期刊
VIRUS GENES
卷 42, 期 3, 页码 457-462出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11262-011-0579-7
关键词
PrP; Sheep; mRNA expression; Real-time quantitative RT-PCR; Molecular beacon; ARR/ARQ; ARH/ARQ
资金
- Doctoral Program of Higher Education Fund [20060733006]
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research and Application Program in Gansu Province [GNSW-2007-004]
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Determination of the transcription level of cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) is essential for understanding its role in organisms and revealing mechanism of susceptibility and resistance to scrapie. However, the expression of prion protein (PrP) mRNA in sheep has not been quantified in great detail in digestive tract which is important during scrapie spread through oral route. Herein, we report on measurement of sheep PrP mRNA using absolute quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Total RNA was isolated from five different regions of the central nervous system (CNS), four regions of lymphoid system, eleven regions of digestive tract, and two reproductive organ tissues of eight sheep of two different genotypes (ARR/ARQ and ARH/ARQ) and PrP mRNA was quantified by real-time RT-PCR using molecular beacon. The results showed that highest levels of PrP mRNA were expressed in thalamus and cerebrum (P < 0.01) of CNS examined, followed by cerebellum, spinal cord, and brain stem. In peripheral organs examined, lymph tissue showed moderate level of PrP expression similar to that in digestive tract and reproduction organs. PrP expression levels in the same tissue of different genotype sheep had significant variation. Our study provided the first detail, tissue-specific and genotype-specific data of PrP mRNA expression in sheep for further studies of pathogenesis of prion diseases.
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