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Int J Biol Sci 2015; 11(12):1348-1362. doi:10.7150/ijbs.13132 This issue Cite

Research Paper

Muscle Transcriptional Profile Based on Muscle Fiber, Mitochondrial Respiratory Activity, and Metabolic Enzymes

Xuan Liu¹, Yang Du¹, Nares Trakooljul¹, Bodo Brand¹, Eduard Muráni¹, Carsten Krischek², Michael Wicke³, Manfred Schwerin¹, Klaus Wimmers¹, Siriluck Ponsuksili¹

1. Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute for Genome Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, D-18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
2. 2 Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, D-30173 Hannover, Germany.
3. 3 Department of Animal Science, Quality of Food of Animal Origin, Georg-August-University Goettingen, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany.

✉ Corresponding author: Siriluck Ponsuksili, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany. Phone: +49 38208 68700; Fax: +49 38208 68702; Email: s.wimmersde

Abstract

Skeletal muscle is a highly metabolically active tissue that both stores and consumes energy. Important biological pathways that affect energy metabolism and metabolic fiber type in muscle cells may be identified through transcriptomic profiling of the muscle, especially ante mortem. Here, gene expression was investigated in malignant hyperthermia syndrome (MHS)-negative Duroc and Pietrian (PiNN) pigs significantly differing for the muscle fiber types slow-twitch-oxidative fiber (STO) and fast-twitch-oxidative fiber (FTO) as well as mitochondrial activity (succinate-dependent state 3 respiration rate). Longissimus muscle samples were obtained 24 h before slaughter and profiled using cDNA microarrays. Differential gene expression between Duroc and PiNN muscle samples were associated with protein ubiquitination, stem cell pluripotency, amyloid processing, and 3-phosphoinositide biosynthesis and degradation pathways. In addition, weighted gene co-expression network analysis within both breeds identified several co-expression modules that were associated with the proportion of different fiber types, mitochondrial respiratory activity, and ATP metabolism. In particular, Duroc results revealed strong correlations between mitochondrion-associated co-expression modules and STO (r = 0.78), fast-twitch glycolytic fiber (r = -0.98), complex I (r=0.72) and COX activity (r = 0.86). Other pathways in the protein-kinase-activity enriched module were positively correlated with STO (r=0.93), while negatively correlated with FTO (r = -0.72). In contrast to PiNN, co-expression modules enriched in macromolecule catabolic process, actin cytoskeleton, and transcription activator activity were associated with fiber types, mitochondrial respiratory activity, and metabolic enzyme activities. Our results highlight the importance of mitochondria for the oxidative capacity of porcine muscle and for breed-dependent molecular pathways in muscle cell fibers.

Keywords: microarray, muscle, muscle fiber, mitochondrial Respiratory Activity

Introduction

Skeletal muscle activity requires energy through anabolism and catabolism of glycogen, carbohydrates, and fat, all of which are important for energy storage and supply [1]. The major currency molecule of energy, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), is produced mainly through oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. In oxygen-deficient or oxygen-depleted conditions, like exhaustive exercise or even death after slaughter in meat-producing animals, anaerobic glycolysis produces an accumulation of lactic acid and lowers the muscle pH, both of which ultimately lead to muscle ache and cell damage or to impaired meat tenderness and flavor [1, 2]. Further, factors like the proportion of glycolytic and oxidative fibers are associated with meat characteristics such as color [3]. Generally, a higher fat content and more oxidative fibers than glycolytic fibers can improve the juiciness and tenderness of meat. Therefore, energy metabolism in the muscle cells needs to be properly regulated for optimal metabolic functions for different muscle fibers and can ultimately influence meat quality [2].

Two well-studied commercial pig breeds, Duroc and Pietrain, exhibit distinct muscle phenotypes and meat quality. For example, Duroc pigs are fattier and have lower muscle mass but a higher percentage of slow-twitch oxidative muscle fibers compared to Pietrain pigs, which are more muscular and have a higher lean meat percentage and more fast-twitch glycolytic fibers. These differences may be attributed to differences in gene expression profiles of the muscle in these two breeds, which arise as early as the prenatal stages [4, 5]. Although mitochondrial respiratory and metabolic enzyme activities have been well studied in the different muscle fiber types of these two breeds [6-8], the underlying molecular basis of their differences remains to be unraveled.

