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. 2021 Jun 21;12:649140. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.649140

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

ACAA1 knockdown increases lipid accumulation and the triglyceride content during sheep preadipocyte differentiation. (A) Determination of the transfection efficiency of siRNA-ACAA1 (200×). (B) After 8 days of differentiation, the cellular lipid droplets were stained with oil red O (200×). (C) ACAA1 mRNA expression was detected after siRNA-ACAA1 or NC transfection on days 0, 4, and 8 of adipogenic differentiation. The siRNA-ACAA1 groups all showed significantly lower expressions than the control group (**p < 0.01). (D) The triglyceride content after 8 days of induction in the siRNA-ACAA1 group was significantly higher than that in the control group (**p < 0.01). (E) The lipid droplet content measured at 490 nm after 8 days of induction was significantly higher in the siRNA-ACAA1 group than that in the control group (**p < 0.01). siRNA, small interfering RNA; NC, negative control.