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To determine the site of relaxin gene expression in equine placentae, a set of degenerate oligonucleotide primers was made according to the published amino acid sequence of the A- and B-chain of equine relaxin (eRXN). Total cellular RNA (tcRNA) from equine placentae at about 120 and 300 days of pregnancy was subjected to reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with use of these primers. A single amplification product of approximately 430 bp was detected in each case by agarose gel electrophoresis. The PCR product was ligated into Bluescript plasmid and sequenced to confirm the identity of the clone as an eRXN cDNA fragment. Nucleic acid sequence analysis revealed a 428-bp eRXN cDNA fragment encoding for parts of the A- and B-chain and the connecting peptide (109 residues). Northern analysis of tcRNA from placentae of 120 and 300 days of pregnancy was carried out with use of antisense digoxigenin-labeled cRNA generated from the cDNA clone, and a single transcript of approximately 1 kb was detected. In situ hybridization on placental tissue at 120 and uteroplacental tissue at 300 days of pregnancy indicated that only the fetal trophoblastic cells expressed eRXN mRNA transcripts. The identity of these cells was confirmed by their positive staining with an antibody specific for equine trophoblast (cell surface) protein. Relaxin peptide was also detected immunohistochemically in samples of the same placental tissues. This is the first report of the nucleic acid sequence of eRXN. The study identified fetal trophoblast cells as the site of eRXN mRNA expression and protein secretion in the equine placenta.

Partial Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid Cloning of Equine Relaxin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid, and its Localization within the Equine Placenta1