Skip to main content
. 2020 Oct 23;3:612. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01348-8

Fig. 3. miR-222 inhibits SCD5 expression to regulate the fatty acid desaturation and TG content.

Fig. 3

a qPCR of endogenous SCD5 mRNA abundance in response to miR222 overexpression and inhibition. n = 3 independent experiments. “***” Indicates statistically significant. b Western blotting of SCD5 protein level in response to miR222 overexpression and inhibition. GAPDH is the internal control. M is the Page Ruler Prestained Protein Ladder 26616 (ThermoFisher Scientific). c Dual luciferase reporter testing of miR222 on SCD5 3′UTR. pRL-TK is the Renilla luciferase expression plasmid used to normalize luciferase activity. n = 3 independent experiments. “***” Indicates statistically significant. d The binding site of miR222 in the SCD5 3′UTR and the introduced mutation. e TG content alteration in response to miR222 overexpression and inhibition in subcutaneous preadipocytes. n = 3 independent experiments. “***” Indicates statistically significant. f Alteration of C16:1/C16:0 and C18:1/C18:0 fatty acid ratio in subcutaneous preadipocytes in response to treatment with miR222 mimics and inhibitor. n = 3 independent experiments. “***” Indicates statistically significant. g TG content in the subcutaneous fat tissue of WT (MSTN+/+) and MSTN-KO (MSTN+/−) pigs (n = 3 biologically independent animals). h TG content in the subcutaneous preadipocytes of WT (MSTN+/+) and MSTN-KO (MSTN+/−) pigs (n = 3 biologically independent animals). i C16:1/C16:0 and C18:1/C18:0 fatty acid ratio in the subcutaneous fat tissue of WT (MSTN+/+) and MSTN-KO (MSTN+/−) pigs (n = 3 biologically independent animals). j C16:1/C16:0 and C18:1/C18:0 fatty acid ratio of subcutaneous preadipocytes of WT (MSTN+/+) and MSTN-KO (MSTN+/−) pigs (n = 3 biologically independent animals). k Representative image of Oil Red O staining of the subcutaneous preadipocytes of WT (MSTN+/+) and MSTN-KO (MSTN+/−) pigs. Scale bar, 100 μm.