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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (12): 1178-1191.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.20-207

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circRNA on animal skeletal muscle development regulation

Ting Zheng1, Mailin Gan1, Linyuan Shen1, Lili Niu1, Zongyi Guo2, Jinyong Wang2, Shunhua Zhang1(), Li Zhu1()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    2. ChongQing Academy of Animal Sciences, Rongchang 402460, China
  • Received:2020-07-06 Revised:2020-10-13 Online:2020-12-17 Published:2020-12-01
  • Contact: Zhang Shunhua,Zhu Li E-mail:363445986@qq.com;zhuli7508@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China No(31972524);Sichuan Pig Innovation Team Project of National Modern Agricultural Industrial Technology System(SCSZTD-3-008);the Science and Technology Program of Sichuan Province No(2016NYZ0050)

Abstract:

Circular RNA (circRNA) is a type of closed circular RNA molecules formed by reverse splicing, which exists widely in organisms and has become a research hotspot in non-coding RNAs in recent years. Skeletal muscle plays the role of coordinating movement and maintaining normal metabolism and endocrine in organisms. With the development of sequencing and bioinformatics analysis technology, the functions and regulation mechanisms of circRNAs in skeletal muscle development have been gradually revealed. In this review, we summarize the types of molecular regulatory mechanisms, the classical research ideas and the functional research methods of circRNAs, and the research progress of circRNAs involved in normal development of skeletal muscle and regulation of skeletal muscle disease, in order to provide a reference to further study of the genetic mechanisms of circRNAs in the regulation of skeletal muscle development.

Key words: circRNA, skeletal muscle development, skeletal muscle diseases, RNA-seq