In the present study, microarray-based transcription profiling, differential gene expression and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) were used to dissect pathways associated with muscle fiber types and activities of glycolytic and oxidative enzymes in longissimus muscle samples obtained 24 h before slaughter of Duroc and Pietrain. WGCNA groups genes into a co-expression network/module based on their similarity of expression patterns. This approach has been demonstrated to identify genes sharing similar functions and/or involved in related molecular events [9]. Results from the present study shed light on biological pathways related to energy metabolism and mitochondrial respiratory activity in muscle cell, and this may have implications for pork quality.

Materials and Methods

Sample collection and phenotypic measurement

This experiment and muscle biopsy collection have been approved and authorized by the German and European animal welfare regulations for animal husbandry, transport, and slaughter [6-8]. Animal care and tissue collection procedures followed the guidelines of the German Law of Animal Protection, and the experimental protocol was approved by the Animal Care Committee of the research institutions and with an official permission from the responsible authorities (Niedersächsischen Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LAVES) 33.42502/01-47.05). The experimental protocol was carried out in accordance with the approved guidelines for safeguarding good scientific practice

As previously described [6-8], Duroc and Pietrain (PiNN) pigs, which are a subset of animals from our previous study, were raised until 180 days of age. To avoid the effects of the malignant hyperthermia syndrome (MHS) locus, only muscle samples from MHS-negative genotype pigs were investigated. Muscle biopsies were collected from five female and male pigs of each breed (n=20) for DNA microarray analysis and phenotypic measurements. Biopsies were collected from the longissimus muscle (LM) between the 13/14^th thoracic vertebrae (Th) 24 h before slaughter. Phenotypic measurements of muscle fiber types, mitochondrial respiratory activity, and activities of glycolytic and oxidative enzymes were performed as described previously [6-8]. A short definition and a brief description of the applied methods for all phenotypic traits are provided in Supplemental Table S1.

Total RNA isolation

Total RNA was isolated from the LM biopsies kept at -80 °C (Duroc n=10, PiNN n=10) using Tri-Reagent and RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen) with an on-column DNase treatment according to the manufacturer's protocol. The RNA integrity was assessed on a 1% agarose gel by electrophoresis. The RNA concentration was measured by a Nano Drop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer (PEQLAB).

DNA microarray analysis

Porcine Snowball Microarray (Affymetrix) containing 47,880 probe-sets was used to determine the expression profile of the LM 24 h ante mortem of Duroc and PiNN pigs. 500 ng total RNA isolated from each biopsy were used for cDNA synthesis and subsequent biotin labeling using the Affymetrix WT plus Expression kit and Genechip WT terminal labeling and hybridization kit according to the manufacturer's instructions. Each of the labeled cRNA samples was hybridized on the array (n=20). The hybridization, washing, and scanning of the arrays was performed in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. Affymetrix GCOC1.1.1 software was used for quality control. Expression Console software was used for robust multichip average (RMA) normalization and the detection of present genes by applying the DABG (detection above background) algorithm. Further filtering was done by excluding transcripts with low signals and probes that were present in less than 80% of the samples within each breed. 17,820 probes passed the quality filtering and were used for further analyses. Differential expression analysis was performed using the ANOVA procedure in JMP genomics 7 (SAS Institute). The breed was treated as a fixed effect. False discovery rate (FDR) was used to control an error rate of a multiple-hypothesis testing according to Benjamini & Hochberg [10]. The expression data are available in the Gene Expression Omnibus public repository with the GEO accession number GSE69840: GSM1709900 - GSM1709919.

Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA)

Post-filter, 17,820 probes were utilized in the construction of weighted gene co-expression networks using the blockwise modules function in the WGCNA R package as described previously [9, 11, 12]. The analysis was applied separately for each breed. The WGCNA procedure calculated a Pearson correlation matrix for all genes then an adjacency matrix was calculated by raising all values to a power ß from the correlation matrix. The adjacency matrix was converted to a topological overlap matrix (TOM) and the TOM-based dissimilarity matrix for hierarchical clustering. The gene co-expression modules were identified from the hierarchical cluster tree using a dynamic tree cut procedure. The formula of topological overlap matrix (TOM) Ω = [] was as follows,

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where x_i and x_j were the gene expression profile of the x_i-th and x_j-th gene and a_ij was the adjacency. By inspecting the scale-free topology model fit, the power ß was selected as the minimal ß value giving a coefficient of determination R² higher than 90%. Modules were further merged based on the dissimilarity between their eigengenes, which were defined as the first principle component of each module. Genes that were not assigned to another module were assigned to module grey. Eigengenes act as the representative for each module. To identify gene co-expression modules highly correlated to the phenotype, module-trait relationships were estimated using the correlation between the module eigengene and the phenotype.

