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标题：Fundamental Study of Detection of Muscle Hypertrophy-Oriented Gene Doping by Myostatin Knock Down Using RNA Interference
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作者：Tohru Takemasa ; Tohru Takemasa ; Naohisa Yakushiji 等
期刊名称：Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1303-2968
出版年度：2012
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：294-303
语种：English
出版社：University of Uludag
摘要：To investigate the feasibility of developing a method for detection of gene doping in power-athletes, we devised an experimental model system. Myostatin is a potent negative regulator of skeletal muscle development and growth, and myostatin-knockout mice exhibit a double-muscle phenotype. To achieve knockdown, we constructed plasmids expressing short hairpin interfering RNAs (shRNAs) against myostatin. These shRNAs were transfected into C2C12 cultured cells or injected into the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle of adult mice. By performing in vitro and in vivo experiments, we found that some shRNAs effectively reduced the expression of myostatin, and that the TA muscle showed hypertrophy of up to 27.9%. Then, using real-time PCR, we tried to detect the shRNA plasmid in the serum or muscles of mice into which it had been injected. Although we were unable to detect the plasmid in serum samples, it was detectable in the treated muscle at least four weeks after induction. We were also able to detect the plasmid in muscle in the vicinity of the TA. This gene doping model system will be useful for further studies aimed at doping control.
关键词：In vitro and in vivo transformation;C2C12 cultured cell;tibialis anterior;real-time PCR;shRNA