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Fecal transplant from myostatin deletion pigs positively impacts the gut-muscle axis

  1. Zhao-Bo Luo
  2. Shengzhong Han
  3. Xi-Jun Yin
  4. Hongye Liu
  5. Junxia Wang
  6. Meifu Xuan
  7. Chunyun Hao
  8. Danqi Wang
  9. Yize Liu
  10. Shuangyan Chang
  11. Dongxu Li
  12. Kai Gao
  13. Huiling Li
  14. Biaohu Quan
  15. Lin-Hu Quan  Is a corresponding author
  16. Jin-Dan Kang  Is a corresponding author
  1. Yanbian University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81858
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  1. Zhao-Bo Luo
  2. Shengzhong Han
  3. Xi-Jun Yin
  4. Hongye Liu
  5. Junxia Wang
  6. Meifu Xuan
  7. Chunyun Hao
  8. Danqi Wang
  9. Yize Liu
  10. Shuangyan Chang
  11. Dongxu Li
  12. Kai Gao
  13. Huiling Li
  14. Biaohu Quan
  15. Lin-Hu Quan
  16. Jin-Dan Kang
(2023)
Fecal transplant from myostatin deletion pigs positively impacts the gut-muscle axis
eLife 12:e81858.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81858
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Abstract

The host genome may influence the composition of the intestinal microbiota, and the intestinal microbiota has a significant effect on muscle growth and development. In this study, we found that the deletion of the myostatin (MSTN) gene positively regulates the expression of the intestinal tight junction-related genes TJP1 and OCLN through the myosin light-chain kinase/myosin light chain pathway. The intestinal structure of MSTN−/− pigs differed from wild-type, including by the presence of a thicker muscularis and longer plicae. Together, these changes affect the structure of intestinal microbiota. Mice transplanted with the intestinal microbiota of MSTN−/− pigs had myofibers with larger cross-sectional areas and higher fast-twitch glycolytic muscle mass. Microbes responsible for the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) were enriched in both the MSTN−/− pigs and recipient mice, and SCFAs levels were elevated in the colon contents. We also demonstrated that valeric acid stimulates type IIb myofiber growth by activating the Akt/mTOR pathway via G protein-coupled receptor 43 and ameliorates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy. This is the first study to identify the MSTN gene-gut microbiota-SCFA axis and its regulatory role in fast-twitch glycolytic muscle growth.

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The raw reads of 16s rRNA gene sequences have been submitted to the NCBI BioSample database (Porcine data: PRJNA743164; Mice data: PRJNA743401).

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  1. Zhao-Bo Luo

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  2. Shengzhong Han

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  3. Xi-Jun Yin

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  4. Hongye Liu

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  5. Junxia Wang

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  6. Meifu Xuan

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  7. Chunyun Hao

    College of Integration Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  8. Danqi Wang

    College of Integration Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  9. Yize Liu

    Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  10. Shuangyan Chang

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  11. Dongxu Li

    College of Integration Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  12. Kai Gao

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  13. Huiling Li

    Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Transgenic Animal and Embryo Engineering, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  14. Biaohu Quan

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  15. Lin-Hu Quan

    Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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  16. Jin-Dan Kang

    Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (32260817)

  • Jin-Dan Kang

National Natural Science Foundation of China (32260026)

  • Lin-Hu Quan

Changbai Mountain Talent Project of Jilin Province (000007)

  • Lin-Hu Quan

Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project (D18012)

  • Lin-Hu Quan

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: The animal study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Yanbian University (approval number SYXK2020-0009).

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© 2023, Luo et al.

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  1. Zhao-Bo Luo
  2. Shengzhong Han
  3. Xi-Jun Yin
  4. Hongye Liu
  5. Junxia Wang
  6. Meifu Xuan
  7. Chunyun Hao
  8. Danqi Wang
  9. Yize Liu
  10. Shuangyan Chang
  11. Dongxu Li
  12. Kai Gao
  13. Huiling Li
  14. Biaohu Quan
  15. Lin-Hu Quan
  16. Jin-Dan Kang
(2023)
Fecal transplant from myostatin deletion pigs positively impacts the gut-muscle axis
eLife 12:e81858.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81858

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