Gene functional annotation and pathway analysis

To identify pathways related to phenotypic differences of the muscle between Duroc and PiNN pigs, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between these two breeds were analyzed using the IPA software (Ingenuity Systems, http://www.ingenuity.com). IPA categorizes genes based on annotated gene functions and statistically tests for over-representation of functional terms within the gene list using Fisher's Exact Test. Moreover, we used WGCNA to identify gene network modules based on their co-expression patterns and correlated them with phenotypic measurements or traits for both pig breeds separately. A gene list of each significant module-trait correlation was analyzed to obtain biologically meaningful represented pathways based on an enrichment score and p-value threshold using IPA and the DAVID online-tool (Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery; http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/home.jsp).

Quantitative real time PCR (qPCR) for microarray validation

qPCR of each individual RNA sample (n=20) was performed using a fast gene expression analysis, EvaGreen, and the BioMark HD Real-time PCR System according to manufacturer's recommendation (Fluidigm). Briefly, cDNA was synthesized from 2 µg of total RNA using Superscript II reverse transcriptase and Oligo dT with a specific target amplification (STA) and Exonuclease I treatment. The qPCR reaction was performed using a 48X48 Dynamic Array and integrated fluidic circuit (IFC). For each sample inlet, 2.5 uL SsoFast EvaGreen supermix with low ROX (Biorad), 0.25 uL DNA binding dye sample loading reagent, and 2.25 uL STA and Exo-I treated sample were loaded. For each assay inlet, 2.5 uL assay loading reagent, 2.25 uL DNA suspension buffer, and 0.25 uL 100 uM mixed (forward and reverse) primers were loaded. All measurements were performed in duplicate. The thermal parameters were 95 ^oC for 60 s, followed by 30 cycles of 95 ^oC for 5 s and 60 ^oC for 20s. The primer sequence information is accessible in Supplemental Table S2. ATP6V1C1, ATP6V1E1, COX10, COX7A2, CYB5A, NDUFS1, NDUFS6 and PPA1 were selected for a qPCR validation based on their functions related to energy metabolism. Three reference genes, ACTB, RPL32, and RPS11 were used to normalize the expression value. Correlation coefficient analysis between the microarray and qPCR was calculated using SAS 9.3 (SAS Institute).

Results

Phenotypic traits

Definitions for all phenotype traits are listed in Supplemental Table S1 and the results are depicted in Figure 1. Muscle fiber composition analysis indicated that Duroc pigs had a higher percentage of slow-twitch-oxidative fiber (STO) (16.08 vs 9.99 %; p-value=0.032) and a smaller percentage of fast-twitch-oxidative fiber (FTO) (8.62 vs 15.13 %, p=0.019) compared to PiNN pigs. No difference between breeds was observed for the fast-twitch-glycolytic fiber (FTG). The succinate-dependent state 3 respiration rate, a measure of mitochondrial activity, was significantly higher in Duroc than PiNN pigs (p<0.05). Other mitochondrial respiratory activity (MRA) and respiratory control index (RCI) parameters such as pyruvate-dependent state 3 respiration and state 4 respiration tended to be higher in Duroc than PiNN but did not reach the significance threshold. Metabolic enzymes such as glycogen phosphorylase (GP), phosphofructokinase (PFK), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) had comparable enzyme activities between breeds, while Duroc pigs had slightly higher activities of citrate synthase (CS), complex I, and complex II. There were no differences for adenine nucleotide concentrations of inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP), adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) between these two breeds.

 Figure 1 

Least squares means and SD of a) muscle fiber percentage b) mitochondrial respiration activities c) metabolic enzyme activities d) oxidative enzyme activities and e) adenine nucleotide concentrations depending on pig breeds Duroc and PiNN 24h antemortem.

