Research Article

Myostatin Deficiency Enhances Antioxidant Capacity of Bovine Muscle via the SMAD-AMPK-G6PD Pathway

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MSTN promotes muscle antioxidant capacity through G6PD in the pentose phosphate pathway. (a) The concentration of oxygen free radical in the muscles. (b) The concentration of H2O2 in the muscles. (c) The concentration of malondialdehyde in the muscles. (d) The activity of mitochondrial respiratory complex I in the muscles. (e) Activity of mitochondrial respiratory complex III in the muscles. (f) The activity of GSH-Px in the muscles. (g) Activity of GR in the muscles. (h) The concentration of GSH in the muscles. (i) The concentration of GSSG in the muscles. MT: MSTN knockout cattle group; WT: wild-type cattle group. Data presented are . One-way ANOVA with post hoc LSD multiple comparison test. , .
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