ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 226-238. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20192231

Special Issue: Animal husbandry

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Beef Cattle miR-133a Promotes the Differentiation of Myoblasts by Inhibiting PAX7

YU Kun1,2, LIU Ruili1,2, LIU Xianxun1,2, BAI Xuejin1,2, DONG Yajuan1,2,3   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China;
    2. Shandong Black Cattle Breeding Engineering Technological Research Center, Qingdao 266109, China;
    3. Shandong Black Cattle Science Technology Co., Ltd., Zibo 256306, China
  • Received:2021-03-24 Published:2021-10-28

Abstract: The aims to explore the molecular mechanism of bta-miR-133a involved in the regulation of longissimus dorsi development in beef cattle. The longissimus dorsi muscle of Black cattle and Luxi cattle was collected for sRNA database construction, and the data was used to screen bta-miR-133a related to the development of beef cattle skeletal muscle. Use bioinformatics analysis software to identify its conservation and predict its target genes, perform GO enrichment analysis and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis for its target genes, and verify the predicted potential target genes through the dual luciferase report test. C2C12 cells were selected for functional verification, bta-miR-133a was overexpressed and knockouted. After 48 h, 2% horse serum was used to observe the myotube differentiation process, CCK-8 to detect cell proliferation rate, Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction to detect the expression of cell proliferation and differentiation marker genes PCNA, CCND1, Myh1, Myod1 and target genes. The results showed that the mature sequence of bta-miR-133a was highly conserved among various species. The target gene was predicted to be PAX7. The dual luciferase report test verifies that bta-miR-133a had a target relationship with PAX7.The result of GO enrichment and KEGG pathways analysis showed that the predicted target genes were significantly enriched in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton organization tissue, the negative regulation of the classical Wnt signaling pathway, actin filament binding and other GO components, and MAPK, Ras, FoxO and other signaling pathways related to muscle development in. Overexpression of bta-miR-133a promoted myotube differentiation(P <0.01), at 72 h, reduced cell proliferation rate(P <0.01), inhibited the expression of target gene PAX7 (P <0.01);knocked out bta-miR-133a inhibited myotube differentiation(P <0.01), increased cell proliferation rate at 72 h(P <0.05), and promoted the expression of target gene PAX7 (P <0.01). In terms of cell proliferation, overexpression of bta-miR-133a reduced the expression level of its marker genes PCNA and CCND1 (P <0.05), while the knockout group was the opposite. In terms of cell differentiation, overexpression of bta-miR-133a increased the expression level of the marker genes Myh1 and Myod1 (P <0.01), while the knockout group was the opposite. In summary, bta-miR-133a may participate in the development of longissimus dorsi by targeting and negatively regulating the expression of PAX7 to inhibit the proliferation of myoblasts and promote their differentiation.

Key words: Black cattle, Luxi cattle, bta-miR-133a, PAX7, C2C12 cell

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YU Kun, LIU Ruili, LIU Xianxun, BAI Xuejin, DONG Yajuan. Beef Cattle miR-133a Promotes the Differentiation of Myoblasts by Inhibiting PAX7[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2021, 36(5): 226-238. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20192231.

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