Differentially expressed genes and pathway analysis

Out of 47,880 probe-sets on the snowball microarray, 17,820 quality-filtered probes were further analyzed for differential expression between Duroc and PiNN muscle samples using ANOVA on JMP Genomics 7. In total, 2,345 probes were differentially expressed (FDR<0.05) between Duroc and PiNN pigs. Among these, 1,402 probes were up-regulated in Duroc pigs, while 943 probes were up-regulated in PiNN pigs (Table S3). Differentially expressed genes were analyzed with IPA to identify prominent pathways and biological functions. The top three canonical pathways and related genes are shown in Table 1. Protein ubiquitination, embryonic stem cell pluripotency, and HIPPO signaling pathways were over-represented in Duroc, while amyloid processing, and 3-phosphoinositide biosynthesis and degradation were enriched in PiNN. Since our phenotypic data showed tendencies of differential muscle trait measurements in these pigs (Table S1 and Figure 1), we also looked into differentially expressed genes between Duroc and PiNN that are assigned to the functional categories related to skeletal and muscular system development and function as well as carbohydrate metabolism to obtain insight into candidate genes for meat quality, as shown in Table 2.

Weighted gene co-expression network analysis

Due to considerable differences in genetics and phenotypes between Duroc and PiNN, the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was performed using post quality-filtered data of 17,820 probes separately for each breed. WGCNA grouped genes into 21 modules for Duroc and 20 modules for PiNN based on their co-expression patterns. The number of genes in each module is listed in Supplemental Tables S4 and S5 for Duroc and PiNN, respectively. Further, the representative of each module, an eigengene that is the 1^st principle component, was tested for a significant correlation between each module with all 19 traits related to muscle fiber composition, mitochondrial respiration activity, enzyme activities, and adenine nucleotide concentration. The co-expression transcripts in each module and associated gene ontology (GO) terms were identified using DAVID functional annotation for Duroc (Table S4) and PiNN (Table S5) separately. In addition, modules that were associated with the function 'energy production' were also identified using IPA.

Muscle fiber composition-related gene co-expression modules

For Duroc pigs, a total of 21 modules were examined for their relationship with all measured traits. Of them, 13, 10, and 9 modules were correlated with the percentage of STO, FTO, and FTG muscle fibers, respectively (p<0.05). Among these, modules blue and green-yellow (each co-expression module was arbitrarily color-coded) were positively correlated with STO fibers (blue/STO, r=0.87, p=0.001; green-yellow/STO, r=0.78, p=0.008), while negatively correlated with FTG fibers (blue/FTG, r= -0.94, p=5E-05; green-yellow/FTG, r= -0.98 p=7E-07) as shown in Figure 2. Functional analysis showed that the blue and green-yellow modules were associated with GO terms 'mitochondrion' and 'mitochondrial part' (Table 3). Interestingly, modules dark-orange and cyan showed the inverse relationship to STO and FTG; they were negatively correlated with STO while positively correlated with FTG (dark-orange/STO, r= -0.72, p=0.02; cyan/STO, r= -0.82, p=0.004; dark-orange/FTG r=0.89 p=6E-04; cyan/FTG, r=0.73, p=0.02). Modules dark-orange and cyan were associated with 'intracellular organelle lumen' and 'regulation of phosphorylation', respectively. Furthermore, modules saddle-brown, black, and white were positively correlated with STO with correlation coefficients (r) ranging from 0.76 to 0.93 (p<0.01), while negatively correlated with FTO (r= -0.72 to -0.83, p<0.02). The related genes within the modules were associated with GO-terms 'protein kinase activity', 'phosphorus metabolic process', and 'cytoskeleton', respectively. In addition, module cyan was also highly correlated with MRA measurements including state 3 pyruvate (r= -0.92, p=2E-04), state 3 succinate (r= -0.8, p=0.005), and state 4 CAT (r= -0.65, p=0.04). Module green-yellow, dark-grey, and white were all positively correlated with oxidative enzyme Complex I and COX with the correlation coefficients ranging between 0.66 to 0.86 (p<0.04), also shown in Figure 2, and their gene members were enriched for GO terms 'mitochondrial part', 'cytoplasmic vesicle', and 'cytoskeleton', respectively.

A total of 20 gene co-expression modules were tested for a trait correlation in PiNN pigs. Overall, fewer significant module-trait relationships were observed in PiNN (Figure 3) compared to Duroc pigs (Figure 2). Modules pale-violet-red 1 and green-yellow were positively correlated with STO (r=0.66 to 0.82, p<0.04). Module black was negatively correlated with FTG (r= -0.75, p=0.01). Modules green-yellow and black were enriched for 'actin cytoskeleton' and 'cellular macromolecule catabolic process', respectively, while no significant enrichment term for module pale violet-red was identified. For glycolytic enzyme measurements, module green, enriched for 'transcription activator activity', was positively correlated with GP and LDH with (r ranged from 0.67 to 0.8 with p<0.03) as shown in Figure 3. Modules significantly correlated with mitochondrial activities included module white, which showed a negative correlation with state-3-pyruvate (r= -0.81, p=0.004), state-3-succinate (r= -0.71, p=0.02), and AMP (r= -0.85, p=0.002), but a positive correlation with ADP (r=0.71, p=0.02). Gene members of this module were over-represented in 'enzyme binding'. Module blue 2, associated with 'macromolecule catabolic process', was negatively correlated with ADP (r= -0.72, p=0.02) and ATP (r= -0.65, p=0.04).

