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Effects of Active Immunization Against Akirin2 on Muscle Fiber-type Composition in Pigs
Xiaoling Chen1, Yafei Guo1, Gang Jia1
1a Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education , Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , Sichuan , P. R. China.
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to investigate effects of active immunization against Akirin2 on muscle fiber-type composition in pigs. Here we showed that the titer of Akirin2 antibody in pigs immunized with porcine Akirin2 (pAkirin2) was significantly increased. Active immunization against pAkirin2 decreased succinic dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase activities and increased lactate dehydrogenase activity in the longissimus dorsi muscle of pigs. Active immunization against pAkirin2 significantly decreased MyHC I and MyHC IIa mRNA expressions and MyHC I protein expression and increased mRNA expressions of MyHC IIb as well as protein expressions of MyHC IIb and fast-MyHC. mRNA expressions of nuclear factors of activated T cells c1 (NFATc1), transcriptional coactivator PPARγ coactivator-1α, myocyte enhancer factor 2C, and modulatory calcineurin interacting protein 1 exon 4 isform were also notably decreased by active immunization against pAkirin2. Together, our data imply that active immunization against pAkirin2 may result in a slow to fast fiber-type shift in pigs, and which may be mediated by suppression of the calcineurin/NFATc1 signaling pathway.
