title: Gene expression of alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor but not alpha(1B)-adrenoceptor in cultured myoblast C(2)C(12) cells of mice.
abstract: Subtypes of alpha(1)-adrenoceptor (alpha(1)-AR) in the cultured myoblast C(2)C(12) cells have been examined using molecular biological identifications. Expression of the two distinct mRNAs that encode proteins of alpha(1A)- and alpha(1B)-AR was studied using reverse transcription combined with polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results of RT-PCR demonstrated a marked expression of alpha(1A)-AR in the prostate of rats. Samples from the C(2)C(12) cells under the same amount of amplification showed the expression of alpha(1A)-AR at a level slightly lower than that from the prostate of rats. Western blotting analysis using receptor subtype-specific antibody also indicated that the alpha(1A)-AR was expressed in C(2)C(12) cells as well as in prostate of rats. However, although the expression of alpha(1B)-AR was obtained in the spleen of rats, expression of alpha(1B)-AR was undetectable in the C(2)C(12) cells either the results of RT-PCR or the Western blotting analysis. The present study suggests that alpha(1A)-AR is a major subtype of alpha(1)-AR in the C(2)C(12) cell line.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Road, 70101, ROC, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D015870:Gene Expression; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C547714:Adra1a protein, mouse; C547717:Adra1b protein, mouse; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1