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. 2020 Feb 18;10:2845. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59444-y

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Knockdown of StarD7 impaired myogenic differentiation in human primary myoblasts. (a) After transfection with siRNAs against StarD7 (KD) or control siRNA, human primary myoblasts were cultured in differentiation medium for 3 days, then immunostained with anti-MYH6 antibody (green). Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Bars indicate 100 μm. (b) The fusion indexes were calculated, and are presented as the means ± S.D. ***P < 0.001 as compared with control siRNA (Student’s t test). (c) After inducing differentiation, protein levels of MYH4, MYH6, myogenin and StarD7 were analyzed by western blotting. GAPDH was used as a protein loading control. (d) The mRNA levels of myogenin, myomaker, myomerger and PGC-1α were quantified by qPCR after inducing differentiation. Data were normalized to the GAPDH level. Values shown are means ± S.D. from three independent culture dishes. ***P < 0.001 as compared with control siRNA (Student’s t test).