Several gene members of these significant trait-correlated modules were also differentially expressed between Duroc and PiNN as shown in Subplemental Table S4 and S5.

Energy production-related gene co-expression modules

To identify potential candidate genes that may play important roles in energy metabolism in the muscle, the co-expression modules that were significantly correlated with the trait measurements of mitochondrial respiration activity, enzyme activities, and adenine nucleotide concentration (p<0.05) were associated to the functional category 'energy production' using the IPA enrichment. In Duroc pigs, 4 out of 11 modules were linked to 'energy production' together with its functions annotation network, as shown in Table 5. Of these, module dark-red was correlated with RCI pyruvate (r= -0.68, p=0.03); green-yellow with Complex I (r=0.72, p=0.02) and COX (r=0.86 p=0.002); dark-orange with GP (r= -0.68, p=0.03) and AMP (r= -0.66, p=0.04); and purple with LDH (r= -0.75, p=0.01). In PiNN pigs, 5 out of 11 modules were associated with 'energy production' together with its functions annotation network (Table 6). These were (module/trait) dark-green/CS (r=0.66, p=0.04), green-yellow/State 3 Succinate (r=0.7, p=0.03), grey 60/CS (r=0.71, p= 0.02), light-steel-blue/RCI pyruvate (r= 0.67, p=0.03), light-steel-blue/CS (r=0.72, p=0.02), and medium-orchid/GP (r=0.67, p=0.03). Several gene members of these significant trait-correlated modules were also differentially expressed between Duroc and PiNN: LRPPRC, PPARGC, (see also Tables 5 and 6).

qRT-PCR validation

The expression of ATP6V1C1, ATP6V1E1, COX10, COX7A2, CYB5A, NDUFS1, NDUFS6, and PPA1 were validated by qPCR. The correlation coefficient between qPCR and microarray data ranged from 0.59 (p<0.006) to 0.81 (p<0.0001), suggesting a good concordance between microarray and qPCR results, as shown in Figure 4.

 Figure 2 

Correlation matrix between each module and trait for Duroc pigs. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was used to group genes into 21 different modules based on their co-expression pattern. Each module is assigned arbitrarily to a color. The respective colors are shown on the left. The eigengene of each module, as a representative of the corresponding module, was tested for correlation with each trait. Shown are the correlation coefficients and the corresponding p-values in brackets. Cell color encodes correlation (red, positive correlation; green, negative correlation).

 Table 5 

Gene co-expression modules associated with energy production in Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) for Duroc

 Table 6 

Gene co-expression modules associated with energy production in Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) for Pietrain (PiNN)

 Figure 3 

Correlation matrix between each module and trait for PiNN pigs. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) is used to group genes into 20 different modules based on their co-expression pattern. Each module is assigned arbitrarily to a color. The respective colors are shown on the left. The eigengene of each module, as a representative of the corresponding module, was tested for correlation with each trait. Shown are correlation coefficients (upper value) and the corresponding p-values (lower value). Cell color encodes correlation (red, positive correlation; green, negative correlation).

Discussion

Duroc and Pietrain breeds are divergent for muscle characteristics and meat quality. Pietrain pigs are more muscular and lean, whereas Duroc pigs are fattier and preferable for marbling. Mutations in the ryanodine receptor (RYR1), frequently carried in Pietrain pigs, have impacts on meat quality, stress resistance, and carcass composition. RYR1 is a calcium channel expressed primarily in skeletal muscle. The RYR1 mutation c.1840C>T (p.Arg614Cys) in pigs causes a dysregulation of the calcium-flux leading to early energy depletion, AMPK activation, accelerated glycolysis and an increased incidence of pale, soft, exudative (PSE) meat [13, 14]. In this study, MHS homozygous-negative pigs were used avoid an effect from the RYR1 locus. The muscle samples from Duroc pigs showed a higher percentage of STO and lower percentage of FTO fibers, with no difference for FTG fibers compared to PiNN pigs. This observation agrees well with previous reports with a bigger sample size, except for the percentage of FTG fibers, which was higher in PiNN pigs [6, 8, 15, 16]. Muscles containing more STO fibers are associated with higher oxidative enzyme activities and mitochondrial respiration activity [17]; muscles comprised of more FTG fibers are associated with higher glycolytic enzyme activities [6, 18]. Lipids are stored mainly in STO fibers [19], which can improve the tenderness and juiciness of the meat. Selection towards a high percentage of FTG fibers for meat production may therefore result in altered meat quality possibly due to lower capillarization and insufficient delivery of oxygen [20] or glycogen depletion, which ultimately influence meat toward dry, firm, and dark [21]. The understanding of the molecular basis of muscle fiber type and metabolic capacity is important and may have implications on meat production and meat quality.

