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To have a better insight into the molecular events involved in denervation-induced atrophy and reinnervation-induced regeneration of skeletal muscles, it is important to investigate the changes in expression levels of a great multitude of muscle proteins during the process of denervation–reinnervation. In this study, we employed an experimental model of rat sciatic nerve crush to examine the differentially expressed proteins in the rat gastrocnemius muscle at different time points (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 weeks) after sciatic␣nerve crush by using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), collectively referred to as the modern proteomic analysis. The results showed that 16 proteins in the rat gastrocnemius muscle exhibited two distinct types of change pattern in their relative abundance: (1) The relative expression levels of 11 proteins (including alpha actin, myosin heavy chain, etc.)were decreased either within 1 or 2 weeks post-sciatic nerve injury, followed by restoration during the ensuing days until 4 weeks. (2) The other 5 proteins (including alpha enolase, beta enolase, signal peptide peptidase-like 3, etc.) displayed an up-regulation in their relative expression levels within 1 week following sciatic nerve injury, and a subsequent gradual decrease in their relative expression levels until 4 weeks. Moreover, the significance of the changes in expression levels of the 16 proteins during denervation–reinnervation has been selectively discussed.
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This study was supported by Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, Grant No. 2003AA205030) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30270427) and Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. BK 200236)
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Sun, H., Liu, J., Ding, F. et al. Investigation of differentially expressed proteins in rat gastrocnemius muscle during denervation–reinnervation. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 27, 241–250 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10974-006-9067-4
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