Validation of positional candidates Rps6ka6 and Pou3f4 for a locus associated with skeletal muscle mass variability.
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Genetic variability significantly contributes to individual differences in skeletal muscle mass; however, the specific genes involved in that process remain elusive. In this study, we examined the role of positional candidates, Rps6ka6 and Pou3f4, of a chromosome X locus, implicated in muscle mass variability in CFW laboratory mice. Histology of hindlimb muscles was studied in CFW male mice carrying the muscle "increasing" allele C (n = 15) or "decreasing" allele T (n = 15) at the peak marker of the locus, rs31308852, and in the Pou3f4y/- and their wild-type male littermates. To study the role of the Rps6ka6 gene, we deleted exon 7 (Rps6ka6-ΔE7) using clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats-Cas9 based method in H2Kb myogenic cells creating a severely truncated RSK4 protein. We then tested whether that mutation affected myoblast proliferation, migration, and/or differentiation. The extensor digitorum longus muscle was 7% larger (P < 0.0001) due to 10% more muscle fibers (P = 0.0176) in the carriers of the "increasing" compared with the "decreasing" CFW allele. The number of fibers was reduced by 15% (P = 0.0268) in the slow-twitch soleus but not in the fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus (P = 0.2947) of Pou3f4y/- mice. The proliferation and migration did not differ between the Rps6ka6-ΔE7 and wild-type H2Kb myoblasts. However, indices of differentiation (myosin expression, P < 0.0001; size of myosin-expressing cells, P < 0.0001; and fusion index, P = 0.0013) were significantly reduced in Rps6ka6-ΔE7 cells. This study suggests that the effect of the X chromosome locus on muscle fiber numbers in the fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus is mediated by the Rps6ka6 gene, whereas the Pou3f4 gene affects fiber number in slow-twitch soleus.
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Músculo Esquelético
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Proteínas Quinasas S6 Ribosómicas 90-kDa
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Factores del Dominio POU
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2024
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