 Figure 4 

qPCR validation of microarray results for eight genes: ATP6V1C1, ATP6V1E1, COX10, COX7A2, CYB5A, NDUFS1, NDUFS6, and PPA1. Plot between qPCR (2^-∆Ct on the x-axis) and microarray (log2 signals on the y-axis) for each gene. The corresponding correlation coefficient (r) and p values are shown.

DEGs revealed differences in the canonical pathways between Duroc and PiNN

Protein turnover is essential to gaining muscle mass. Three major proteolytic mechanisms in muscle are the ATP-dependent ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), Ca²⁺-dependent-calpain system, and lysosomal proteasomes. In our present results, the protein ubiquitination pathway was among the top canonical pathways up-regulated in Duroc. The UPS is known as a principle regulator of muscle atrophy [22]. Protein ubiquitination is an ATP-dependent process mediated by ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1, specific ubiquitin-conjugating-enzyme E2, and ubiquitin protein ligase E3, which promote protein degradation via the 26s proteasome and has implications on meat quality [23-26]. Interestingly, amyloid processing was listed as a top canonical pathway in up-regulated DEGs of PiNN. Amyloid processing has been associated with glucose uptake, and oxidation in myotubes [27, 28]. DEGs in amyloid processing, like CSNK1E, CAPN6, AKT1, CDK5, APH1A, MAPT, PSENEN, and CAPN3 have implications in muscle biology of the pig. PSENEN encodes Presenilin, a component of the gamma-secretase protein complex that is required for the processing of the beta-amyloid precursor protein to generate amyloid beta (Abeta). Abeta inhibits the proteolytic activities of the 26S proteasome and the interplay of Abeta and UPS is associated with Alzheimer's disease [27]. Mutations in PSENEN disrupt cellular Ca²⁺ homeostasis via the regulation of ryanodine receptors (RYR), sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ transport ATPase (SERCA), and/or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate channels, all of which are crucial regulators of Ca²⁺ release [29-32]. PSENEN has been identified as a potential candidate gene for meat quality [33, 34].

AKT1, a serine threonine protein kinase, is a critical mediator of cell growth and survival. AKT1 transgene activation promotes type IIb fiber hypertrophy and increases glycolysis while reducing fat accumulation [35, 36]. The up-regulation of AKT1 in PiNN may have a functional link to its leanness. The calpain system target proteins are involved in assembly and scaffolding of myofibrillar proteins such as titin [37]. Its activation promotes disassembly of myofilaments from intact myofibrillar proteins and permits the degradation of these sarcomeric proteins by UPS [38]; it is also involved in the regulation of muscle mass [39]. Calpain-3 (CAPN3) is a calcium-dependent cysteine protease expressed in muscle. Mutations in calpain-3 cause Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A (LGMD2A) [40]. Immature muscle observed in calpain-3 overexpressing transgenic mice suggests a role for this protein in muscle maturation [41]. Calpain-3 may play a role in sarcomere maintenance and organization by acting upstream of the UPS; its absence results in death of muscle fibers [42, 43]. Calpain-6 (CAPN6) is a suppressor of muscle cell differentiation, and its deficiency promotes skeletal muscle development and regeneration [44].

