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

Fig. 5. MSTN signals through an MEF2C/miR222/SCD5-dependent cascade to affect fatty acid desaturation in pigs.

Fig. 5

a Expression of MEF2C and SCD5 in response to the restoration of MSTN detected by Western blotting. MSTN restoration is indicated by the presence of flag-tagged MSTN. GAPDH is the internal control. p3×Flag-MSTN is the MSTN expression plasmid that is tagged by the epitope peptide Flag. siNC and siSCD5 show the treatments with negative control siRNA and siRNA against SCD5, respectively. b qPCR detection of miR222 expression in response to the restoration of MSTN. n = 3 independent experiments. “***” Indicates statistically significant. c Ratios of C16:1/C16:0 and C18:1/C18:0 in response to the restoration of MSTN. n = 3 independent experiments. “***” Indicates statistically significant. d A model for the MSTN regulation upon fatty acid metabolism through the MEF2C/miR222/SCD5-dependent cascade.