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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
We determined the steady-state level of mRNA for myosin heavy chain (MHC) from airway smooth muscle during maturation in domestic swine. Tissues were excised, and airway smooth muscle was dissected from three neonatal (NEO), three 2-wk-old swine (2ws), three 10-wk-old swine (10ws), and three adult swine. Total RNA was isolated, fractionated, and transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane (Northern blot). A single-stranded oligonucleotide of 63-nt was synthesized corresponding to the 3' coding region of the chicken gizzard MHC cDNA. This region appeared to be highly conserved (92% nucleotide sequence homology with the corresponding portion of rabbit uterine smooth muscle MHC cDNA). Northern blots, which were loaded with equivalent quantities of total RNA, were probed with gamma 32P-labeled synthetic oligonucleotide, and, under stringent washing conditions, the 5' end-labeled DNA was hybridized to a single band of the expected molecular weight. The mRNA for total myosin was quantified using autoradiograms of blots, and signal intensity was measured as integrated areas expressed as arbitrary densitometric units x mm (AU). The content of mRNA for MHC was substantially greater in NEO than in more mature animals; maximal area was 1.33 +/- 0.15 AU for NEO, 0.33 +/- 0.05 AU for 2ws, 0.30 +/- 0.04 AU for 10ws, and 0.34 +/- 0.08 AU for adult swine (P < 0.05, NEO versus 2ws, 10ws, and adult). Rehybridization of each blot with a 28S ribosomal RNA probe confirmed comparable total RNA loadings for all tissue samples.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1044-1549
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
252-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Muscle Development, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Myosins, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Trachea, pubmed-meshheading:8448016-Uterus
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in levels of mRNA encoding myosin heavy chain in porcine trachealis during ontogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't