DEGs revealed differences in the functional categories of muscle metabolism between Duroc and PiNN

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PPARGC1A) and protein phosphatase 3 catalytic subunit alpha isoform (PPP3CA) were up-regulated in Duroc compared to PiNN. PPARGC1A activation promotes the slow, oxidative myogenic program in mice [45] and drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibers in cultured muscle cells [46]. It also acts as a master coordinator to control mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative phosphorylation [47]. Hence, PPARGC1A may provide a link between muscle fiber type and energy metabolism. PPP3CA is differentially expressed in muscles comprised of different proportions of fast and slow muscle fibers [48]. CD36 mediates uptake of long-chain fatty acid and thus plays a role in lipid accumulation and fatty acid homeostasis [49, 50]. Sarcalumenin (SRL) and fast twitch Ca²⁺ ATPase (ATP2A1) have been reported as fast-type muscle genes [51]. The up-regulation of these two genes support the high percentage of fast-twitch glycolytic muscle fibers in PiNN. Fructose 2, 6-bisphosphatase 2 (PEKFB2), up-regulated in PiNN, can promote glycolysis by controlling the level of Fructose 2, 6 - bisphosphate, which is an allosteric activator of phosphofructokinase (PFK-1) [52]. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 alpha (GSK3A) and glycogen synthase 1 (GYS1) are crucial for glycogen storage and can influence the muscle-to-meat process via glycolysis, reduced pH, and pale color [53, 54]. Moreover, a high level of glycogen has been associated with a higher percentage of fast-twitch glycolytic fibers [55].

Gene co-expression networks link to oxidative capacity of skeletal muscle

Transcriptional network analysis identified 13 co-expression modules correlated with STO muscle fibers in Duroc pigs (p<0.05). Among these, module light-cyan showed a strong correlation with STO (Figure 2) and its members (9 genes) were enriched for 'extracellular matrix part' (Table 3). Of these COL3A1, COL5A2, COL6A1, and COL12A1 encode for type III, V, VI, and XII collagen, respectively. Collagens are major components of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Collagen-VI deficient Col6a1^-/- mice show myopathic disorder and, most important, mitochondrial dysfunction [56]. Modules blue and green-yellow were positively correlated with STO, while negatively with correlated with FTG. These modules were enriched for 'mitochondrion' and 'mitochondrial part' GO terms. Mitochondria play a prominent role in ATP production and oxidative phosphorylation. Oxidative capacity of the muscle cells has been associated with muscle fiber types via mitochondrial volume and density [57], which is typically higher in slow-twitch type I fibers than fast-twitch type II fibers [58]. 182 genes of module blue and 45 genes of module green-yellow were enriched for 'mitochondrion' and 'mitochondrial part', respectively (Table 3). These genes are not only involved in mitochondrial biogenesis and functional maintenance, but also in the mitochondrial oxidation of fatty acids. SLC25A4 or ANT1 is a muscle-specific isoform. Adenine nucleotide translocators (ANT) regulates the adenine nucleotide concentration by translocating ADP and ATP between mitochondrial matrix and cytoplasm. It provides ADP for oxidative phosphorylation and is essential for mitochondrial function [59]. GFM1 (mitochondrial translation elongation factor G1) is involved in oxidative phosphorylation disorder [60]. Many genes in modules blue and green-yellow are major components of the electron transport chain and important for oxidative phosphorylation to produce ATP [NDUFV2, NDUFV3, NDUFS1, NDUFS4, NDUFS6, NDUFS7, NDUFB2, NDUFB3, NDUFB4, NDUFB8, NDUFB11, NDUFA5, NDUFA10, and NDUFA11 (encode for Complex I); SDHA and SDHB (encode for Complex II); COX7A1 and COX4l1 (encode for COX); ATP5L, ATP5J, ATP5G2, ATP5G3, ATP5A1, and ATP5C1 (encode for ATP synthase)]. Moreover, many genes were associated with lipid metabolism and mitochondrial oxidation of fatty acids like acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member ACSL1, ACSL3, ACSL4, and ACSL5, which encode the long-chain fatty-acid-coenzyme A ligase family members. Particularly, ACSL1 interacts with carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a (CPT1a) and voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) to transfer the activated fatty acids through the mitochondrial outer membrane and to catalyze fatty acid oxidation [61]. It contributes 80% of total ACSL activity and is important for mitochondrial beta-oxidation of long-chain fatty acids in adipose tissue, liver, and skeletal muscle [62-64]. HADH and HADHB are members of the 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene family. The encoded proteins catalyze the oxidation of straight-chain 3-CoAs as part of the beta-oxidation pathway in the mitochondrial matrix. Beta-oxidation of FAs could be influenced by the interaction between estrogen receptor alpha and HADHB [65]. Altogether, genes in these modules are involved in various functions including nucleotide transport, mitochondrial (mt) translation, OXPHOS subunits formation, mt membrane biogenesis, and mt oxidation of fatty acids. Overall, these gene modules link mitochondrial functions to oxidative capacity of the skeletal muscle. It is of interest whether the up-regulation of these genes in Duroc pigs also implies a predominant role of oxidative capacity and respiration activity in Duroc over PiNN.

