Effect of MSTN Propeptide and shRNA Co-expression Vector on Proliferation of Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells

Myostatin (MSTN) is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth, in order to study the effect of inhibition MSTN expression on the proliferation of bovine skeletal muscle satellite cells, we constructed co-expression vector pcDNA3.1-Pro-MSTNshRNA, transfected it into muscle satellite cells by Liposome 2000, and detected cell proliferation changes by CCK-8 method and flow cytometry after 48 h. The expressions of P21 and CDK2 were detected by Western blot and real-time PCR. The results showed that the cell vitality of experimental groups significantly increased than that of the negative control, and cells in S phase also increased significantly (P<0.05). After knocked down MSTN gene, P21 expression decreased (P<0.05), but CDK2 gene expression increased (P<0.05). These results indicated that MSTN gene expression was associated with P21 and CDK2, the proliferation of skeletal muscle satellite cells could be promoted while MSTN was inhibited, which provided a theoretical basis for the study on transgenic cattle.