Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (12): 184-189.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2014.12.031

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Comparison on Muscle Growth and Expression of Muscle Growth- related Genes Among Three Mandarin Fishes

1Xu Miaoyang,1Zhao Jinliang,1Li Chuanyang,2Qian Yezhou,2Wu Chao,2Qian De   

  1. (1. Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306; Chizhou Institute of Special Aquaculture, Chizhou 247104)
  • Received:2014-04-15 Online:2014-12-08 Published:2014-12-12

Abstract: Muscle samples of Siniperca chuatsi ♂×S. scherzeri ♀ F1 and their parents at five developmental stages in 90 days after hatching. The skeletal muscle growth characteristics were identified by numbers and diameters of muscle fibers through paraffin sections.Meantime were obtained and the mRNA expression of myostatin, MyoD, myogenin in muscle was detected by quantitative PCR. The results showed there were significant differences in growth among three mandarin fish. Siniperca chautsi grew the fastest, F1 secondly and S. scherzeri kept the last. At different developmental stages, numbers of muscle fibers in three mandarin fish showed no significant difference, while the average diameters of the muscle fibers showed positive correlation with growth rate. Growth differences among three mandarin were mainly caused by muscle hypertrophy. The myostatin mRNA expression peak appeared in D20, then the expression showed a downward trend. MyoD mRNA expressed highly in D10, D20 and decreased in following days. The myogenin mRNA expression was the lowest in D20, followed by an obviously increase in Siniperca chuatsi, and F1 secondly, while S. scherzeri stable. It showed correlations between muscle growth and gene expression in three mandarin at different growth stages.

Key words: Siniperca, Growth, Muscle fiber, Myostatin, MyoD, Myogenin, mRNA expression