Gene co-expression networks link to mitochondrial respiration activity and ATP synthesis

In Duroc pigs, 4 modules were enriched for energy production. Genes belonging to these modules are potential factors that control mitochondrial respiration and ATP synthesis, components of the respiratory chain, hormones and transcription factors. NDUFS1 encodes NADH dehydrogenase involved in the mitochondrial respiration chain. ATP5A1 encodes alpha unit of ATP synthase F1 unit. Deficiency of these genes affects functional complex I and/or ATP synthase and results in decreased ATP production [66-68]. Insulin regulates stimulation of protein synthesis and lipid and glucose storage [69]. Insulin receptor (INSR) and insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS2) are major molecules mediating insulin-signaling pathways. The effect of insulin on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and oxidative capacity has been shown. Insulin increases ATP production as well as the mRNA level and enzyme activities of complex I and COX [70]. Thyroid hormone receptor beta (THRB) encodes one of the nuclear hormone receptors for thyroid hormone. The overexpression of thyroid hormone receptor in myoblast stimulates both cytochrome oxidase and citrate synthase activities [71]. Thyroid hormone has been shown to increase ATP production as well as citrate synthase and cytochrome c oxidase activities in muscle tissue [72] and influences both nuclear and mitochondrial genes in respiratory functions [73, 74].

In PiNN pigs, 5 modules were enriched for energy production. Some genes belonging to these modules are regarded as potentially regulating the respiratory chain, hormones, and transcription factors. ATP5B and ATP5C1 encode the beta and gamma units of ATP synthase F1. They are essential for the fully assembled and functional ATP synthase and, therefore, ATP production. PPARGC1A, as a transcriptional co-activator regulating genes in energy metabolism, activates the expression of nuclear respiratory factors (NRFs), promotes mitochondrial biogenesis, and stimulates coupled respiration [75]. In cultured myotubes, PGC-1 activates the expression of mitochondrial respiratory chain COXIV and ATP synthase as well as mtTFA through the induction of NRF-1 and NRF-2 expression [76, 77]. The activated mtTFA translocates into mitochondria and directly activates the transcription and replication of mtDNA [76, 77]. Leucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat containing (LRPPRC) deficiency affects the stability of most mitochondrial mRNAs and leads to COX deficiency and ATP synthase deficiency associated with reduced ATP production in conditional knockout mouse heart [78].

Gene expression profiling by microarray is restricted on transcript level. Events such as post-transcriptional regulation and protein modification could contribute to molecular mechanisms. Proteome and metabolome analysis could provide insight on the molecular basis related to energy metabolism in muscle. To further validate whether any candidate gene plays a role in energy metabolism, an in vitro model system can be set up to perform enzymatic functional assay by mutation or silencing certain genes.

Conclusions

In the present study, a comparative transcriptome profiling of ante mortem skeletal muscle between Duroc and PiNN revealed clear differences in their muscle metabolic properties. Gene co-expression network analysis highlights the importance of mitochondria in the oxidative capacity of muscle. In particular, the Duroc breed showed more clear molecular function involved in oxidative capacity and respiration activity than PiNN. In contrast to PiNN, co-expression modules enriched in macromolecule catabolic process, actin cytoskeleton, and transcription activator activity were associated with fiber types, mitochondrial respiratory activity, and metabolic enzyme activities. Our results highlight the importance of mitochondria for the oxidative capacity of the porcine muscle, particularly in providing breed-specific processes for the molecular pathways in muscle cell fibers, and muscle biology.

Abbreviations

STO: slow-twitch oxidative; FTO: fast-twitch oxidative; FTG: fast-twitch glycolytic; ATP: adenosine triphosphate; WGCNA: weighted gene co-expression network analysis; PiNN: malignant hyperthermia syndrome (MHS)-negative Pietrain; LM: longissimus muscle; Th: thoracic vertebrae; RMA: robust multichip average; DABG: detection above background; FDR: false discovery rate; TOM: topological overlap matrix; qPCR: quantitative polymerase chain reaction; MRA: mitochondrial respiratory activity; RCI: respiratory control index; GO: gene ontology.

Supplementary Material

Tables S1-S5.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank A. Jugert and J. Bittner for excellent technical help.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

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