆的突变类型多为ZFNs作用靶位点处不大于10 bp的碱基插入或缺失(92.18 %); 氨基酸预测发现, 突变型MSTN基因的终止密码子常常提前出现。将MSTN基因敲除的细胞进行体细胞核移植(Somatic cell nuclear transfer, SCNT)发现, 胚胎体外早期发育潜力与野生型无显著差异, 表明这些细胞可用于后续MSTN基因敲除猪的制备。     

肌肉生长抑制素调控动物骨骼肌生长机制的研究进展

肌肉生成抑制素（myostatin, MSTN）在动物机体骨骼肌的增殖、分化和生长中起着重要的负调控作用。MSTN基因的过表达会阻碍骨骼肌增殖分化及生长发育,而缺失或表达降低则会导致肌肉肥大,形成双肌现象（double muscle phenomenon, DMP）。MSTN能作用于多个基因及结合多种细胞因子广泛参与生理生化、物质代谢、病理调控等过程,在动物机体生长发育过程中扮演着重要的角色。本文将从MSTN基因的历史渊源、基因定位、时空表达特性、部分相关作用机制等方面进行论述,旨在对MSTN调控动物骨骼肌生长部分机制作梳理,以期为后期研究提供理论依据。     

肌肉抑制素基因及在食用肉类生产中的应用前景

肌肉抑制素(Mstn)基因是TGF-β超家族的一种新基因,仅在骨骼肌特异表达并作为肌肉生长的负调控因子.由于该基因为单一开关基因,其缺失即导致肌肉量增加,同时Mstn基因天然敲除的肌肉加倍良种牛的存在,说明这种基因操作不会扰乱其他生长调控系统并带来不正常病理变化,因而Mstn基因是提高肉用动物肌肉产量的理想靶基因.     

肌肉生长抑制因子对肌细胞发育的调控研究

肌肉生长抑制因子（MSTN）是动物肌肉生长发育的一个重要的负调控主效基因。它的表达受其他肌肉发育的调控因子如MyoD,FoxO等的调控。MSTN原蛋白经蛋白酶修饰变成的活性蛋白存在于血液循环系统中,它可以结合到细胞膜表面受体,激活细胞内信号通路,与其他因子的协同作用对肌肉发育和脂肪生成产生不同生理效应。本文将对MSTN基因及其蛋白的结构特点,表达调控因子,细胞内信号传导,及其对组织发育的影响进行探讨。     

CRISPR/Cas9技术制备猪肌肉生长抑制素基因敲除细胞

采用CRISPR/Cas9技术制备质粒HRX-2MCS和PX330,两种质粒转染湖北白猪胎儿成纤维细胞,G418筛选抗性细胞株。收集培养细胞提取总DNA,分子定位PCR法检测绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因在猪肌肉生长抑制素(MSTN)基因外显子上的定位整合情况,得到T1靶位点整合细胞5株和T3靶位点整合细胞3株。Q-PCR定量分析结果表明3108号阳性细胞株MSTN基因m RNA表达量减少50%,实验获得的基因敲除细胞可以用于体细胞核移植法制备MSTN基因敲除猪的研究。     

Precise editing of myostatin signal peptide by CRISPR/Cas9 increases the muscle mass of Liang Guang Small Spotted pigs

Myostatin (MSTN), a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily, is a negative regulator of muscle growth and development. Disruption of the MSTN gene in various mammalian species markedly promotes muscle growth. Previous studies have mainly focused on the disruption of the MSTN peptide coding region in pigs but not on the modification of the signal peptide region. In this study, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR associated protein 9 (Cas9) system was used to successfully introduce two mutations (PVD20H and GP19del) in the MSTN signal peptide region of the indigenous Chinese pig breed, Liang Guang Small Spotted pig. Both mutations in signal peptide increased the muscle mass without inhibiting the production of mature MSTN peptide in the cells. Histological analysis revealed that the enhanced muscle mass in MSTN^+/PVD20H pig was mainly due to an increase in the number of muscle fibers. The expression of MSTN in the longissimus dorsi muscle of MSTN^+/PVD20H and MSTN^KO/PVD20H pigs was significantly downregulated, whereas that of myogenic regulatory factors, including MyoD, Myogenin, and Myf-5, was significantly upregulated when compared to those in the longissimus dorsi muscle of wild-type pigs. Meanwhile, the mutations also activated the PI3K/Akt pathway. The results of this study indicated that precise editing of the MSTN signal peptide can enhance porcine muscle development without markedly affecting the expression of mature MSTN peptide, which could exert other beneficial biological functions in the edited pigs.

     

Mutations in the Myostatin gene leading to hypermuscularity in mammals: indications for a similar mechanism in fish?

The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily encodes secreted factors that are important in regulating embryonic development and tissue homeostatis in adults. Myostatin (MSTN, encoded by MSTN) or 'growth and differentiation factor 8', a member of this superfamily, is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth and is highly conserved among animal species. In 1997, a mutation associated with the so-called double-muscling phenotype in cattle was found in the MSTN gene. During the years following the discovery of the first MSTN mutation, other mutations were found in cattle and other mammalian species, and MSTN became one of the most thoroughly studied genes in animals. The aim of this review is mainly to describe the functional mutations located in the MSTN genes of several mammalian species, leading to double muscling in these animals. Furthermore, in light of the increasing importance of fish genetics, the possibility of functional mutations in piscine MSTN with a similar effect as in mammals, and a genetic model for MSTN research in fish, will also be discussed.     

