Transcription Pattern of Neurotrophic Factors and Their Receptors in Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Experimental Design Outline for qPCR
2.2. Quantitative Analysis of Neurotrophin and Receptor Transcription Levels in Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord
2.3. Differential Transcription Pattern of Neurotrophins in Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord
2.4. Distribution of Neurotrophin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase mRNAs in Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Animals and Spinal Cord Dissection
4.2. RNA Extraction
4.3. Reverse Transcriptase PCR
4.4. Quantitative Real-Time PCR
4.5. Statistical Analysis
4.6. Synthesis of Riboprobes for Neurotrophins and Receptors (for In Situ Hybridization)
4.7. In Situ Hybridization
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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bdnf | F: CGAGGAATAGACAAGCGGCA; | R: ATCCGTATAAACCGCCAGCC |
ngf | F: GAGAAGACTACAAGCGAAT; | R: CGACAACAATAAGGAGGAT |
nt3 | F: CCCATCAGTGCGCTCATC; | R: TCCGAACTGTCCACCATG |
nt4/5 | F: GCTCCTCCTAGAACAGAG; | R: CGTCCTGGATGCATCTTCT |
nt6/7 | F: GCATTTACAATGGCAGCCAG; | R: CTTCTTGAGTGGTCACTGTC |
gapdh | F: GCTGGCATCTCCCTCAA | R: TCAGCAACACGATGGCTG |
trka | F: GCATTTACAATGGCAGCCAG; | R: CTTCTTGAGTGGTCACTGTC |
trkb1 | F: TCACCTATGGCAAGCAACCC | R: CTTTGGGGCAAGTACGAGGT |
trkb2 | F: GAAGTTCTACTCGAATCTCAGG | R: CCAGATGTTCTCACATGCAC |
trkc1 | F: CGGAAGTGGATTGGACAGTT; | R: CATGAAGCCGTTATCGTCC |
trkc2 | F: CTCAAGCATCTTCCAGGGT | R: GATCTGCCGTAGATTGCAG |
gapdh | F: GCTGGCATCTCCCTCAA | R: TCAGCAACACGATGGCTG |
bdnf | F: ATAGTAACGAACAGGATGG | R: GCTCAGTCATGGGAGTCC |
ngf | F: CACAGGAGATCTACGC | R: CGTGGAAAAACCCAACTC |
nt3 | F: TGGTTACCTTTATTACGATC | R: CCACCATTTTTCACGTCC |
nt4/5 | F: CAGAGAAGATGCATCCAGG | R: CGTTTCCTGACACGCG |
trka | F: ATAGTAACGAACAGGATGG | R: GCTCAGTCATGGGAGTCC |
trkb1 | F: AGAGATGTGTACAGCACC | R: CATTGTTTGAGAGCTGATACC |
trkc1 | F: CACTGAGAGCATCTCTATG | R: CACGTTGTTCATCCCGAC |
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Cacialli, P.; Ricci, S.; Lazzari, M.; Milani, L.; Franceschini, V. Transcription Pattern of Neurotrophic Factors and Their Receptors in Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 10953. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241310953
Cacialli P, Ricci S, Lazzari M, Milani L, Franceschini V. Transcription Pattern of Neurotrophic Factors and Their Receptors in Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(13):10953. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241310953
Chicago/Turabian StyleCacialli, Pietro, Serena Ricci, Maurizio Lazzari, Liliana Milani, and Valeria Franceschini. 2023. "Transcription Pattern of Neurotrophic Factors and Their Receptors in Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 13: 10953. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241310953