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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 71, Issue 12 3319-3326, Copyright © 1993 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Skeletal muscle growth and expression of skeletal muscle alpha-actin mRNA and insulin-like growth factor I mRNA in pigs during feeding and withdrawal of ractopamine

A. L. Grant, D. M. Skjaerlund, W. G. Helferich, W. G. Bergen and R. A. Merkel
Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.

Sixty crossbred barrows were used to study the effect of ractopamine (a phenethanolamine/beta-adrenergic agonist) treatment and its withdrawal on muscle growth and on the relative abundance of skeletal muscle alpha-actin (sk-alpha-actin) mRNA and of liver and longissimus muscle IGF-I mRNA at 4 wk. Ractopamine was fed (20 ppm) for periods of 2, 4, and 6 wk (six pigs per group). Additional pigs (four per group) were fed ractopamine (20 ppm) for 6 wk and then slaughtered 1, 3, and 7 d after withdrawal of ractopamine. Ractopamine increased (P < .05) longisimus muscle weight and protein content, although protein concentrations were not different. The increased muscle weight and protein content attained by feeding ractopamine for 6 wk was retained when ractopamine was withdrawn. The RNA and DNA concentrations did not change, whereas total DNA and RNA content per muscle was 18 and 26.7% greater, respectively, in ractopamine-treated pigs at 4 wk, but there were no differences at 2 or 6 wk or among the withdrawal groups. The relative abundance of sk-alpha-actin mRNA in the longissimus muscle was 41 and 62% greater (P < .05) in treated animals at 2 and 4 wk but was similar to that in controls at 6 wk and during the withdrawal period. The relative abundance of IGF-I mRNA in liver and longissimus muscle was not altered with ractopamine treatment for 4 wk. These results indicate that the ractopamine-enhanced muscle growth may result from increased myofibrillar gene expression at the pretranslational level, which is maximal with short-term treatment of ractopamine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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