Knockdown of Myostatin Expression by RNAi Enhances Muscle Growth in Transgenic Sheep

Myostatin (MSTN) has been shown to be a negative regulator of skeletal muscle development and growth. MSTN dysfunction therefore offers a strategy for promoting animal growth performance in livestock production. In this study, we investigated the possibility of using RNAi-based technology to generate transgenic sheep with a double-muscle phenotype. A shRNA expression cassette targeting sheep MSTN was used to generate stable shRNA-expressing fibroblast clones. Transgenic sheep were further produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technology. Five lambs developed to term and three live lambs were obtained. Integration of shRNA expression cassette in three live lambs was confirmed by PCR. RNase protection assay showed that the shRNAs targeting MSTN were expressed in muscle tissues of three transgenic sheep. MSTN expression was significantly inhibited in muscle tissues of transgenic sheep when compared with control sheep. Moreover, transgenic sheep showed a tendency to faster increase in body weight than control sheep. Histological analysis showed that myofiber diameter of transgenic sheep M17 were bigger than that of control sheep. Our findings demonstrate a promising approach to promoting muscle growth in livestock production.     

Myostatin gene silencing by RNA interference in chicken embryo fibroblast cells

Myostatin (MSTN), a member of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily, is a negative regulator of the skeletal muscle growth, and suppresses the proliferation and differentiation of myoblast cells. Dysfunction of MSTN gene either by natural mutation or genetic manipulation (knockout or knockdown) has been reported to interrupt its proper function and to increase the muscle mass in many mammalian species. RNA interference (RNAi) mediated by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) has become a powerful tool for gene knockdown studies. In the present study transient silencing of MSTN gene in chicken embryo fibroblast cells was evaluated using five different shRNA expression constructs. We report here up to 68% silencing of myostatin mRNA using these shRNA constructs in transiently transfected fibroblasts (p<0.05). This was, however, associated with induction of interferon responsive genes (OAS1, IFN-β) (3.7-64 folds; p<0.05). Further work on stable expression of antimyostatin shRNA with minimum interferon induction will be of immense value to increase the muscle mass in the transgenic animals.     

Characterization of the complete porcine MSTN gene and expression levels in pig breeds differing in muscularity

Myostatin (MSTN), a transforming growth factor beta superfamily member, is an essential factor for the growth and development of muscle mass. The protein functions as a negative regulator of muscle growth and is related to the so-called double-muscling phenotype in cattle, where a series of mutations renders the gene inactive. One particular breed of pigs, the Belgian Piétrain, also shows a heavily muscled phenotype. The similarity of muscular phenotypes between the double-muscled cattle and Piétrain pigs indicated that MSTN may be a candidate gene for muscular hypertrophy in pigs. In this study, we sequenced and analysed the complete MSTN gene from 45 pigs of five different breeds, including the heavily muscled Piétrain breed at one extreme and the Meishan and Wild boar breeds at the other extreme. In total, 7626 bp of the porcine MSTN gene were sequenced, including the 5' and 3' UTR. Fifteen polymorphic loci were found, three of which were located in the promoter region, five in intron 1 and seven in intron 2. Most mutations were found when comparing the obtained MSTN sequence with porcine MSTN sequences already published. However, one polymorphism located at position 447 of the porcine MSTN promoter had a very high allele frequency in the Piétrain pig breed and disrupted a putative myocyte enhancer factor 3 binding site. Real-time PCR using Sybr Green showed that this mutation was associated with expression levels of the MSTN gene in m. longissimus dorsi at an age of 4 weeks.     

Characterisation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Haplotypes of MSTN Associated with Growth Traits in European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Marine Biotechnology - The myostatin (MSTN) gene, known as growth differentiation factor-8 (GDF-8), is a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily and plays a...     

SNP identification and polymorphism analysis in exon 2 of the horse myostatin gene

The myostatin gene (MSTN) belongs to the TGF-β superfamily of secreted growth and differentiation factors and is responsible for embryonic and adult skeletal muscle development. In this study, exon 2 of the MSTN gene, which encodes part of the TGF-β pro-peptide, was sequenced in 332 horses of 20 different breeds and compared with the horse MSTN gene sequence deposited in GenBank. The sequences obtained revealed the presence of 11 haplotypes represented by 10 variable nucleotide mutations, eight of them corresponding to amino acid sequence changes. This gene shows a high variability when compared with other genes. This might be an indication that some breeds have the same ancestry but different pressures of selection.     

军曹鱼肌生成抑制素基因的克隆与序列分析

肌生成抑制素(Myostation,MSTN)是一种骨骼肌生长的负调控因子,其生物功能主要是抑制骨骼肌的生长。肌生成抑制素的活性降低或丧失,可使肌肉与其他组织的比例大大提高,因此在动物育种和医疗上有很大的潜在应用价值。目前包括鱼类在内的20多种脊椎动物的MSTN cDNA已经得到克隆和测序。本实验依据已知的鱼MSTN cDNA的保守区域设计一对特异引物,利用PCR技术分别从军曹鱼基因组中扩增出一个约1000bp的特异片段和300bp片段,所得目的片段回收纯化,将其酶切产物连接到pMDl8-T克隆载体上,转化入JM109感受态细胞中,挑取阳性克隆进行转化子鉴定,其质粒测序结果与文献报道的一致,证明成功地克隆了军曹鱼肌生成抑制素基因。