Analysis of myosin heavy chain mRNA expression by RT-PCR

被引:65
作者
Wright, C [1 ]
Haddad, F [1 ]
Qin, AX [1 ]
Baldwin, KM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF IRVINE,DEPT PHYSIOL & BIOPHYS,IRVINE,CA 92697
关键词
skeletal muscle; Northern blot; semiquantitative competitive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; Sprague-Dawley rats; messenger ribonucleic acid;
D O I
10.1152/jappl.1997.83.4.1389
中图分类号
Q4 [生理学];
学科分类号
071003 ;
摘要
An assay was developed for rapid and sensitive analysis of myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNA expression in rodent skeletal muscle. Only 2 mu g of total RNA were necessary for the simultaneous analysis of relative mRNA expression of six different MHC genes. We designed synthetic DNA fragments as internal standards, which contained the relevant primer sequences for the adult MHC mRNAs type I, IIa, IIx, IIb as well as the embryonic and neonatal MHC mRNAs. A known amount of the synthetic fragment was added to each polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and yielded a product of different size than the amplified MHC mRNA fragment. The ratio of amplified MHC fragment to synthetic fragment allowed us to calculate percentages of the gene expression of the different MHC genes in a given muscle sample. Comparison with the traditional Northern blot analysis demonstrated that our reverse transcriptase-PCR-based assay was reliable, fast, and quantitative over a wide range of relative MHC mRNA expression in a spectrum of adult and neonatal rat skeletal muscles. Furthermore, the high sensitivity of the assay made it very useful when only small quantities of tissue were available. Statistical analysis of the signals for each MHC isoform across the analyzed samples showed a highly significant correlation between the PCR and the Northern signals as Pearson correlation coefficients ranged between 0.77 and 0.96 (P < 0.005). This assay has potential use in analyzing small muscle samples such as biopsies and samples from pre- and/or neonatal stages of development.
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页数:8
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