Quantitative proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis of chicken skeletal muscle during embryonic development

Skeletal muscle also plays a vital role in regulating the movement energy storage and health of metabolism. In order to investigate the expression profile of protein and phosphor-proteins in chicken skeletal muscle during embryonic development, we performed phosphor-proteomics analysis by label-free and TiO₂ enrichment strategy in chicken leg muscle tissues of at embryonic age embryo day 7(E7), E12, E17 and 3-day post-hatch (D3). The study led to the identification of 4332 proteins in the proteome and 1043 phosphorylation modification sites in the phosphorylated proteome, corresponding to 718 proteins (FC ≥ 2 or FC ≤ 0.5 and p < 0.05). The DEP-associated biological processes were involved in Focal adhesion, Glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, Arginine and proline metabolism by KEGG analysis. PPI analyses revealed that these DEPs TNNC1, TNNC2, TNNT2, TNNT3 and phosphorylated DEPs MYLPF interacted with involved pathways. Integrative analysis of proteome and phosphoproteome data found 324 common proteins, corresponding to 521 modification sites and Focal adhesion was the only pathway significantly enriched. These results provide a basis for further understanding the proteome and phosphoproteome and their regulatory biochemical pathways during the development of embryonic chicken skeletal muscle.