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After nerve injury, the wet weight ratio and cross sectional area (CSA) of gastrocnemius muscle were decreased gradually from 1\u201314 days and then recovery from 14\u201328 days. The active form of CAPN3 (~62 kDa) protein decreased slightly on day 3 and then increased from day 7 to 14 before a decrease from day 14 to 28. The result of linear correlation analysis showed that expression of the active CAPN3 protein level was negatively correlated with muscle wet weight ratio. CAPN3 knockdown by short interfering RNA (siRNA) injection improved muscle recovery on days 7 and 14 after injury as compared to that observed with control siRNA treatment. Depletion of CAPN3 gene expression could promote myoblast differentiation in L6 cells. Based on these findings, we conclude that the expression pattern of the active CAPN3 protein is linked to muscle atrophy and regeneration following denervation: its upregulation during early stages may promote satellite cell renewal by inhibiting differentiation, whereas in later stages, CAPN3 expression may be downregulated to stimulate myogenic differentiation and enhance recovery. These results provide a novel mechanistic insight into the role of CAPN3 protein in muscle regeneration after peripheral nerve injury.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms161126003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,11]],"date-time":"2015-11-11T02:38:30Z","timestamp":1447209510000},"page":"26927-26935","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Calpain 3 Expression Pattern during Gastrocnemius Muscle Atrophy and Regeneration Following Sciatic Nerve Injury in Rats"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Ronghua","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yingying","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jianmei","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mei","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3059","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yexcr.2010.04.009","article-title":"Signalling and the control of skeletal muscle size","volume":"316","author":"Otto","year":"2010","journal-title":"Exp. 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